Lok Sabha Question No. 461 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-18
Subject: Pending Cases under POCSO Act
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 461 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.11.2016

## PENDING CASES UNDER POCSO ACT

## 461. SHRI B.SENGUTTUVAN:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  is  a  large  pendency  of  cases  registered  under  the  provisions  of  the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in various courts across the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  pendency  of  the  cases  registered  under  the  Act  during  the  last three years and the current year;
- (c) the  reasons  including  infrastructural  deficiencies  for  the  inordinate  delay  in  the disposal of the cases;
- (d) whether the percentage of conviction for the offences under the Act is very low and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-Wise; and
- (e) whether the Government has issued any guidelines to the States with reference to the appointment and training of competent lawyers as Special Public Prosecutors to try the offences under the Act and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

(a) to (c): As per information provided by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), a total of 7,970 cases and 18,879 cases were pending for trial in various courts under the Protection of Children  from  Sexual  Offences  (POSCO)  Act,  2012  at  the  end  of   2014  and  2015 respectively. Details of  State/UT wise cases reported, cases chargesheeted , cases in which chargesheet  not  submitted  but  final  report  submitted  as  true  (cases  unsolved), cases chargesheeting rate, cases convicted, cases conviction rate, cases pending for trial, persons arrested, persons chargesheeted and persons convicted under the POSCO Act, 2012 during 2014-2015 is annexed. The Ministry has been requesting the States/UTs from time to time to set up Special Courts under POCSO Act for speedy disposal of cases.

(d): As per information provided by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), conviction rate of  41.9% (858 cases convicted out of 2,049 cases in which trials completed) was reported under  the  Protection  of  Children  from  Sexual  Offences  (POSCO)  Act,  2012  during  2015. State/UT wise details are as annexed.

(e): The Ministry has issued Model Guidelines under section 39 of the POCSO Act,2012 in September 2013 for use by experts to assist a child during pre trial and trial stage.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (b & d) in respect of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 461 for 18.11.2016 asked by Shri B.Senguttuvan, M.P. regarding 'Pending Cases under POCSO Act'

State/UT wise cases registered (CR), cases charge sheeted (CS), cases in which chargesheet not submitted but final report submitted as true (CUS), chargesheeting rate (CHR), cases convicted (CV), cases conviction rate (CVR), cases in which trial were pending (PT), persons arrested (PAR), persons charge sheeted (PCS) and persons convicted (PCV) under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 during 2014-2015

| SL   | State/UT          | CR   | CS   | CUS   | CHR   | CV   | CVR   | PT   | PAR   | PCS   | PCV   | CR   | CS   | CUS   | CHR   | CV   | CVR     | PT        | PAR   | PCS   | PCV   |
|------|-------------------|------|------|-------|-------|------|-------|------|-------|-------|-------|------|------|-------|-------|------|---------|-----------|-------|-------|-------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | 106  | 52   | 0     | 100.0 | 1    | 5.9   | 46   | 113   | 83    | 1     | 237  | 157  | 0     | 100.0 | 6    | 6.7     | 113       | 270   | 183   | 9     |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 5    | 3    | 0     | 100.0 | 0    | -     | 3    | 6     | 3     | 0     | 12   | 6    | 0     | 100.0 | 0    | -       | 9         | 14    | 7     | 0     |
| 3    | Assam             | 311  | 141  | 10    | 93.4  | 5    | 100.0 | 136  | 308   | 141   | 5     | 731  | 398  | 79    | 83.4  | 13   | 35.1    | 497       | 716   | 398   | 13    |
| 4    | Bihar             | 57   | 46   | 0     | 100.0 | 4    | 40.0  | 36   | 72    | 58    | 6     | 60   | 45   | 0     | 100.0 | 7    | 87.5    | 73        | 57    | 49    | 8     |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      | 417  | 370  | 0     | 100.0 | 22   | 33.8  | 376  | 415   | 412   | 22    | 1164 | 1097 | 4     | 99.6  | 134  | 33.9    | 1102      | 1444  | 1401  | 159   |
| 6    | Goa               | 4    | 0    | 0     | -     | 0    | -     | 0    | 2     | 0     | 0     | 0    | 0    | 0     | -     | 0    | -       | 0         | 0     | 0     | 0     |
| 7    | Gujarat           | 118  | 58   | 1     | 98.3  | 0    | -     | 63   | 117   | 66    | 0     | 1416 | 1115 | 48    | 95.9  | 3    | 20.0    | 1162      | 1635  | 1522  | 3     |
| 8    | Haryana           | 3    | 2    | 0     | 100.0 | 0    | -     | 2    | 2     | 2     | 0     | 440  | 356  | 3     | 99.2  | 15   | 16.5    | 267       | 466   | 445   | 15    |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  | 22   | 14   | 0     | 100.0 | 0    | -     | 16   | 19    | 14    | 0     | 3    | 6    | 1     | 85.7  | 2    | 100.0   | 20        | 2     | 7     | 2     |
| 10   | Jammu& Kashmir    | 0    | 0    | 0     | -     | 0    | -     | 0    | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0    | 0    | 0     | -     | 0    | -       | 0         | 0     | 0     | 0     |
| 11   | Jharkhand         | 31   | 25   | 0     | 100.0 | 4    | 66.7  | 18   | 33    | 26    | 4     | 141  | 110  | 2     | 98.2  | 22   | 81.5    | 101       | 128   | 110   | 22    |
| 12   | Karnataka         | 620  | 476  | 2     | 99.6  | 7    | 21.9  | 506  | 667   | 570   | 7     | 1480 | 1093 | 8     | 99.3  | 11   | 13.3    | 1520 1644 |       | 1265  | 11    |
| 13   | Kerala            | 439  | 325  | 10    | 97.0  | 8    | 47.1  | 499  | 433   | 352   | 8     | 516  | 445  | 12    | 97.4  | 21   | 42.9    | 895       | 478   | 474   | 25    |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    | 126  | 122  | 2     | 98.4  | 11   | 42.3  | 110  | 141   | 141   | 11    | 1687 | 1632 | 0     | 100.0 | 133  | 38.4    | 1396      | 1869  | 1858  | 141   |
| 15   | Maharashtra       | 190  | 149  | 1     | 99.3  | 0    | 0.0   | 184  | 174   | 167   | 0     | 26   | 47   | 0     | 100.0 | 1    | 16.7    | 225       | 39    | 53    | 3     |
| 16   | Manipur           | 7    | 1    | 0     | 100.0 | 0    | -     | 1    | 7     | 1     | 0     | 25   | 11   | 4     | 73.3  | 0    | -       | 12        | 12    | 11    | 0     |
| 17   | Meghalaya         | 48   | 41   | 0     | 100.0 | 0    | -     | 41   | 44    | 41    | 0     | 118  | 74   | 0     | 100.0 | 2    | 40.0    | 110 113   |       | 94    | 2     |
| 18   | Mizoram           | 42   | 32   | 0     | 100.0 | 0    | -     | 32   | 17    | 7     | 0     | 114  | 101  | 0     | 100.0 | 27   | 100.0   | 106       | 114   | 102   | 27    |
| 19   | Nagaland          | 0    | 0    | 0     |       |      | -     | 0    | 0     | 0     |       |      | 3    | 0     | 100.0 | 1    | 100.0   | 2         | 5     | 3     | 1     |
|      |                   | 25   |      |       | -     | 0    |       |      |       |       | 0     | 5    |      | 0     | 100.0 | 0    | -       |           |       | 66    |       |
| 20   | Odisha            | 109  | 73   | 0     | 100.0 | 0    | 0.0   | 72   | 100   | 78    | 0     | 19   | 49   |       |       |      |         | 121       | 49    |       | 0     |
| 21   | Punjab            |      | 20   | 0     | 100.0 | 1    | 100.0 | 21   | 32    | 24    | 1     | 18   | 10   | 0     | 100.0 | 1    | 20.0 26 |           | 25    | 18    | 1     |
| 22   | Rajasthan         | 191  | 165  | 1     | 99.4  | 0    | 0.0   | 166  | 177   | 177   | 0     | 222  | 164  | 0     | 100.0 | 16   | 64.0    | 305       | 169   | 169   | 18    |
| 23   | Sikkim            | 23   | 18   | 0     | 100.0 | 1    | 25.0  | 14   | 23    | 19    | 1     | 54   | 49   | 3     | 94.2  | 16   | 55.2 38 |           | 54    | 51    |       |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        |      |      |       |       |      |       | 563  |       |       |       |      |      | 29    |       | 0    |         |           |       |       | 16    |
|      |                   | 1055 | 575  | 14    | 97.6  | 5    | 16.1  |      | 1141  | 643   | 5     | 1544 | 1223 |       | 97.7  | 104  | 38.5    | 1516      | 1841  | 1460  | 113   |
| 25   | Telangana         | 25   | 6    | 0     | 100.0 | 0    | -     | 6    | 35    | 10    | 0     | 264  | 175  | 0     | 100.0 | 0.0  | 172     |           | 267   | 200   | 0     |

| 26   | Tripura           |   32 |   26 |   1 | 96.3   |   3 | 75.0   |   23 |    31 |   26 |   3 |     0 |     0 |   0 | -     | 0        | - 0        |     0 |     0 |    0 |
|------|-------------------|------|------|-----|--------|-----|--------|------|-------|------|-----|-------|-------|-----|-------|----------|------------|-------|-------|------|
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     | 3637 | 3042 | 171 | 94.7   |   9 | 52.9   | 3740 |  6018 | 4730 |  14 |  3078 |  2800 | 187 | 93.7  | 271 71.9 | 6158       |  5275 |  4494 |  429 |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       |   74 |   58 |   2 | 96.7   |   4 | 36.4   |   48 |    70 |   68 |   4 |    99 |    86 |   1 | 98.9  | 26       | 57.8 89    |   130 |   117 |   27 |
| 29   | West Bengal       | 1058 |  650 |  11 | 98.3   |  12 | 8.9    | 1161 |   864 |  802 |  12 |  1289 |  1628 |  15 | 99.1  | 20       | 22.2 2699  |  1701 |  1646 |   21 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 8775 | 6490 | 226 | 96.6   |  97 | 24.8   | 7883 | 11061 | 8661 | 104 | 14762 | 12880 | 396 | 97.0  | 852      | 41.9 18734 | 18517 | 16203 | 1066 |
| 30   | A & N Islands     |    0 |    0 |   0 | -      |   0 | -      |    0 |     0 |    0 |   0 |     1 |     1 |   0 | 100.0 | 0        | - 1        |     1 |     1 |    0 |
| 31   | Chandigarh        |    0 |    0 |   0 | -      |   0 | -      |    0 |     0 |    0 |   0 |     1 |     0 |   0 | -     | 0        | - 0        |     0 |     0 |    0 |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        |    0 |    0 |   0 | -      |   0 | -      |    0 |     0 |    0 |   0 |    13 |    10 |   0 | 100.0 | 0        | - 10       |    11 |    10 |    0 |
| 33   | Daman& Diu        |    0 |    0 |   0 | -      |   0 | -      |    0 |     0 |    0 |   0 |     4 |     3 |   0 | 100.0 | 0        | - 3        |     7 |     6 |    0 |
| 34   | Delhi UT          |  107 |   64 |   2 | 97.0   |   3 | 20.0   |   62 |    93 |   66 |   5 |    86 |    57 |   1 | 98.3  | 4        | 25.0 103   |    76 |    72 |    4 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |    1 |    1 |   0 | 100.0  |   0 | -      |    1 |     3 |    3 |   0 |     1 |     0 |   0 | -     | 0        | - 1        |     1 |     0 |    0 |
| 36   | Puducherry        |   21 |   18 |   0 | 100.0  |   0 | -      |   24 |    15 |   18 |   0 |    45 |    29 |   0 | 100.0 | 2 100.0  | 27         |    38 |    32 |    2 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |  129 |   83 |   2 | 97.6   |   3 | 20.0   |   87 |   111 |   87 |   5 |   151 |   100 |   1 | 99.0  | 6 33.3   | 145        |   134 |   121 |    6 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 8904 | 6573 | 228 | 96.6   | 100 | 24.6   | 7970 | 11172 | 8748 | 109 | 14913 | 12980 | 397 | 97.0  | 858      | 41.9 18879 | 18651 | 16324 | 1072 |

Source: Crime in India Disposal of cases/persons by police/courts may includes cases/persons of previous years also. Cases Conviction Rate (CVR) =  Cases Convicted/Cases in which trial were completedx100

Cases Chargesheeting Rate (CHR) = Cases Chargesheeted/(Cases Chargesheeted+Cases not Chargesheeted but final report submitted as True (cases unsolved))*100