Lok Sabha Question No. 821 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-07
Subject: Anti-dowry Law
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV, LAXMAN GILUWA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †821

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH   FEBRUARY, 2017/ MAGHA 18, 1938 (SAKA)

ANTI-DOWRY LAW

† 821. SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV: SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether cases of misuse of anti-dowry law has been reported in the country;
- (b) if so, the reaction of the Government in this regard; and
- (c) the details of the corrective steps taken by the Government to check misuse of anti-dowry law?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) to (c): As per the information provided by the National Crime Records Bureau  (NCRB), a  total  of  361  cases  under  the  Dowry  Prohibition  Act, 1961 were registered in which final reports were submitted as false and 293  cases  were  registered  in  which  final  reports  were  submitted  as mistake of fact  or  of  law  under  the  Dowry  Prohibition  Act,  1961  during 2015. State/UT wise such data during 2015 is enclosed as Annexure-I.

As  per  the  seventh  schedule  to  the  Constitution  of  India  `Police`  and `Public Order` are State subjects and as such,  the  primary  responsibility

## LS.US.Q.No.821  FOR 07.02.2017

of  prevention,  detection,  registration,  investigation  and  prosecution  of crime, lies with the State Governments/ Union Territory Administrations.

Ministry of Home Affairs has issued advisories from time to time to curb the misuse of section 498A of IPC and also for combating crimes against women. These advisories are available on www.mha.nic.in.

State/UT wise cases in which final report ended as false and cases in which final report submitted as mistake of fact or of law under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 during 2015

| SL   | State/UT          | 2015                                       | 2015                                                               |
|------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SL   | State/UT          | cases in which final report ended as false | cases in which final report submitted as mistake of fact or of law |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | 7                                          | 1                                                                  |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 3    | Assam             | 0                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 4    | Bihar             | 148                                        | 133                                                                |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      | 0                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 6    | Goa               | 0                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 7    | Gujarat           | 0                                          | 1                                                                  |
| 8    | Haryana           | 5                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 10   | Jammu &Kashmir    | 1                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 11   | Jharkhand         | 51                                         | 47                                                                 |
| 12   | Karnataka         | 108                                        | 19                                                                 |
| 13   | Kerala            | 1                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    | 0                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 15   | Maharashtra       | 1                                          | 1                                                                  |
| 16   | Manipur           | 0                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 17   | Meghalaya         | 0                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 18   | Mizoram           | 0                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 19   | Nagaland          | 0                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 20   | Odisha            | 12                                         | 24                                                                 |
| 21   | Punjab            | 2                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 22   | Rajasthan         | 5                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 23   | Sikkim            | 0                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        | 0                                          | 58                                                                 |
| 25   | Telangana         | 0                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 26   | Tripura           | 0                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     | 19                                         | 8                                                                  |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       | 0                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 29   | West Bengal       | 0                                          | 0                                                                  |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 360                                        | 292                                                                |
| 30   | A & N Islands     | 0                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 31   | Chandigarh        | 0                                          | 1                                                                  |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        | 0                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 33   | Daman &Diu        | 0                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 34   | Delhi UT          | 1                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       | 0                                          | 0                                                                  |
| 36   | Puducherry        | 0                                          | 0                                                                  |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       | 1                                          | 1                                                                  |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 361                                        | 293                                                                |

Source: Crime in India