Lok Sabha Question No. 2473 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-02
Subject: Action against Crime
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: SHARAD BANSODE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2473

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 02 ND  JANUARY, 2018/ PAUSHA 12, 1939 (SAKA) ACTION AGAINST CRIME

2473. ADV. SHARADKUMAR MARUTI BANSODE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  effective  steps  to  stop  the murders,  rapes,  thefts,  smuggling  of  drugs,  gold  and  other  contrabands items and fake currency notes during the last one year; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (b): 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to  the  Constitution  of  India.  The  responsibility  to  maintain  law and order, protection of life and property rests primarily with the respective State Governments. The State Governments are competent to deal with such offences under the extant provisions of laws.

The Union Government, however, attaches highest importance to the matter of prevention of crime including murders, rapes, thefts, smuggling of  drugs,  gold,  other  contrabands  items  and  fake  currency  notes.  The Government  of  India  emphasises the need to give more focused attention towards improving the administration of criminal justice system and taking such measures as are necessary for prevention and control of crime within

## L.S.US.Q.NO.2473 FOR 02.01.2018

their respective jurisdictions with the State Governments / UT Administrations. In this regard, Ministry of Home Affairs has issued various Advisories from time to time for the State Governments and UT administrations  to  handle  crime  cases  for  which  advisories  on  crime against women, crime against children, crime against Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, Advisory on Prevention, Registration, investigation & prosecution of crime and Advisory on no discrimination in compulsory  registration  of  FIRs,  which  are  available  on  the  website  of Ministry of Home Affairs viz. http://mha.nic.in.

Further,  Government  of  India  through  its  various  agencies  supports State Governments/UT Administrations in building the capacity of investigation  &  prosecution  agencies  to  address  crime.  The  Central Forensic Laboratories provides forensic assistance in this regard. Central Investigation  agencies  such  as  CBI,  NIA  taking  up  issues  with  severe crime cases refer to them.

Further, the Government of India has taken following steps for check the smuggling and circulation of fake Indian currency notes in the country, which are as under:- i) The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 criminalises the production or smuggling or circulation  of High Quality Fake Indian paper currency, coin or any other material as a terrorist act.

## L.S.US.Q.NO.2473 FOR 02.01.2018

ii) One  special  FICN  Coordination  Group  (FCORD)  has  been  formed  by the  MHA  to  share  intelligence/information  among  the  different  security agencies of the state/centre to counter the problem of circulation of fake currency  notes  in  the  country.  A  Terror  Funding  and  Fake  Currency  Cell (TFFC) has been constituted in NIA to investigate terror funding and fake currency cases.

iii) A  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU)  has  been  signed  between India and Bangladesh to prevent and counter smuggling and circulation of fake currency notes.

iv) Strengthening the security at the international borders by using new surveillance  technology,  deploying  additional  manpower  for  round  the clock surveillance, establishing observations posts along the international border, erection of border fencing and intensive patrolling.

State/UT-wise cases registered, persons arrested, cases       charge sheeted, persons charge sheeted, cases convicted and persons convicted under murder, rape, theft, NDPS Act and counterfeiting during 2016 is at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE L.S.US.Q.NO.2473 FOR 02.01.2018

State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR),Cases ChargeSheeted (CCS),Cases Convicted (CON),Persons Arrested (PAR),Persons Charge Sheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under various crime heads during 2016

| SL                                             |               |              |            |               | State/UT Murder               |               |               |              |               | Theft                  |             |              |                |                       |                                |                                    | Counterfeiting   |              |         |             |        |          |          |           |          |          |         |                        |                |              |          |         |         |    |         |     |    |         |
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|                                                | CR            | CCS          | CON        | PAR           | PCS PCV                       | CR            | CCS           | CON          | PAR           | PCS PCV                | CR          | CCS          | CON            | PAR                   | PCS                            | CR CCS CON                         | PCV PAR          | PCS          |         | PCV         |        | CR       | CCS      | CON       |          |          | PAR     |                        |                |              |          |         |         |    |         | PCS |    | PCV     |
| 1 Andhra Pradesh 2 Arunachal Pradesh           | 1123 46       | 992 44       | 150 20     | 2518 64       | 1665 200 53 20                | 994           | 92            | 937 79 63 14 | 1186 102      | 1131 77                | 107 14      | 13856 510    | 8753 246       | 1922 13               | 12045 10169 478 433            | 2127 62 44 3 14 3 3 0              | 6                | 93 92 15 7 0 | 116     | 722         | 465 99 | 43 7     | 1979     | 190       | 60 7     |          |         |                        |                |              |          |         |         |    | 792 158 |     |    |         |
| 3 Assam                                        | 1149          | 918          | 151        | 1443          | 1114 186                      | 1779          | 1276          | 103          | 1976          | 1359                   | 104         | 12955        | 3162 335       | 13156                 | 3456                           | 340 66 35 3                        |                  |              | 70      | 3 380       | 25     | 517      |          | 30        |          |          |         |                        |                |              |          |         |         |    |         |     |    |         |
| 4 Bihar                                        | 2581          | 3188         | 544        | 3520          | 4107 947                      | 1008          | 1157          | 146          | 997           | 1216                   | 174         | 22228 10080  | 250            | 21321                 | 12118                          | 147 356 20 34 7                    |                  | 27           | 225 444 | 576         | 99     | 1028     | 293 613  | 139       |          |          |         |                        |                |              |          |         |         |    |         |     |    |         |
| 5 Chhattisgarh                                 | 957           | 867          | 408        | 1501          | 1522 748                      | 1626          | 1608          | 453          | 1992          | 1927                   | 565         | 5450 1967    | 575            | 3091                  | 3030                           | 40 12 756 35 9 16 25 69            | 595              | 23           |         | 583         | 390    | 827      |          | 441       |          |          |         |                        |                |              |          |         |         |    | 769     |     |    |         |
| 6 Goa                                          | 30            | 27           | 15         | 36            | 44 19                         | 61            | 57            | 11           | 68            | 61                     | 11          | 463          | 165            | 32                    | 282 248                        | 42 4 2                             | 0                | 2            |         | 60          | 53     | 12       | 69       | 60 12     |          |          |         |                        |                |              |          |         |         |    |         |     |    |         |
| 7 Gujarat                                      | 1120          | 989          | 98         | 2469          | 2522 182                      | 982           | 874           | 26           | 1369          | 1278                   | 27 13791    | 5423         | 121            |                       | 9425                           | 1 0 159 76 26 1                    | 77               | 87 61        |         | 2           |        | 108      | 99       | 8         |          |          |         |                        |                |              |          |         |         |    |         |     |    |         |
| 8 Haryana                                      | 1057          | 799          | 198        | 1831          | 1702 444                      | 1187          | 827           | 123          | 1334          | 1224                   | 175 21741   | 3883         | 1668           | 6534                  | 9101 6039                      | 2129 24 21 1                       | 51               | 54           | 2 2032  | 1986        | 42     | 5        | 492      | 2678 2571 |          |          |         |                        |                |              |          |         |         |    |         |     |    |         |
| 9 Himachal Pradesh                             | 101           | 84           | 31         | 171           | 182 58                        | 252           | 223           | 42           | 329           | 311                    | 53          | 215          | 38             | 417                   | 379                            | 79 4 2 0 2                         | 3 0              | 929          |         | 806         | 81     | 1175     | 1025     | 610 110   |          |          |         |                        |                |              |          |         |         |    |         |     |    |         |
| 10 Jammu& Kashmir                              | 142           | 81           | 20         | 206           | 177 29                        | 256           | 185           | 9            | 343           | 268                    | 9           | 480 1820 730 | 45             | 1520                  | 1398                           | 108 7 9 1 13                       |                  | 11 5         | 619     | 601         | 45     | 982      | 900      | 66        |          |          |         |                        |                |              |          |         |         |    |         |     |    |         |
| 11 Jharkhand                                   | 1514          | 1351         | 298        | 1780          | 1517 386                      | 1109          | 878           | 187          | 1270          | 961                    | 204         | 7285         | 2363           | 305                   | 3078 2508                      | 408 8 11 1                         | 11               | 13 1         | 129     | 127         | 42     | 207      | 216      | 45        |          |          |         |                        |                |              |          |         |         |    |         |     |    |         |
| 12 Karnataka                                   | 1573          | 1402         | 175        | 3337          | 3049 286                      | 1655          | 1311          | 91           | 1929          | 1638                   | 105         | 20687        | 5570           | 269                   | 9602 7451                      | 328 96 42 0                        | 102              | 83           | 0       | 655         | 438    | 993      | 619      | 70        |          |          |         |                        | 51             |              |          |         |         |    |         |     |    |         |
| 13 Kerala                                      | 305           | 327          | 67         | 695           | 701 143                       | 1656          | 1558          | 81           | 1968          |                        | 1754        | 3936         | 99 2743        | 528                   | 3800 3631                      | 677 43 49 7                        | 49               | 57           | 7 5924  |             | 5781   | 2535     |          | 6767      |          |          |         |                        |                |              |          |         |         |    | 6251    |     |    | 2615    |
| 14 Madhya Pradesh                              | 2004          | 1846         | 792        | 4019          | 3854 1693                     | 4882          | 4771          | 990          | 6692          | 6530                   | 1399        | 28663 8546   |                | 1763                  | 14284 13496                    | 2762 26                            | 16 9             | 38           | 34      |             |        | 316 1120 |          | 16        | 790      |          | 788     |                        |                |              | 1112 435 |         |         |    |         |     |    |         |
| 15 Maharashtra 16 Manipur                      | 2299 78       | 2085 23      | 535 3      | 4899 62       | 4925 991 31 3                 | 4189 55       | 3825 51       | 317 2        | 5153 39       | 4960 51                | 430 5 801   | 59097        | 18926 127      | 2729 15               | 29095 29041 184 137            | 41 5 22 7 5 7                      | 3484             | 124 99 6     |         | 5           | 95     | 7 14590  | 7        | 91        |          | 56       | 14768   | 7473                   | 24             | 15477        |          |         |         | 83 | 15930   |     | 56 | 9450 34 |
| 17 Meghalaya                                   | 108           | 126          | 29         | 85            | 247 76                        | 190           | 168           | 64           | 179           | 282                    | 103 871     | 252          | 179            |                       | 374 386                        | 200 9                              |                  | 3 2          | 5       | 3           | 13     |          |          | 47        | 45       |          |         | 63                     | 3              |              |          |         |         |    |         |     | 89 | 4       |
| 18 Mizoram                                     | 29            | 25           | 10         | 33            | 26                            | 23            | 27            | 21           | 28            | 32                     | 23          | 961 900      |                | 647                   | 1051 973                       | 675 6 150 2                        | 5 0              |              | 7       | 0           | 6      |          |          | 58        | 105      | 94       | 33      | 16                     |                | 125          | 77       |         |         |    | 111     |     |    | 37      |
| 19 Nagaland                                    | 36            | 25           | 16         | 34            | 12 34 18                      |               |               | 8            | 25            | 31                     | 10 478      | 26           | 28 207         | 114                   | 286 260                        | 4 4                                | 2                |              | 4       | 4           |        | 54       |          |           |          |          |         |                        |                |              |          |         |         |    |         |     | 69 | 28      |
| 20 Odisha 21 Punjab                            | 1328 771      | 1286         | 163 264    | 1907 1346     | 2013 259                      | 1983          | 1996          | 142          | 2235 928      | 2293 857               | 9044 5982   | 5180 2501    | 206 730 1070   |                       | 7128 7779 4216 3337            | 1186 22 1765 22 20 14              | 20 1             | 31           | 53 35   | 1           | 28     | 548 23   | 8959     | 558       |          | 5906     | 44 6526 |                        | 848 7266 10346 |              |          |         |         |    | 877     |     |    | 76 7508 |
| 22 Rajasthan                                   | 1551          | 584 1016     |            |               | 1154 553 2192                 | 838 3656      | 654 2084      | 174 345      | 2822          | 2831                   | 219 535     | 27406        | 5315           | 1823                  | 9628 9619                      | 2783 31 25 4                       | 46               |              |         | 45          | 4 1246 | 1130     |          | 671 1956  | 1873 825 |          |         |                        |                |              |          |         |         |    |         |     |    |         |
| 23 Sikkim                                      | 17            | 18           | 348 2      | 2185 24       | 676 18 2                      | 92            | 64            | 5            | 100           | 72                     | 5           | 93 59        |                | 10                    | 77 73                          | 18 0 0 0                           | 0                | 0            | 0       | 3           |        |          |          |           |          | 3        |         |                        | 0              |              |          |         |         | 3  |         |     | 3  | 0       |
| 24 Tamil Nadu 25 Telangana                     | 1603 1046     | 1622 922     | 345 150    | 3911 1844     | 3268 674 1890 214             | 319 1278      | 386 942       | 91 80        | 544 1566      | 556 1175               | 113 93      | 12128 12634  | 8749 8557      | 4763 11864 2133 12972 | 10546 10343                    | 5428 99 15 1 2337 41               | 0                | 34 62        |         | 24          | 3 128  | 0        | 3424     |           | 232      | 3170 181 | 2170    | 18                     |                | 3861 421 270 |          |         |         |    | 3507    |     |    | 2357 29 |
| 26 Tripura                                     | 145           | 119          | 28         | 199           | 181 50                        | 207           | 168           | 36           | 235           | 192                    | 38          | 244          | 107            | 30 258                | 158                            | 36 5 1                             | 60 4             | 6            |         | 1           | 8      | 55       |          |           | 41       | 3        |         |                        | 73             | 57           |          |         |         |    |         |     |    | 3       |
| 27 Uttar Pradesh                               | 4889          | 4181         | 1635       | 14397         | 11198 3809                    | 4816          | 3708 263      | 747 61       | 8188 334      | 5462 312               | 1057 78     | 56550 1823   | 12470          | 22741                 | 20619 1435 1335                | 63 14                              | 35 0             | 132 37       | 124 37  |             |        | 54 0     | 6834 628 | 6610 622  | 107      |          |         | 6825 645               | 7064 718 1986  |              |          | 4371 20 | 4323 18 |    |         |     |    | 113     |
| 28 Uttarakhand                                 | 194           | 146          | 95         | 265           | 156                           | 336           |               |              |               |                        |             | 661          | 3232 291       |                       |                                | 5278 159 453 45 63 327             |                  |              |         |             |        |          |          |           |          |          |         |                        |                |              |          |         |         |    |         |     |    |         |
| 29 West Bengal TOTAL STATE(S) 30 A & N Islands | 2044 29840 14 | 1909 27002 9 | 185 6775 5 | 3501 58282 23 | 236 3230 337 52852 13171 16 5 | 1110 36657 30 | 1318 31407 23 | 115 4563 0   | 2268 46199 36 | 2385 128 41226 6089 27 | 361879 0 64 | 19902        | 5200 123057 25 | 45 25675 7            | 11062 7481 211404 175544 46 29 | 325 33 34163 1391 888 156 10 0 0 0 | 504              | 1683 0       | 1570    | 458 278 0 0 | 21     | 39 10    | 48783    | 1428      |          |          | 25572   | 1496 58661 57632 29503 | 1254 49983 4   |              |          |         |         | 26 |         |     | 11 | 4       |

Source: Crime in India