Lok Sabha Question No. 943 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-22
Subject: Domestic Violence
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 943

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND NOVEMBER, 2016/AGRAHAYANA 1, 1938 (SAKA)

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

943. SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether cases of domestic violence are on the rise in the country;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  indicating  the  total  number  of  such  cases reported,  guilty  arrested,  convicted  and  action  taken  against  them, separately  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year, Statewise; and

(c)  the  steps being taken to make the existing laws more stringent and effective  along  with  the  other  measures  taken  to  stop  such  cases  in future?

ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): As  per  information  provided  by  the  National  Crime  Records Bureau  (NCRB),  a  total  of  1,18,866,  1,22,877  and  1,13,403  cases  were reported  under  cruelty  by  husband  or  his  relatives  (Section  498A  IPC) during  2013,  2014  and  2015  respectively.  A  total  of  426  and  461  cases were reported under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act,

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## L.S.US.Q.NO.943 FOR 22.11.2016

2005 during 2014 and 2015 respectively.  State/UT-wise cases reported, cases chargesheeted, cases convicted, persons arrested, persons chargesheeted  and  persons  convicted  under  cruelty  by  husband  or  his relatives(section 498A IPC) during 2013-2015 is enclosed at Annexure-I. Similarly,  State/UT-wise  cases  reported,  cases  chargesheeted,  cases convicted, persons arrested, persons chargesheeted and persons convicted  under  the  Protection  of  Women  from  Domestic  Violence  Act, 2005 during 2014 - 2015 is enclosed at Annexure-II.

(c): Amendments  in  the  criminal  justice  system  is  an  ongoing  and continuous process.

As  per  the  seventh  schedule  to  the  Constitution  of  India  `Police`  and `Public Order` are State subjects and, as such, the primary responsibility of  prevention,  detection,  registration,  investigation  and  prosecution  of crime, lies with the State Governments/ Union Territory Administrations.

Advisory  in  this  regard  has  also  been  issued  on  4 th   September,  2009, which is also available on www.mha.nic.in.

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State/UT wise cases registered (CR), cases charge sheeted (CS), cases convicted (CV), persons arrested (PAR), persons charge sheeted (PCS) and persons convicted (PCV) under Cruelty by Husband or his Relatives (section 498A IPC) During 2013-2015

|    | State/UT                      | 2013   | 2013            | 2013      | 2013        | 2013      | 2014 PCV CS   | 2014 PCV CS   | 2014 PCV CS     | 2014 PCV CS   | 2014 PCV CS       | 2014 PCV CS   | 2015       | 2015     | 2015        | 2015   | 2015   |
|----|-------------------------------|--------|-----------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|------------|----------|-------------|--------|--------|
| SL | State/UT                      | CR     | CS              | CV        | PAR         | PCS       | CR            | CV            |                 | PAR           | PCS PCV           | CR            | CS         | CV       | PAR         | PCS    | PCV    |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh                | 15084  | 12201           | 782 22265 | 20845       | 1487      | 6362          | 5646 228      | 9270            | 8864          | 464               | 6121          | 5254       | 240      | 8984        | 8375   | 756    |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh             | 29     | 20              | 5 32      | 20          | 3         | 42            | 30 0          | 44              | 31            | 0                 | 66            | 54         | 0        | 70          | 61     | 0      |
| 3  | Assam                         | 8636   | 5116 142        | 7806      | 5277        | 168       | 9626 5946     | 159           | 12960           | 7386          | 168               | 11225         | 6444       | 231      | 10404       | 6485   | 263    |
| 4  | Bihar                         | 4533   | 3383 194        | 7923      | 8474        | 425       | 4672 3243     | 109           | 5997            | 5346          | 232               | 3792          | 2860       | 67       | 5396        | 4438   | 143    |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh                  | 1181   | 1158            | 142 2892  | 2845        | 490       | 964 968       | 225           | 2531            | 2631          | 484               | 620           | 628        | 265      | 1592        | 1700   | 530    |
| 6  | Goa                           | 40     | 25              | 0 84      | 67          | 0         | 35            | 29 1          | 38              | 64            | 1                 | 19            | 23         | 1        | 14          | 33     | 1      |
| 7  | Gujarat                       | 7812   | 79              | 24611     | 24494       | 284       | 5991 6055     | 76            | 19209           | 19441         | 236               | 4133          | 3989       | 46       | 12982       | 12774  | 120    |
| 8  | Haryana                       | 3617   | 7690 2647       | 285 4803  | 5150        | 535       | 2288          | 89            | 4205            | 3931          | 182               | 3525          | 2190       | 133      | 3628        | 3573   | 239    |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh              | 328    | 279             | 7 765     | 752         | 14        | 3478 325 282  | 6             | 679             | 692           | 13                | 226           | 188        | 4        | 517         | 504    | 27     |
| 10 | Jammu & Kashmir               | 428    | 339             | 4 898     | 894         | 4         | 467           | 385 5         | 985             |               | 994 8             | 400           | 357        | 5        | 982         | 958    | 15     |
| 11 | Jharkhand                     | 2084   | 1366            | 219 3020  | 2395        | 359       | 1462 1091     | 138           | 1755            |               | 1682 243          | 1654          | 1221       | 202      | 1424        | 2006   | 283    |
| 12 | Karnataka                     | 3276   | 3053 85         | 5771      | 5851        | 179       | 3025          | 2610          | 70              | 5523          | 5258 276          | 2732          | 2276       | 41       | 4770        | 4779   | 91     |
| 13 | Kerala                        | 4820   | 4393            | 173 6330  | 6279        | 268       | 4919          | 4458 132      | 6818            | 6642          | 165               | 3668          | 3342       | 149      | 4998        | 5180   | 185    |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh                | 4988   | 4929            | 907 13127 | 13140       | 2275      | 6451 6439     | 1039          | 15860           | 15830         | 2702              | 5281          | 5269       | 785      | 13317       | 13387  | 2270   |
| 15 | Maharashtra                   | 8542   | 7453            | 142 31492 | 29673       | 498       | 7696          | 7515          | 113             | 24741         | 25732             | 344 7640      | 6622       | 197      | 20129       | 19641  | 762    |
| 16 | Manipur                       | 29     | 2               | 0 18      | 2           | 0         | 41            | 5 0           | 18              |               | 5 0               | 39            |            | 10 2     | 22          | 10     | 2      |
| 17 | Meghalaya                     | 23     | 13              | 0 25      | 15          | 0         | 42            | 32            | 0 31            |               | 32 0              | 44            | 26         | 0        | 29          | 26     | 0      |
| 18 | Mizoram                       | 5      | 8               | 3 5       | 5           | 3         | 8             | 6             | 4               | 11            | 9                 | 9             | 9          | 3        | 9           | 9      | 4      |
| 19 | Nagaland                      | 4      | 1               | 1 6       | 1           | 1         | 3             | 4 2           |                 | 3             | 4 2               | 4             |            | 3 2      | 4           | 4      | 2      |
| 20 | Odisha                        | 2792   | 2331            | 78 4673   |             | 4663 164  | 3114 2971     | 99            | 6523            |               | 4 6364 211        |               | 3605 3421  | 57       | 5051        | 4703   | 171    |
| 21 | Punjab                        | 1741   | 977             | 156 2785  | 1782        | 432       | 1681          | 958           | 102             | 2720          | 2116              | 277           | 1583 1229  | 140      | 2410        | 2386   | 478    |
| 22 | Rajasthan                     | 15094  | 7721 1665       | 10944     | 10940       | 2375      | 15905 8739    | 1811          | 11583           |               | 11498             | 3006 14383    | 7732       | 1681     | 9590        | 9727   | 2341   |
| 23 | Sikkim                        | 5      | 3               | 5         | 5 7         | 7         | 5             | 4 4           |                 | 6             | 4                 | 4 2           | 0          | 0        | 2           | 0      | 0      |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu                    | 2471   | 1853            | 235 4475  | 3890        | 540       | 2103 1619     | 180           |                 | 3292          | 3150              | 403           | 1900 1423  | 138      | 3634        | 2568   | 368    |
| 25 | Telangana                     |        |                 |           |             |           | 6369 5292     | 158           |                 | 9604          | 8721              | 220 7329      | 6897       | 165      | 10082       | 11623  | 426    |
| 26 | Tripura                       | 827    | 785             | 74 1491   | 1155        | 93        | 702           | 633           | 49              | 1117          | 1385              | 54 501        | 423        | 36       | 575         | 576    | 37     |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh                 | 8781   | 5609 1572       | 42676     | 24790       | 6237      | 10471         | 6126          | 1376 46755      | 25990         | 6139              | 8660          | 6205       | 1541     | 41802       | 30949  | 6708   |
| 28 | Uttarakhand                   | 435    | 321             | 75 491    | 482         | 246       | 301           | 227           | 48              | 472           | 424               | 266 407       | 288        | 111      | 634         | 619    | 238    |
| 29 | West Bengal                   | 18116  | 18415           | 82 21400  | 20194       | 101       | 23278 22463   | 45            | 32174           |               | 31409             | 56 20163      | 20868      | 215      | 22508       | 22688  | 244    |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)                | 115721 | 92091 7112      | 220813    | 194082      | 17188     | 119538        | 96064         | 6268            | 224924        | 195635 16160      | 109731        | 89251      | 6457     | 185559      | 169782 | 16704  |
| 30 | A & N Islands                 | 9      | 9               | 1         | 10 9        | 3         | 14            | 8             | 0               | 8             | 8                 | 0 14          | 7          | 1        | 16          | 18     | 1      |
| 31 | Chandigarh                    | 92     | 55              | 8 112     | 91          | 13        | 141           | 62 11         | 130             | 110           | 20                | 126           | 91         | 4        | 192         | 199    | 7      |
| 32 | D&N Haveli                    | 1      | 0               | 0 0       | 0           | 0         | 6             | 2             | 0               | 5             | 5                 | 0 2           | 3          | 0        | 15          | 11     | 0      |
| 33 | Daman & Diu                   | 2      | 3               | 0 3       | 5           | 0         | 1             | 1             | 0               | 0             | 1                 | 0 3           | 1          | 0        | 2           | 1      | 0      |
| 34 | Delhi UT                      | 3033   | 1218            | 137 1137  | 1083        | 338       | 940           |               | 146             | 577           | 1023              | 180 3521      | 1615       | 96       | 1266        | 1591   | 144    |
| 35 | Lakshadweep                   | 0      | 1 0             | 0         | 1           | 0         | 3173 0        | 0             | 0               |               | 0                 | 0 2           |            | 0        | 1           | 0      | 1      |
| 36 | Puducherry                    | 8      | 9               | 0 16      | 12          | 0         | 4             | 4             | 0               | 4             | 0 4               | 0 4           | 3          | 0        | 1 16        | 3      | 0      |
|    |                               | 3145   |                 | 146 1278  |             |           |               | 1017          |                 |               |                   | 200           | 3672       |          |             | 1823   | 153    |
|    | TOTAL UT(S) TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 118866 | 1295 93386 7258 | 222091    | 1201 195283 | 354 17542 | 3339 122877   | 97081         | 157 6425 225648 | 724           | 1151 196786 16360 | 113403        | 1720 90971 | 102 6559 | 1508 187067 | 171605 | 16857  |

Source: Crime in India

Disposal of cases/persons by police/courts may includes cases/persons of previous years also.

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## State/UT wise cases registered (CR), cases charge sheeted (CS), cases convicted (CV), persons arrested (PAR), persons charge sheeted (PCS) and persons convicted (PCV) under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 During 2014-2015

| SL   | State/UT          | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   |
|------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL   | State/UT          | CR     | CS     | CV     | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    | CR     | CS     | CV     | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 3    | Assam             | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 4    | Bihar             | 112    | 52     | 2      | 123    | 65     | 3      | 161    | 149    | 3      | 215    | 182    | 5      |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 2      | 0      | 2      | 2      | 0      |
| 6    | Goa               | 2      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 7    | Gujarat           | 2      | 2      | 0      | 2      | 2      | 0      | 2      | 2      | 0      | 2      | 2      | 0      |
| 8    | Haryana           | 4      | 5      | 0      | 3      | 8      | 0      | 11     | 10     | 0      | 22     | 11     | 0      |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  | 5      | 4      | 0      | 5      | 4      | 0      | 15     | 10     | 0      | 14     | 10     | 0      |
| 10   | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 11   | Jharkhand         | 5      | 2      | 0      | 4      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      |
| 12   | Karnataka         | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      |
| 13   | Kerala            | 140    | 106    | 2      | 116    | 115    | 2      | 132    | 122    | 6      | 124    | 129    | 7      |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    | 53     | 51     | 2      | 59     | 59     | 5      | 91     | 93     | 9      | 100    | 100    | 9      |
| 15   | Maharashtra       | 4      | 3      | 0      | 6      | 5      | 0      | 8      | 4      | 0      | 24     | 11     | 0      |
| 16   | Manipur           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 17   | Meghalaya         | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 18   | Mizoram           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 19   | Nagaland          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 20   | Odisha            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 21   | Punjab            | 2      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 2      | 0      | 1      | 2      | 0      |
| 22   | Rajasthan         | 17     | 11     | 0      | 16     | 16     | 0      | 14     | 11     | 2      | 19     | 19     | 2      |
| 23   | Sikkim            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        | 4      | 3      | 0      | 4      | 3      | 0      | 4      | 1      | 0      | 2      | 2      | 0      |
| 25   | Telangana         | 1      | 1      | 0      | 3      | 3      | 0      | 6      | 4      | 0      | 4      | 4      | 0      |
| 26   | Tripura           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     | 66     | 67     | 2      | 345    | 350    | 2      | 4      | 3      | 2      | 4      | 3      | 4      |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 29   | West Bengal       | 1      | 1      | 0      | 3      | 3      | 0      | 2      | 1      | 0      | 2      | 1      | 0      |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 419    | 310    | 8      | 693    | 637    | 12     | 455    | 416    | 22     | 536    | 480    | 27     |
| 30   | A & N Islands     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 2      | 0      | 2      | 2      | 0      |
| 31   | Chandigarh        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 33   | Daman & Diu       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 34   | Delhi UT          | 7      | 2      | 1 0    | 0      | 2      | 1      | 4      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 0      | 0      |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 36   | Puducherry        | 0      | 0 2    |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0    | 0 4    | 0      | 0 0    |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       | 7      |        | 1      | 0      | 2      | 1      | 6      | 2      |        |        | 2      |        |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 426    | 312    | 9      | 693    | 639    | 13     | 461    | 418    | 22     | 540    | 482    | 27     |