Lok Sabha Question No. 567 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-19
Subject: Honour Killings
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: JAGDAMBIKA PAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 567

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH  DECEMBER, 2017/ AGRAHAYANA 28, 1939 (SAKA)

HONOUR KILLINGS

567.  SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the honour killings and harassment of married couples are on the rise in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the total number of such cases reported along with  the  accused  arrested  and  the  action  taken  against  the  guilty  persons during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has constituted any Committee/Group of Ministers (GoMs) to examine the issue relating to honour killings;
- (d) if so, the details  thereof  and  the  recommendations  made  by  such Committee/GoM  and  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  implement  such recommendations;
- (e) whether the Ministry has received recommendations  from the  Law Commission in this regard;
- (f)  if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of the Government thereto; and
- (g)  the other measures taken by the Government to check such cases in future and to identify the reasons behind such cases?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): As per the information provided by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB),  State/UT-wise  cases  registered  under  murder  (section  302  IPC)  and culpable homicide not amounting to murder (section 304 IPC) with the motive of honour killing is enclosed as Anneuxre-I. Further, details of persons guilty of honour killing are not compiled separately.

## LS.US.Q.No.567 FOR 19.12.2017

(c) to (f): The Government has received the 242 nd report of the Law Commission  of  India  titled  'Prevention  of  Interference  with  the  Freedom  of Matrimonial Alliance (in the name of Honour and Tradition): A suggested Legal Framework.  Since  the  subject  matter  of  the  said  report  falls  under  the Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution, the Government had  sought  for  the  comments/views  of  State  Governments/  Union  Territory Administrations on the report.

(g): 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to  the  Constitution  of  India.  The  responsibilities  to  maintain  law  and  order, protection of life and property of the citizens rest primarily with the respective State Governments. The State Governments are competent to deal with such offences under the extant provisions of laws. The Ministry of Home Affairs had issued an advisory on crime against women dated 4 th  September, 2009, wherein the States/UTs have been directed to conduct a comprehensive review of the effectiveness  of  their  law  and  order  machinery  in  tackling  the  problem  of violence against women and to take appropriate measures aimed at increasing responsiveness to such violence. The advisory specifically advised the States/UTs to take special steps to curb the 'Violation of Women's Rights by the so called Honour Killings, to prevent forced marriage in some northern States, and other forms of Violence'. The Advisory is available on www.mha.nic.in.

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Annexure-I State/UT-wise cases registered under murder (section 302 IPC) and culpable homicide not amounting to murder (section 304 IPC) with the motive of honour killing during

2014-2016

|    |                   | 2014                     | 2014                                                        | 2015                     | 2015                                                        | 2016                     | 2016                                                        |
|----|-------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| SL | State/UT          | Murder (Section 302 IPC) | Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder (Section 304 IPC) | Murder (Section 302 IPC) | Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder (Section 304 IPC) | Murder (Section 302 IPC) | Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder (Section 304 IPC) |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh    | 0                        | 0                                                           | 2                        | 0                                                           | 2                        | 0                                                           |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 3  | Assam             | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 4  | Bihar             | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 3                        | 0                                                           |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh      | 0                        | 0                                                           | 2                        | 0                                                           | 1                        | 0                                                           |
| 6  | Goa               | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 7  | Gujarat           | 2                        | 0                                                           | 21                       | 4                                                           | 10                       | 0                                                           |
| 8  | Haryana           | 1                        | 0                                                           | 2                        | 0                                                           | 2                        | 0                                                           |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 10 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 3                        | 0                                                           | 1                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 11 | Jharkhand         | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 12 | Karnataka         | 2                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 13 | Kerala            | 0                        | 0                                                           | 3                        | 2                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh    | 7                        | 0                                                           | 14                       | 0                                                           | 18                       | 0                                                           |
| 15 | Maharashtra       | 5                        | 0                                                           | 1                        | 0                                                           | 8                        | 0                                                           |
| 16 | Manipur           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 17 | Meghalaya         | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 18 | Mizoram           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 19 | Nagaland          | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 20 | Odisha            | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 21 | Punjab            | 5                        | 0                                                           | 8                        | 0                                                           | 8                        | 0                                                           |
| 22 | Rajasthan         | 0                        | 0                                                           | 2                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 23 | Sikkim            | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu        | 0                        | 0                                                           | 1                        | 0                                                           | 1                        | 0                                                           |
| 25 | Telangana         | 0                        | 0                                                           | 1                        | 16                                                          | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 26 | Tripura           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh     | 1                        | 0                                                           | 131                      | 37                                                          | 16                       | 6                                                           |
| 28 | Uttarakhand       | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 29 | West Bengal       | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 26                       | 0                                                           | 189                      | 59                                                          | 69                       | 6                                                           |
| 30 | A & N Islands     | 0                        | 0                                                           | 1                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 31 | Chandigarh        | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 32 | D&N Haveli        | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 33 | Daman &Diu        | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 34 | Delhi UT          | 0                        | 0                                                           | 2                        | 0                                                           | 2                        | 0                                                           |
| 35 | Lakshadweep       | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
| 36 | Puducherry        | 2                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           | 0                        | 0                                                           |
|    | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 28                       | 0                                                           | 192                      | 59                                                          | 71                       | 6                                                           |
|    | TOTAL UT(S)       | 2                        | 0                                                           | 3                        | 0                                                           | 2                        | 0                                                           |

Source: Crime in India