Lok Sabha Question No. 453 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-18
Subject: Indecent Depiction of Women
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: NANABHAU FALGUNRAO PATOLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †453.

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 18 TH  JULY, 2017/ ASHADHA 27, 1939 (SAKA) INDECENT DEPICTION OF WOMEN

†453. SHRI NANA PATOLE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  there  are  reports  that  some  companies  are  encouraging  the people to make obscene and objectionable videos featuring molestation of women;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  said  companies  organise  parties  and  conduct  seminars from time to time for this purpose;
- (d)  if  so,  whether  these  companies had honoured lakhs of subscribers in October, 2016; and
- (e)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  measures  taken  by  the Government to check such kind of crimes including action taken against such companies?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): There  is  no  information  available  with  the  National  Crime Records Bureau on companies encouraging the people to make obscene and  objectionable  videos  featuring  molestation  of  women.    However, state/UT  wise  cases  registered,  person  arrested,  cases  charge  sheeted, persons charge sheeted, cases convicted and persons convicted under the

## L.S.US.Q.NO.453 FOR 18.7.2017

Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 during 2014-16 and  state/UT  wise cases  registered, person  arrested,  cases charge sheeted, persons charge sheeted, cases convicted and persons convicted under Publication/Transmission of obscene/sexually explicit act in electronic form (Section 67 and 67A of Information Technology Act) during 2014-16 are enclosed at Annex-I and Annex-II respectively.

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L.S.US.Q.NO.453 FOR State/UT-wise Cases Reported, Cases ChargeSheeted, Cases Convicted, Persons Arrested, Persons Charge Sheeted, Persons Convicted under Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 During 2014-2016*

INDIA) Source: Crime in India

| SL    | State/UT              | 2014           | 2014                                 | 2014                   | 2014            | 2014              |                |                  |                     | 2015                   | 2015            | 2015              | 18.7.2017 2016*   | 18.7.2017 2016*   | 18.7.2017 2016*     | 18.7.2017 2016*        | 18.7.2017 2016*   | 18.7.2017 2016*   |
|-------|-----------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------|---------------------|------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| SL    | State/UT              | Cases Reported | Persons Arrested Cases ChargeSheeted | Persons Charge Sheeted | Cases Convicted | Persons Convicted | Cases Reported | Persons Arrested | Cases ChargeSheeted | Persons Charge Sheeted | Cases Convicted | Persons Convicted | Cases Reported    | Persons Arrested  | Cases ChargeSheeted | Persons Charge Sheeted | Cases Convicted   | Persons Convicted |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh        | 3              | 25 14                                | 52                     | 4               | 6                 | 12             | 44               | 11                  | 41                     | 5               | 15                | 5                 | 17                | 9                   | 13                     | 0                 | 0                 |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh     | 0              | 0 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0                   | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                   | 0                      | 0                 | 0                 |
| 3     | Assam                 | 0              | 0 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0                   | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                   | 0                      | 0                 | 0                 |
| 4     | Bihar                 | 0              | 0 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0                   | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                   | 0                      | 0                 | 0                 |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh          | 0              | 0 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0                   | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                   | 0                      | 0                 | 0                 |
| 6     | Goa                   | 0              | 0 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0                   | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                   | 0                      | 0                 | 0                 |
| 7     | Gujarat               | 0              | 0 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0                   | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                   | 0                      | 0                 | 0                 |
| 8     | Haryana               | 1              | 0 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0                   | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                   | 0                      | 0                 | 0                 |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh      | 0              | 0 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0                   | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                   | 0                      | 0                 | 0                 |
| 10    | Jammu &Kashmir        | 0              | 0 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0                   | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                   | 0                      | 0                 | 0                 |
| 11    | Jharkhand             | 2              | 0 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0              | 2                | 2                   | 2                      | 2               | 2                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                   | 0                      | 0                 | 0                 |
| 12    | Karnataka             | 0              | 0 1                                  | 2                      | 0               | 0                 | 2              | 0                | 0                   | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0                 | 2                 | 2                   | 2                      | 0                 | 0                 |
| 13    | Kerala                | 11             | 10 12                                | 12                     | 0               | 0                 | 4              | 9                | 3                   | 3                      | 3               | 4                 | 2                 | 2                 | 9                   | 12                     | 6                 | 7                 |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh        | 0              | 0 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 1              | 1                | 1                   | 1                      | 0               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                   | 0                      | 0                 | 0                 |
| 15    | Maharashtra           | 0              | 0 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0                   | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                   | 0                      | 0                 | 0                 |
| 16    | Manipur               | 0              | 0 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 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                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                   | 0                      | 0                 | 0                 |
| 18    | Mizoram               | 0              | 0 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 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                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                   | 0                      | 0                 | 0                 |
| 20    | Odisha                | 0              | 0 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0                   | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 3                 | 1                 | 1                   | 1                      | 0                 | 0                 |
| 21    | Punjab                | 1              | 1 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 1              | 0                | 0                   | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0                 | 1                 | 1                   | 1                      | 3                 | 5                 |
| 22    | Rajasthan             | 18             | 21 20                                | 21                     | 75              | 78                | 9              | 8                | 8                   | 8                      | 34              | 36                | 8                 | 8                 | 7                   | 8                      | 12                | 12                |
| 23    | Sikkim                | 0              | 0 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0                   | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                   | 0                      | 0                 | 0                 |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu            | 4              | 2 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 7              | 5 0              | 4                   | 4                      | 0               | 0                 | 1                 | 2                 | 9                   | 12                     | 1                 | 1                 |
| 25    | Telangana             | 2              | 4 2                                  | 4                      | 0               | 0                 | 2              |                  | 0                   | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 2                 | 2                 | 3                   | 1                      | 0                 | 0                 |
| 26    | Tripura               | 0              | 0 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0                   | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                   | 0                      | 0                 | 0                 |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh         | 1              | 1 1                                  | 1                      | 0               | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0                   | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 16                | 21                | 13                  | 18                     | 0                 | 0                 |
| 28    | Uttarakhand           | 0              | 0 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 |                |                  | 0                   | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                   | 0                      | 0                 | 0                 |
| 29    | West Bengal           | 4              | 4 4                                  | 4                      | 0               | 0                 | 0 1            | 0 6              | 1                   | 1                      | 0               | 0                 | NR                | NR                | NR                  | NR                     | NR                | NR                |
|       | TOTALSTATE(S)         | 47             | 68 54                                | 96                     | 79              | 84                | 39             | 75               | 30                  | 60                     | 44              | 57                | 37                | 56                | 54                  | 68                     | 22                | 25                |
| 30    |                       |                |                                      |                        |                 |                   | 0              |                  | 0                   | 0                      |                 |                   |                   |                   | 0                   |                        |                   | 0                 |
| 31    | A &NIslands           | 0              | 0 0                                  | 0                      | 0               | 0                 |                | 0                |                     |                        | 0               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                   |                        | 0                 |                   |
| 32    | Chandigarh D&N Haveli | 0 0            | 0 0 0 0                              | 0 0                    | 0 0             | 0 0               | 0 0            | 0 0              | 1 0                 | 1 0                    | 0 0             | 0 0               | 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               | 0                 | 0                 | 0 0               | 0 0                 | 0 0                    | 0 0               | 0                 |
| 34    | Lakshadweep           | 0              | 0                                    | 0                      |                 |                   |                | 0                | 0                   | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                   | 0                      | 0                 |                   |
|       | Delhi UT              | 0              | 0                                    | 0                      | 0               | 0                 | 0              | 0                | 0                   | 0                      |                 |                   | 0                 |                   |                     |                        |                   | 0                 |
| 35 36 | Puducherry            | 0              | 0 0 0                                | 0                      | 0 0             | 0 0               | 0 1            | 1                | 1                   | 1                      | 0 0             | 0 0               | 1                 | 1                 | 1                   | 1                      | 0                 | 0 0               |
|       | TOTAL(ALL             | 47             | 54                                   | 96                     | 79              | 84                | 40             |                  | 32                  | 62                     | 44              | 57                | 38                | 57                | 55                  |                        | 22                | 25                |
|       |                       |                | 68                                   |                        |                 |                   |                | 76               |                     |                        |                 |                   |                   |                   |                     | 69                     |                   |                   |

Note:  * Data for the year 2016 is provisional as data is under clarification.

Note:  NR: implies data not received from the State of West Bengal.

Annexure-II L.S.US.Q.NO.453 FOR 18.7.2017

|       | SL State/UT            | Cases Reported Persons Arrested   | Cases ChargeSheeted   | Persons Charge Sheeted   | Cases Convicted   | Persons Convicted   | Cases Reported   | Persons Arrested   | Cases ChargeSheeted   | Persons Charge Sheeted   | Cases Convicted   | Persons Convicted   | Cases Reported   | Persons Arrested   | Cases ChargeSheeted Persons Charge Sheeted   | Cases Convicted   | Persons Convicted   |     |
|-------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|-----|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh         | 5 3                               | 2                     | 3                        | 0                 | 0                   | 3                | 7                  | 4                     | 5                        | 0                 | 0                   | 7                | 4                  | 1                                            | 2                 | 0                   | 0   |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh      | 0 0                               | 0                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   | 0                | 0                  | 0                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   | 0                | 0                  | 0                                            | 0                 | 0                   | 0   |
| 3     | Assam                  | 0 0                               | 0                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   | 4                | 4                  | 0                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   | 114              | 119                | 9                                            | 9                 | 0                   | 0   |
| 4     | Bihar                  | 0 0                               | 0                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   | 0                | 0                  | 0                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   | 9                | 8                  | 7                                            | 7                 | 0                   | 0   |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh           | 7 3                               | 2                     | 2                        | 0                 | 0                   | 27               | 25                 | 17                    | 23                       | 0                 | 0                   | 17               | 18                 | 13                                           | 17                | 1                   | 1   |
| 6     | Goa                    | 6 1                               | 0                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   | 1                | 0                  | 0                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   | 1                | 7                  | 4                                            | 7                 | 0                   | 0   |
| 7     | Gujarat                | 8 4                               | 4                     | 4                        | 0                 | 0                   | 7                | 5                  | 5                     | 6                        | 0                 | 0                   | 14               | 12                 | 10                                           | 12                | 0                   | 0   |
| 8     | Haryana                | 10 9                              | 9                     | 9                        | 0                 | 0                   | 36               | 39                 | 18                    | 35                       | 0                 | 0                   | 29               | 17                 | 12                                           | 13                | 0                   | 0   |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh       | 9 4                               | 3                     | 17                       | 0                 | 0                   | 5                | 1                  | 2                     | 2                        | 0                 | 0                   | 4                | 3                  | 3                                            | 3                 | 0                   | 0   |
| 10    | Jammu &Kashmir         | 0 0                               | 0                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   | 3                | 2                  | 2                     |                          | 2                 | 0 0                 | 0                | 0                  | 0                                            | 0                 | 0                   | 0   |
| 11    | Jharkhand              | 0 0                               | 0                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   | 0                | 0                  | 0                     | 0                        |                   | 0 0                 | 1                | 0                  | 0                                            | 0                 | 0                   | 0   |
| 12    | Karnataka              | 72 62                             | 28                    | 45                       | 0                 | 0                   | 55               | 32                 | 26                    | 42                       | 0                 | 0                   | 70               | 21                 | 13                                           | 19                | 0                   | 0   |
| 13    | Kerala                 | 45 15                             | 16                    | 18                       | 2                 | 2                   | 41               | 24                 | 25                    | 35                       |                   | 2 2                 | 42               | 52                 | 28                                           | 30                | 0                   | 0   |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh         | 15 11                             | 10                    | 11                       | 0                 | 0                   | 39               | 31                 | 20                    | 27                       |                   | 0 0                 | 36               | 30                 | 22                                           | 32                | 2                   | 2   |
| 15    | Maharashtra            | 13 10                             | 6                     | 8                        | 1                 | 1                   | 42               | 20                 | 8                     | 13                       | 0                 | 0                   | 83               | 46                 | 28                                           | 30                | 0                   | 0   |
| 16    | Manipur                | 0 0                               | 0                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   | 0                | 0                  | 0                     | 0                        |                   | 0 0                 | 0                | 0                  | 0                                            | 0                 | 0                   | 0   |
| 17    | Meghalaya              | 2 0                               | 0                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   | 3                | 1                  | 0                     | 0                        |                   | 0 0                 | 2                | 0                  | 1                                            | 1                 | 0                   | 0   |
| 18    | Mizoram                | 0 0                               | 0                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   | 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                 | 0                | 0                  | 0                                            | 0                 | 0                   | 0   |
| 20    | Odisha                 | 2 1                               | 1                     | 1                        | 0                 | 0                   | 6                | 3                  | 2                     | 2                        |                   | 0 0                 | 7                | 6                  | 6                                            | 6                 | 0                   | 0   |
| 21    | Punjab                 | 45 39                             | 10                    | 15                       | 0                 | 0                   | 40               | 50                 | 11                    | 24                       | 1                 | 1                   | 26               | 47                 | 17                                           | 21                | 1                   | 2   |
| 22    | Rajasthan              | 55 24                             | 16                    | 24                       | 0                 | 0                   | 53               | 42                 | 22                    | 32                       |                   | 1 1                 | 43               | 16                 | 11                                           | 16                | 0                   | 0   |
| 23    | Sikkim                 | 0 0                               | 0                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   | 0                | 0                  | 0                     | 0                        |                   | 0 0                 | 0                | 0                  | 0                                            | 0                 | 0                   | 0   |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu             | 22 17                             | 3                     | 3                        | 1                 | 1                   | 24               | 19                 | 13                    | 16                       |                   | 2                   | 2                | 27 29              | 16                                           | 20                | 1                   | 1   |
| 25    | Telangana              | 7 3                               | 0                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   | 68               | 31                 | 4                     |                          | 7                 | 0 0                 | 20               | 8                  | 7                                            | 4                 | 0                   | 0   |
| 26    | Tripura                | 0 0                               | 0                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   | 0                | 0                  | 0                     |                          | 0                 | 0 0                 | 1                | 1                  | 0                                            | 0                 | 0                   | 0   |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh          | 369 254                           | 62                    | 93                       | 1                 | 2                   | 271              | 182                | 126                   | 203                      | 7                 | 13                  | 287              | 284                | 162                                          | 192               | 5                   | 6   |
| 28 29 | Uttarakhand            | 13 10                             | 7                     | 8                        | 0                 | 0                   | 9                | 5                  | 5                     | 6                        |                   | 0 0                 | 14               | 11                 | 7                                            | 8                 | 0                   | 0   |
|       | West Bengal            | 30 14                             | 3                     | 3                        | 0                 | 0                   | 36               | 17                 | 14                    |                          | 14                | 0 0                 | NR               | NR                 | NR                                           | NR                | NR                  | NR  |
|       | TOTALSTATE(S) 735      | 484                               | 182                   | 264                      | 5                 | 6                   | 773              | 540                | 324                   |                          | 494               | 13 19               | 854              | 739                | 377                                          | 449               | 10                  | 12  |
| 30 31 | A &NIslands Chandigarh | 1 1 2                             | 0                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   | 0                | 0                  | 0                     | 0                        |                   | 0 0                 | 2                | 0 4                | 2                                            | 0 0               | 0                   | 0   |
|       |                        | 0                                 | 0                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   |                  | 2                  | 1                     | 2                        | 0                 | 0                   | 4                |                    |                                              | 2                 | 0                   | 0   |
| 32    | D&N Haveli             | 0 0                               | 0                     | 0                        |                   |                     | 4 0              | 0                  |                       |                          |                   | 0                   | 1                | 1                  |                                              | 1                 |                     |     |
| 33 34 | Daman &Diu             | 1 2                               | 1                     |                          | 0                 | 0                   | 0                | 0                  |                       | 0                        | 0                 | 0 0                 | 0                | 0                  | 0                                            | 1                 | 0                   | 0   |
|       |                        |                                   |                       | 2                        | 0                 | 0                   |                  | 3                  | 4                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   |                  |                    |                                              | 0                 | 0                   | 0   |
| 35    | Delhi UT               | 10 0                              | 0                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   | 15               |                    |                       |                          | 4                 | 0 0                 | 15               | 4                  | 4                                            | 4                 | 0                   | 0   |
|       | Lakshadweep            | 0 0                               | 0                     | 0                        | 0                 | 0                   | 0                | 0                  | 0                     |                          | 0                 | 0 0                 | 0                | 0                  | 0                                            | 0                 | 0                   | 0   |
| 36    | Puducherry TOTALUT(S)  | 0 0 14 3                          | 0 1                   | 0 2                      | 0 0               | 0 0                 | 0 19             | 0 5                | 5                     | 0                        | 0 6               | 0 0 0 0             | 0 22             |                    | 0 9                                          | 0 0 7             | 0 7 0               | 0 0 |
|       | TOTAL(ALL              | 487                               |                       | 266                      | 5                 |                     | 792              | 545                |                       | 329                      | 500               | 13                  | 876              | 748                | 384                                          | 456               | 10                  | 12  |
|       | INDIA)                 | 749                               | 183                   |                          |                   |                     |                  |                    |                       |                          |                   | 19                  |                  |                    |                                              |                   |                     |     |

Source: Crime in India

Note:  * Data for the year 2016 is provisional as data is under clarification.

Note:  * implies data not received from the State of West Bengal.