Lok Sabha Question No. 298 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-17
Subject: Eve Teasing in Public Conveyance
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the incidents of eve teasing have increased in public conveyance these days;
- (b) if so, the State-wise details of cases registered during the last two years;
- (c) the number of persons punished in such cases so far, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes/ plan to appoint male and female police personnel in public transport, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the details of various measures taken by the Government in this regard and the time by which these are likely to be implemented?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a)  A  total  number  of  121  cases  and  315  cases  were  reported  regarding  outraging  the  modesty  of women in public transport during 2014 and 2015 respectively.
- (b) & (c) As per data provided by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), a statement indicating the cases reported, cases chargesheeted, cases convicted, persons arrested, persons chargesheeted and persons  convicted  under  outraging  the  modesty  of  women  in  public  transport  and  under  sexual harassment, state /  UT  wise,  during  2014  and  2015  is  at  Annexure-I  &  II.    A  total  number  of  15 persons  and  13  persons  were  convicted  under  outraging  the  modesty  of  women  and  sexual harassment in public transport during 2014 and 2015 respectively. State / UT-wise details are given in Annexure -I & II.
- (d) The appointment of police personnel is State subject. Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has no information in this regard.
- (e) With the objective of providing safe and secure public road transport to people of the country, especially girl child and women, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has issued draft GSR 478 (E) dated 2nd May 2016 providing for vehicles location tracking devise, alert button and CCTV in all motor vehicles used as transport vehicles.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 298

ANSWERED ON 17 TH  NOVEMBER, 2016

## EVE TEASING IN PUBLIC CONVEYANCE

298. DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

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 insult to the modesty of women in public transport (section 509 IPC) during 2014-2015

|    |                        | 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         | 65     | 49     | 7      | 68     | 61     | 7      | 24     | 15     | 1      | 89     | 68     | 3      |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 3  | Assam                  | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 14     | 3      | 0      | 13     | 3      | 0      |
| 4  | Bihar                  | 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      |
| 6  | Goa                    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 7  | Gujarat                | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 2      | 0      | 3      | 3      | 0      |
| 8  | Haryana                | 2      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 10 | Jammu &Kashmir         | 6      | 6      | 1      | 8      | 8      | 1      | 10     | 10     | 0      | 16     | 16     | 0      |
| 11 | Jharkhand              | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      |
| 12 | Karnataka              | 1      | 1      | 0      | 2      | 1      | 0      | 7      | 4      | 0      | 12     | 4      | 0      |
| 13 | Kerala                 | 11     | 10     | 4      | 12     | 10     | 4      | 8      | 8      | 2      | 7      | 10     | 2      |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh         | 3      | 3      | 0      | 3      | 3      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      |
| 15 | Maharashtra            | 8      | 12     | 0      | 10     | 13     | 0      | 28     | 25     | 1      | 38     | 34     | 1      |
| 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      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 19 | Nagaland               | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 20 | Odisha                 | 1      | 1      | 0      | 8      | 8      | 0      | 8      | 7      | 0      | 12     | 12     | 0      |
| 21 | Punjab                 | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 22 | Rajasthan              | 2      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 6      | 4      | 0      | 4      | 4      | 0      |
| 23 | Sikkim                 | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 25 | Telangana              | 3      | 3      | 0      | 4      | 4      | 0      | 179    | 151    | 5      | 159    | 156    | 5      |
| 26 | Tripura                | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh          | 3      | 4      | 2      | 6      | 7      | 2      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 2      |
| 28 | Uttarakhand            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 29 | West Bengal            | 8      | 3      | 0      | 10     | 3      | 0      | 4      | 5      | 0      | 4      | 6      | 0      |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)         | 113    | 94     | 14     | 133    | 120    | 14     | 295    | 238    | 10     | 362    | 320    | 13     |
| 30 | A &NIslands            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 31 | Chandigarh             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 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               | 8      | 8      | 1      | 6      | 9      | 1      | 19     | 13     | 0      | 29     | 17     | 0      |
| 35 | Lakshadweep            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 36 | Puducherry             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|    | TOTAL UT(S) TOTAL (ALL | 8      | 8      | 1      | 6      | 9      | 1      | 20     | 14     | 0      | 30     | 18     | 0 13   |
|    | INDIA)                 | 121    | 102    | 15     | 139    | 129    | 15     | 315    | 252    | 10     | 392    | 338    |        |

Source: Crime in India

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 sexual harassment (section 354A IPC) during 2014-2015

|    |                               | 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                | 1072       | 703       | 21      | 1063       | 855       | 21      | 1070       | 797       | 15       | 1372       | 1148      | 19       |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh             | 21         | 16        | 1       | 27         | 23        | 1       | 15         | 13        | 0        | 20         | 18        | 0        |
| 3  | Assam                         | 458        | 85        | 4       | 458        | 85        | 6       | 499        | 226       | 10       | 459        | 230       | 10       |
| 4  | Bihar                         | 271        | 204       | 4       | 372        | 297       | 4       | 78         | 63        | 2        | 108        | 105       | 3        |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh                  | 649        | 639       | 185     | 696        | 703       | 192     | 507        | 508       | 268      | 596        | 609       | 281      |
| 6  | Goa                           | 50         | 32        | 0       | 56         | 33        | 0       | 58         | 41        | 1        | 48         | 53        | 1        |
| 7  | Gujarat                       | 405        | 379       | 1       | 578        | 571       | 1       | 536        | 490       | 9        | 794        | 763       | 9        |
| 8  | Haryana                       | 599        | 448       | 24      | 701        | 650       | 32      | 688        | 480       | 54       | 632        | 602       | 80       |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh              | 159        | 126       | 4       | 189        | 184       | 8       | 99         | 108       | 3        | 117        | 127       | 4        |
| 10 | Jammu &Kashmir                | 242        | 199       | 5       | 359        | 359       | 11      | 244        | 219       | 8        | 409        | 409       | 12       |
| 11 | Jharkhand                     | 114        | 112       | 11      | 234        | 231       | 11      | 531        | 253       | 25       | 399        | 304       | 28       |
| 12 | Karnataka                     | 253        | 194       | 0       | 356        | 272       | 0       | 535        | 391       | 9        | 638        | 515       | 11       |
| 13 | Kerala                        | 980        | 788       | 38      | 1074       | 901       | 45      | 1145       | 1078      | 40       | 1161       | 1137      | 43       |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh                | 3163       | 3327      | 573     | 4375       | 4375      | 816     | 2559       | 2514      | 618      | 3286       | 3283      | 873      |
| 15 | Maharashtra                   | 4052       | 3056      | 66      | 4811       | 4026      | 78      | 4751       | 3826      | 120      | 5667       | 4944      | 153      |
| 16 | Manipur                       | 5          | 0         | 0       | 3          | 0         | 0       | 2          | 3         | 0        | 2          | 3         | 0        |
| 17 | Meghalaya                     | 0          | 0         | 0       | 0          | 0         | 0       | 22         | 20        | 1        | 25         | 20        | 1        |
| 18 | Mizoram                       | 53         | 45        | 31      | 54         | 52        | 33      | 53         | 52        | 37       | 60         | 54        | 40       |
| 19 | Nagaland                      | 5          | 2         | 1       | 5          | 2         | 1       | 6          | 8         | 5        | 11         | 14        | 6        |
| 20 | Odisha                        | 802        | 651       | 2       | 1009       | 862       | 3       | 886        | 773       | 19       | 1106       | 1154      | 23       |
| 21 | Punjab                        | 344        | 191       | 12      | 366        | 239       | 22      | 400        | 226       | 32       | 436        | 295       | 50       |
| 22 | Rajasthan                     | 727        | 458       | 95      | 841        | 823       | 136     | 649        | 348       | 78       | 508        | 523       | 90       |
| 23 | Sikkim                        | 14         | 14        | 1       | 17         | 15        | 1       | 5          | 4         | 0        | 6          | 5         | 0        |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu                    | 46         | 39        | 24      | 58         | 98        | 40      | 197        | 98        | 10       | 237        | 127       | 13       |
| 25 | Telangana                     | 620        | 484       | 26      | 747        | 672       | 26      | 620        | 506       | 13       | 632        | 622       | 15       |
| 26 | Tripura                       | 82         | 66        | 5       | 76         | 101       | 6       | 28         | 23        | 2        | 33         | 31        | 2        |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh                 | 4435       | 3737      | 542     | 7333       | 5984      | 816     | 5925       | 4702      | 955      | 10277      | 7936      | 1444     |
| 28 | Uttarakhand                   | 22         | 16        | 3       | 22         | 20        | 4       | 51         | 44        | 11       | 59         | 56        | 21       |
| 29 | West Bengal                   | 1045       | 895       | 7       | 962        | 895       | 7       | 674        | 825       | 7        | 822        | 825       | 8        |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)                | 20688      | 16906     | 1686    | 26842      | 23328     | 2321    | 22833      | 18639     | 2352     | 29920      | 25912     | 3240     |
| 30 | A &NIslands                   | 18         | 20        | 1       | 21         | 20        | 2       | 23         | 16        | 1        | 22         | 17        | 1        |
| 31 | Chandigarh                    | 31         | 23        | 9       | 39         | 30        | 11      | 22         | 22        | 10       | 20         | 22        | 13       |
| 32 | D&N Haveli                    | 0          | 0         | 0       | 0          | 0         | 0       | 0          | 0         | 0        | 0          | 0         | 0        |
| 33 | Daman &Diu                    | 3          | 2         | 0       | 3          | 3         | 0       | 3          | 1         | 0        | 3          | 1         | 0        |
| 34 | Delhi UT                      | 1186       | 600       | 64      | 1052       | 694       | 65      | 1150       | 725       | 112      | 1121       | 946       | 124      |
| 35 | Lakshadweep                   | 0          | 0         | 0       | 0          | 0         | 0       | 0          | 0         | 0        | 0          | 0         | 0        |
| 36 | Puducherry                    | 12         | 10        | 0       | 7          | 10        | 0       | 10         | 8         | 1        | 12         | 13        | 1        |
|    | TOTAL UT(S) TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 1250 21938 | 655 17561 | 74 1760 | 1122 27964 | 757 24085 | 78 2399 | 1208 24041 | 772 19411 | 124 2476 | 1178 31098 | 999 26911 | 139 3379 |

Source: Crime in India

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

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