Lok Sabha Question No. 2795 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-13
Subject: Acid Attacks
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: LAKHAN LAL SAHU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2795

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13 TH  MARCH, 2018 /PHALGUNA 22, 1939 (SAKA)

## ACID ATTACKS

†2795. SHRI LAKHAN LAL SAHU:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether incidents of throwing acids on women have been constantly increasing in the country;

(b)  if  so,  the  number  of  cases  related  to  throwing  of  acids  on  women reported during each of the last three years and the current year, Statewise;

(c) whether laxity has been observed in the present system to check such incidents  due  to  which  targeted  success  has  not  been  achieved  in checking the same; and

(d)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to stop such cases in future?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): As per the available information provided by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), details of State/UT-wise cases registered, persons arrested,  cases  charge-sheeted,  persons  charge-sheeted,  cases  resulting in  conviction  and  persons  convicted  for  acid  attacks  on  women  (section 326A  IPC)  and  attempt  to  attack  women  with  acid  (section  326B  IPC) during 2014-2016, are given in Annexure-I & II respectively.

## L.S.US.Q NO. 2795 FOR 13.03.2018

(c) & (d): '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.

Following steps have been taken in this regard:-

- (i) Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  had  drafted  Model  Poison  Rules,  which were circulated vide letter dated 30.08.2013 to all States/UTs for notifying  the  same  to  regulate  the  sale  of  acid  in  respective State/UT.
- (ii) A comprehensive Advisory on expediting cases of Acid Attack and to provide treatment and compensation to victims has been issued on 20 th April, 2015. States and UTs  were  advised to take appropriate action on implementation of section 166B of the IPC which deals with punishment for failure to treat victims.
- (iii) Under the Central Victim Compensation Fund Scheme, a minimum compensation  of  Rs  3  lakh  is  prescribed  apart  from  additional special assistance of upto Rs. five lakhs for medical treatment to Acid Attack victims.

These advisories are available on www.mha.gov.in.

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## ACID ATTACK (SECTION 326A IPC)

L.S.US.Q NO. 2795 FOR 2018

Annexure-I

## State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR),  Persons Arrested (PAR), Cases Chargesheeted (CS),Persons Chargesheeted (PCS), Cases Convicted (CV) and Persons Convicted (PCV) for Acid Attacks (Section 326A IPC) Women during 2014-2016

| SL   | State/UT               | 2014   | 2014         | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   |     |       |        |          |     |     |
|------|------------------------|--------|--------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----|-------|--------|----------|-----|-----|
| SL   | State/UT               | CR     | PAR CS       | PCS    |        | CV PCV | CR     | PAR    | CS     | PCS    | CV     | PCV    | CR  | PAR   | CS     | 2016 PCS | CV  | PCV |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh         | 5      | 7 4          | 9      | 2      | 6      | 11     | 13     | 10     | 11     | 1      | 2      | 3   | 0     | 2      | 3        | 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      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 8   | 6     | 2      | 2        | 0   | 0   |
| 4    | Bihar                  | 2      | 3 0          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 5      | 5      | 5      | 5      | 0      | 0      | 2   | 1     | 4      | 4        | 1   | 1   |
| 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      | 1   | 2     | 0      | 0        | 0   | 0   |
| 7    | Gujarat                | 5      | 4 4          | 4      | 0      | 0      | 3      | 6      | 2      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 6   | 9     | 7      | 13       | 0   | 0   |
| 8    | Haryana                | 5      | 9 5          | 9      | 1      | 1      | 3      | 5      | 2      | 5      | 1      | 3      | 8   | 6     | 4      | 4        | 0   | 0   |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh       | 0      | 0 0          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0     | 0      | 0        | 0   | 0   |
| 10   | Jammu& Kashmir         | 1      | 0 0          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0     | 0      | 0        | 0   | 0   |
| 11   | Jharkhand              | 1      | 0 1          | 1      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0     | 0      | 0        | 0   | 0   |
| 12   | Karnataka              | 2      | 4 2          | 4      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2   | 2     | 2      | 2        | 0   | 0   |
| 13   | Kerala                 | 1      | 1 1          | 1      | 0      | 0      | 5      | 5      | 4      | 4      | 0      | 0      | 9   | 7     | 6      | 5        | 0   | 0   |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh         | 7      | 7 6          | 7      | 0      | 0      | 5      | 8      | 5      | 8      | 2      | 3      | 4   | 4     | 3      | 4        | 3   | 4   |
| 15   | Maharashtra            | 2      | 1 1          | 1      | 0      | 0      | 6      | 7      | 5      | 6      | 0      | 0      | 2   | 2     | 3      | 3        | 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                 | 8      | 6 6          | 6      | 0      | 0      | 5      | 6      | 6      | 6      | 0      | 0      | 12  |       | 11     | 12       | 1   | 1   |
| 21   | Punjab                 | 5      | 4 4          | 4      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 5   | 12 13 | 4      | 10       | 1   | 1   |
| 22   | Rajasthan              | 3      | 2 2          | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2   | 3     | 1      | 3        | 0   | 0   |
| 23   | Sikkim                 | 1      | 0 1          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0     | 0      | 0        | 0   | 0   |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu             | 6      | 9 3          | 5      | 0      | 0      | 7      | 21     | 3      | 11     | 0      | 0      | 1   | 1     | 4      | 4        | 0   | 0   |
| 25   | Telangana              | 0      | 0 0          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0     | 0      | 0        | 0   | 0   |
| 26   | Tripura                | 2      | 1 1          | 1      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1   | 1     | 1      | 1        | 0   | 0   |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh          | 42     | 63 32        | 51     | 2      | 2      | 51     | 87     | 32     | 53     | 2      | 3      | 44  | 90    | 37     | 71       | 1   | 2   |
| 28   | Uttarakhand            | 0      | 0            | 0      |        | 0      |        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0     |        | 0        | 0   | 0   |
|      | West                   |        | 0            | 17     | 0      |        | 0      | 20     | 19     | 20     | 1      | 1      | 40  | 23    | 0      |          | 0   | 0   |
| 29   | Bengal TOTAL STATE(S)  | 27 125 | 17 17 138 90 | 122    | 0 7    | 0 11   | 20 127 | 187    | 97     | 134    | 7      | 12     | 150 | 182   | 34 125 | 20 161   | 7   | 9   |
| 30   | A&NIslands             | 0      | 0 0          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |        | 0 0    | 0      | 0   | 0     | 0      | 0        | 0   | 0   |
| 31   | Chandigarh             | 0      | 0 0          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0     | 0      | 0        | 0   | 0   |
| 32   | D&N                    | 0      | 0 0          |        |        |        | 0      | 0      |        | 0      | 0      |        |     | 0     | 0      | 0        |     |     |
|      | Haveli                 |        |              | 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   |
| 34   | Delhi UT               | 12     | 16 8 0       | 13     | 1      | 1      | 13     | 5      | 5      | 7      | 0      | 0      | 10  | 12    |        | 7 7      | 2   | 2   |
| 35   | Lakshadweep            | 0      | 0            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0     | 0      | 0        | 0 0 | 0 0 |
| 36   |                        | 0      | 0 0 8        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |        | 0      | 0 0    | 0      |     | 10    | 0      | 0        |     | 2   |
|      | Puducherry TOTAL UT(S) | 12     | 16           | 13     | 1      |        | 13     |        | 5      | 5      | 7 0    | 0      | 0   | 0 12  |        | 7 7      | 2   |     |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)      | 137    | 154 98       | 135    | 8      | 1 12   | 140    | 192    | 102    | 141    | 7      | 12     | 160 | 194   |        | 132 168  | 9   | 11  |

Source: Crime in India

## ATTEMPT TO ACID ATTACK (SECTION 326B IPC)

## L.S.US.Q NO. 2795 FOR 13.03.2018 Annexure-II

## State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR),Persons Arrested (PAR),  Cases Chargesheeted (CS),  Persons Chargesheeted (PCS), Cases Convicted (CV) and Persons Convicted (PCV) for Attempts to Attack women with acid (Section 326B IPC) during 2014-2016

| SL    | State/UT          | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   |     |     |     |          |     |     |     | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   |
|-------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----|-----|-----|----------|-----|-----|-----|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL    | State/UT          | CR     | PAR    | CS     | PCS CV | PCV    | CR  | PAR | CS  | 2015 PCS | CV  | PCV | CR  | PAR    | CS     | PCS    | CV     | PCV    |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | 2      | 2 4    | 4      | 2      | 2      | 2   | 2   | 1   | 1        | 0   | 0   | 6   | 1      | 1      | 1      | 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   | 1   | 1      | 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           | 1      | 1 1    | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0   | 0   | 3   | 2      | 2      | 2      | 0      | 0      |
| 8     | Haryana           | 2      | 2 2    | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0   | 0   | 3   | 3      | 2      | 2      | 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         | 1      | 1 1    | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 12    | Karnataka         | 2      | 1 0    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 2   | 1        | 0   | 0   | 2   | 2      | 2      | 2      | 0      | 0      |
| 13    | Kerala            | 0      | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1   | 1   | 0   | 0        | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh    | 2      | 2 2    | 2      | 0      | 0      | 1   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0   | 0   | 0   | 1      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 15    | Maharashtra       | 2      | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 1   | 1   | 1        | 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            | 2      | 0      | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0   | 1   | 1   | 1        | 0   | 0   | 0   |        | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 21    | Punjab            | 2      | 2      | 2      | 2 0    | 0      | 2   | 1   | 0   | 0        | 0   | 0   | 1   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 1      |
| 22    | Rajasthan         | 0      | 0      | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 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        | 0      | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 25    | Telangana         | 0      | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 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     | 13     | 21 9   | 14     | 0      | 0      | 10  | 20  | 4   | 7        | 0   | 0   | 7   | 7      | 6      | 15     | 0      | 0      |
| 28    | Uttarakhand       | 0      | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 29    | West Bengal       | 4      | 2 0    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 6   | 9   | 5   | 9        | 0   | 0   | 14  | 10     | 7      | 8      | 0      | 0      |
|       | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 33     | 34 21  | 26     | 2      | 2      | 22  | 35  | 14  | 20       | 0   | 0   | 37  | 27     | 22     | 32     | 1      | 1      |
| 30    | A & N Islands     | 0      | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 31    | Chandigarh        | 0      | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 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    | 0      | 0      |
|       | Diu               | 0      |        | 0      |        | 0      | 0   | 0   |     |          | 0   |     |     |        |        |        | 0      |        |
| 33    | Daman &           | 7      | 0      | 0      | 0 0    | 0      | 0   | 0 2 | 0   | 0        |     | 0   | 0   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 34    | Delhi UT          |        | 5 2    | 2      | 1      | 1      | 8   |     | 4   | 4        | 0   | 0   | 9   | 12     | 0      | 9 11   |        | 0      |
| 35    | Lakshadweep       | 0      | 0      | 0 0    | 0      | 0      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0        | 0   | 0   |     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 36    | Puducherry        | 0      | 0      | 0 2    | 0 0 1  | 0      | 0 8 | 0   | 0 4 | 0        | 0 0 | 0   | 0 9 |        | 0 12   | 0 0 9  | 0 0    | 0 0    |
|       | TOTAL UT(S)       | 7      | 5      | 2      |        | 1      |     | 2   |     |          | 4   | 0   |     |        |        | 11 43  |        |        |
| TOTAL | (ALL INDIA)       | 40     | 39 23  | 28     | 3      | 3      | 30  | 37  | 18  | 24       | 0   | 0   | 46  | 39     | 31     |        | 1      | 1      |

Source: Crime in India