Lok Sabha Question No. 269 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-18
Subject: Involvement of Juvenile in Crimes
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 269

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

INVOLVEMENT OF JUVENILE IN CRIMES

269. SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the number of sexual and other offences by juveniles reported and the action taken  against  them  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year, State/Union Territory-wise including Jharkhand; and

(b)  the  remedial  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  control  the  crimes  by juveniles in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The  State/UT-wise  (including  Jharkhand)  and  crime-head-wise  data  for 2014-2015 is at Annexure.

(b): 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India and therefore, the State Governments are primarily responsible to control the crime.

The  Government  of  India  has  enacted  the  Juvenile  Justice  (Care  and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, (JJ Act) from 15 th   January, 2016 repealing the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000. The primary responsibility  of  effective  functioning  of  the  Child  Care  Institutions  (CCIs)  for children in conflict with law vests with the concerned State Governments/UT

## L.S.US.Q.No. 269 FOR 18.07.2017

Administrations. The State Government/UT Administrations are requested from time  to  time  to  identify  and  register  all  Child  Care  institutions  (CCIs)  under relevant provisions of JJ Act in order to ensure the standards of care in these institutions.  The  Ministry  of  Women  &  Child  Development  is  implementing  a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely, Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) under  which  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  the  State  Government/UT Administrations  for  setting  up  and  maintenance  of  various  types  of  Homes including  Homes  for  children  in  conflict  with  law,  either  by  themselves  or through voluntary organisations.

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## Annexure

## State/UT -wise cases registered against juveniles and juveniles apprehended under various cognizable crimes under Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special & Local Laws (SLL) during 2014-2015

| SL   | State/UT               | IPC               | IPC                   | IPC              | IPC                   | SLL               | SLL                   | SLL               | Total Cognizable Crime (IPC+SLL)   | Total Cognizable Crime (IPC+SLL)   | Total Cognizable Crime (IPC+SLL)   | Total Cognizable Crime (IPC+SLL)   | Total Cognizable Crime (IPC+SLL)   |
|------|------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| SL   | State/UT               | 2014              | 2014                  | 2015             | 2015                  | 2014              | 2014                  | 2015              | 2015                               |                                    |                                    | 2015                               | 2015                               |
| SL   | State/UT               | Cases Registere d | Juveniles Apprehended | Cases Registered | Juveniles Apprehended | Cases Registere d | Juveniles Apprehended | Cases Registere d | Juveniles Cases                    | Registere d                        | Juveniles Apprehend ed             | Cases Registere d                  | Juveniles Apprehend ed             |
| 1    |                        |                   |                       |                  |                       |                   |                       | Apprehended       |                                    |                                    |                                    |                                    |                                    |
|      | Andhra Pradesh         | 871               | 1002                  | 1002             | 1350                  | 12                | 16                    | 13                | 21                                 | 883                                | 1018                               | 1015                               | 1371                               |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh      | 77                | 120                   | 62               | 145                   | 4                 | 6                     | 4                 | 11                                 | 81                                 | 126                                | 66                                 | 156                                |
| 3    | Assam                  | 466               | 531                   | 580              | 685                   | 21                | 22                    | 44                | 49                                 | 487                                | 553                                | 624                                | 734                                |
| 4    | Bihar                  | 4044              | 5800                  | 1562             | 1573                  | 327               | 604                   | 96                | 101                                | 4371                               | 6404                               | 1658                               | 1674                               |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh           | 1611              | 1916                  | 1788             | 2111                  | 188               | 199                   | 126               | 179                                | 1799                               | 2115                               | 1914                               | 2290                               |
| 6    | Goa                    | 63                | 110                   | 27               | 34                    | 1                 | 3                     | 1                 | 1                                  | 64                                 | 113                                | 28                                 | 35                                 |
| 7    | Gujarat                | 1595              | 1840                  | 1356             | 1733                  | 2785              | 2807                  | 221               | 224                                | 4380                               | 4647                               | 1577                               | 1957 1333                          |
| 8    | Haryana                | 994               | 1123                  | 1012             | 1238                  | 47                | 58                    | 86                | 95                                 | 1041                               | 1181                               | 1098                               | 241                                |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh       | 262               | 328                   | 186              | 228                   | 10                | 14                    | 9                 | 13                                 | 272                                | 342                                | 195                                |                                    |
| 10   | Jammu & Kashmir        | 100               | 137                   | 176              | 244                   | 2                 | 2                     | 5                 | 5                                  | 102                                | 139                                | 181                                | 249                                |
| 11   | Jharkhand              | 145               | 164                   | 112              | 112                   | 5                 | 9                     | 12                | 12                                 | 150                                | 173                                | 124                                | 124                                |
| 12   | Karnataka              | 376               | 607                   | 398              | 636                   | 36                | 33                    | 48                | 56                                 | 412                                | 640                                | 446                                | 692                                |
| 13   | Kerala                 | 1069              | 1432                  | 1177             | 1570                  | 134               | 143                   | 221               | 223                                | 1203                               | 1575                               | 1398                               | 1793                               |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh         | 6346              | 7607                  | 6320             | 7586                  | 166               | 195                   | 263               | 284                                | 6512                               | 7802                               | 6583                               | 7870                               |
| 15   | Maharashtra            | 5175              | 6947                  | 5482             | 7123                  | 232               | 281                   | 211               | 247                                | 5407                               | 7228                               | 5693                               | 7370                               |
| 16   | Manipur                | 20                | 32                    | 13               | 21                    | 3                 | 4                     | 4                 | 4                                  | 23                                 | 36                                 | 17                                 | 25                                 |
| 17   | Meghalaya              | 120               | 161                   | 96               | 125                   | 5                 | 8                     | 15                | 16                                 | 125                                | 169                                | 111                                | 141                                |
| 18   | Mizoram                | 44                | 52                    | 34               | 44                    | 0                 | 0                     | 7                 | 7                                  | 44                                 | 52                                 | 41                                 | 51                                 |
| 19   | Nagaland               | 9                 | 9                     | 14               | 30                    | 1                 | 1                     | 3                 | 3                                  | 10                                 | 10                                 | 17                                 | 33                                 |
| 20   | Odisha                 | 813               | 1040                  | 910              | 1069                  | 25                | 37                    | 24                | 26                                 | 838                                | 1077                               | 934                                | 1095                               |
| 21   | Punjab                 | 253               | 332                   | 102              | 138                   | 24                | 26                    | 9                 | 10                                 | 277                                | 358                                | 111                                | 148                                |
| 22   | Rajasthan              | 2174              | 2871                  | 2126             | 2734                  | 135               | 170                   | 77                | 85                                 | 2309                               | 3041                               | 2203                               | 2819                               |
| 23   | Sikkim                 | 19                | 22                    | 36               | 36                    | 0                 | 0                     | 5                 | 5                                  | 19                                 | 22                                 | 41                                 | 41                                 |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu             | 945               | 1185                  | 1483             | 2029                  | 604               | 707                   | 331               | 392                                | 1549                               | 1892                               | 1814                               | 2421                               |
| 25   | Telangana              | 912               | 1039                  | 1226             | 1412                  | 19                | 21                    | 26                | 36                                 | 931                                | 1060                               | 1252                               | 1448                               |
| 26   | Tripura                | 64                | 78                    | 37               | 43                    | 0                 | 0                     | 0                 | 0                                  | 64                                 | 78                                 | 37                                 | 43                                 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh          | 1254              | 1456                  | 958              | 1068                  | 143               | 143                   | 48                | 52                                 | 1397                               | 1599                               | 1006                               | 1120                               |
| 28   | Uttarakhand            | 122               | 173                   | 125              | 159                   | 3                 | 7                     | 2                 | 2                                  | 125                                | 180                                | 127                                | 161                                |
| 29   | West Bengal            | 1483              | 1714                  | 473              | 539                   | 83                | 123                   | 89                | 112                                | 1566                               | 1837                               | 562                                | 651                                |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)         | 31426             | 39828                 | 28873            | 35815                 | 5015              | 5639                  | 2000              | 2271                               | 36441                              | 45467                              | 30873                              | 38086                              |
| 30   | A & N Islands          | 13                | 18                    | 13               | 16                    | 1                 | 1                     | 0                 | 0                                  | 14                                 | 19                                 | 13                                 | 16                                 |
| 31   |                        | 116               | 165                   | 100              |                       | 0                 | 0                     | 0                 | 0                                  | 116                                | 165                                | 100                                | 147                                |
| 32   | Chandigarh             | 6                 | 6                     | 15               | 147                   | 0                 | 0                     | 2                 | 2                                  | 6                                  | 6                                  | 17                                 | 20                                 |
|      | D&N Haveli Daman & Diu | 2                 | 3                     |                  | 18                    | 0                 | 0                     | 0                 |                                    | 2                                  |                                    |                                    | 3                                  |
| 33   |                        |                   |                       | 3                | 3                     |                   |                       |                   | 0                                  |                                    | 3                                  | 3                                  |                                    |
| 34   | Delhi UT               | 1946              | 2523                  | 2332             | 3003                  | 23                | 24                    | 34                | 36                                 | 1969                               | 2547                               | 2366                               | 3039                               |
| 35   | Lakshadweep            | 1                 | 1                     | 0                | 0                     | 0                 | 0                     | 0                 | 0                                  | 1                                  | 1                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 36   | Puducherry             | 16 2100           | 22 2738               | 60 2523          | 72 3259               | 0                 | 0                     | 1                 | 2 40                               | 16 2124                            | 22                                 | 61 2560                            | 74 3299                            |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)            |                   |                       |                  |                       | 24                | 25                    | 37                |                                    |                                    | 2763                               |                                    |                                    |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)      | 33526             | 42566                 | 31396            | 39074                 | 5039              | 5664                  | 2037              | 2311                               | 38565                              | 48230                              | 33433                              | 41385                              |

Source: Crime in India

## Annexure Concluded

## Crime-head-wise cases registered against juveniles and juveniles apprehended under various cognizable crimes under Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special & Local Laws (SLL) during 2014-2015

| SL                                                                                         | Crime Head                                                    | 2014             | 2014                 | 2015 Cases Juveniles   | 2015 Cases Juveniles   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| SL                                                                                         | Crime Head                                                    | Cases Registered | Juveniles Apprehende | Registered             | Apprehende             |
| 1                                                                                          | Murder                                                        | 841              | d 1163               | 853                    | d 1092                 |
| 2 Attempt to Commit Murder                                                                 |                                                               | 728              | 1029                 | 980                    | 1360                   |
| 3 Culpable Homicide not Amounting to                                                       | Murder                                                        | 52               | 67                   | 36                     | 41                     |
| 4 Attempt to Commit Culpable Homicide                                                      | 60                                                            |                  | 78                   | 60                     | 89                     |
| 5 Rape                                                                                     | 1989                                                          |                  | 2144                 | 1688                   | 1841                   |
| 6 Attempt                                                                                  | 93                                                            |                  | 97                   | 77                     | 78                     |
| to Commit Rape 7 Kidnapping & Abduction                                                    | 1455                                                          |                  | 1932                 | 1630                   | 1508                   |
| 8                                                                                          | Dacoity                                                       | 182              | 279                  | 193                    | 301                    |
| 9 Making Preparation and Assembly for Committing Dacoity                                   |                                                               | 83               | 126                  | 47                     | 60                     |
| 10 Robbery                                                                                 |                                                               | 1024             | 1401                 | 1358                   | 1838                   |
| Criminal                                                                                   |                                                               | 2546             | 3802                 | 2605                   | 3632                   |
| 11 12                                                                                      | Trespass/Burglary Theft                                       | 6717             | 8863                 | 6046                   | 7936                   |
| Unlawful Assembly                                                                          |                                                               | 92               | 138                  | 118                    | 200                    |
| 13 14 Riots                                                                                |                                                               | 1092             | 2074                 | 1017                   | 1716                   |
| 15                                                                                         |                                                               | 47               | 68                   | 26                     | 35                     |
| Criminal Breach of Trust 16 Cheating                                                       |                                                               | 349              | 754                  | 90                     | 109                    |
|                                                                                            |                                                               | 16               | 21                   | 10                     | 12                     |
| 17 18                                                                                      | Forgery                                                       |                  |                      |                        |                        |
| Arson                                                                                      | Counterfeiting                                                | 27 64            | 36 74                | 12 52                  | 12 67                  |
| 19 20 Hurt                                                                                 |                                                               |                  | 1972                 | 1027                   | 1269                   |
| Grievous 21                                                                                | 1568                                                          |                  | 47                   | 237                    | 126                    |
| Dowry Deaths Assault on                                                                    | 1591                                                          | 42               | 1772                 | 1439                   | 1598                   |
| 22 Women with Intent to 23                                                                 | Outrage her Modesty                                           |                  |                      |                        |                        |
| Insult to the Modesty of Women by Husband                                                  |                                                               | 113              | 144                  | 111                    | 136                    |
| 24 Cruelty or his 25 Importation                                                           | 209                                                           | 0                | 221 0                | 97 0                   | 113 0                  |
| of Girls from Causing Death by Negligence                                                  | Relatives Foreign Country                                     | 591              | 565                  | 329                    | 336                    |
| 26 27 Offences Against State                                                               |                                                               | 0                | 0                    | 0                      | 0                      |
| 28 Offences Promoting Enmity Between                                                       | Different Groups                                              | 1                | 1                    | 5                      | 13                     |
| 29 Extortion of Identity                                                                   | 55                                                            | 0                | 115                  | 77                     | 101                    |
| 30 Disclosure of Victims 31                                                                | 1472                                                          |                  | 0                    | 0                      | 0                      |
| Causing                                                                                    |                                                               |                  | 1488                 | 1538                   | 1605                   |
| 32 Human Trafficking Offences                                                              | Injuries under Rash Driving (Section 370 & 370A IPC)          | 7                | 10                   | 1 154                  | 3                      |
| 33 Unnatural 34                                                                            |                                                               | 133              | 177                  | 9483                   | 207                    |
| Other IPC Crimes Total Cognizable                                                          | IPC                                                           | 10287 33526      | 11908 42566          | 31396                  | 11640 39074            |
| A                                                                                          | Crimes                                                        |                  |                      |                        | 197                    |
| 1 Arms Act, 1959 Narcotic Drugs &                                                          |                                                               | 160              | 177                  | 187                    |                        |
| 2 Psychotropic                                                                             | Substances Act, 1985                                          | 137              | 147                  | 123 218                | 151 262                |
| 3 Gambling Act,                                                                            |                                                               |                  | 494                  |                        |                        |
| 4 Excise Act,                                                                              | 1867 1944                                                     | 432 325          | 406                  | 152                    | 163                    |
| 5 Prohibition Act Explosives and                                                           | Substances                                                    | 2079             | 2088 48              | 130 15                 | 131                    |
| 6 Explosive Immoral Traffic                                                                | Act                                                           | 8 17             | 20                   |                        | 21 9                   |
| 7 (Prevention) Act, 1956 8 Indian Railways Act, 1989 Act,                                  |                                                               | 2                | 6                    | 8                      | 5                      |
| 9 Registration of Foreigners 1939                                                          |                                                               | 2                | 2                    | 3 0                    | 0                      |
| 10 Passport Act, 1967                                                                      |                                                               | 3                | 5                    | 2                      | 7 6                    |
| 11 Essential Commodities Act, 1955 1961                                                    | 67                                                            |                  | 127                  | 5                      |                        |
| 12 Dowry Prohibition Act,                                                                  |                                                               | 16               | 17                   | 5                      | 5                      |
| 13 Copyright Act, 1957                                                                     |                                                               | 7                | 7                    | 14                     | 15                     |
| 14 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989) | Act, 2012 0                                                   |                  | 0                    | 460 33                 | 494 41                 |
| 15 Forest Act, 1927 Act, 2006                                                              | 48 4                                                          |                  | 91 4                 | 1                      | 1                      |
| 16 Prohibition of                                                                          | 7                                                             |                  | 7                    |                        | 1                      |
| 17 Child Marriage Information Technology Act,                                              |                                                               |                  | 30                   | 3 17                   | 23                     |
| 18 2000 Electricity Act, 2003                                                              |                                                               | 20 36            | 46                   | 18                     | 20                     |
| 19 Wildlife Protection                                                                     |                                                               | 2                | 2                    | 4                      | 4                      |
| 20 Act, Environmental                                                                      |                                                               | 3                | 5                    | 0                      | 0                      |
| 21 Air (Prevention & Control                                                               | 1972 Act, 1986 of Pollution) Act, 1981 (Prevention) Act, 1967 | 2                | 2                    |                        | 0                      |
| (Protection) 22 Unlawful Activities                                                        |                                                               | 2                | 4                    | 0                      | 5                      |
| 23 Prevention of Damage to Public Property Prevention of Insults to National Honour        | Act,                                                          | 13 0             | 18 0                 | 5 21 0                 | 39 0                   |
|                                                                                            | 1984 Act, 1971                                                |                  |                      |                        |                        |
| 24 25 26 Foreigners Act, 1946 27 Representation of                                         | 20                                                            | 1                | 36                   | 14                     | 29 0                   |
| Juvenile Justice                                                                           |                                                               |                  | 1                    | 0                      |                        |
| Act, 1951                                                                                  |                                                               |                  | 521                  |                        | 128                    |
| People (Care Protection Pre-Natal Diagnostic                                               | of Children) Act, 2000 Prev of Misuse)                        | 491 0            |                      | 107                    | 0                      |
| and Techniques The Maritime Zones of India                                                 | (Reg and Act, 1994 Vessels)                                   |                  | 0                    | 0                      | 0                      |
| 28 29 (Reg of Crimes                                                                       | Fishing by Foreign Act, 1981                                  | 1                | 1                    | 0                      |                        |
| 30 31 Other SLL B Total                                                                    | 1134                                                          |                  | 1352                 | 492                    | 554                    |
| Total                                                                                      |                                                               |                  | 5664                 | 2037                   |                        |
| Cognizable SLL Cognizable                                                                  |                                                               |                  |                      |                        | 2311                   |
| Crimes Crimes (IPC +                                                                       |                                                               | 5039             | 48230                | 33433                  | 41385                  |
|                                                                                            | B)                                                            | 38565            |                      |                        |                        |
|                                                                                            | SLL) (A +                                                     |                  |                      |                        |                        |
|                                                                                            | in India                                                      |                  |                      |                        |                        |
| Source                                                                                     | : Crime                                                       |                  |                      |                        |                        |