Lok Sabha Question No. 606 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-19
Subject: Crime against SC/ST Community
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: JITENDRA CHAUDHURY, P. KARUNAKARAN, MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN, MOHAMMAD SALIM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 606

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH  DECEMBER, 2017/ AGRAHAYANA 28, 1939 (SAKA) CRIME AGAINST SC/ST COMMUNITY

606.  SHRI JITENDRA CHAUDHURY:

SHRI P. KARUNAKARAN:

SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN:

SHRI MOHD. SALIM:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  incidents  of  crime  against  SC,  ST  and  minority  community  have increased in the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  number  of  such  cases  reported  persons  killed/injured  separately guilty arrested and the action taken against them during each of the last three years and the current year, crime and State-wise;
- (c) whether the conviction rate has decreased and the number of pending cases have increased considerably under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and if so, the details thereof during the said period, State-wise; and
- (d)  the  details  of  steps  taken  by  Government  for  stringent  enforcement  of  the above Act decreasing the rate of such crimes and disposal of all pending cases alongwith other steps taking to stop such cases?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): As per the information provided by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB),  State/UT-wise  and  Crime  Head-wise  cases  registered,  cases  chargesheeted,  cases  pending  investigation  at  the  end  of  the  year,  cases  convicted, conviction rate, persons arrested, persons charge-sheeted and persons convicted under  general  crimes  and  the  Scheduled  Castes  and  the  Scheduled  Tribes (Prevention  of  Atrocities)  Act,  1989  against  Scheduled  Castes  and  Scheduled Tribes are enclosed as Annexure-I & II respectively.

## LS.US.Q.No.606 FOR 19.12.2017

Data on minority community is not maintained separately by NCRB.

(d): The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 has been amended in 2015 to make it more effective. This has been done  with  an  aim  to  deliver  justice  as  well  as  an  enhanced  deterrent  to  the offenders  against  members  of  SCs  and  STs.  The  amendments  include  new offences, re-phrased existing sections, expanded scope of presumptions, institutional  strengthening,  establishing  rights  of  victims  and  witnesses,  and strengthening preventive measures.

As  per  the  seventh  schedule  to  the  Constitution  of  India,  `Police`  and  `Public Order` are State subjects and, as such, the primary responsibility of prevention, detection,  registration,  investigation  and  prosecution  of  all  crimes,  within  their jurisdiction  lies  with  the  State  Governments/  Union  Territory  Administrations. However, Ministry of Home Affairs has issued advisories in this regard, which are available at www.mha.nic.in.

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Annexure-I Cases Registered (CR),Cases ChargeSheeted (CCS),Cases pending investigation at the end of the year (CPIEY),Cases Convicted (CON),Conviction Rate (CVR),Persons Arrested (PAR),Persons Charge Sheeted (PCS) and Persons

| 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   |
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

Source: Crime in India

Crime Head-wise  Cases Registered (CR),Cases ChargeSheeted (CCS),Cases pending investigation at the end of the year (CPIEY),Cases Convicted (CON),Conviction Rate (CVR),Persons Arrested (PAR),Persons Charge Sheeted (PCS)and Persons Convicted (PCV) under Crimes against Scheduled Castes during 2014-2016

| SL        | CrimeHead                                           | CR        | CCS       | CPIEY     | CON       | CVR       | PAR       | PCS       | PCV       |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Year:2014 | Year:2014                                           | Year:2014 | Year:2014 | Year:2014 | Year:2014 | Year:2014 | Year:2014 | Year:2014 | Year:2014 |
| 1         | Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955                | 101       | 77        | 41        | 3         | 5.2       | 166       | 155       | 6         |
| 2.1       | Murder                                              | 704       | 631       | 214       | 189       | 47.8      | 2126      | 1920      | 510       |
| 2.2       | Attempt to Commit Murder                            | 420       | 293       | 110       | 19        | 30.6      | 1201      | 961       | 33        |
| 2.3       | Rape                                                | 2233      | 1929      | 573       | 418       | 34.9      | 3159      | 2858      | 597       |
| 2.4       | Attempt to Commit Rape                              | 87        | 54        | 14        | 2         | 25.0      | 82        | 64        | 3         |
| 2.5       | Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty | 2346      | 1809      | 429       | 113       | 29.6      | 3124      | 2756      | 142       |
| 2.6       | Insult to the Modesty of women                      | 56        | 25        | 45        | 0         | 0.0       | 55        | 33        | 0         |
| 2.7       | Kidnapping & Abduction                              | 755       | 543       | 201       | 102       | 36.6      | 1369      | 1063      | 174       |
| 2.8       | Dacoity                                             | 32        | 36        | 14        | 3         | 15.8      | 156       | 191       | 22        |
| 2.9       | Robbery                                             | 67        | 45        | 24        | 6         | 24.0      | 97        | 102       | 9         |
| 2.10      | Arson                                               | 179       | 133       | 67        | 24        | 24.7      | 365       | 345       | 51        |
| 2.11      | Grievous Hurt                                       | 2155      | 1976      | 736       | 451       | 31.5      | 4074      | 3604      | 917       |
| 2.12      | Riots                                               | 838       | 611       | 200       | 27        | 15.9      | 4532      | 3947      | 147       |
| 2.13      | Other IPC Crimes                                    | 21541     | 13239     | 5955      | 2542      | 34.3      | 33103     | 27291     | 5611      |
| 2.14      | SC / ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act only         | 8887      | 8003      | 4932      | 820       | 16.0      | 17406     | 16709     | 1775      |
| 2         | Total of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act       | 40300     | 29327     | 13514     | 4716      | 28.4      | 70849     | 61844     | 9991      |
|           | Total Crimes/Atrocities against SCs                 | 40401     | 29404     | 13555     | 4719      | 28.3      | 71015     | 61999     | 9997      |

| SL        | CrimeHead                                           | CR        | CCS       | CPIEY     | CON       | CVR       | PAR       | PCS       | PCV       |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Year:2015 | Year:2015                                           | Year:2015 | Year:2015 | Year:2015 | Year:2015 | Year:2015 | Year:2015 | Year:2015 | Year:2015 |
| 1         | Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955                | 106       | 78        | 51        | 3         | 4.8       | 128       | 107       | 3         |
| 2.1       | Murder                                              | 707       | 619       | 240       | 180       | 46.0      | 1818      | 1685      | 433       |
| 2.2       | Attempt to Commit Murder                            | 547       | 446       | 169       | 30        | 26.3      | 1526      | 1297      | 62        |
| 2.3       | Rape                                                | 2326      | 1891      | 718       | 345       | 34.0      | 2985      | 2687      | 454       |
| 2.4       | Attempt to Commit Rape                              | 74        | 56        | 15        | 4         | 25.0      | 71        | 69        | 7         |
| 2.5       | Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty | 2800      | 2317      | 623       | 220       | 28.0      | 3357      | 3127      | 257       |
| 2.6       | Insult to the Modesty of women                      | 58        | 43        | 41        | 3         | 17.6      | 69        | 56        | 3         |
| 2.7       | Kidnapping & Abduction                              | 687       | 489       | 206       | 98        | 44.7      | 1218      | 918       | 164       |
| 2.8       | Dacoity                                             | 34        | 23        | 20        | 0         | 0.0       | 205       | 174       | 0         |
| 2.9       | Robbery                                             | 43        | 33        | 23        | 5         | 16.1      | 102       | 94        | 10        |
| 2.10      | Arson                                               | 179       | 142       | 70        | 28        | 32.2      | 391       | 354       | 57        |
| 2.11      | Grievous Hurt                                       | 1007      | 928       | 655       | 253       | 31.8      | 2397      | 2145      | 612       |
| 2.12      | Riots                                               | 1465      | 1071      | 430       | 35        | 15.3      | 8482      | 7164      | 202       |
| 2.13      | Other IPC Crimes                                    | 22632     | 14133     | 7697      | 1996      | 31.5      | 33602     | 28502     | 4697      |
| 2.14      | SC / ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act only         | 6005      | 4767      | 4549      | 922       | 18.1      | 11950     | 11455     | 1883      |
| 2         | Total of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act       | 38564     | 26958     | 15456     | 4119      | 27.2      | 68173     | 59727     | 8841      |
|           | Total Crimes/Atrocities against SCs                 | 38670     | 27036     | 15507     | 4122      | 27.1      | 68301     | 59834     | 8844      |

| SL        | CrimeHead                                           | CR        | CCS       | CPIEY     | CON       | CVR       | PAR       | PCS       | PCV       |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Year:2016 | Year:2016                                           | Year:2016 | Year:2016 | Year:2016 | Year:2016 | Year:2016 | Year:2016 | Year:2016 | Year:2016 |
| 1         | Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955                | 27        | 43        | 26        | 1         | 1.6       | 44        | 69        | 4         |
| 2.1       | Murder                                              | 786       | 665       | 272       | 178       | 48.0      | 2126      | 1877      | 384       |
| 2.2       | Attempt to Commit Murder                            | 733       | 563       | 250       | 42        | 24.0      | 1994      | 1669      | 78        |
| 2.3       | Rape                                                | 2541      | 2066      | 861       | 309       | 29.0      | 3393      | 2958      | 415       |
| 2.4       | Attempt to Commit Rape                              | 148       | 85        | 31        | 5         | 22.7      | 165       | 111       | 5         |
| 2.5       | Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty | 3172      | 2598      | 771       | 240       | 24.0      | 4157      | 3716      | 284       |
| 2.6       | Insult to the Modesty of women                      | 81        | 32        | 78        | 2         | 14.3      | 77        | 56        | 2         |
| 2.7       | Kidnapping & Abduction                              | 855       | 541       | 236       | 95        | 39.3      | 1442      | 1006      | 154       |
| 2.8       | Dacoity                                             | 26        | 24        | 19        | 0         | 0.0       | 162       | 137       | 0         |
| 2.9       | Robbery                                             | 58        | 41        | 28        | 3         | 21.4      | 129       | 112       | 3         |
| 2.10      | Arson                                               | 168       | 136       | 73        | 14        | 25.0      | 413       | 394       | 26        |
| 2.11      | Grievous Hurt                                       | 1071      | 1020      | 589       | 220       | 36.2      | 2485      | 2270      | 467       |
| 2.12      | Riots                                               | 1725      | 1416      | 512       | 38        | 11.4      | 9975      | 8125      | 243       |
| 2.13      | Other IPC Crimes                                    | 24328     | 17315     | 9129      | 1947      | 29.5      | 39459     | 33158     | 3689      |
| 2.14      | SC / ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act only         | 5082      | 4497      | 3779      | 659       | 16.3      | 10977     | 10266     | 1247      |
| 2         | Total of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act       | 40774     | 30999     | 16628     | 3752      | 25.8      | 76954     | 65855     | 6997      |
|           | Total Crimes/Atrocities against SCs                 | 40801     | 31042     | 16654     | 3753      | 25.7      | 76998     | 65924     | 7001      |

Annexure-II Cases Registered (CR),Cases ChargeSheeted (CCS),Cases pending investigation at the end of the year (CPIEY),Cases Convicted (CON),Conviction Rate (CVR),Persons Arrested (PAR),Persons Charge Sheeted (PCS) and

## Persons Convicted (PCV) under Total Crimes against Scheduled Tribes during 2014-2016

| SL   | 2014 CON CVR   |
|------|----------------|

Source: Crime in India

Annexure-II (CPIEY),Cases Convicted (CON),Conviction Rate (CVR),Persons Arrested (PAR),Persons Charge Sheeted (PCS) and Persons

Crime Head-wise Cases Registered (CR),Cases ChargeSheeted (CCS),Cases pending investigation at the end of the year Convicted (PCV) under Crimes against Scheduled Tribes during 2014-2016

| SL        | CrimeHead                                           | CR        | CCS       | CPIEY     | CON       | CVR       | PAR       | PCS       | PCV       |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Year:2014 | Year:2014                                           | Year:2014 | Year:2014 | Year:2014 | Year:2014 | Year:2014 | Year:2014 | Year:2014 | Year:2014 |
| 1         | Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955                | 1         | 11        | 2         | 1         | 16.7      | 1         | 10        | 1         |
| 2.1       | Murder                                              | 157       | 133       | 41        | 37        | 38.5      | 348       | 329       | 65        |
| 2.2       | Attempt to Commit Murder                            | 78        | 65        | 14        | 5         | 33.3      | 247       | 231       | 17        |
| 2.3       | Rape                                                | 925       | 861       | 238       | 225       | 35.8      | 1264      | 1250      | 286       |
| 2.4       | Attempt to Commit Rape                              | 24        | 14        | 7         | 1         | 20.0      | 17        | 16        | 1         |
| 2.5       | Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty | 863       | 726       | 121       | 40        | 29.0      | 1021      | 964       | 66        |
| 2.6       | Insult to the Modesty of women                      | 16        | 8         | 10        | 1         | 25.0      | 14        | 8         | 1         |
| 2.7       | Kidnapping & Abduction                              | 166       | 120       | 69        | 18        | 34.0      | 189       | 193       | 23        |
| 2.8       | Dacoity                                             | 2         | 6         | 3         | 0         | 0.0       | 18        | 34        | 0         |
| 2.9       | Robbery                                             | 12        | 8         | 1         | 1         | 25.0      | 12        | 12        | 1         |
| 2.10      | Arson                                               | 28        | 27        | 10        | 9         | 32.1      | 86        | 89        | 24        |
| 2.11      | Grievous Hurt                                       | 287       | 287       | 120       | 84        | 28.0      | 509       | 515       | 165       |
| 2.12      | Riots                                               | 101       | 81        | 25        | 1         | 4.2       | 677       | 580       | 1         |
| 2.13      | Other IPC Crimes                                    | 3045      | 1811      | 964       | 485       | 38.5      | 3546      | 3458      | 771       |
| 2.14      | SC / ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act only         | 1122      | 1042      | 568       | 87        | 13.1      | 2308      | 2119      | 152       |
| 2         | Total of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act       | 6826      | 5189      | 2191      | 994       | 30.9      | 10256     | 9798      | 1573      |
|           | Total Crimes/Atrocities against STs                 | 6827      | 5200      | 2193      | 995       | 30.8      | 10257     | 9808      | 1574      |

| SL        | CrimeHead                                           | CR        | CCS       | CPIEY     | CON       | CVR       | PAR       | PCS       | PCV       |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Year:2015 | Year:2015                                           | Year:2015 | Year:2015 | Year:2015 | Year:2015 | Year:2015 | Year:2015 | Year:2015 | Year:2015 |
| 1         | Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955                | 1         | 0         | 3         | 0         | -         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 2.1       | Murder                                              | 144       | 128       | 45        | 20        | 30.3      | 264       | 280       | 42        |
| 2.2       | Attempt to Commit Murder                            | 88        | 69        | 31        | 5         | 27.8      | 269       | 240       | 9         |
| 2.3       | Rape                                                | 952       | 854       | 299       | 126       | 21.0      | 1321      | 1265      | 155       |
| 2.4       | Attempt to Commit Rape                              | 15        | 11        | 11        | 1         | 33.3      | 19        | 16        | 1         |
| 2.5       | Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty | 818       | 711       | 179       | 91        | 25.7      | 998       | 916       | 97        |
| 2.6       | Insult to the Modesty of women                      | 12        | 13        | 7         | 0         | 0.0       | 16        | 18        | 0         |
| 2.7       | Kidnapping & Abduction                              | 124       | 112       | 58        | 11        | 19.3      | 174       | 172       | 15        |
| 2.8       | Dacoity                                             | 4         | 1         | 5         | 0         | 0.0       | 20        | 10        | 0         |
| 2.9       | Robbery                                             | 9         | 4         | 4         | 1         | 16.7      | 8         | 8         | 3         |
| 2.10      | Arson                                               | 25        | 15        | 12        | 2         | 22.2      | 25        | 27        | 7         |
| 2.11      | Grievous Hurt                                       | 145       | 140       | 99        | 42        | 18.3      | 286       | 283       | 66        |
| 2.12      | Riots                                               | 133       | 92        | 55        | 4         | 8.7       | 707       | 670       | 24        |
| 2.13      | Other IPC Crimes                                    | 2974      | 1665      | 1138      | 270       | 22.8      | 3220      | 3134      | 439       |
| 2.14      | SC / ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act only         | 832       | 592       | 584       | 110       | 12.7      | 1235      | 1305      | 156       |
| 2         | Total of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act       | 6275      | 4407      | 2527      | 683       | 19.8      | 8562      | 8344      | 1014      |
|           | Total Crimes/Atrocities against STs                 | 6276      | 4407      | 2530      | 683       | 19.8      | 8562      | 8344      | 1014      |

| SL        | CrimeHead                                           | CR        | CCS       | CPIEY     | CON       | CVR       | PAR       | PCS       | PCV       |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Year:2016 | Year:2016                                           | Year:2016 | Year:2016 | Year:2016 | Year:2016 | Year:2016 | Year:2016 | Year:2016 | Year:2016 |
| 1         | Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955                | 4         | 5         | 0         | 0         | -         | 39        | 12        | 0         |
| 2.1       | Murder                                              | 139       | 125       | 48        | 30        | 35.7      | 337       | 328       | 44        |
| 2.2       | Attempt to Commit Murder                            | 93        | 82        | 34        | 6         | 19.4      | 261       | 271       | 12        |
| 2.3       | Rape                                                | 974       | 917       | 307       | 101       | 21.6      | 1339      | 1295      | 129       |
| 2.4       | Attempt to Commit Rape                              | 13        | 13        | 8         | 0         | 0.0       | 16        | 14        | 0         |
| 2.5       | Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty | 835       | 779       | 181       | 76        | 23.6      | 1036      | 1037      | 80        |
| 2.6       | Insult to the Modesty of women                      | 31        | 24        | 10        | 10        | 50.0      | 37        | 28        | 15        |
| 2.7       | Kidnapping & Abduction                              | 163       | 128       | 67        | 7         | 17.5      | 169       | 155       | 10        |
| 2.8       | Dacoity                                             | 6         | 9         | 1         | 0         | 0.0       | 16        | 26        | 0         |
| 2.9       | Robbery                                             | 10        | 8         | 6         | 0         | -         | 21        | 17        | 0         |
| 2.10      | Arson                                               | 13        | 13        | 11        | 1         | 16.7      | 38        | 37        | 4         |
| 2.11      | Grievous Hurt                                       | 144       | 139       | 94        | 32        | 18.4      | 307       | 293       | 60        |
| 2.12      | Riots                                               | 143       | 102       | 76        | 3         | 5.4       | 726       | 701       | 19        |
| 2.13      | Other IPC Crimes                                    | 3156      | 2306      | 1158      | 294       | 24.6      | 4078      | 3919      | 474       |
| 2.14      | SC / ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act only         | 844       | 627       | 601       | 42        | 8.4       | 1326      | 1131      | 66        |
| 2         | Total of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act       | 6564      | 5272      | 2602      | 602       | 20.8      | 9707      | 9252      | 913       |
|           | Total Crimes/Atrocities against STs                 | 6568      | 5277      | 2602      | 602       | 20.8      | 9746      | 9264      | 913       |

Source: Crime in India