Lok Sabha Question No. 538 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-18
Subject: Child Sexual Abuse
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: THOKCHOM MEINYA, RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA, ANURAG SINGH THAKUR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 538

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.11.2016

## CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

## 538. Dr. THOKCHOM MEINYA:

SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA:

SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether cases of sexual abuse against children are increasing in the country in recent years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof indicating the number of such cases reported and the action taken thereon during each of  the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has launched an online complaint box namely the POCSO eBox for reporting child sexual abuse in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof indicating the number of complaints received by the e-Box so far and the action taken thereon; and
- (e) the  measures    taken  by  the  Government  to  generate  awareness  about  the  online complaint box and keeping confidentiality of the complainant?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

- (a)  &  (b):    As  per  Crime  in  India  2014  and  2015  compiled  by    National  Crime  Records Bureau (NCRB), the number of cases reported under the  Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act,2012 (POCSO) were 8904 and 14913 during 2014 and 2015 respectively .The State/UT wise details are as annexed.
- (c ) to (e)  : POCSO e-box was launched on 26 th August 2016 for direct online reporting of child sexual abuse cases to National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).  During the period from 26.08.2016 to 11.11.2016, NCPCR has received 107 hits on POCSO e-box.  Out of which 10 cases of POCSO related complaints have been received on  e-box.  For  awareness  generation  about  the  POCSO  e-box  several  initiatives  have  been taken including advertisements on TV, Radio and print media. In addition to this letters have been  sent  to  all  Chief  Ministers  /  Chief  Secretaries  /  DGPs  /  State  Education  Secretaries /SCPCRs/ Education Boards on POCSO e-box.

*******

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b & d) in respect of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 461 for 18.11.2016 asked by Shri B.Senguttuvan, M.P. regarding 'Pending Cases under POCSO Act' State/UT wise cases registered (CR), cases charge sheeted (CS), cases in which chargesheet not submitted but final report submitted as true (CUS), chargesheeting rate (CHR), cases convicted (CV), cases conviction rate (CVR), cases in which trial were pending (PT), persons arrested (PAR), persons charge sheeted (PCS) and persons convicted (PCV) under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 during 2014-2015

|    | State/UT          |      |     |     |       |    |       |     |      |     |     |      |      |     |       |       |       |           |      |         |     |
|----|-------------------|------|-----|-----|-------|----|-------|-----|------|-----|-----|------|------|-----|-------|-------|-------|-----------|------|---------|-----|
| SL |                   | CR   | CS  | CUS | CHR   | CV | CVR   | PT  | PAR  | PCS | PCV | CR   | CS   | CUS | CHR   | CV    | CVR   | PT        | PAR  | PCS     | PCV |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh    | 106  | 52  | 0   | 100.0 | 1  | 5.9   | 46  | 113  | 83  | 1   | 237  | 157  | 0   | 100.0 | 6     | 6.7   | 113       | 270  | 183     | 9   |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh | 5    | 3   | 0   | 100.0 | 0  | -     | 3   | 6    | 3   | 0   | 12   | 6    | 0   | 100.0 | 0     | -     | 9         | 14   | 7       | 0   |
| 3  | Assam             | 311  | 141 | 10  | 93.4  | 5  | 100.0 | 136 | 308  | 141 | 5   | 731  | 398  | 79  | 83.4  | 13    | 35.1  | 497       | 716  | 398     | 13  |
| 4  | Bihar             | 57   | 46  | 0   | 100.0 | 4  | 40.0  | 36  | 72   | 58  | 6   | 60   | 45   | 0   | 100.0 | 7     | 87.5  | 73        | 57   | 49      | 8   |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh      | 417  | 370 | 0   | 100.0 | 22 | 33.8  | 376 | 415  | 412 | 22  | 1164 | 1097 | 4   | 99.6  | 134   | 33.9  | 1102      | 1444 | 1401    | 159 |
| 6  | Goa               | 4    | 0   | 0   | -     | 0  | -     | 0   | 2    | 0   | 0   | 0    | 0    | 0   | -     | 0     | -     | 0         | 0    | 0       | 0   |
| 7  | Gujarat           | 118  | 58  | 1   | 98.3  | 0  | -     | 63  | 117  | 66  | 0   | 1416 | 1115 | 48  | 95.9  | 3     | 20.0  | 1162      | 1635 | 1522    | 3   |
| 8  | Haryana           | 3    | 2   | 0   | 100.0 | 0  | -     | 2   | 2    | 2   | 0   | 440  | 356  | 3   | 99.2  | 15    | 16.5  | 267       | 466  | 445     | 15  |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh  | 22   | 14  | 0   | 100.0 | 0  | -     | 16  | 19   | 14  | 0   | 3    | 6    | 1   | 85.7  | 2     | 100.0 | 20        | 2    | 7       | 2   |
| 10 | Jammu& Kashmir    | 0    | 0   | 0   | -     | 0  | -     | 0   | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0    | 0    | 0   | -     | 0     | -     | 0         | 0    | 0       | 0   |
| 11 | Jharkhand         | 31   | 25  | 0   | 100.0 | 4  | 66.7  | 18  | 33   | 26  | 4   | 141  | 110  | 2   | 98.2  | 22    |       | 81.5 101  |      | 128 110 | 22  |
| 12 | Karnataka         | 620  | 476 | 2   | 99.6  | 7  | 21.9  | 506 | 667  | 570 | 7   | 1480 | 1093 | 8   | 99.3  | 11    |       | 13.3 1520 | 1644 | 1265    | 11  |
| 13 | Kerala            | 439  | 325 | 10  | 97.0  | 8  | 47.1  | 499 | 433  | 352 | 8   | 516  | 445  | 12  | 97.4  | 21    |       | 42.9 895  | 478  | 474     | 25  |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh    | 126  | 122 | 2   | 98.4  | 11 | 42.3  | 110 | 141  | 141 | 11  | 1687 | 1632 | 0   |       | 100.0 | 133   | 38.4 1396 | 1869 | 1858    | 141 |
| 15 | Maharashtra       | 190  | 149 | 1   | 99.3  | 0  | 0.0   | 184 | 174  | 167 | 0   | 26   | 47   | 0   | 100.0 | 1     | 16.7  | 225       | 39   | 53      | 3   |
| 16 | Manipur           | 7    | 1   | 0   | 100.0 | 0  | -     | 1   | 7    | 1   | 0   | 25   | 11   | 4   | 73.3  | 0     | -     | 12        | 12   | 11      | 0   |
| 17 | Meghalaya         | 48   | 41  | 0   | 100.0 | 0  | -     | 41  | 44   | 41  | 0   | 118  | 74   | 0   | 100.0 | 2     | 40.0  | 110       | 113  | 94      | 2   |
| 18 | Mizoram           | 42   | 32  | 0   | 100.0 | 0  | -     | 32  | 17   | 7   | 0   | 114  | 101  | 0   | 100.0 | 27    | 100.0 | 106       | 114  | 102     | 27  |
| 19 | Nagaland          | 0    | 0   | 0   | -     | 0  | -     | 0   | 0    | 0   | 0   | 5    | 3    | 0   | 100.0 | 1     | 100.0 | 2         | 5    | 3       | 1   |
| 20 | Odisha            | 109  | 73  | 0   | 100.0 | 0  | 0.0   | 72  | 100  | 78  | 0   | 19   | 49   | 0   | 100.0 | 0     | -     | 121       | 49   | 66      | 0   |
| 21 | Punjab            | 25   | 20  | 0   | 100.0 | 1  | 100.0 | 21  | 32   | 24  | 1   | 18   | 10   | 0   | 100.0 | 1     | 20.0  | 26        | 25   | 18      | 1   |
| 22 | Rajasthan         | 191  | 165 | 1   | 99.4  | 0  | 0.0   | 166 | 177  | 177 | 0   | 222  | 164  | 0   | 100.0 | 16    | 64.0  | 305       | 169  | 169     | 18  |
| 23 | Sikkim            | 23   | 18  | 0   | 100.0 | 1  | 25.0  | 14  | 23   | 19  | 1   | 54   | 49   | 3   | 94.2  | 16    | 55.2  | 38        |      | 54 51   | 16  |
|    | Tamil Nadu        |      |     | 14  | 97.6  | 5  | 16.1  | 563 | 1141 | 643 | 5   | 1544 |      |     |       |       | 38.5  | 1516      |      |         |     |
| 24 |                   | 1055 | 575 |     |       |    |       |     |      |     |     |      | 1223 | 29  | 97.7  | 104   |       |           | 1841 | 1460    | 113 |
| 25 | Telangana         | 25   | 6   | 0   | 100.0 | 0  | -     | 6   | 35   | 10  | 0   | 264  | 175  | 0   | 100.0 | 0     | 0.0   |           | 172  | 267 200 | 0   |
| 26 | Tripura           | 32   | 26  | 1   | 96.3  | 3  | 75.0  | 23  | 31   | 26  | 3   | 0    | 0    | 0   |       | - 0   | -     | 0         | 0    | 0       | 0   |

| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     |   3637 |   3042 |   171 | 94.7   |   9 | 52.9   |   3740 |   6018 |   4730 |   14 |   3078 |   2800 |   187 | 93.7   |   271 | 71.9 6158   |   5275 |   4494 |   429 |
|------|-------------------|--------|--------|-------|--------|-----|--------|--------|--------|--------|------|--------|--------|-------|--------|-------|-------------|--------|--------|-------|
| 28   | Uttarakhand       |     74 |     58 |     2 | 96.7   |   4 | 36.4   |     48 |     70 |     68 |    4 |     99 |     86 |     1 | 98.9   |    26 | 57.8 89     |    130 |    117 |    27 |
| 29   | West Bengal       |   1058 |    650 |    11 | 98.3   |  12 | 8.9    |   1161 |    864 |    802 |   12 |   1289 |   1628 |    15 | 99.1   |    20 | 22.2 2699   |   1701 |   1646 |    21 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    |   8775 |   6490 |   226 | 96.6   |  97 | 24.8   |   7883 |  11061 |   8661 |  104 |  14762 |  12880 |   396 | 97.0   |   852 | 41.9 18734  |  18517 |  16203 |  1066 |
| 30   | A & N Islands     |      0 |      0 |     0 | -      |   0 | -      |      0 |      0 |      0 |    0 |      1 |      1 |     0 | 100.0  |     0 | - 1         |      1 |      1 |     0 |
| 31   | Chandigarh        |      0 |      0 |     0 | -      |   0 | -      |      0 |      0 |      0 |    0 |      1 |      0 |     0 | -      |     0 | - 0         |      0 |      0 |     0 |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        |      0 |      0 |     0 | -      |   0 | -      |      0 |      0 |      0 |    0 |     13 |     10 |     0 | 100.0  |     0 | - 10        |     11 |     10 |     0 |
| 33   | Daman& Diu        |      0 |      0 |     0 | -      |   0 | -      |      0 |      0 |      0 |    0 |      4 |      3 |     0 | 100.0  |     0 | - 3         |      7 |      6 |     0 |
| 34   | Delhi UT          |    107 |     64 |     2 | 97.0   |   3 | 20.0   |     62 |     93 |     66 |    5 |     86 |     57 |     1 | 98.3   |     4 | 25.0 103    |     76 |     72 |     4 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |      1 |      1 |     0 | 100.0  |   0 | -      |      1 |      3 |      3 |    0 |      1 |      0 |     0 | -      |     0 | - 1         |      1 |      0 |     0 |
| 36   | Puducherry        |     21 |     18 |     0 | 100.0  |   0 | -      |     24 |     15 |     18 |    0 |     45 |     29 |     0 | 100.0  |     2 | 100.0 27    |     38 |     32 |     2 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |    129 |     83 |     2 | 97.6   |   3 | 20.0   |     87 |    111 |     87 |    5 |    151 |    100 |     1 | 99.0   |     6 | 33.3 145    |    134 |    121 |     6 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |   8904 |   6573 |   228 | 96.6   | 100 | 24.6   |   7970 |  11172 |   8748 |  109 |  14913 |  12980 |   397 | 97.0   |   858 | 41.9 18879  |  18651 |  16324 |  1072 |

Source: Crime in India Disposal of cases/persons by police/courts may includes cases/persons of previous years also. Cases Conviction Rate (CVR) =  Cases Convicted/Cases in which trial were completedx100 Cases Chargesheeting Rate (CHR) = Cases Chargesheeted/(Cases Chargesheeted+Cases not Chargesheeted but final report submitted as True (cases unsolved))*100