Lok Sabha Question No. 4050 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-20
Subject: Domestic Violence Act
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: PRATIMA MONDAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4050

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  MARCH, 2018/ PHALGUNA 29, 1939 (SAKA) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT

4050. SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether cases/complaints under Anti Dowry Act and Domestic Violence Act have increased in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the total number of such cases reported, guilty arrested and the action taken against them during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) whether the misuse of the said Acts have increased during the said period and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and

(d)  if  so,  the  corrective  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  in  this direction?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): As per the information provided by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), details of State/UT-wise cases registered, cases charge-sheeted, cases convicted, cases closed as mistake of fact or of law, persons arrested, persons charge-sheeted  and  persons  convicted  under  Dowry  Prohibition  Act,  1961  and Protection  of  Women  from  Domestic  Violence  Act,  2005  during  2014-2016  are given in Annexure - I & II respectively.

'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.

## LS.US.Q.NO.4050 FOR 20.03.2018

The Ministry of Home Affairs had issued a detailed advisory on 4th September, 2009 to all the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations wherein all the States/UTs  have  been  advised  to  explore  the  possibility  of  associating  NGOs working in the area of combating crimes against women and also that all police stations  may  be  directed  to  display  the  name  and  other  details  of  protection officers of the area appointed under the Domestic Violence Act, 2005. Ministry of Home Affairs has also issued advisories from time to time to curb the misuse of section 498A of IPC and for combating crimes against women. These advisories are available on www.mha.gov.in.

Annexure-I State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR),Cases ChargeSheeted (CCS),Cases Convicted (CON), Cases ended as Mistake of Fact or of Law (CMIS), Persons Arrested (PAR),Persons Charge Sheeted (PCS) and

Persons Convicted (PCV) under Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 during 2014-2016

| 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   |
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

Source: Crime in India

Annexure-II State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR),Cases ChargeSheeted (CCS),Cases Convicted (CON),Persons Arrested (PAR), Cases ended as Mistake of Fact or of Law

(CMIS), Persons Charge Sheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 during 2014-2016

| 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   |
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

Source: Crime in India