Lok Sabha Question No. 2743 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-01
Subject: Honour Killings
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: MANOJ RAJORIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2743

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 ST  AUGUST, 2017/ SHRAVANA 10, 1939 (SAKA) HONOUR KILLINGS

†2743. DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the number of cases of honour killings reported in the country during the last three years, State-wise including Rajasthan;

(b)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  steps  to  check  such  cases  in  the country; and

(c) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

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

(a): As  per  the  information  provided  by  National  Crime  Records  Bureau (NCRB), State/UT-wise cases registered under murder (section 302 IPC) and culpable homicide not amounting to murder (section 304 IPC) for the motive of honour killing (including Rajasthan) is enclosed as Anneuxre-I.

(b) & (c): '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.    The Ministry  of  Home  Affairs had issued  an  advisory  on crime against women

## L.S.US.Q.NO.2743 FOR 1.8.2017

dated  4 th   September,  2009,  wherein  the  States/UTs  had  been  directed  to conduct a comprehensive review of the effectiveness of their law and order machinery in tackling the problem of violence against women and to take appropriate measures aimed at increasing responsiveness to such violence. The advisory specifically  advised  the  States/UTs  to  take  Special  steps  to curb the 'Violation of Women's Rights by the so called Honour Killings, to prevent  forced  marriage  in  some  northern  States,  and  other  forms  of Violence'. The Advisory is available on www.mha.nic.in.

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## ANNEXURE - I

## L.S.US.Q.NO.2743 FOR 1.8.2017

## State/UT-wise cases registered under murder (section 302 IPC) and culpable homicide not amounting to murder (section 304 IPC) for the motive of honour killing during 2014-2016*

|                   |                   |   Murder (section 302 IPC) |   Murder (section 302 IPC) | Murder (section 302 IPC)   |   Culpable homicide not amounting to murder (section 304 IPC) |   Culpable homicide not amounting to murder (section 304 IPC) | Culpable homicide not amounting to murder (section 304 IPC)   |
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| SL                | State/UT          |                       2014 |                       2015 | 2016*                      |                                                          2014 |                                                          2015 | 2016*                                                         |
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh    |                          0 |                          2 | 2                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 3                 | Assam             |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 4                 | Bihar             |                          0 |                          0 | 3                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh      |                          0 |                          2 | 1                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 6                 | Goa               |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 7                 | Gujarat           |                          2 |                         21 | 7                          |                                                             0 |                                                             4 | 0                                                             |
| 8                 | Haryana           |                          1 |                          2 | 2                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh  |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 10                | Jammu &Kashmir    |                          3 |                          1 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 11                | Jharkhand         |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 12                | Karnataka         |                          2 |                          0 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 13                | Kerala            |                          0 |                          3 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             2 | 0                                                             |
| 14                | Madhya Pradesh    |                          7 |                         14 | 18                         |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 15                | Maharashtra       |                          5 |                          1 | 8                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 16                | Manipur           |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 17                | Meghalaya         |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 18                | Mizoram           |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 19                | Nagaland          |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 20                | Odisha            |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 21                | Punjab            |                          5 |                          8 | 8                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 22                | Rajasthan         |                          0 |                          2 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 23                | Sikkim            |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 24                | Tamil Nadu        |                          0 |                          1 | 1                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 25                | Telangana         |                          0 |                          1 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                            16 | 0                                                             |
| 26                | Tripura           |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 27                | Uttar Pradesh     |                          1 |                        131 | 16                         |                                                             0 |                                                            37 | 6                                                             |
| 28                | Uttarakhand       |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 29                | West Bengal       |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
|                   | TOTAL STATE(S)    |                         26 |                        189 | 66                         |                                                             0 |                                                            59 | 6                                                             |
| 30                | A & N Islands     |                          0 |                          1 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 31                | Chandigarh        |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 32                | D&N Haveli        |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 33                | Daman &Diu        |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 34                | Delhi UT          |                          0 |                          2 | 2                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 35                | Lakshadweep       |                          0 |                          0 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| 36                | Puducherry        |                          2 |                          0 | 0                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
|                   | TOTAL UT(S)       |                          2 |                          3 | 2                          |                                                             0 |                                                             0 | 0                                                             |
| TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |                         28 |                        192 | 68                         |                                                             0 |                                                            59 | 6                                                             |

Source: Crime in India

Note:  * Data for the year 2016 is provisional.