Lok Sabha Question No. 3211 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-21
Subject: Sedition Cases
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3211

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST  MARCH, 2017/ PHALGUNA 30, 1938 (SAKA)

SEDITION CASES

3211. DR. P. VENUGOPAL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of sedition cases filed in the country during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;

(b)  whether the North Eastern Region accounts for 42% of sedition cases in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether it is true that out of 147 cases registered in 2015, 63 were from the said region and Assam has recorded the highest number; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

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

(a): As  per  the  information  received  from  National  Crime  Records  Bureau (NCRB) a total number of 47 cases were registered in the year 2014 and 30 cases in the year 2015 under the offence of Sedition (Section 124A of IPC). State-wise  data  is  placed  in  Annexure.  The  data  related  to  the  year  2016 onwards is under collection.

(b) to (d): As  per  the  information  received  from  the  NCRB,  out  of  47  cases registered in the year 2014, only one case pertained to Assam and out of 30 cases registered in the year 2015, only one case  pertained to Manipur.

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| State/UT-wise cases registered under Offences of Sedition (Section 121Aof IPC)   | State/UT-wise cases registered under Offences of Sedition (Section 121Aof IPC)   |   State/UT-wise cases registered under Offences of Sedition (Section 121Aof IPC) |   State/UT-wise cases registered under Offences of Sedition (Section 121Aof IPC) |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                           | State/UT                                                                         |                                                                             2014 |                                                                             2015 |
| 1                                                                                | Andhra Pradesh                                                                   |                                                                                1 |                                                                                0 |
| 2                                                                                | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                |                                                                                0 |                                                                                0 |
| 3                                                                                | Assam                                                                            |                                                                                1 |                                                                                0 |
| 4                                                                                | Bihar                                                                            |                                                                               16 |                                                                                9 |
| 5                                                                                | Chhattisgarh                                                                     |                                                                                1 |                                                                                0 |
| 6                                                                                | Goa                                                                              |                                                                                0 |                                                                                0 |
| 7                                                                                | Gujarat                                                                          |                                                                                0 |                                                                                2 |
| 8                                                                                | Haryana                                                                          |                                                                                0 |                                                                                3 |
| 9                                                                                | Himachal Pradesh                                                                 |                                                                                1 |                                                                                0 |
| 10                                                                               | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                  |                                                                                0 |                                                                                1 |
| 11                                                                               | Jharkhand                                                                        |                                                                               18 |                                                                                0 |
| 12                                                                               | Karnataka                                                                        |                                                                                0 |                                                                                3 |
| 13                                                                               | Kerala                                                                           |                                                                                5 |                                                                                3 |
| 14                                                                               | Madhya Pradesh                                                                   |                                                                                0 |                                                                                0 |
| 15                                                                               | Maharashtra                                                                      |                                                                                0 |                                                                                1 |
| 16                                                                               | Manipur                                                                          |                                                                                0 |                                                                                1 |
| 17                                                                               | Meghalaya                                                                        |                                                                                0 |                                                                                0 |
| 18                                                                               | Mizoram                                                                          |                                                                                0 |                                                                                0 |
| 19                                                                               | Nagaland                                                                         |                                                                                0 |                                                                                0 |
| 20                                                                               | Odisha                                                                           |                                                                                2 |                                                                                0 |
| 21                                                                               | Punjab                                                                           |                                                                                0 |                                                                                1 |
| 22                                                                               | Rajasthan                                                                        |                                                                                0 |                                                                                1 |
| 23                                                                               | Sikkim                                                                           |                                                                                0 |                                                                                0 |
| 24                                                                               | Tamil Nadu                                                                       |                                                                                0 |                                                                                0 |
| 25                                                                               | Telangana                                                                        |                                                                                0 |                                                                                1 |
| 26                                                                               | Tripura                                                                          |                                                                                0 |                                                                                0 |
| 27                                                                               | Uttar Pradesh                                                                    |                                                                                0 |                                                                                0 |
| 28                                                                               | Uttarakhand                                                                      |                                                                                0 |                                                                                0 |
| 29                                                                               | West Bengal                                                                      |                                                                                2 |                                                                                4 |
|                                                                                  | TOTAL STATE(S)                                                                   |                                                                               47 |                                                                               30 |
| 30                                                                               | A & N Islands                                                                    |                                                                                0 |                                                                                0 |
| 31                                                                               | Chandigarh                                                                       |                                                                                0 |                                                                                0 |
| 32                                                                               | D&N Haveli                                                                       |                                                                                0 |                                                                                0 |
| 33                                                                               | Daman & Diu                                                                      |                                                                                0 |                                                                                0 |
| 34                                                                               | Delhi UT                                                                         |                                                                                0 |                                                                                0 |
| 35                                                                               | Lakshadweep                                                                      |                                                                                0 |                                                                                0 |
| 36                                                                               | Puducherry                                                                       |                                                                                0 |                                                                                0 |
|                                                                                  | TOTAL UT(S)                                                                      |                                                                                0 |                                                                                0 |
|                                                                                  | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)                                                                |                                                                               47 |                                                                               30 |

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