Lok Sabha Question No. 2531 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-01
Subject: Cases Registered under Sedition Act
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: SHASHI THAROOR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2531

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 01ST AUGUST, 2017 / SHRAVANA 10, 1939 (SAKA)

CASES REGISTERED UNDER SEDITION ACT

2531. DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  number  of  cases  registered  under  the  Sedition  Act  against  individuals who have supported cricket teams post match;

(b) the action taken against the individuals;

(c) the manner in which the Government determined that the support of sports team, constitutes anti-national sentiments or seditious acts;

(d) the manner in which such individuals were arrested, given that they did not act in a violent manner as reported in the media; and

(e) the time taken in the investigation process before such arrests were made?

ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (e)  The  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  has  intimated  that  the information  on  cases  registered  under  the  Sedition  (Section  124  A  of  IPC) against  individuals  who  have  supported  cricket  teams  post  match  is  not specifically  maintained  by  them.  However,  the  State-wise  data of  cases registered  under  sedition  (Section  124A  of  IPC)  of  the  year  2016  is  placed  at annexure.

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## Annexure to the LS USQ No.2531 for 01.08.2017

## Year 2016*

| S.N.              | State/UT          |   Cases Registered |
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh    |                  1 |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh |                  0 |
| 3                 | Assam             |                  0 |
| 4                 | Bihar             |                  0 |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh      |                  0 |
| 6                 | Goa               |                  0 |
| 7                 | Gujarat           |                  0 |
| 8                 | Haryana           |                 12 |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh  |                  1 |
| 10                | Jammu & Kashmir   |                  0 |
| 11                | Jharkhand         |                  0 |
| 12                | Karnataka         |                  3 |
| 13                | Kerala            |                  3 |
| 14                | Madhya Pradesh    |                  2 |
| 15                | Maharashtra       |                  0 |
| 16                | Manipur           |                  0 |
| 17                | Meghalaya         |                  0 |
| 18                | Mizoram           |                  0 |
| 19                | Nagaland          |                  0 |
| 20                | Odisha            |                  1 |
| 21                | Punjab            |                  0 |
| 22                | Rajasthan         |                  1 |
| 23                | Sikkim            |                  0 |
| 24                | Tamil Nadu        |                  0 |
| 25                | Telangana         |                  2 |
| 26                | Tripura           |                  0 |
| 27                | Uttar Pradesh     |                  6 |
| 28                | Uttarakhand       |                  0 |
| 29                | West Bengal       |                  1 |
| TOTAL STATE(S)    | TOTAL STATE(S)    |                 33 |
| 30                | A & N Islands     |                  0 |
| 31                | Chandigarh        |                  0 |
| 32                | D&N Haveli        |                  0 |
| 33                | Daman & Diu       |                  0 |
| 34                | Delhi             |                  2 |
| 35                | Lakshadweep       |                  0 |
| 36                | Puducherry        |                  0 |
| TOTAL UT(S)       | TOTAL UT(S)       |                  2 |
| TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |                 35 |

Source: Crime in India.

Note: *Data for the year 2016 is provisional.