Lok Sabha Question No. 791 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-07
Subject: Kidnapping of Women and Children
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: PANKAJ CHOWDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †791

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH  FEBRUARY, 2017/ MAGHA 18, 1938 (SAKA)

KIDNAPPING OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN

†791. SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether a large number of cases of kidnapping of women and children have been reported in the country;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  alongwith  the  total  number  of  such  cases reported,  number  of  women  and  children  traced/untraced,  separately during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;

(c) the action taken against the organized gangs who trap the children/minors  for  flesh  trade  and  child  labour  along  with  the  gangs busted during the said period, State-wise;

(d)  whether  the  Government  has  identified  the  reasons  behind  in  such crimes increase and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the details of advisories/guidelines issued to the states in this regard and  the  other  corrective  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  stop  such cases in future?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): As per the information provided by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), a  total 51,881  cases  in  2013,  57,311  cases  in  2014  and

59,277 cases in 2015 were registered under  kidnapping  and  abduction of

## LS.US.Q.No.791 FOR 07.02.2017

women. A total of 38,619 women in 2014 and 44,666 women in 2015 were rescued. A total of 28,167 cases in 2013, 37,854 cases in 2014 and 41,893 cases  in  2015  were  registered  under  kidnapping  and  abduction  of children.  A  total  of  27,473  children  in  2014  and  32,651  children in  2015 were  rescued. The  Bureau  has  started collecting data on victims recovered/unrecovered  from  kidnapping  &  abduction  since  2014  only. State/UT-wise data is enclosed as Annexure-I, II & III.

(c) to (e): As  per  the  seventh  schedule  to  the  Constitution  of  India `Police`  and  `Public  Order`  are  State  subjects  and  as  such,  the  primary responsibility  of  prevention,  detection,  registration,  investigation  and prosecution  of  crime,  lies  with  the  State  Governments/  Union  Territory Administrations. Ministry of Home Affairs has issued Advisories dated 14 th July,  2010  regarding  'Crime  against  children',  dated  25 th   June,  2013 regarding 'Hon'ble Supreme Court's direction to file FIR in case of Missing Children'  and  dated  12 th   May,  2015  regarding  'Comprehensive  approach towards crimes against women'. These advisories are also available on www.mha.nic.in.

State/UT-wise cases registered (CR), persons arrested (PAR), cases charge sheeted (CS), persons charge sheeted (PCS), cases convicted (CV) and persons convicted (PCV) under kidnapping & abduction of women during 2013-2015

| SL                |                     | 2013   | 2013       | 2013        | 2013    | 2013    | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015        | 2015   | 2015   |
|-------------------|---------------------|--------|------------|-------------|---------|---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------------|--------|--------|
| SL                | State/UT            | CR     | PAR        | CS          | PCS     | CV      | PCV CR | PAR    | CS     | PCS    | CV     | PCV    | CR     | PAR    | CS     | PCS         | CV     | PCV    |
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh      | 1595   | 1811 1009  | 1652        | 55      | 163     | 721    | 1039   | 464    | 915    | 12     | 19     | 684    | 678    | 464    | 754         | 14     | 31     |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh   | 86     | 110        | 46 62       | 2       | 2       | 91     | 79     | 39     | 64     | 0      | 0      | 128    | 94     | 43     | 55          | 0      | 0      |
| 3                 | Assam               | 4222   | 1439       | 1862        | 48      | 61      | 3895   | 6587   | 1351   | 1458   | 93     | 100    | 5039   | 5624   | 1952   | 2117        | 135    | 158    |
| 4                 | Bihar               | 4419   | 3531 4925  | 2518 4560   | 85      | 146     | 4735   | 5381   | 2272   | 3467   | 81     | 143    | 5158   | 4777   | 2551   | 3279        | 75     | 107    |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh        | 1881   | 498 449    | 484         | 52      | 78      | 1393   | 886    | 766    | 950    | 85     | 103    | 1354   | 762    | 608    | 800         | 151    | 171    |
| 6                 | Goa                 | 70     | 29         | 12 20       | 2       | 4       | 86     | 34     | 16     | 19     | 0      | 0      | 70     | 27     | 27     | 32          | 1      | 1      |
| 7                 | Gujarat             | 2230   | 2646 1499  | 2508        | 46      | 70      | 2187   | 2370   | 1569   | 2406   | 35     | 49     | 1569   | 1552   | 1081   | 1582        | 18     | 25     |
| 8                 | Haryana             | 1957   | 1067 755   | 1066        | 116     | 183     | 1922   | 969    | 634    | 868    | 148    | 186    | 2336   | 694    | 511    | 667         | 120    | 153    |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh    | 290    | 131        | 82 139      | 10      | 23      | 227    | 95     | 55     | 86     | 3      | 5      | 239    | 84     | 71     | 88          | 3      | 3      |
| 10                | Jammu &Kashmir      | 949    | 686        | 358 680     | 14      | 17      | 813    | 707    | 321    | 606    | 5      | 6      | 1071   | 798    | 431    | 725         | 8      | 9      |
| 11                | Jharkhand           | 926    | 1111 564   | 905         | 116     | 149     | 885    | 797    | 561    | 653    | 118    | 166    | 930    | 747    | 590    | 669         | 73     | 90     |
| 12                | Karnataka           | 1359   | 902 471    | 830         | 13      | 27      | 1457   | 1099   | 491    | 801    | 7      | 9      | 1611   | 785    | 476    | 655         | 10     | 11     |
| 13                | Kerala              | 185    | 243 151    | 221         | 4       | 4       | 143    | 159    | 135    | 164    | 0      | 0      | 192    | 200    | 163    | 180         | 17     | 5      |
| 14                | Madhya Pradesh      | 2873   | 1860       | 1218 1876   | 197     | 323     | 5688   | 3530   | 2577   | 3439   | 268    | 442    | 4547   | 3036   | 2166   | 3203        | 272    | 436    |
| 15                | Maharashtra         | 1874   | 2373 1080  | 2095        | 23      | 50      | 2457   | 2164   | 1025   | 1866   | 16     | 25     | 5096   | 2788   | 1280   | 2013        | 37     | 61     |
| 16                | Manipur             | 125    | 115        | 5           | 5 1     | 2       | 121    | 73     | 10     | 10     | 1      | 3      | 94     | 34     | 18     | 27          | 1      | 8      |
| 17                | Meghalaya           | 33     | 32         | 15 15       | 0       | 0       | 38     | 28     | 22     | 35     | 0      | 0      | 58     | 22     | 13     | 18          | 0      | 0      |
| 18                | Mizoram             | 2      | 6          | 1 1         | 1       | 1       | 3      | 2      | 2      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 8      | 10     | 6      | 8           | 1      | 3      |
| 19                | Nagaland            | 11     | 22         | 10 11       | 2       | 10      | 13     | 17     | 6      | 12     | 1      | 1      | 30     | 33     | 10     | 14          | 0      | 0      |
| 20                | Odisha              | 2067   | 1661       | 1237        | 1643 35 | 84      | 2436   | 1761   | 1106   | 1419   | 47     | 58     | 2587   | 1638   | 1414   | 1658        | 50     | 66     |
| 21                | Punjab              | 987    | 920        | 438         | 618 72  | 127     | 1176   | 935    | 424    | 708    | 67     | 131    | 1253   | 822    | 475    | 737         | 103    | 147    |
| 22                | Rajasthan           | 4047   | 1736       | 1228 1737   | 199     |         | 4421   | 2071   | 1379   | 1974   | 243    | 418    | 4167   | 1762   | 1265   | 1868        | 286    | 466    |
| 23                | Sikkim              | 16     | 25         | 19          | 21 16   | 273 20  | 12     | 3      | 12     | 3      | 2      | 0      | 21     | 23     | 4      | 4           | 0      | 0      |
| 24                | Tamil Nadu          | 1516   | 1490       | 741 1365    | 134     | 184     | 1502   | 1504   | 660    | 1328   | 97     | 203    | 1335   | 1295   | 614    | 1212        | 64     | 108    |
| 25                | Telangana           |        |            |             |         |         | 711    | 1177   | 376    | 845    | 25     | 37     | 648    | 667    | 417    | 736         | 11     | 15     |
| 26                | Tripura             | 124    | 192        | 111 139     | 3       | 3       | 102    | 113    | 69     | 112    | 2      | 4      | 120    | 91     | 76     | 97          | 9      | 9      |
| 27                | Uttar Pradesh       | 9737   | 23405 5138 | 11294       | 1124    | 2215    | 10626  | 23685  | 5880   | 12173  | 1200   | 2562   | 10135  | 21616  | 5528   | 11274       | 1561   | 2901   |
| 28                | Uttarakhand         | 633    | 283        | 162 246     | 109     | 173     | 275    | 149    | 111    | 165    | 41     | 82     | 336    | 154    | 97     | 169         | 87     | 96     |
| 29                | West Bengal         | 3830   | 4222       | 2965 3653   | 43      | 52      | 4976   | 5343   | 3318   | 3809   | 3      | 3      | 3938   | 3961   | 4518   | 4686        | 5      | 29     |
|                   | TOTAL STATE(S)      | 48044  | 56032      | 23721 39708 | 2522    | 4444    | 53112  | 62757  | 25651  | 40357  | 2600   | 4755   | 54754  | 54774  | 26869  | 39327       | 3112   | 5109   |
| 30                | A & N Islands       | 12     | 9          | 7           | 7 0     | 0       | 17     | 13     | 8      | 11     | 0      | 0      | 21     | 9      | 6 7    |             | 0      | 0      |
| 31                | Chandigarh          | 174    | 95 48      | 74          | 10      | 10      | 133    | 61     | 53     | 69     | 7      | 9      | 165    | 61     | 28     | 45          | 11     | 13     |
|                   | D&N                 | 11     |            |             | 0       |         | 7      |        | 3      |        |        |        |        |        |        |             |        |        |
| 32                | Haveli              |        | 4          | 4 4         |         | 0       |        |        | 3      | 3      | 0      | 0      | 9      | 7      | 4      | 5           | 0      | 0      |
| 33 34             | Daman &Diu Delhi UT | 6 3609 | 4 614      | 1           | 4       | 0 154   | 0 4034 | 1 498  | 0 327  | 0 372  | 0 0 48 | 0 60   | 13     | 6      | 2      | 5 422       | 0 30   | 0 55   |
|                   |                     |        | 450 0      | 563         | 114     |         |        |        |        |        |        |        | 4301   | 455    | 293    |             |        |        |
| 35                | Lakshadweep         | 0      | 0          |             | 0 0     | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0           | 0      | 0      |
| 36                | Puducherry          | 25     | 6          | 9           | 9       | 0 0     | 7      |        | 2 2    | 2      | 0      | 0      | 14     | 7      | 4      | 4           | 0      | 0      |
|                   | TOTAL UT(S)         | 3837   | 732        | 519         | 661     | 124 164 | 4199   |        | 577    | 393    | 457 55 | 69     | 4523   | 545    | 337    | 488         | 41     | 68     |
| TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)   | 51881  | 56764      | 24240 40369 | 2646    | 4608    | 57311  | 63334  | 26044  | 40814  | 2655   | 4824   | 59277  | 55319  |        | 27206 39815 | 3153   | 5177   |

Source: Crime in India

Note:  Disposal of cases/persons by police/courts during the year may includes previous year pending case/persons.

State/UT-wise cases registered (CR), persons arrested (PAR), cases charge sheeted (CS), persons charge sheeted (PCS), cases convicted (CV) and persons convicted (PCV) under kidnapping & abduction of children during 2013-2015

| SL                                                                                                                      | State/UT                                                                                                                | 2013                                                                                                                    | 2013                                                                                                                    | 2013                                                                                                                    | 2013                                                                                                                    | 2013                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                         | 2014                                                                                                                    | 2014                                                                                                                    | 2014                                                                                                                    | 2014                                                                                                                    | 2014                                                                                                                    | 2014                                                                                                                    |
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| SL                                                                                                                      | State/UT                                                                                                                | CR                                                                                                                      | PAR                                                                                                                     | CS                                                                                                                      | PCS                                                                                                                     | CV                                                                                                                      | PCV CR                                                                                                                  | PAR                                                                                                                     | CS                                                                                                                      | PCS                                                                                                                     | CV                                                                                                                      | PCV                                                                                                                     | CR                                                                                                                      | PAR                                                                                                                     | 2015 CS                                                                                                                 | PCS                                                                                                                     | CV                                                                                                                      | PCV                                                                                                                     |
| 1                                                                                                                       | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                          | 1014                                                                                                                    | 1012                                                                                                                    | 833                                                                                                                     | 20                                                                                                                      | 48                                                                                                                      | 600                                                                                                                     | 684                                                                                                                     | 352                                                                                                                     | 522                                                                                                                     | 5                                                                                                                       | 5                                                                                                                       | 497                                                                                                                     | 448                                                                                                                     | 306                                                                                                                     | 444                                                                                                                     | 6                                                                                                                       | 8                                                                                                                       |
| 2                                                                                                                       | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                       | 40                                                                                                                      | 732 32                                                                                                                  | 22 23                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 66                                                                                                                      | 50                                                                                                                      | 26                                                                                                                      | 37                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 120                                                                                                                     | 47                                                                                                                      | 39                                                                                                                      | 46                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       |
| 3                                                                                                                       | Assam                                                                                                                   | 80                                                                                                                      | 48                                                                                                                      | 50                                                                                                                      | 5                                                                                                                       | 5                                                                                                                       | 152                                                                                                                     | 152                                                                                                                     | 44                                                                                                                      | 44                                                                                                                      | 1                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                       | 383                                                                                                                     | 410                                                                                                                     | 75                                                                                                                      | 75                                                                                                                      | 1                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                       |
| 4                                                                                                                       | Bihar                                                                                                                   | 1180                                                                                                                    | 75 1577                                                                                                                 | 990 2023                                                                                                                | 53                                                                                                                      | 88                                                                                                                      | 1585                                                                                                                    | 1688                                                                                                                    | 865                                                                                                                     | 1191                                                                                                                    | 20                                                                                                                      | 22                                                                                                                      | 1231                                                                                                                    | 1148                                                                                                                    | 716                                                                                                                     | 980                                                                                                                     | 10                                                                                                                      | 28                                                                                                                      |
| 5                                                                                                                       | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                            | 1634                                                                                                                    | 435 508                                                                                                                 | 428                                                                                                                     | 27                                                                                                                      | 43                                                                                                                      | 1844                                                                                                                    | 933                                                                                                                     | 822                                                                                                                     | 978                                                                                                                     | 84                                                                                                                      | 100                                                                                                                     | 1846                                                                                                                    | 787                                                                                                                     | 624                                                                                                                     | 789                                                                                                                     | 156                                                                                                                     | 179                                                                                                                     |
| 6                                                                                                                       | Goa                                                                                                                     | 90                                                                                                                      | 34                                                                                                                      | 13 22                                                                                                                   | 1                                                                                                                       | 3                                                                                                                       | 134                                                                                                                     | 40                                                                                                                      | 17                                                                                                                      | 27                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 102                                                                                                                     | 29                                                                                                                      | 29                                                                                                                      | 31                                                                                                                      | 2                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       |
| 7                                                                                                                       | Gujarat                                                                                                                 | 1429                                                                                                                    | 1496 1030                                                                                                               | 1379                                                                                                                    | 20                                                                                                                      | 24                                                                                                                      | 2101                                                                                                                    | 1819                                                                                                                    | 1290                                                                                                                    | 1803                                                                                                                    | 17                                                                                                                      | 23                                                                                                                      | 1589                                                                                                                    | 1137                                                                                                                    | 879                                                                                                                     | 1215                                                                                                                    | 14                                                                                                                      | 16                                                                                                                      |
| 8                                                                                                                       | Haryana                                                                                                                 | 911                                                                                                                     | 488 377                                                                                                                 | 482                                                                                                                     | 35                                                                                                                      | 37                                                                                                                      | 816                                                                                                                     | 381                                                                                                                     | 237                                                                                                                     | 373                                                                                                                     | 45                                                                                                                      | 49                                                                                                                      | 1255                                                                                                                    | 427                                                                                                                     | 346                                                                                                                     | 378                                                                                                                     | 38                                                                                                                      | 39                                                                                                                      |
| 9                                                                                                                       | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                        | 198                                                                                                                     | 81                                                                                                                      | 70 94                                                                                                                   | 8                                                                                                                       | 8                                                                                                                       | 210                                                                                                                     | 92                                                                                                                      | 53                                                                                                                      | 72                                                                                                                      | 1                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                       | 232                                                                                                                     | 83                                                                                                                      | 62                                                                                                                      | 81                                                                                                                      | 2                                                                                                                       | 4                                                                                                                       |
| 10                                                                                                                      | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                                          | 26                                                                                                                      | 40                                                                                                                      | 18 40                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 139                                                                                                                     | 122                                                                                                                     | 49                                                                                                                      | 68                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 244                                                                                                                     | 162                                                                                                                     | 69                                                                                                                      | 115                                                                                                                     | 1                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                       |
| 11                                                                                                                      | Jharkhand                                                                                                               | 48                                                                                                                      | 34                                                                                                                      | 23 35                                                                                                                   | 2                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       | 94                                                                                                                      | 92                                                                                                                      | 48                                                                                                                      | 61                                                                                                                      | 7                                                                                                                       | 10                                                                                                                      | 110                                                                                                                     | 86                                                                                                                      | 56                                                                                                                      | 65                                                                                                                      | 7                                                                                                                       | 10                                                                                                                      |
| 12                                                                                                                      | Karnataka                                                                                                               | 700                                                                                                                     | 379 234                                                                                                                 | 363                                                                                                                     | 2                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       | 1177                                                                                                                    | 721                                                                                                                     | 352                                                                                                                     | 485                                                                                                                     | 5                                                                                                                       | 6                                                                                                                       | 1605                                                                                                                    | 613                                                                                                                     | 340                                                                                                                     | 483                                                                                                                     | 4                                                                                                                       | 4                                                                                                                       |
| 13                                                                                                                      | Kerala                                                                                                                  | 136                                                                                                                     | 155                                                                                                                     | 102 122                                                                                                                 | 4                                                                                                                       | 5                                                                                                                       | 130                                                                                                                     | 160                                                                                                                     | 131                                                                                                                     | 160                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 171                                                                                                                     | 194                                                                                                                     | 135                                                                                                                     | 160                                                                                                                     | 7                                                                                                                       | 5                                                                                                                       |
| 14                                                                                                                      | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                          | 2262                                                                                                                    | 1165                                                                                                                    | 874 1147                                                                                                                | 97                                                                                                                      | 152                                                                                                                     | 6339                                                                                                                    | 2701                                                                                                                    | 2083                                                                                                                    | 2519                                                                                                                    | 204                                                                                                                     | 260                                                                                                                     | 5265                                                                                                                    | 2466                                                                                                                    | 1997                                                                                                                    | 2677                                                                                                                    | 155                                                                                                                     | 215                                                                                                                     |
| 15                                                                                                                      | Maharashtra                                                                                                             | 1698                                                                                                                    | 1495                                                                                                                    | 922 1359                                                                                                                | 8                                                                                                                       | 11                                                                                                                      | 2616                                                                                                                    | 1642                                                                                                                    | 906                                                                                                                     | 1330                                                                                                                    | 12                                                                                                                      | 17                                                                                                                      | 6960                                                                                                                    | 2617                                                                                                                    | 1329                                                                                                                    | 1782                                                                                                                    | 32                                                                                                                      | 37                                                                                                                      |
| 16                                                                                                                      | Manipur                                                                                                                 | 56                                                                                                                      | 6                                                                                                                       | 0 0                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 69                                                                                                                      | 15                                                                                                                      | 1                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 52                                                                                                                      | 25                                                                                                                      | 13                                                                                                                      | 13                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       |
| 17                                                                                                                      | Meghalaya                                                                                                               | 35                                                                                                                      | 17                                                                                                                      | 15 16                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 43                                                                                                                      | 22                                                                                                                      | 13                                                                                                                      | 13                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 48                                                                                                                      | 19                                                                                                                      | 11                                                                                                                      | 11                                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       |
| 18                                                                                                                      | Mizoram                                                                                                                 | 2                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       | 2 2                                                                                                                     | 1                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 9                                                                                                                       | 8                                                                                                                       | 6                                                                                                                       | 6                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       |
| 19                                                                                                                      | Nagaland                                                                                                                | 4                                                                                                                       | 8                                                                                                                       | 1 1                                                                                                                     | 4                                                                                                                       | 4                                                                                                                       | 7                                                                                                                       | 7                                                                                                                       | 5                                                                                                                       | 5                                                                                                                       | 3                                                                                                                       | 3                                                                                                                       | 40                                                                                                                      | 23                                                                                                                      | 13                                                                                                                      | 19                                                                                                                      | 2                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       |
| 20                                                                                                                      | Odisha                                                                                                                  | 366                                                                                                                     | 250                                                                                                                     | 179 236                                                                                                                 | 3                                                                                                                       | 3                                                                                                                       | 800                                                                                                                     | 392                                                                                                                     | 259                                                                                                                     | 347                                                                                                                     | 3                                                                                                                       | 3                                                                                                                       | 986                                                                                                                     | 439                                                                                                                     | 344                                                                                                                     | 423                                                                                                                     | 2                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       |
| 21                                                                                                                      | Punjab                                                                                                                  | 690                                                                                                                     | 493                                                                                                                     | 293 348                                                                                                                 | 61                                                                                                                      | 80                                                                                                                      | 871                                                                                                                     | 658                                                                                                                     | 247                                                                                                                     | 432                                                                                                                     | 38                                                                                                                      | 47                                                                                                                      | 937                                                                                                                     | 667                                                                                                                     | 366                                                                                                                     | 470                                                                                                                     | 87                                                                                                                      | 101                                                                                                                     |
| 22                                                                                                                      | Rajasthan                                                                                                               | 1426                                                                                                                    | 541                                                                                                                     | 699                                                                                                                     | 91                                                                                                                      | 181                                                                                                                     | 1814                                                                                                                    | 866                                                                                                                     | 660                                                                                                                     | 849                                                                                                                     | 95                                                                                                                      | 133                                                                                                                     | 1690                                                                                                                    | 766                                                                                                                     | 613                                                                                                                     | 794                                                                                                                     | 51                                                                                                                      | 68                                                                                                                      |
| 23                                                                                                                      | Sikkim                                                                                                                  | 14                                                                                                                      | 709 25                                                                                                                  | 14                                                                                                                      | 12                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                         | 17                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                         | 1                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                         |
| 24                                                                                                                      | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                              | 499                                                                                                                     | 506                                                                                                                     | 26 281                                                                                                                  | 411 106                                                                                                                 | 12                                                                                                                      | 390                                                                                                                     | 6 437                                                                                                                   | 7 177                                                                                                                   | 4 385                                                                                                                   | 39                                                                                                                      | 63                                                                                                                      | 398                                                                                                                     | 387                                                                                                                     | 186                                                                                                                     | 333                                                                                                                     | 10                                                                                                                      | 0 17                                                                                                                    |
| 25                                                                                                                      | Telangana                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                         | 122                                                                                                                     | 634                                                                                                                     | 751                                                                                                                     | 281                                                                                                                     | 602                                                                                                                     | 10                                                                                                                      | 10                                                                                                                      | 608                                                                                                                     | 391                                                                                                                     | 344                                                                                                                     | 446                                                                                                                     | 6                                                                                                                       | 7                                                                                                                       |
| 26                                                                                                                      | Tripura                                                                                                                 | 21                                                                                                                      | 20                                                                                                                      | 17 17                                                                                                                   | 1                                                                                                                       | 1                                                                                                                       | 88                                                                                                                      | 74                                                                                                                      | 34                                                                                                                      | 51                                                                                                                      | 1                                                                                                                       | 3                                                                                                                       | 92                                                                                                                      | 52                                                                                                                      | 53                                                                                                                      | 53                                                                                                                      | 4                                                                                                                       | 4                                                                                                                       |
| 27                                                                                                                      | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                           | 6002                                                                                                                    | 12978 3708                                                                                                              | 7389                                                                                                                    | 558                                                                                                                     | 985                                                                                                                     | 5875                                                                                                                    | 11537                                                                                                                   | 3955                                                                                                                    | 7508                                                                                                                    | 748                                                                                                                     | 1498                                                                                                                    | 5913 444                                                                                                                | 11680 103                                                                                                               | 3488                                                                                                                    | 6887                                                                                                                    | 994                                                                                                                     | 1682                                                                                                                    |
| 28                                                                                                                      | Uttarakhand                                                                                                             | 181                                                                                                                     | 31 73                                                                                                                   | 31                                                                                                                      | 15                                                                                                                      | 21                                                                                                                      | 275                                                                                                                     | 118                                                                                                                     | 107                                                                                                                     | 120                                                                                                                     | 15                                                                                                                      | 16                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                         | 58                                                                                                                      | 98                                                                                                                      | 39                                                                                                                      | 46                                                                                                                      |
| 29                                                                                                                      | West Bengal                                                                                                             | 1388                                                                                                                    | 739                                                                                                                     | 444 701                                                                                                                 | 2                                                                                                                       | 3                                                                                                                       | 2351                                                                                                                    | 2432                                                                                                                    | 1410                                                                                                                    | 1491                                                                                                                    | 2                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       | 1951                                                                                                                    | 2214                                                                                                                    | 1984                                                                                                                    | 2167                                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       |
|                                                                                                                         | TOTAL STATE(S)                                                                                                          | 22130                                                                                                                   | 24282 11531 3                                                                                                           | 18277 9                                                                                                                 | 1136                                                                                                                    | 1841                                                                                                                    | 31239                                                                                                                   | 28594                                                                                                                   | 14433                                                                                                                   | 21479                                                                                                                   | 1356                                                                                                                    | 2272                                                                                                                    | 34780 28                                                                                                                | 27430 9                                                                                                                 | 14483                                                                                                                   | 21043                                                                                                                   | 1632                                                                                                                    | 2480 0                                                                                                                  |
| 30                                                                                                                      | A & N Islands                                                                                                           | 12                                                                                                                      | 55                                                                                                                      | 9                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 12                                                                                                                      | 8                                                                                                                       | 6                                                                                                                       | 7                                                                                                                       | 0 7                                                                                                                     | 0 7                                                                                                                     | 164                                                                                                                     | 41                                                                                                                      | 7                                                                                                                       | 8                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 9                                                                                                                       |
| 31                                                                                                                      | Chandigarh                                                                                                              | 164                                                                                                                     | 51                                                                                                                      | 48                                                                                                                      | 9                                                                                                                       | 9                                                                                                                       | 130                                                                                                                     | 48                                                                                                                      | 47                                                                                                                      | 55                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                         |                                                                                                                         | 24                                                                                                                      | 37                                                                                                                      | 8                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                         |
| 32                                                                                                                      | D&N Haveli                                                                                                              | 10                                                                                                                      | 2                                                                                                                       | 3 3                                                                                                                     | 1                                                                                                                       | 3                                                                                                                       | 8                                                                                                                       | 3                                                                                                                       | 3                                                                                                                       | 3                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 14                                                                                                                      | 7                                                                                                                       | 4                                                                                                                       | 5                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       |
| 33                                                                                                                      | Daman &Diu                                                                                                              | 8                                                                                                                       | 1 1                                                                                                                     | 1                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 4                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 21                                                                                                                      | 2                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 2                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       |
| 34                                                                                                                      | Delhi UT                                                                                                                | 5809                                                                                                                    | 603 406                                                                                                                 | 474                                                                                                                     | 86                                                                                                                      | 108                                                                                                                     | 6452                                                                                                                    | 492                                                                                                                     | 586                                                                                                                     | 612                                                                                                                     | 73                                                                                                                      | 78                                                                                                                      | 6881                                                                                                                    | 558                                                                                                                     | 533                                                                                                                     | 569                                                                                                                     | 51                                                                                                                      | 67                                                                                                                      |
| 35                                                                                                                      | Lakshadweep                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                       | 0 0                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                         | 0 0                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       |
| 36                                                                                                                      | Puducherry                                                                                                              | 34                                                                                                                      | 5                                                                                                                       | 7 7                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 9                                                                                                                       | 5                                                                                                                       | 5                                                                                                                       | 5                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 5                                                                                                                       | 7                                                                                                                       | 3                                                                                                                       | 6                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                       |
|                                                                                                                         | TOTAL UT(S)                                                                                                             | 6037                                                                                                                    | 669 477                                                                                                                 | 542                                                                                                                     | 96                                                                                                                      | 120                                                                                                                     | 6615                                                                                                                    | 558                                                                                                                     | 649                                                                                                                     | 684                                                                                                                     | 80                                                                                                                      | 85                                                                                                                      | 7113                                                                                                                    | 624                                                                                                                     | 571                                                                                                                     | 627                                                                                                                     | 59                                                                                                                      | 76                                                                                                                      |
| TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 28167 24951 12008 18819 1232 1961 37854 29152 15082 22163 1436 2357 41893 28054 15054 21670 1691 2556 | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 28167 24951 12008 18819 1232 1961 37854 29152 15082 22163 1436 2357 41893 28054 15054 21670 1691 2556 | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 28167 24951 12008 18819 1232 1961 37854 29152 15082 22163 1436 2357 41893 28054 15054 21670 1691 2556 | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 28167 24951 12008 18819 1232 1961 37854 29152 15082 22163 1436 2357 41893 28054 15054 21670 1691 2556 | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 28167 24951 12008 18819 1232 1961 37854 29152 15082 22163 1436 2357 41893 28054 15054 21670 1691 2556 | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 28167 24951 12008 18819 1232 1961 37854 29152 15082 22163 1436 2357 41893 28054 15054 21670 1691 2556 | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 28167 24951 12008 18819 1232 1961 37854 29152 15082 22163 1436 2357 41893 28054 15054 21670 1691 2556 | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 28167 24951 12008 18819 1232 1961 37854 29152 15082 22163 1436 2357 41893 28054 15054 21670 1691 2556 | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 28167 24951 12008 18819 1232 1961 37854 29152 15082 22163 1436 2357 41893 28054 15054 21670 1691 2556 | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 28167 24951 12008 18819 1232 1961 37854 29152 15082 22163 1436 2357 41893 28054 15054 21670 1691 2556 | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 28167 24951 12008 18819 1232 1961 37854 29152 15082 22163 1436 2357 41893 28054 15054 21670 1691 2556 | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 28167 24951 12008 18819 1232 1961 37854 29152 15082 22163 1436 2357 41893 28054 15054 21670 1691 2556 | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 28167 24951 12008 18819 1232 1961 37854 29152 15082 22163 1436 2357 41893 28054 15054 21670 1691 2556 | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 28167 24951 12008 18819 1232 1961 37854 29152 15082 22163 1436 2357 41893 28054 15054 21670 1691 2556 | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 28167 24951 12008 18819 1232 1961 37854 29152 15082 22163 1436 2357 41893 28054 15054 21670 1691 2556 | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 28167 24951 12008 18819 1232 1961 37854 29152 15082 22163 1436 2357 41893 28054 15054 21670 1691 2556 | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 28167 24951 12008 18819 1232 1961 37854 29152 15082 22163 1436 2357 41893 28054 15054 21670 1691 2556 | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 28167 24951 12008 18819 1232 1961 37854 29152 15082 22163 1436 2357 41893 28054 15054 21670 1691 2556 | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 28167 24951 12008 18819 1232 1961 37854 29152 15082 22163 1436 2357 41893 28054 15054 21670 1691 2556 |

Source: Crime in India

Note:  Disposal of cases/persons by police/courts during the year may includes previous year pending case/persons.

Annexure-III State/UT-wise number of Children and Women Recovered from Kidnapping & Abduction

## during 2014-2015

| Sl   | State/UT          | Number of Children 2014 2015   | Number of Children 2014 2015   | Number of Children 2014 2015   | Number of Children 2014 2015   | Number of Children 2014 2015   | Number of Children 2014 2015   |   Number of Women |   Number of Women |
|------|-------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Sl   | State/UT          | Male                           | Female                         | Total                          | Male                           | Female                         | Total                          |              2014 |              2015 |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | 9                              | 231                            | 240                            | 29                             | 304                            | 333                            |               383 |               560 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 7                              | 39                             | 46                             | 4                              | 25                             | 29                             |                53 |                48 |
| 3    | Assam             | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              | 3                              | 185                            | 188                            |                42 |              1257 |
| 4    | Bihar             | 60                             | 1014                           | 1074                           | 138                            | 667                            | 805                            |              3150 |              3524 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      | 400                            | 981                            | 1381                           | 507                            | 922                            | 1429                           |              1028 |               993 |
| 6    | Goa               | 59                             | 68                             | 127                            | 42                             | 73                             | 115                            |                80 |                78 |
| 7    | Gujarat           | 207                            | 1232                           | 1439                           | 421                            | 1248                           | 1669                           |              1528 |              1610 |
| 8    | Haryana           | 192                            | 410                            | 602                            | 342                            | 733                            | 1075                           |              1440 |              2078 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  | 37                             | 132                            | 169                            | 50                             | 93                             | 143                            |               200 |               147 |
| 10   | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0                              | 77                             | 77                             | 26                             | 168                            | 194                            |               443 |               955 |
| 11   | Jharkhand         | 13                             | 53                             | 66                             | 56                             | 74                             | 130                            |               309 |              1486 |
| 12   | Karnataka         | 87                             | 728                            | 815                            | 276                            | 1236                           | 1512                           |               966 |              1483 |
| 13   | Kerala            | 15                             | 105                            | 120                            | 16                             | 98                             | 114                            |               136 |               128 |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    | 877                            | 1895                           | 2772                           | 984                            | 2257                           | 3241                           |              2362 |              2870 |
| 15   | Maharashtra       | 626                            | 1256                           | 1882                           | 1997                           | 3754                           | 5751                           |              1837 |              4366 |
| 16   | Manipur           | 5                              | 27                             | 32                             | 0                              | 12                             | 12                             |                61 |                14 |
| 17   | Meghalaya         | 26                             | 17                             | 43                             | 20                             | 25                             | 45                             |                44 |                57 |
| 18   | Mizoram           | 0                              | 1                              | 1                              | 8                              | 0                              | 8                              |                 2 |                 2 |
| 19   | Nagaland          | 0                              | 1                              | 1                              | 16                             | 22                             | 38                             |                 6 |                28 |
| 20   | Odisha            | 73                             | 492                            | 565                            | 188                            | 652                            | 840                            |              1746 |              2347 |
| 21   | Punjab            | 63                             | 368                            | 431                            | 144                            | 614                            | 758                            |               561 |               973 |
| 22   | Rajasthan         | 313                            | 989                            | 1302                           | 355                            | 1026                           | 1381                           |              2796 |              2795 |
| 23   | Sikkim            | 0                              | 4                              | 4                              | 0                              | 5                              | 5                              |                 4 |                 6 |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        | 17                             | 439                            | 456                            | 37                             | 477                            | 514                            |              1663 |              1554 |
| 25   | Telangana         | 146                            | 219                            | 365                            | 29                             | 251                            | 280                            |               377 |               409 |
| 26   | Tripura           | 5                              | 45                             | 50                             | 13                             | 67                             | 80                             |                53 |               127 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     | 466                            | 5472                           | 5938                           | 418                            | 4795                           | 5213                           |             10381 |              9307 |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       | 34                             | 95                             | 129                            | 21                             | 37                             | 58                             |               128 |                74 |
| 29   | West Bengal       | 234                            | 1439                           | 1673                           | 222                            | 581                            | 803                            |              3349 |              2061 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 3971                           | 17829                          | 21800                          | 6362                           | 20401                          | 26763                          |             35128 |             41337 |
| 30   | A & N Islands     | 2                              | 13                             | 15                             | 13                             | 24                             | 37                             |                27 |                26 |
| 31   | Chandigarh        | 64                             | 175                            | 239                            | 50                             | 113                            | 163                            |               240 |               149 |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              | 9                              | 16                             | 25                             |                 0 |                17 |
| 33   | Daman& Diu        | 0                              | 2                              | 2                              | 15                             | 7                              | 22                             |                 2 |                 8 |
| 34   | Delhi UT          | 2790                           | 2624                           | 5414                           | 2869                           | 2772                           | 5641                           |              3220 |              3129 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              |                 0 |                 0 |
| 36   | Puducherry        | 1                              | 2                              | 3                              | 0                              | 0                              | 0                              |                 2 |                 0 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       | 2857                           | 2816                           | 5673                           | 2956                           | 2932                           | 5888                           |              3491 |              3329 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 6828                           | 20645                          | 27473                          | 9318                           | 23333                          | 32651                          |             38619 |             44666 |

Source: Crime in India