Lok Sabha Question No. 1011 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-08
Subject: Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children ) Act, 2000
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: M. B. RAJESH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1011

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2019

## JUVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) ACT, 2000

## 1011.   SHRI M.B. RAJESH:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of cases related to child abuse registered in the country during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b) whether the  Juvenile  Justice  (Care  and  Protection  of  Children)  Act,  2000  has  a  provision  for Juvenile Police Unit in every Police Station and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether such units have been set up in every police station and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the further steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a): The  primary  responsibility  of  the  execution  of  the  Juvenile  Justice  (Care  and  Protection  of Children)  Act,  2015  (JJ  Act)  rests  with  the  State/UT  Government.  The  details  of  child  abuse registered in the country as per National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs are at Annexure-I .
- (b) to (d): Section 107(2) of JJ Act provides for Special Juvenile Police Units (SJPU) which says, 'To co-ordinate all functions of police related to children, the State Government shall constitute (SJPUs) in  each  district  and  city,  headed  by  a  police  officer  not  below  the  rank  of  a  Deputy Superintendent of Police or above and consisting of all police officers designated  under  subsection (1) and two social workers having experience of working in the field of child welfare, of whom one shall be a woman'. The details of SJPUs in Police stations is at Annexure-II .

The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Model Rules, 2016 framed under JJ Act,  2015  emphasize  child  friendly  procedures  for reporting, recording  of  evidence, investigation  and  trial  of  the  offences  such  as  SJPUs  to  deal  with  juveniles,  social  worker  as member  of  the  board,  no  juvenile  to  be  sent  to  lockup,  child  friendly  procedure  in  the proceedings of the Juvenile Justice Board, etc. All police officers of the SJPUs shall be provided special training, especially at induction as Child Welfare Officer, to enable them to perform their functions more effectively. The primary responsibility of execution of the JJ Act rests with the States/UTs.  However,  the  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is  providing  financial assistance to State Governments/UT Administrations under 'Child Protection Services' scheme for execution of the JJ Act, 2015 and for creating safe and protective environment for children including children in conflict with law, which includes funds for appointment of two social workers under the District Child Protection Units and deputing their services to the SJPUs as and when required.

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State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR),Cases in which Trials were completed (CTC),Cases Convicted (CV),Conviction Rate (CVR), Cases Pending Trial at the end of the year (CPTEY) and Persons Arrested (PAR) under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act(POCSO) during 2014-2016

| SL   | State/UT          | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2014 2015   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016     | 2016   | 2016       | 2016   |
|------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|----------|--------|------------|--------|
| SL   | State/UT          | CR          | CTC         | CV          | CVR         | CPTE Y      | PAR         | CR          | CTC         | CV          | CVR         | CPTE Y      | PAR         | CR     | CTC    | CV       | CV R   | CPTE Y     | PAR    |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | 932         | 290         | 29          | 10.0        | 1110        | 1163        | 1054        | 466         | 78          | 16.7        | 1344        | 1233        | 830    | 548    | 51       | 9.3    | 1550       | 855    |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 56          | 2           | 1           | 50.0        | 75          | 57          | 54          | 0           | 0           | -           | 113         | 63          | 59     | 1      | 0        | 0.0    | 101        | 58     |
| 3    | Assam             | 506         | 20          | 8           | 40.0        | 203         | 489         | 819         | 40          | 15          | 37.5        | 616         | 802         | 821    | 122    | 43       | 35.2   | 1005       | 824    |
| 4    | Bihar             | 191         | 72          | 17          | 23.6        | 462         | 228         | 187         | 52          | 22          | 42.3        | 545         | 187         | 233    | 49     | 23 46.9  |        | 653        | 292    |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      | 1684        | 548         | 191         | 34.9        | 2491        | 1804        | 1656        | 1087        | 524         | 48.2        | 2985        | 2085        | 1570   | 959    |          | 36.9   | 2562       | 1778   |
| 6    | Goa               | 107         | 8           | 3           | 37.5        | 226         | 116         | 79          | 36          | 13          | 36.1        | 287         | 79          | 75     | 55     | 354 13   | 23.6   | 288        | 82     |
| 7    | Gujarat           | 613         | 45          | 5           | 11.1        | 1115        | 779         | 1609        | 59          | 8           | 13.6        | 2371        | 1886        | 1408   | 65     | 5        | 7.7    | 3606       | 1677   |
| 8    | Haryana           | 707         | 535         | 103         | 19.3        | 554         | 826         | 988         | 451         | 137         | 30.4        | 893         | 1041        | 1020   | 451    | 94       | 20.8   | 1275       | 1125   |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  | 209         | 69          | 25          | 36.2        | 423         | 246         | 206         | 86          | 27          | 31.4        | 531         | 264         | 205    | 108    | 25       | 23.1   | 596        | 255    |
| 10   | Jammu & Kashmir   | 45          | 17          | 1           | 5.9         | 58          | 46          | 30          | 22          | 1           | 4.5         | 63          | 49          | 25     | 16     | 1        | 6.3    | 71         | 30     |
| 11   | Jharkhand         | 112         | 22          | 13          | 59.1        | 84          | 136         | 182         | 50          | 28          | 56.0        | 170         | 175         | 348    | 85     | 17       | 20.0   | 307        | 363    |
| 12   | Karnataka         | 1380        | 131         | 27          | 20.6        | 1458        | 1538        | 1526        | 234         | 32          | 13.7        | 2489        | 1800        | 1565   | 283    | 55       | 19.4   | 3529       | 1641   |
| 13   | Kerala            | 1392        | 141         | 48          | 34.0        | 3104        | 1483        | 1486        | 204         | 83          | 40.7        | 4165        | 1505        | 1848   | 249    | 47       | 18.9   | 5637       | 2671   |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    | 4995        | 2205        | 721         | 32.7        | 7025        | 5888        | 4624        | 2636        | 791         | 30.0        | 8928        | 5634        | 4717   | 2462   | 641      | 26.0   | 10950      | 5678   |
| 15   | Maharashtra       | 3926        | 721         | 112         | 15.5        | 11264       | 4623        | 4816        | 892         | 195         | 21.9        | 14147       | 5589        | 4815   | 1054   | 250      | 23.7   | 17338      | 5092   |
| 16   | Manipur           | 50          | 0           | 0           | -           | 24          | 34          | 43          | 4           | 1           | 25.0        | 52          | 23          | 43     | 9      | 1 11.1   |        | 85         | 28     |
| 17   | Meghalaya         | 118         | 7           | 7           | 100.0       | 377         | 122         | 167         | 7           | 2           | 28.6        | 482         | 153         | 151    | 34     | 28 82.4  |        | 563        | 153    |
| 18   | Mizoram           | 165         | 41          | 37          | 90.2        | 135         | 140         | 169         | 114         | 101         | 88.6        | 222         | 171         | 167    | 56     | 54       | 96.4   | 307        | 174    |
| 19   | Nagaland          | 17          | 2           | 2           | 100.0       | 4           | 15          | 15          | 6           | 4           | 66.7        | 10          | 16          | 27     | 11     | 6        | 54.5   | 24         | 27     |
| 20   | Odisha            | 1126        | 104         | 14          | 13.5        | 1695        | 1193        | 1372        | 289         | 39          | 13.5        | 2608        | 1324        | 1928   | 331    | 38       | 11.5   | 3843       | 1721   |
| 21   | Punjab            | 652         | 290         | 114         | 39.3        | 334         | 763         | 666         | 440         | 169         | 38.4        | 400         | 769         | 596    | 292    | 94       | 32.2   | 509        | 659    |
|      | Rajasthan         | 1327        | 375         | 133         |             |             |             |             |             |             |             |             |             | 1479   | 386    |          | 39.1   | 4011       | 1479   |
| 22   |                   | 70          |             |             | 35.5        | 2558        | 1228        | 1311        | 336         | 130         | 38.7        | 3207        | 1210 55     | 92     | 17     | 151      |        |            | 100    |
| 23   | Sikkim            |             | 29          | 19 73       | 65.5        | 49          | 66          | 55          | 29          | 16          | 55.2        | 39          | 1869        | 1583   | 734    | 9 52.9   |        | 97         |        |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        | 1065        | 232         | 35          | 31.5        | 1318        | 1158        | 1544        | 390         | 133         | 34.1        | 2196        | 1343        | 1158   |        | 199      | 27.1   | 2711       | 1866   |
| 25   | Telangana         | 924         | 232         |             | 15.1        | 1182        | 1332        | 1394        | 411         | 39          | 9.5         | 1799        |             |        | 315    | 25       | 7.9    | 2507       | 1625   |
| 26   | Tripura           | 245         | 40          | 9           | 22.5        | 292         | 228         | 133         | 48          | 12          | 25.0        | 359         | 141         | 156    | 55     | 24       | 43.6   | 411        | 165    |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     | 8009        | 570         | 302         | 53.0        | 10147       | 12753       | 4541        | 1335        | 874         | 65.5        | 13147       | 7469        | 4954   | 1444   | 714      | 49.4   | 15938      | 8452   |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       | 189         | 42          | 16          | 38.1        | 155         | 186         | 168         | 119         | 79          | 66.4        | 168         | 207         | 218    | 42     | 38       | 90.5   | 284        | 238    |
| 29   | West Bengal       | 1291        | 183         | 22          | 12.0        | 1337        | 1062        | 1504        | 106         | 21          | 19.8        | 3047        | 1928        | 2132   | 225    | 48       | 21.3   | 4316       | 1209   |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 32103       | 6973        | 2087        | 29.9        | 49259       | 39702       | 32398       | 9949        | 3574        | 35.9        | 67383       | 39070       | 34223  | 10458  | 3048     | 29.1   | 85074      | 40317  |
| 30   | A & N Islands     | 29          | 7           | 4           | 57.1        | 131         | 34          | 39          | 0           | 0           | -           | 168         | 38          | 49     | 5      | 1        | 20.0   | 196        | 51     |
| 31   |                   | 49          | 45          | 21          | 46.7        | 35          | 54          | 62          | 37          | 15          | 40.5        | 57          | 72          | 51     | 42     |          | 45.2   | 45         | 61     |
|      | Chandigarh        |             |             |             |             |             | 3           |             |             | 0           |             | 17          | 13          | 11     |        | 28.6     |        |            | 14     |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        | 2           | 0           | 0           | -           | 7           |             | 15          | 1           |             | 0.0         |             |             |        | 7      | 19 2     |        | 23         |        |
| 33   | Daman & Diu       | 1           | 3           | 1           | 33.3        | 7           | 1           | 5           | 0           | 0           | -           | 11          | 8           | 10     | 0      | 0        | -      | 17         | 11     |
| 34   | Delhi UT          |             | 459         | 162         |             |             |             |             |             |             |             | 3884        | 1847        | 1620   | 372    |          |        | 4769       | 1692   |
|      |                   | 2240        |             |             | 35.3        | 2841        | 1917        | 1936        | 509         | 218         | 42.8        |             |             |        |        | 156      | 41.9   |            |        |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       | 1           | 0           | 0           | -           | 1           | 3           | 1           | 0           | 0           | -           | 1           | 1           | 5      | 0      | 0        | -      | 6          | 4      |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       | 34449       |             |             | 30.4        | 3049        | 2030        | 2107        | 549         | 235         |             |             | 1799        |        | 426    | 178 41.8 | 29.6   | 5131 90205 | 1879   |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 2346        | 514         | 188         | 36.6        |             |             | 34505       | 10498       | 3809        | 42.8        | 4169        | 2020 41090  |        | 10884  | 3226     |        |            |        |
|      |                   |             | 7487        | 2275        | 52308       |             | 41732       |             |             |             | 36.3        | 71552       | 36022       |        |        |          |        | 42196      | 42196  |

Source: Crime in India

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## Annexure-II

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (b)  to  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  admitted  Unstarred  Question No.1011 for 08.02.2019 regarding 'Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000' asked by Shri M.B. Rajesh.

## Status of Special Juvenile Police Units (State wise)

|   S. No | State                    |   Number of Districts |   No. of SJPU Constituted |
|---------|--------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh           |                    13 |                        13 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                    22 |                        18 |
|       3 | Assam                    |                    33 |                        27 |
|       4 | Bihar                    |                    38 |                        44 |
|       5 | Chattisgarh              |                    27 |                        28 |
|       6 | Goa                      |                     2 |                         2 |
|       7 | Gujarat                  |                    33 |                        33 |
|       8 | Haryana                  |                    22 |                        21 |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh         |                    12 |                        12 |
|      10 | Jammu & Kashmir          |                    22 |                        22 |
|      11 | Jharkhand                |                    24 |                        26 |
|      12 | Karnataka                |                    30 |                        40 |
|      13 | Kerala                   |                    14 |                        14 |
|      14 | Madhya Pradesh           |                    51 |                        51 |
|      15 | Maharashtra              |                    36 |                        46 |
|      16 | Manipur                  |                     9 |                         9 |
|      17 | Meghalaya                |                    11 |                        11 |
|      18 | Mizoram                  |                     8 |                         8 |
|      19 | Nagaland                 |                    11 |                        11 |
|      20 | Orissa                   |                    30 |                        36 |
|      21 | Punjab                   |                    22 |                        26 |
|      22 | Rajasthan                |                    33 |                        42 |
|      23 | Sikkim                   |                     4 |                         4 |
|      24 | Tamil Nadu               |                    32 |                        43 |
|      25 | Telangana                |                    31 |                        12 |
|      26 | Tripura                  |                     8 |                         8 |
|      27 | Uttar Pradesh            |                    75 |                        75 |
|      28 | Uttarakhand              |                    13 |                        13 |
|      29 | West Bengal              |                    23 |                        23 |
|      30 | Andaman & Nicobar Island |                     3 |                         3 |
|      31 | Chandigarh               |                     1 |                         1 |
|      32 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli     |                     1 |                         1 |
|      33 | Daman & Diu              |                     2 |                         2 |
|      34 | Delhi                    |                    10 |                        13 |
|      35 | Lakshadweep              |                     1 |                         1 |
|      36 | Puducherry               |                     4 |                         2 |