Lok Sabha Question No. 3691 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-17
Subject: Protection of Women from Crimes and Harassment
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3691

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 17 TH  MARCH, 2020/ PHALGUNA 27, 1941 (SAKA)

PROTECTION OF WOMEN FROM CRIMES AND HARASSMENT

3691. SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of crimes of heinous nature which have been committed during the year 2019-20, State-wise specially in Maharashtra;
- (b)  the  manner  in  which  'Nirbhaya  Fund'  has  been  used  for  the  protection  of women along with the results thereof; and
- (c) the reasons for delay in execution of the declared sentence to the criminals in Nirbhaya Case and the measures for prevention of its delay?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes information on crimes in its publication 'Crime in India'. Published reports are available till the year 2018. The State/Union Territory-wise (including Maharashtra)  details  of  Cases  Registered  under  Henious  Crimes  for  Crimes against Women during 2018 are available at Annexure-I.

- (b) The Ministry of Home Affairs is undertaking several initiatives for safety of women in the country through Nirbhaya Fund, details of which are as follows:

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 3691 FOR 17.03.2020

- i. Emergency Response Support System (ERSS): ERSS is a pan-India, single, internationally recognized number (112) based system for various emergencies,  with  computer  aided  dispatch  of  field  resources  to  the location of distress. ERSS has been operationalized in 28 States/UTs.
- ii. Cyber Crime Prevention against Women & Children (CCPWC): The Ministry of  Home  Affairs  has  provided  grant  to  all  States/UTs  to  set  up  cyber forensic cum training laboratories, hiring of Junior Cyber Consultant and training/capacity building to provide hands-on training to Law Enforcement  Agencies  (LEAs),  investigators,  prosecutors  and  judicial officers.  MHA  launched  a  portal, www.cybercrime.gov.in for  citizens  to report obscene content.
- iii. Delhi Police projects: MHA is supporting Delhi Police in strengthening of Special Unit for Women & Children (SPUWAC) and Special Unit for North East Region (SPUNER) in Delhi. Delhi Police has recruited Social Workers and  Counsellors  in  Police  Stations  and  Sub-Division  level  offices  to support and counsel women to report crimes without fear. Other activities undertaken include Self Defence Training Camps for Women, 'Good-Touch/ Bad-Touch'  Training  programs  in  Schools,  Gender  Sensitization,  Gender Communications and Soft Skills training programs for Officers and Women

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Safety  Awareness  programs  in  crime  prone  areas  of  Delhi.  Delhi  Police has  also  printed  and  circulated  a  Handbook  on  Investigation  of  Crimes against  Women  to  its  Officers  under  the  project  to  facilitate  timely investigations.

- iv. Training of Investigation Officers/ Prosecution Officers/ Medical Officers in forensic  evidence  and  Procurement  of  Forensic  Kits  for  sexual  assault cases: MHA has notified guidelines for collection of forensic evidence in sexual  assault  cases  and  the  standard  composition  in  a  sexual  assault evidence  collection  kit.  To  facilitate  adequate  capacity  in  manpower training and skill building programs for Investigation Officers, Prosecution Officers  and  Medical  Officers  has  commenced.  8450 Officers  have  been trained  in  collection,  handling  and  transportation  of  forensic  evidence. BPR&D has distributed 3,120 Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits to States/ UTs as orientation kit as part of training.
- v. Central Forensic Science  Laboratory (CFSL): A state-of-the-art  DNA Analysis Centre has been operationalized on 23.12.2019 at CFSL, Chandigarh.  The  Laboratory  will  contribute  to  addressing  the  gap  in forensic DNA analysis in sexual assault cases in the country.

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- vi. Strengthening  of  State  Forensic  Science  Laboratories  (FSLs):  MHA  has sanctioned project for strengthening FSLs in 13 States/UT for setting up DNA analysis labs and Cyber-forensics to facilitate speedy investigations.
- vii. Safe  City  Projects:  Safe  City  projects  have  been  approved  in  8  cities  in phase I.  Safe City project involves development of critical assets in urban areas including infrastructure, technology adoption and capacity building in community through awareness programmes.
- viii. MHA  has  also  approved  2  projects,  namely,  Setting  up  of  Women  Help Desks  in  Police  Stations  in  States/UTs  and  Setting  up  Anti-Human Trafficking Units in all districts of the country.
4. (c) Execution  of  the  declared  sentence  by  court  is  subject  to  the  legal remedies available to the convicts. As per available information, the court has fixed the date of execution of death warrant in the Nirbhaya case on 20 th  March 2020.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 3691 FOR 17.03.2020

## State/UT-wise Cases Registered under Henious Crimes for Crimes against Women During 2018

| SL         | State/UT          |   Murder with Rape/Gang Rape |   Dowry Deaths |   Miscarriage |   Acid Attack |   Human Trafficking |   Selling of Minor Girls |   Buying of Minor Girls |   Rape |   Protection of Children from Sexual Violence Act |
|------------|-------------------|------------------------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|--------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh    |                            4 |            140 |             9 |             3 |                  67 |                        0 |                       0 |    971 |                                               359 |
| 2          | Arunachal Pradesh |                            0 |              0 |             0 |             0 |                   0 |                        0 |                       1 |     67 |                                                23 |
| 3          | Assam             |                           66 |            173 |            26 |             3 |                 113 |                        8 |                       0 |   1648 |                                              1717 |
| 4          | Bihar             |                            9 |           1107 |            20 |             6 |                   3 |                        0 |                       0 |    651 |                                              2079 |
| 5          | Chhattisgarh      |                           10 |             79 |             0 |             0 |                  18 |                        2 |                       1 |   2091 |                                              1803 |
| 6          | Goa               |                            1 |              0 |             0 |             0 |                  49 |                        0 |                       0 |     61 |                                                 1 |
| 7          | Gujarat           |                            6 |              9 |             1 |             7 |                  10 |                        0 |                       0 |    553 |                                              2127 |
| 8          | Haryana           |                           26 |            216 |            11 |             0 |                  13 |                        0 |                       0 |   1296 |                                              1839 |
| 9          | Himachal Pradesh  |                            7 |              4 |             1 |             0 |                   0 |                        0 |                       0 |    344 |                                                25 |
| 10         | Jammu & Kashmir*  |                            0 |              8 |             3 |             0 |                   0 |                        0 |                       0 |    320 |                                                27 |
| 11         | Jharkhand         |                            7 |            252 |             2 |             0 |                  41 |                        0 |                       5 |   1090 |                                               613 |
| 12         | Karnataka         |                           16 |            200 |            12 |             2 |                  16 |                        1 |                       0 |    492 |                                              1986 |
| 13         | Kerala            |                            1 |             17 |             1 |             4 |                  56 |                        0 |                       0 |   1945 |                                               867 |
| 14         | Madhya Pradesh    |                           46 |            547 |            25 |             5 |                  33 |                        9 |                       1 |   5433 |                                              2391 |
| 15         | Maharashtra       |                           17 |            200 |            10 |             5 |                 208 |                        4 |                       0 |   2142 |                                              6135 |
| 16         | Manipur           |                            0 |              0 |             0 |             0 |                   3 |                        0 |                       0 |     52 |                                                43 |
| 17         | Meghalaya         |                            4 |              1 |             0 |             0 |                   1 |                        0 |                       0 |     87 |                                               263 |
| 18         | Mizoram           |                            1 |              0 |             0 |             0 |                   0 |                        0 |                       0 |     50 |                                               122 |
| 19         | Nagaland          |                            0 |              0 |             1 |             0 |                   0 |                        0 |                       0 |     10 |                                                 9 |
| 20         | Odisha            |                            1 |            372 |             3 |             5 |                  33 |                        0 |                       0 |    918 |                                              1886 |
| 21         | Punjab            |                            4 |             67 |             6 |             4 |                   1 |                        0 |                       0 |    831 |                                               375 |
| 22         | Rajasthan         |                            6 |            404 |             9 |             1 |                   4 |                        0 |                       0 |   4335 |                                               449 |
| 23         | Sikkim            |                            0 |              1 |             0 |             0 |                   1 |                        0 |                       0 |     16 |                                               116 |
| 24         | Tamil Nadu        |                            4 |             55 |             2 |             2 |                  14 |                        0 |                       0 |    331 |                                              2016 |
| 25         | Telangana         |                            6 |            186 |             8 |            10 |                  73 |                        1 |                       0 |    606 |                                              1640 |
| 26         | Tripura           |                            0 |             18 |             0 |             0 |                   0 |                        0 |                       0 |     97 |                                               125 |
| 27         | Uttar Pradesh     |                           41 |           2444 |            31 |            32 |                   9 |                        3 |                       0 |   3946 |                                              5306 |
| 28         | Uttarakhand       |                            2 |             63 |             0 |             1 |                   1 |                        3 |                       0 |    561 |                                               329 |
| 29         | West Bengal       |                            6 |            444 |            27 |            36 |                  52 |                        9 |                       0 |   1069 |                                              2240 |
|            | TOTAL STATE(S)    |                          291 |           7007 |           208 |           126 |                 819 |                       40 |                       8 |  32013 |                                             36911 |
| 30         | A&N Islands       |                            0 |              0 |             1 |             0 |                   0 |                        0 |                       0 |     30 |                                                68 |
| 31         | Chandigarh        |                            0 |              6 |             0 |             0 |                   0 |                        0 |                       0 |     86 |                                                 1 |
| 32         | D&NHaveli**       |                            0 |              0 |             0 |             0 |                   0 |                        0 |                       0 |      7 |                                                21 |
| 33         | Daman& Diu**      |                            0 |              0 |             0 |             0 |                   0 |                        0 |                       0 |      3 |                                                 3 |
| 34         | Delhi             |                            3 |            153 |             4 |             5 |                  35 |                        0 |                       0 |   1215 |                                              1736 |
| 35         | Lakshadweep       |                            0 |              0 |             0 |             0 |                   0 |                        0 |                       0 |      2 |                                                 6 |
| 36         | Puducherry        |                            0 |              0 |             0 |             0 |                   0 |                        0 |                       0 |      0 |                                                56 |
|            | TOTAL UT(S)       |                            3 |            159 |             5 |             5 |                  35 |                        0 |                       0 |   1343 |                                              1891 |
| TOTAL (ALL | INDIA)            |                          294 |           7166 |           213 |           131 |                 854 |                       40 |                       8 |  33356 |                                             38802 |

Source: Crime in India

Note: Clarifications are pending from West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya & Sikkim for the year 2018

*Now UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Laddakh

** Now UTs of D&N Haveli and UT of Daman& Diu have merged as one UT.