Lok Sabha Question No. 1013 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Cyber Crimes
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Parvesh Sahib Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO.1013

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2020

## CYBER CRIMES

## 1013. SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH VERMA:

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

- (a) the  number  of  reported  cyber  crimes  committed  against  women  and  children during the last three years, State/UT-wise including Delhi;
- (b) the criteria set by the Government to classify a crime as cyber crime;
- (c) the details  of  legislations  being  enforced  and implemented to  deal with  such crimes;  and
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government for prevention of cyber crimes against women and children?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a): As per information provided by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) the total number of cases registered under Section 67 & Section 67A of IT Act (Publishing or transmitting  obscene  material  in  electronic  form  and  Publishing  or  transmitting  of material  containing  sexually  explicit  act  in  electronic  form)  and  Section  67B  of  IT  Act (Publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act in electronic form), State/UT-wise including Delhi for the year 2016, is at Annexure-I .

As  per  information  provided  by  NCRB,  the  Bureau  started  collecting  data  on cyber crime against women and children since 2017. The State/UT-wise details of the number of cases registered under Cyber-crimes (involving computer as medium/target) for crime against women and children is at Annexure-II and Annexure-III respectively.

(b) to (d):  The Information Technology Act, 2000 has provisions for dealing with various types of cyber crime. Sections 43, 43A, 66, 66B, 66C, 66D, 66E, 66F, 67, 67A, 67B, 71, 72, 72A, 73 and 74 provides punishment/penalty for various cyber crimes.

Sections 66E, 67, 67A specifically deals with cybercrime related to pornography. Section  67B  provides  punishment  for  publishing  or  transmitting  of  material  depicting children in sexually explicit act, etc. in electronic form.

Further  Section  13  to  Section  15  of  the  Protection  of  Children  from  Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act also provides for stringent punishment provisions against child pornography.

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## ANNEXURE-I

Statement  Referred  To  In  Part  (a)  of  Reply  To  Lok  Sabha  Un-Starred  Question  No.1013    For Answer  On  07.02.2020  raised  by  SHRI  PARVESH  SAHIB  SINGH  VERMA  on  'CYBER  CRIMES' indicating State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR) under  Section 67 & 67A of IT Act and Sec. 67B of IT Act for cyber crime (involving computer as a medium/target) during 2016

|                        |                        | Publishing or Transmitting Obscene Material in Electronic form and Publishing or Transmitting of Material containing Sexually Explicit Act in Electronic form (Section 67 &67A of IT Act)   | Publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in Sexually explicit act in electronic form (Sec. 67B of IT Act)   |
|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| L                      | State/UT               | CR                                                                                                                                                                                          | CR                                                                                                                           |
| 1                      | Andhra Pradesh         | 7                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 2                      | Arunachal Pradesh      | 0                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 3                      | Assam                  | 114                                                                                                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 4                      | Bihar                  | 9                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 5                      | Chhattisgarh           | 17                                                                                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 6                      | Goa                    | 1                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 7                      | Gujarat                | 14                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                                            |
| 8                      | Haryana                | 29                                                                                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 9                      | Himachal Pradesh       | 4                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 10                     | Jammu & Kashmir        | 0                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1                                                                                                                            |
| 11                     | Jharkhand              | 1                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 12                     | Karnataka              | 70                                                                                                                                                                                          | 2                                                                                                                            |
| 13                     | Kerala                 | 42                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                                            |
| 14                     | Madhya Pradesh         | 36                                                                                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 15                     | Maharashtra            | 83                                                                                                                                                                                          | 3                                                                                                                            |
| 16                     | Manipur                | 0                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 17                     | Meghalaya              | 2                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 18                     | Mizoram                | 0                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 19                     | Nagaland               | 0                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 20                     | Odisha                 | 7                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 21                     | Punjab                 | 26                                                                                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 22                     | Rajasthan              | 43                                                                                                                                                                                          | 3                                                                                                                            |
| 23                     | Sikkim                 | 0                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 24                     | Tamil Nadu             | 27                                                                                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 25                     | Telangana              | 20                                                                                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 26                     | Tripura                | 1                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 27                     | Uttar Pradesh          | 277                                                                                                                                                                                         | 5                                                                                                                            |
| 28                     | Uttarakhand            | 14                                                                                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 29                     | West Bengal            | 64                                                                                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                            |
|                        | TOTAL STATE(S)         | 908                                                                                                                                                                                         | 16                                                                                                                           |
| 30                     | A&N Islands            | 2                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 31                     | Chandigarh             | 4                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 32                     | D&N Haveli             | 1                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 33                     | Daman & Diu            | 0                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 34                     | Delhi                  | 15                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                                            |
| 35                     | Lakshadweep            | 0                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                            |
| 36                     | Puducherry             | 0                                                                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                            |
|                        | TOTAL UT(S)            | 22                                                                                                                                                                                          | 1                                                                                                                            |
|                        | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)      | 930                                                                                                                                                                                         | 17                                                                                                                           |
| Source: Crime in India | Source: Crime in India | Source: Crime in India                                                                                                                                                                      | Source: Crime in India                                                                                                       |

Statement  Referred  To  In  Part  (a)  of  Reply  To  Lok  Sabha  Un-Starred  Question  No.1013    For Answer  On  07.02.2020  raised  by  SHRI  PARVESH  SAHIB  SINGH  VERMA  on  'CYBER  CRIMES' indicating State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR) under Cyber Crimes against Women during 2017 2018

| SL                     | State/UT               | 2017 Cases Reported                                                                                              | 2018 Cases Reported                                                                                              |
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                      | Andhra Pradesh         | 173                                                                                                              | 217                                                                                                              |
| 2                      | Arunachal Pradesh      | 0                                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                                |
| 3                      | Assam                  | 379                                                                                                              | 670                                                                                                              |
| 4                      | Bihar                  | 36                                                                                                               | 14                                                                                                               |
| 5                      | Chhattisgarh           | 89                                                                                                               | 64                                                                                                               |
| 6                      | Goa                    | 9                                                                                                                | 21                                                                                                               |
| 7                      | Gujarat                | 94                                                                                                               | 184                                                                                                              |
| 8                      | Haryana                | 79                                                                                                               | 112                                                                                                              |
| 9                      | Himachal Pradesh       | 30                                                                                                               | 52                                                                                                               |
| 10                     | Jammu &Kashmir         | 13                                                                                                               | 23                                                                                                               |
| 11                     | Jharkhand              | 26                                                                                                               | 13                                                                                                               |
| 12                     | Karnataka              | 729                                                                                                              | 1374                                                                                                             |
| 13                     | Kerala                 | 126                                                                                                              | 160                                                                                                              |
| 14                     | Madhya Pradesh         | 192                                                                                                              | 276                                                                                                              |
| 15                     | Maharashtra            | 1119                                                                                                             | 1262                                                                                                             |
| 16                     | Manipur                | 27                                                                                                               | 9                                                                                                                |
| 17                     | Meghalaya              | 6                                                                                                                | 32                                                                                                               |
| 18                     | Mizoram                | 4                                                                                                                | 4                                                                                                                |
| 19                     | Nagaland               | 0                                                                                                                | 2                                                                                                                |
| 20                     | Odisha                 | 62                                                                                                               | 228                                                                                                              |
| 21                     | Punjab                 | 61                                                                                                               | 97                                                                                                               |
| 22                     | Rajasthan              | 89                                                                                                               | 116                                                                                                              |
| 23                     | Sikkim                 | 0                                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                                |
| 24                     | Tamil Nadu             | 53                                                                                                               | 77                                                                                                               |
| 25                     | Telangana              | 196                                                                                                              | 336                                                                                                              |
| 26                     | Tripura                | 1                                                                                                                | 5                                                                                                                |
| 27                     | Uttar Pradesh          | 265                                                                                                              | 340                                                                                                              |
| 28                     | Uttarakhand            | 30                                                                                                               | 78                                                                                                               |
| 29                     | West Bengal            | 270                                                                                                              | 170                                                                                                              |
|                        | TOTAL STATE(S)         | 4158                                                                                                             | 5938                                                                                                             |
| 30                     | A&N Islands            | 2                                                                                                                | 5                                                                                                                |
| 31                     | Chandigarh             | 5                                                                                                                | 5                                                                                                                |
| 32                     | D&N Haveli             | 1                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                |
| 33                     | Daman &Diu             | 0                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                |
| 34                     | Delhi                  | 76                                                                                                               | 79                                                                                                               |
| 35                     | Lakshadweep            | 0                                                                                                                | 3                                                                                                                |
| 36                     | Puducherry             | 0                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                |
|                        | TOTAL UT(S)            | 84                                                                                                               | 92                                                                                                               |
|                        | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)      | 4242                                                                                                             | 6030                                                                                                             |
| Source: Crime in India | Source: Crime in India | Note: Clarifications are pending from West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya &Sikkim for the year 2018 | Note: Clarifications are pending from West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya &Sikkim for the year 2018 |

Statement  Referred  To  In  Part  (a)  of  Reply  To  Lok  Sabha  Un-Starred  Question  No.1013    For Answer  On  07.02.2020  raised  by  SHRI  PARVESH  SAHIB  SINGH  VERMA  on  'CYBER  CRIMES' indicating State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR) under Cyber Crimes against children during 2017 - 2018

| SL   | State/UT          | 2017                          | 2018 Cases Reported          |
|------|-------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
| SL   | State/UT          | Cases Reported                |                              |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | 1                             | 12                           |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                             | 0                            |
| 3    | Assam             | 1                             | 9                            |
| 4    | Bihar             | 0                             | 0                            |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      | 4                             | 7                            |
| 6    | Goa               | 2                             | 2                            |
| 7    | Gujarat           | 4                             | 12                           |
| 8    | Haryana           | 0                             | 1                            |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  | 1                             | 2                            |
| 10   | Jammu &Kashmir    | 1                             | 0                            |
| 11   | Jharkhand         | 0                             | 0                            |
| 12   | Karnataka         | 0                             | 25                           |
| 13   | Kerala            | 0                             | 25                           |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    | 5                             | 15                           |
| 15   | Maharashtra       | 27                            | 57                           |
| 16   | Manipur           | 2                             | 0                            |
| 17   | Meghalaya         | 0                             | 1                            |
| 18   | Mizoram           | 0                             | 0                            |
| 19   | Nagaland          | 0                             | 0                            |
| 20   | Odisha            | 0                             | 7                            |
| 21   | Punjab            | 4                             | 5                            |
| 22   | Rajasthan         | 6                             | 2                            |
| 23   | Sikkim            | 0                             | 1                            |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        | 3                             | 5                            |
| 25   | Telangana         | 0                             | 2                            |
| 26   | Tripura           | 0                             | 1                            |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     | 3                             | 27                           |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       | 0                             | 2                            |
| 29   | West Bengal       | 19                            | 5                            |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 83                            | 225                          |
| 30   | A&N Islands       | 0                             | 1                            |
| 31   | Chandigarh        | 0                             | 0                            |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        | 0                             | 0                            |
| 33   | Daman &Diu        | 0                             | 0                            |
| 34   | Delhi             | 5                             | 6                            |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       | 0                             | 0                            |
| 36   | Puducherry        | 0                             | 0                            |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       | 5                             | 7                            |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 88 Clarifications are pending | 232 Bengal, Assam, Arunachal |