Lok Sabha Question No. 438 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-15
Subject: Increase in Rape Incidents
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 438

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 15 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020/ BHADRAPADA 24, 1942 (SAKA)

INCREASE IN RAPE INCIDENTS

†438. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  there  has  been  an  increase  in  the  incidents  of  rape  of minor girls during the last few years in the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  of  such  incidents  reported  during  the  last  three years, State-wise;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  make  provisions  for  more strict punishment in cases related to rape;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b):  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 details of Cases Registered under protection of children from sexual offences Act (Section 4 & 6) read with Section 376 Indian Penal code for Crime against Children during the years 2016 to 2018 is available at Annexure-I. The data does not show any such trend.

## L.S.US.Q.NO.438 FOR 15.09.2020

(c) & (d): The Criminal Law (Amendment), Act 2018 has been enacted to  prescribe  even  more  stringent  penal  provisions  including  death penalty for rape of a girl below the age of 12 years. The Act also interalia  mandates completion of investigation and trials within 2 months each.  The  Government  has  also  amended  the  Protection  of  Children from  Sexual  Offences  Act,  2012  in  the  year  2019  to  make  it  more effective  in  dealing  with  cases  of  child  sexual  abuse  in  the  country with provisions for more stringent punishment including death penalty in extreme cases of aggravated penetrative sexual assault.

(e): Does not arise in view of reply at (c) & (d) above.

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## State/UT-wise Cases Reported (CR) under Section 4 & 6 of POCSO Act read with Section 376 IPC for Crime against Children during the years 2016 to 2018

|    |                   | 2016   | 2017   | 2018   |
|----|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL | State/UT          | CR     | CR     | CR     |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh    | 459    | 183    | 241    |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh | 49     | 10     | 18     |
| 3  | Assam             | 586    | 788    | 1224   |
| 4  | Bihar             | 170    | 599    | 824    |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh      | 984    | 1095   | 1214   |
| 6  | Goa               | 40     | 0      | 0      |
| 7  | Gujarat           | 1054   | 1233   | 1456   |
| 8  | Haryana           | 532    | 656    | 1068   |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh  | 146    | 2      | 22     |
| 10 | Jammu &Kashmir*   | 21     | 0      | 13     |
| 11 | Jharkhand         | 205    | 253    | 442    |
| 12 | Karnataka         | 1136   | 1308   | 1408   |
| 13 | Kerala            | 957    | 250    | 162    |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh    | 2467   | 964    | 1047   |
| 15 | Maharashtra       | 2292   | 2387   | 2832   |
| 16 | Manipur           | 39     | 15     | 28     |
| 17 | Meghalaya         | 122    | 164    | 179    |
| 18 | Mizoram           | 99     | 129    | 73     |
| 19 | Nagaland          | 21     | 26     | 6      |
| 20 | Odisha            | 1258   | 150    | 1427   |
| 21 | Punjab            | 410    | 375    | 288    |
| 22 | Rajasthan         | 858    | 621    | 74     |
| 23 | Sikkim            | 66     | 55     | 78     |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu        | 1169   | 1154   | 1457   |
| 25 | Telangana         | 690    | 1022   | 1140   |
| 26 | Tripura           | 108    | 90     | 76     |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh     | 2115   | 1609   | 2023   |
| 28 | Uttarakhand       | 91     | 180    | 294    |
| 29 | West Bengal       | 718    | 1197   | 1378   |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 18862  | 16515  | 20492  |
| 30 | A&N Islands       | 1      | 49     | 52     |
| 31 | Chandigarh        | 41     | 0      | 1      |
| 32 | D&N Haveli**      | 9      | 6      | 18     |
| 33 | Daman &Diu**      | 8      | 3      | 0      |
| 34 | Delhi             | 813    | 940    | 994    |
| 35 | Lakshadweep       | 2      | 3      | 1      |
| 36 | Puducherry        | 29     | 41     | 47     |
|    | TOTAL UT(S)       | 903    | 1042   | 1113   |
|    | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 19765  | 17557  | 21605  |

Source: Crime in India

Note : Clarifications are pending from West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim & D&N Haveli 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

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