Lok Sabha Question No. 224 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-03
Subject: Atrocities Act, 1989
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sisir Kumar Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 224

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2020

## ATROCITIES ACT, 1989

## 224. SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- a. whether a special court has been set up to try cases under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989 in all the districts of the country as mandated under Section 14 of the Act;
- b. if not, the reasons therefor along with the details of States / Districts where it has not been set up; and
- c. number of cases filed under the Act during the last three years and the pendency of such cases thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)

- (a) to (b) Section  14  of  the  PoA  Act  as  amended  and  enforced  with  effect  from  26.01.2016,  for  the purpose  of  providing  for  speedy  trial,  the  State  Government  shall,  with  the  concurrence  of  the  Chief Justice of the High Court, establish an Exclusive Special Court for one or more districts. Further in the districts  where  less  number  of  cases  under  the  Act  is  recorded,  State  Government  shall  with  the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court specify for such Districts, the Court of Session to be a Special Court to try the offences under the Act. These Courts have powers to take direct cognizance of offences  under  the  Act,  and  it  is  the  duty  of  the  State  Government  to  establish  adequate  number  of Courts  to  ensure  that  cases  under  the  Act  are  disposed  of  within  a  period  of  two  months,  as  far  as possible.

Accordingly  State  Governments  and  Union  Territory  Administrations  of  Andhra  Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra  and  Nagar  Haveli,  NCT  of  Delhi  and  Puducherry  have  designated  District  Session  Courts  as Special Courts.

For ensuring speedy trial of cases under the PoA Act, 170 Exclusive Special Courts, have also been  set  up  by  twelve  States,  i.e.  Andhra  Pradesh(1),  Bihar(05),  Chhattisgarh(16),  Gujarat(16), Jharkhand  (4),  Karnataka(08),  Madhya  Pradesh(43),  Maharashtra(03),  Odisha(03),  Rajasthan(25), Tamil Nadu(06) and Uttar Pradesh(40).

- (c) At the Central level, as per the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, responsibility in regard to implementation of the Acts, for Criminal offences against members of the SCs, STs, including those under the PCR Act and the PoA Act is allocated to the Ministry of Home Affairs and data in this regard is provided by NCRB, MHA only.  State / UT -wise cases registered, cases charge-sheeted, cases convicted, cases pending trial at the end of the year, persons arrested, persons charge-sheeted and persons convicted on total crimes committed under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for Crime against Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) during 2016-2018 is enclosed at Annexure- I & II.

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| ANNEXURE 1989.   |
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| 2 0   | Odisha            | 1796   | 1432   | 34     | 6953    | 1982   | 1929   | 67    | 1969   | 1909     | 8           | 8611      | 2113   | 2128    | 11         | 1778   | 1663         | 8       | 10011   | 803 2027   | 9     |
|-------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|--------|-------|--------|----------|-------------|-----------|--------|---------|------------|--------|--------------|---------|---------|------------|-------|
| 2 1   | Punjab            | 132    | 82     | 16 194 | 225     |        | 167    | 21    | 118    | 63       | 7           | 126 213   | 173    | 10      | 168        | 84     | 6            | 173     | 287     | 169        | 9     |
| 2 2   | Rajasthan         | 5134   | 2391   | 541    | 12506   | 4634   | 4594   | 877   | 4238   | 2357     | 167 3       | 12232     | 4279   | 4293    | 212 5      | 4607   | 2407 597     | 13265   | 4454    | 4525       | 103 5 |
| 2 3   | Sikkim            | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0       | 1      | 0      | 0     | 5      | 4        | 1           | 3         | 5      | 4 1     | 5          | 4      | 0            | 5       | 4       | 4          | 0     |
| 2 4   | Tamil Nadu        | 1287   | 991    | 76     | 4069    | 3056   | 2394   | 144   | 1361   | 1171     | 97          | 4232 3820 | 2890   | 175     | 1407       | 1218   | 99           | 4703    | 3253    | 2576       | 180   |
| 2 5   | Telangana         | 1529   | 780    | 23     | 2136    | 1513   | 1091   | 34    | 1465   | 845      | 38          | 2069      | 1485   | 1228 60 | 1507       | 1045   | 31           | 2815    | 1775    | 1774       | 46    |
| 2 6   | Tripura           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0     | 1      | 1        | 0           | 1         | 2      | 3       | 0          | 1      | 0 0          | 1       | 0       | 0          | 0     |
| 2 7   | Uttar Pradesh     | 1042 6 | 8387   | 157 0  | 33455   | 3300 7 | 2564 4 | 327 6 | 1123 2 | 8816 151 | 0           | 40148     | 1841 5 | 2457 1  | 336 2 1169 | 6 9672 | 153 8        | 47045   | 1999 5  | 2490 7     | 476 3 |
| 2 8   | Uttarakhand       | 65     | 39     | 24     | 111     | 71     | 67     | 31    | 96     | 42       | 6           | 139 63    | 129    | 6       | 58         | 65     | 0            | 202     | 99      | 104        | 0     |
| 2 9   | West Bengal       | 119    | 127    | 0      | 407     | 140    | 162    | 0     | 138    | 168      | 0 2797      | 181       | 175    | 0       |            | 119    | 80 0         | 521     | 80      | 112        | 0     |
|       | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 4071 8 | 3096 6 | 375 2  | 12910 2 | 7689 0 | 6580 3 | 699 7 | 4289 4 | 3510 7   | 480 9 15229 | 2 7317 2  | 7025 9 | 830 3   | 4250 1     | 3455   | 2 342 0      | 17251 1 | 6253 6  | 7031 1     | 792 7 |
| 3 0   | A&N Islands       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0     | 0      | 0        | 0           | 0 0       | 0      | 0       | 0          | 0      | 0            | 0       | 0       | 0          | 0     |
| 3 1   | Chandigarh        | 1      | 0      | 0      | 2       | 0      | 0      | 0     | 1      | 2        | 0           | 5         | 1 3    | 0       | 1          | 1      | 0            | 4       | 1       | 1          | 0     |
| 3 2   | D&N Haveli        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 4       | 0      | 0      | 0     | 0      | 0        | 0           | 2         | 0      | 0 0     | 1          |        | 0 0          | 2       | 0       | 0          | 0     |
| 3 3   | Daman& Diu        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0     | 0      | 0        | 0           | 1         | 0      | 0       | 0 0        |        | 0 0          | 1       | 0       | 0          | 0     |
| 3 4   | Delhi             | 53     | 32     | 0      | 190     | 64     | 51     | 0     | 48     | 38       | 0           | 220       | 52     | 69      | 0          | 36 32  | 0            | 248     | 73      | 59         | 0     |
| 3 5   | Lakshadweep       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0     | 0      | 0        | 0           | 0         | 0      | 0       | 0 0        |        | 0 0          | 0       | 0       | 0          | 0     |
| 3 6   | Puducherry        | 2      | 1      | 0      | 2       | 0      | 1      | 0     | 26     | 26       | 0           | 28        | 17     | 35      | 0          | 0      | 0 0          | 28      | 0       | 0          | 0     |
|       | TOTAL UT(S)       | 56     | 33     | 0      | 198     | 64     | 52     | 0     | 75     | 66       | 0           | 256       | 70     | 107     | 38         |        | 33 0         | 283     | 74      | 60         | 0     |
|       | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 4077 4 | 3099 9 | 375 2  | 12930 0 | 7695 4 | 6585 5 | 699 7 | 4296 9 | 3517 3   | 480 9       | 15254 8   | 7324 2 | 7036 6  | 0 830 3    | 4253 9 | 3458 5 342 0 | 17279 4 | 6261 0  | 7037 1     | 792 7 |

Source: Crime in India

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

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  POINT  (c)  IN  RESPECT  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  224  DATED  03.02.2020  ASKED  BY  SHRI  SISIR  KUMAR  ADHIKARI REGARDING ATROCITIES ACT 1989.

State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases Chargesheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CON), Cases Pending Trial at the end of the Year (CPT), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Chargesheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under Total of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act under Crime against Scheduled Tribes during 2016-2018

| SL    | State/UT                   | 2016 2017 2018   |        |             |           |        |       |      |        |        |       |       |         |         |        |      |         |          |         |        |              |       |       |     |    |
|-------|----------------------------|------------------|--------|-------------|-----------|--------|-------|------|--------|--------|-------|-------|---------|---------|--------|------|---------|----------|---------|--------|--------------|-------|-------|-----|----|
|       |                            | CR               | CCS    | CON         | CPT       | PAR    | PCS   | PCV  | CR     | CCS    | CON   | CPT   | PAR     | PCS     | PCV    | CR   | CCS     | CPT      | CON PAR |        | PCS          | PCV   |       |     |    |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh             | 405              | 264    | 2           | 532 419   |        | 285   | 2    | 341    | 196    | 2     | 585   | 540     | 423     | 3      | 329  | 251     | 11       | 588     | 686    | 565          | 32    |       |     |    |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh          | 0                | 0      | 1           | 11 0      | 0      | 1     |      | 0      | 0      | 0     | 0     | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0    | 0       | 0        | 0       | 0      | 0            | 0     |       |     |    |
| 3     | Assam                      | 1                | 1      | 0           | 1 1       | 1      | 0     |      | 65     | 45     | 0     | 45    | 65      | 49      | 0      | 6    | 1       | 0        | 46      |        | 3 1          | 0     |       |     |    |
| 4     | Bihar                      | 25               | 22     | 5           | 258 85    | 64     | 6     |      | 80     | 52     | 1     | 306   | 139     | 58      | 1      | 64   | 75      | 0        | 380     | 108    | 111          | 0     |       |     |    |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh               | 402              | 393    | 78          | 1327 602  | 576    | 93    |      | 399    | 399    | 100   | 1072  | 576     | 607     | 117    | 388  | 377     | 41       | 1301    | 624    | 598          | 53    |       |     |    |
| 6     | Goa                        | 11               | 6      | 1           | 14 4      | 3      |       | 0    | 2      | 4      | 0     | 16    | 0       | 22      | 0      | 5    | 3       | 1        | 16      | 1      | 3            | 1     |       |     |    |
| 7     | Gujarat                    | 281              | 237    | 1           | 1730 712  | 678    |       | 4    | 319    | 294    | 4     | 1974  | 890     | 820     | 4      | 311  | 272     | 1        | 2192    | 810    | 837          | 1     |       |     |    |
| 8     | Haryana                    | 0                | 0      | 0           | 0 0       | 0      |       | 0    | 0      | 0      | 0     | 0     | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0    | 0       | 0        | 0       | 0      | 0            | 0     |       |     |    |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh           | 2                | 1      | 0 10        | 4         | 3      |       | 0    | 3      | 5      | 0     | 15    | 19      | 12      | 0      | 1    | 2       | 0        | 16      | 2      | 2            | 0     |       |     |    |
| 10    | Jammu& Kashmir             | 0                | 0      | 0           | 0 0       | 0      |       | 0    | 0      | 0      | 0     | 0     | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0    | 0       | 0        | 0       | 0      | 0            | 0     |       |     |    |
| 11    | Jharkhand                  | 280              | 170    | 34          | 764 277   |        | 207   | 40   | 237    | 109    | 25    | 788   | 187     | 164     | 26     | 223  |         | 84 3     | 847     | 131    | 117          | 5     |       |     |    |
| 12    | Karnataka                  | 371              | 301    | 0           | 1244      | 720    | 629   | 0    | 401    | 352    | 4     | 1461  | 837     | 823     | 17     | 321  | 284     | 2        | 1617    | 692    | 725          | 2     |       |     |    |
| 13    | Kerala                     | 182              | 133    | 4           | 512 179   | 149    | 7     |      | 144    | 115    | 3     | 357   | 157     | 129     | 5      | 138  | 175     | 6        | 448     | 245    | 223          | 6     |       |     |    |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh             | 1823             | 1795   | 273         | 4839      | 3119   | 3110  | 426  | 2289   | 2335   | 399   | 6403  | 3668    | 3732    | 553    |      | 1868    | 1862 287 | 7422    | 2858   | 3173         | 446   |       |     |    |
| 15    | Maharashtra                | 403              | 396    | 21          | 2257      | 964    | 991   | 38   | 464    | 374    | 15    | 2395  | 1009    | 731     | 24     | 526  | 414     | 23       | 2605    | 1167   | 929          | 25    |       |     |    |
| 16    | Manipur                    | 1                | 1      | 0           | 2         | 8      | 1     | 0    | 1      | 1      | 0     | 4     | 3       | 3       | 0      | 1    | 0       | 0        | 3       | 1      | 0            | 0     |       |     |    |
| 17    | Meghalaya                  | 0                | 0      | 0           | 0 0       | 0      | 0     |      | 0      | 0      | 0     | 0     | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0    | 0       | 0        | 0       | 0      | 0            | 0     |       |     |    |
| 18    | Mizoram                    | 0                | 0      | 0           | 0 0       | 0      |       | 0    | 0      | 0      | 0     | 0     | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0    | 0       | 0        | 0       | 0      | 0            | 0     |       |     |    |
| 19    | Nagaland                   | 0                | 0      | 0           | 0 0       | 0      |       | 0    | 0      | 0      | 0     | 0     | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0    | 0       | 0        | 0       | 0      | 0            | 0     |       |     |    |
| 20    | Odisha                     | 681              | 617    | 18          | 2786 854  | 800    | 25    |      | 700    | 612    | 0     | 3344  | 763     | 723     | 0      | 557  | 697     | 3        | 3982    | 308    | 794          | 4     |       |     |    |
| 21    | Punjab                     | 2                | 0      | 0           | 0 3       | 0      |       | 0    | 0      | 0      | 0     | 2     | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0    | 0       | 0        | 2       | 0      | 0            | 0     |       |     |    |
| 22    | Rajasthan                  | 1195             | 538    | 139         | 2863 1064 | 1065   |       | 226  | 984    | 443    | 172   | 2867  | 933     | 934     | 240    | 1095 | 597 115 | 3158     |         | 1083   | 1182         | 168   |       |     |    |
| 23    | Sikkim                     | 0                | 0      | 0           | 0 0       | 0      |       | 0    | 6      | 4      | 2     | 2     | 5       | 4       | 2      | 1    | 1       | 1        | 2       | 1      | 1            | 1     |       |     |    |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu                 | 19               | 19     | 1           | 67 41     |        | 1     |      | 22     | 16     | 2     | 77    | 23      | 22      | 3      | 15   |         | 11       | 82      | 32     | 21           | 0     |       |     |    |
|       | Telangana                  |                  |        | 12          | 553       | 39     |       |      |        |        |       |       |         |         |        | 419  | 298     | 0        | 795     | 629    |              |       |       |     |    |
| 25    |                            | 375              | 229    |             | 571       | 483    |       | 18   | 435    | 293    | 7     | 617   | 572     | 399     | 8      | 0    | 0       | 6        |         |        | 512          | 8     |       |     |    |
| 26 27 | Tripura Uttar Pradesh      | 3 4 160          | 1 4    | 0 12        | 1 3 90    | 1 9    | 7     | 0 26 | 1 88   | 0 72   | 0 2   | 0     | 0 164   | 0 231   | 0 2    | 145  | 110     | 0 1      | 0 268   |        | 0 322        |       | 0 7   | 333 | 0  |
| 28    | Uttarakhand                | 3                | 3      | 0 4         | 3         | 3      | 0     |      | 11     | 11     | 2     | 13    | 11      | 11      | 7      | 5    |         | 1        | 16      | 5      | 5            | 1     |       |     |    |
|       | West Bengal                | 83               |        | 423         | 76        |        |       | 0    | 122    | 76     |       |       |         |         | 2      | 101  | 60      | 1        |         |        | 82           | 1     |       |     |    |
| 29    |                            |                  | 136    | 0           |           | 152    |       |      |        |        | 1     | 309   | 88      | 116     | 1      |      |         |          | 346     | 67     |              |       |       |     |    |
| 30    | TOTAL STATE(S) A&N Islands | 6552 6 26        | 5267 5 | 602 20306 0 | 9700 33   | 9247 6 | 913 5 | 0    | 7114 2 | 5808 3 | 741 3 | 22812 | 10649 1 | 10013 4 | 1008 7 | 5579 | 1       | 0        | 6521 1  | 503 25 | 26230 9688 0 | 10203 | 761 0 |     | 1  |

| 31    | Chandigarh        | 0         |   0 |     0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 | 0    | 0   | 0     |     0 |     0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |   0 | 0     | 0 0   |     0 |   0 |
|-------|-------------------|-----------|-----|-------|------|------|-----|------|------|-----|-------|-------|-------|------|------|------|-----|-------|-------|-------|-----|
| 32    | D&N Haveli        | 2 0       |   0 |    16 |    1 |    0 |   0 |    5 |      | 3   | 0 12  |     7 |    14 |    0 |    3 |    3 |   0 | 15    | 0     |    20 |   0 |
| 33    | Daman& Diu        | 0 0       |   0 |     0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |      | 0 0 | 1     |     0 |     0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |   0 | 1     | 0     |     0 |   0 |
| 34    | Delhi             | 2 0       |   0 |     6 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    4 | 4    | 0   | 10    |     4 |     4 |    0 |    0 |    1 |   0 | 11    | 2     |     1 |   0 |
| 35    | Lakshadweep       | 1 0       |   0 |     0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 | 0    | 0   | 0     |     0 |     0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |   0 | 0 0   |       |     0 |   0 |
| 36    | Puducherry        | 1 0       |   0 |     0 |    0 |    0 |   0 |    0 | 0    | 0   | 0     |     0 |     0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |   0 | 0     | 0     |     0 |   0 |
| TOTAL | UT(S)             | 12 5      |   0 |    55 |    7 |    5 |   0 |   11 | 10   | 3   | 49    |    12 |    22 |    7 |    4 |    5 |   0 | 52 2  |       |    22 |   0 |
|       | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 6564 5272 | 602 | 20361 | 9707 | 9252 | 913 | 7125 | 5818 | 744 | 22861 | 10661 | 10035 | 1015 | 6525 | 5584 | 503 | 26282 | 9690  | 10225 | 761 |

Source: Crime in India

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