Lok Sabha Question No. 4542 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-08
Subject: Acid Attack
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: HARI MANJHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †4542

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH  JANUARY, 2019/ PAUSHA 18, 1940 (SAKA)

## ACID ATTACK

†4542. SHRI HARI MANJHI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether incidents of acid attack on women are continuously increasing in the country;

(b)  the number of incidents of acid attack on women reported during the last three years, State-wise;

- (c) whether the current system to prevent the incidents of acid attack on women is inefficient and as a result, the Government has not been able to achieve targeted success in checking the said incidents; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) & (b): As  per  the  latest  information  published  by  National  Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), State/UT-wise details  of  cases  registered  under Acid Attack [Section 326A of Indian Penal Code (IPC)] and Attempt to Acid Attack [Section 326B IPC] on Women in the country during 2014-2016 are given at Annexure-I.

(c) & (d): 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.   The responsibilities to maintain law

and  order,  protection  of  life  and  property  of  the  citizens  rest  with  the respective State Governments. The State Governments are competent to deal with such offences under the extant provisions of laws. However,  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  circulated  the  Model  Poison Rules on 30.8.2013 to all States/UTs for notifying the same to regulate the sale  of  acid  in  respective  State/UT.  A  comprehensive  Advisory  on  taking steps to implement the provisions of IPC, expediting cases of Acid Attack, and to provide treatment and compensation to victims has been issued on 20th April, 2015. This advisory is available on www.mha.gov.in.

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ANNEXURE-I L.S.US.Q.NO.4542 FOR 08.01.2019

State/UT-wise Cases Registered under Total Acid Attack + Attempt to Acid Attack under Crime against Women during 2014-2016

| S.No.   | State/UT          |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |
|---------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |      7 |     13 |      9 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 3       | Assam             |      0 |      1 |      9 |
| 4       | Bihar             |      2 |      5 |      2 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 6       | Goa               |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 7       | Gujarat           |      6 |      3 |      9 |
| 8       | Haryana           |      7 |      3 |     11 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir   |      1 |      0 |      0 |
| 11      | Jharkhand         |      2 |      0 |      0 |
| 12      | Karnataka         |      4 |      1 |      4 |
| 13      | Kerala            |      1 |      6 |      9 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh    |      9 |      6 |      4 |
| 15      | Maharashtra       |      4 |      6 |      2 |
| 16      | Manipur           |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 17      | Meghalaya         |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 18      | Mizoram           |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 19      | Nagaland          |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 20      | Odisha            |     10 |      5 |     12 |
| 21      | Punjab            |      7 |      4 |      6 |
| 22      | Rajasthan         |      3 |      0 |      2 |
| 23      | Sikkim            |      1 |      0 |      0 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu        |      6 |      7 |      1 |
| 25      | Telangana         |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 26      | Tripura           |      2 |      0 |      1 |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh     |     55 |     61 |     51 |
| 28      | Uttarakhand       |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 29      | West Bengal       |     31 |     26 |     54 |
|         | TOTAL STATE(S)    |    158 |    149 |    187 |
| 30      | A & N Islands     |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 31      | Chandigarh        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 32      | D&N Haveli        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 33      | Daman& Diu        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 34      | Delhi UT          |     19 |     21 |     19 |
| 35      | Lakshadweep       |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 36      | Puducherry        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|         | TOTAL UT(S)       |     19 |     21 |     19 |
|         | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |    177 |    170 |    206 |

Source: Crime in India