Lok Sabha Question No. 1391 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-11
Subject: Rape Incidents
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Andimuthu Raja, Mahabali Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1391

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020/ MAGHA 22, 1941 (SAKA)

RAPE INCIDENTS

1391. SHRI A. RAJA:

SHRI MAHABALI SINGH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  the  number  of  rape  cases  including  those  that  involved minors  registered  and  persons  sentenced  to  death  in  such  cases  during  the last three years and the current year across the country including Tamil Nadu, State-wise;

(b)  whether  it  has  increased  over  the  last  few  years  and  if  so,  the  reasons therefor;

(c) whether the Government is planning for a time limit for completion of such kind of trials within the country;

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(e) the time by which it is likely to be implemented;

(f)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  launch  any  public  or  private  social awareness  drive  or  any  other  effective  scheme  to  check  the  increasing incidents of rape in the country; and

(g) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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'.  The published reports are   available  till  the  year  2018.  The  State/UT-wise  (including  Tamil Nadu) details  of  cases  registered,  cases  charge-sheeted,  cases  convicted,  persons arrested,  persons  charge-sheeted  and  persons  convicted  under  Crime  head Rape (Section 376 IPC) during the years 2016-2018 are available at Annexure-I.

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Rape cases that involved minors where conviction has resulted in death sentence is not maintained by the NCRB separately.

- (b) The published data shows no such trend. However, the Ministry of Home Affairs  has  taken  several  steps  to  spread  awareness  amongst  the  citizens, sensitization  of  police  officers  at  various  levels,  issuance  of  advisories  for compulsory  registration  of  FIRs  and  penal  provisions  for  non-registration  of FIRs etc. This has improved reporting of such cases.

(c)to (g): The Criminal Law (Amendment), Act 2013 was enacted for effective deterrence  against  sexual  offences.  Further,  the  Criminal  Law  (Amendment) Act,  2018  was  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 inter-alia mandates completion of investigation and trials within 2 months each.

'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 including women rests with the respective State Governments. The State Governments are competent to deal with such offences under the extant provisions of laws.

However,  Government  has  taken  a  number  of  initiatives  for  safety  of women across the country,  which are given below:

- i. In pursuance to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018, Government of India has finalized a scheme in August 2019 for setting up of a total

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of  1023  Fast  Track  Special  Courts  (FTSCs)  inclusive  of  389  POCSO Courts across the country for expeditious trial and disposal of pending cases  pertaining  to  Rape  and  Protection  of  Children  from  Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, in a time bound manner under Centrally

Sponsored Scheme.

- ii. Emergency  Response  Support  System  provides  a  pan-India,  single internationally recognized number (112) based system for all emergencies, with computer aided dispatch of field resources to the location of distress.
- iii. The  Ministry  of  Home  (MHA)  has  launched  a  cyber-crime  reporting portal on 20 th  September, 2018 for citizens to report obscene content.
- iv. Using technology to aid smart policing and safety management, Safe City   Projects   have   been   sanctioned   in   first   Phase   in  8  cities (Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow & Mumbai).  The projects have been prepared by State Governments, taking into account the need for identification of hot spots for crimes against  women  for  development  of  critical  assets  in  various  areas including infrastructure, technology adoption and capacity building in
4. community through awareness programmers.
- v. MHA  has  launched  the  'National  Database  on  Sexual  Offenders' (NDSO) on 20 th  September, 2018 to facilitate investigation and tracking of sexual offenders across the country.

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- vi. MHA  has  launched  an  online  analytic  tool  'Investigation  Tracking System for Sexual Offences' to monitor and track time-bound investigation in sexual assault cases in accordance with Criminal Law
2. (Amendment) Act, 2018.
- vii. In order to improve investigation, MHA has taken steps to strengthen DNA analysis units in Central and State Forensic Science Laboratories. This  includes  setting  up  of  State-of-the-Art  DNA  Analysis  Unit  in Central  Forensic  Science  Laboratory,  Chandigarh,  MHA  has  also sanctioned  setting-up  and  upgrading  of  DNA  Analysis  units  in  State Forensic Science Laboratories in 13 States/UTs.
- viii. MHA  has  notified  guidelines  for  collection  of  forensic  evidence  in sexual assault cases and the standard composition in a sexual assault evidence collection kits to facilitate adequate capacity in manpower, training and skill building programs for Investigation Officers, Prosecution Officers and Medical Officers.
- ix. In  addition  to  the  above-mentioned measures, MHA has been issuing advisories from time to time to States/UTs to deal with crimes against women, which are available at www.mha.gov.in.

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|    |                        | 2016    | 2016       | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   |       |       |       |       |      |       | 2018   | 2018   | 2018   | 2018      | 2018   | 2018   | 2018   | 2018   |
|----|------------------------|---------|------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------|-------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL | State/UT               | CR      | CCS CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    | CR     | CCS   | CON   | PAR   | PCS   | PCV  | CR    | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS       | PCV    | PCV    | PCV    | PCV    |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh         | 994     | 937 79     | 1186   | 1131   | 107    | 988    | 908   | 78    | 1550  | 1252  | 149  | 971   | 898    | 66     | 1666   | 1425      | 113    | 113    | 113    | 113    |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh      | 92      | 63 14      | 102    | 77     | 14     | 59     | 48    | 1     | 83    | 74    | 1    | 67    | 52     | 3      | 75     | 60        | 3      | 3      | 3      | 3      |
| 3  | Assam                  | 1779    | 1276 103   | 1976   | 1359   | 104    | 1772   | 1214  | 73    | 2515  | 2009  | 76   | 1648  | 1283   | 45     | 1874   | 1334      | 47     | 47     | 47     | 47     |
| 4  | Bihar                  | 1008    | 1157 146   | 997    | 1216   | 174    | 605    | 648   | 112   | 1738  | 791   | 134  | 651   | 721    | 89     | 1130   | 1062      | 123    | 123    | 123    | 123    |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh           | 1626    | 1608 453   | 1992   | 1927   | 565    | 1908   | 1865  | 490   | 2201  | 2156  | 618  | 2091  | 1959   | 412    | 2422   | 2292      | 463    | 463    | 463    | 463    |
| 6  | Goa                    | 61      | 57 11      | 68     | 61     | 11     | 76     | 88    | 10    | 91    | 91    | 15   | 61    | 73     | 3      | 67     | 98        | 7      | 7      | 7      | 7      |
| 7  | Gujarat                | 982     | 874 26     | 1369   | 1278   | 27     | 477    | 478   | 22    | 754   | 732   | 37   | 553   | 508    | 18     | 803    | 793       | 20     | 20     | 20     | 20     |
| 8  | Haryana                | 1187    | 827 123    | 1334   | 1224   | 175    | 1099   | 693   | 165   | 987   | 886   | 203  | 1296  | 769    | 148    | 1080   | 1007      | 182    | 182    | 182    | 182    |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh       | 252     | 223 42     | 329    | 311    | 53     | 249    | 197   | 28    | 280   | 237   | 29   | 344   | 309    | 27     | 434    | 424       | 31     | 31     | 31     | 31     |
|    | Jammu &                |         |            |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |      |       |        |        |        |           |        |        |        |        |
| 10 | Kashmir*               | 256 185 | 9          | 343    | 268    | 9      | 296    | 185   | 16    | 311   | 308   | 23   | 320   | 209    | 23     | 347    | 332       | 29     | 29     | 29     | 29     |
| 11 | Jharkhand              | 1109    | 878 187    | 1270   | 961    | 204    | 914    | 763   | 422   | 1323  | 851   | 426  | 1090  | 823    | 127    | 999    | 902       | 129    | 129    | 129    | 129    |
| 12 | Karnataka              | 1655    | 1311 91    | 1929   | 1638   | 105    | 546    | 548   | 63    | 921   | 881   | 71   | 492   | 481    | 78     | 685    | 675       | 84     | 84     | 84     | 84     |
| 13 | Kerala                 | 1656    | 1558 81    | 1968   | 1754   | 99     | 2003   | 1868  | 150   | 2488  | 2107  | 159  | 1945  | 1657   | 158    | 2214   | 1957      | 218    | 218    | 218    | 218    |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh         | 4882    | 4771 990   | 6692   | 6530   | 1399   | 5562   | 5613  | 1409  | 7643  | 7611  | 1694 | 5433  | 5353   | 1016   | 7074   | 7018      | 1235   | 1235   | 1235   | 1235   |
| 15 | Maharashtra            | 4189    | 3825 317   | 5153   | 4960   | 430    | 1933   | 1861  | 138   | 2990  | 2208  | 195  | 2142  | 1858   | 183    | 3267   | 2386      | 217    | 217    | 217    | 217    |
| 16 | Manipur                | 55      | 51 2       | 39     | 51     | 5      | 40     | 26    | 6     | 40    | 28    | 9    | 52    | 26     | 4      | 58     | 34        | 4      | 4      | 4      | 4      |
| 17 | Meghalaya              | 190     | 168 64     | 179    | 282    | 103    | 119    | 75    | 9     | 134   | 119   | 11   | 87    | 50     | 8      | 94     | 50        | 8      | 8      | 8      | 8      |
| 18 | Mizoram                | 23      | 27 21      | 28     | 32     | 23     | 25     | 24    | 8     | 31    | 31    | 10   | 50    | 44     | 3      | 51     | 44        | 3      | 3      | 3      | 3      |
| 19 | Nagaland               | 26      | 28 8       | 25     | 31     | 10     | 10     | 16    | 15    | 25    | 17    | 16   | 10    | 9      | 9      | 13     | 10        | 9      | 9      | 9      | 9      |
| 20 | Odisha                 | 1983    | 1996 142   | 2235   | 2293   | 206    | 2070   | 2117  | 154   | 2477  | 2454  | 181  | 918   | 1239   | 143    | 1403   | 1452      | 149    | 149    | 149    | 149    |
| 21 | Punjab                 | 838     | 654 174    | 928    | 857    | 219    | 530    | 368   | 110   | 623   | 535   | 129  | 831   | 670    | 161    | 876    | 847       | 204    | 204    | 204    | 204    |
| 22 | Rajasthan              | 3656    | 2084 345   | 2822   | 2831   | 535    | 3305   | 1836  | 661   | 2471  | 2430  | 810  | 4335  | 2374   | 521    | 3131   | 3134      | 691    | 691    | 691    | 691    |
| 23 | Sikkim                 | 92      | 64 5       | 100    | 72     | 5      | 17     | 23    | 8     | 30    | 29    | 9    | 16    | 14     | 5      | 15     | 15        | 8      | 8      | 8      | 8      |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu             | 319     | 386 91     | 544    | 556    | 113    | 283    | 321   | 60    | 531   | 469   | 101  | 331   | 319    | 60     | 501    | 412       | 85     | 85     | 85     | 85     |
| 25 | Telangana              | 1278    | 942 80     | 1566   | 1175   | 93     | 552    | 464   | 44    | 879   | 632   | 46   | 606   | 461    | 22     | 1201   | 810       | 22     | 22     | 22     | 22     |
| 26 | Tripura                | 207     | 168 36     | 235    | 192    | 38     | 95     | 92    | 16    | 131   | 112   | 19   | 97    | 99     | 9      | 134    | 138       | 10     | 10     | 10     | 10     |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh          | 4816    | 3708 747   | 8188   | 5462   | 1057   | 4246   | 3436  | 1170  | 5718  | 5635  | 1341 | 3946  | 3252   | 1064   | 5748   | 5232      | 1517   | 1517   | 1517   | 1517   |
| 28 | Uttarakhand            | 336     | 263 61     | 334    | 312    | 78     | 374    | 305   | 79    | 402   | 408   | 87   | 561   | 352    | 35     | 521    | 505       | 41     | 41     | 41     | 41     |
| 29 | West Bengal            | 1110    | 1318 115   | 2268   | 2385   | 128    | 1084   | 1263  | 72    | 1784  | 1825  | 75   | 1069  | 858    | 80     | 1148   | 1066      | 92     | 92     | 92     | 92     |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)         | 36657   | 31407 4563 | 46199  | 41226  | 6089   | 31237  | 27343 | 5589  | 41151 | 36918 | 6674 | 32013 | 26720  | 4520   | 39031  | 35514     | 5744   | 5744   | 5744   | 5744   |
| 30 | A&N Islands            | 30      | 23 0       | 36     | 27     | 0      |        |       |       |       | 14    | 0    | 30    | 37     | 2      | 41     | 44        |        |        |        |        |
| 31 | Chandigarh             | 68      |            |        |        |        | 13     | 12    | 0     | 14    | 81    | 46   | 86    |        |        |        |           | 2      | 2      | 2      | 2      |
|    | D&N Haveli**           | 14      | 57 17 18 2 | 82     | 78     | 19     | 65     | 65 3  | 28 1  | 81 2  |       |      | 7     | 52 3   | 24 1   | 10     | 70 3      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      |
| 32 |                        |         |            | 17     | 22     | 2      | 1      |       |       |       | 3     | 1    |       | 3      |        | 3      | 4         |        |        |        |        |
| 33 | Daman & Diu**          | 12      | 8 0        | 9      | 3      | 0      | 7      | 11    | 2     | 7     | 9     | 2    | 3     |        |        | 2      |           | 5      | 5      | 5      | 5      |
| 34 | Delhi                  | 2155    | 2109 156   | 2444   | 2162   | 178    | 1229   | 1306  | 202   | 1933  | 1503  | 234  | 1215  | 1654   | 159    | 2      | 1960 0    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 35 | Lakshadweep            | 5       | 2 0        | 5      | 3      | 0      | 0      | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0     | 0    | 2     | 0      | 0      |        |           |        |        |        |        |
| 36 | Puducherry             | 6       | 4 1        | 5      | 4      | 1      | 7      | 10    | 0 233 | 9     | 6     | 0    | 0     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         | 0 225  | 0 225  | 0 225  | 0 225  |
|    | TOTAL UT(S) TOTAL (ALL | 2290    | 2221 176   | 2598   | 2299   | 200    | 1322   | 1407  |       | 2046  | 1616  | 283  | 1343  | 1749   | 188    |        | 2086 1999 |        |        |        |        |
|    | INDIA)                 | 38947   | 33628 4739 | 48797  | 43525  | 6289   | 32559  | 28750 | 5822  | 43197 | 38534 | 6957 | 33356 | 28469  | 4708   |        | 41117     |        | 37513  | 5969   |        |

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