Lok Sabha Question No. 281 (STARRED), answered on 2021-03-16
Subject: Sedition Law
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Anumula Revanth Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *281

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 16 TH  MARCH, 2021/ PHALGUNA 25, 1942 (SAKA)

SEDITION LAW

*281. SHRI ANUMULA REVANTH REDDY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the number of cases registered under the offence of sedition across  the  country  during  the  last  ten  years  including  the  current  year, State/UT-wise and year-wise;

(b) the details of the conviction rate of sedition cases and the steps taken for speedy trial in these cases;

(c)  whether  the  Government proposes to scrap  the present provisions  of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC) concerning sedition; and

(d) 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)  to (d):      A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT IN REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 281 FOR ANSWER ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2021

(a) & (b): 'Public  Order'  and  'Police'  are  State  subjects  as  per  the  Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.  The respeonsibility for maintaining law and order, including registration, investigation and prosecution of crime rests primarily with the respective State Government.  The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes information on crimes in its publication 'Crime in India'. NCRB started collecting data on cases registered under the offence of Sedition (Section 124 (A) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860) from 2014 onwards.  Published  Reports  are  available  till  the  year  2019.    State/UT-wise data  on  cases  registered,  cases  charge-sheeted,  cases  convicted,  cases  in which  trials completed and conviction rate under the offence of sedition is at Annexure.

(c) & (d): Amendment of criminal law is a continuous process.

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## State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases Chargesheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CON), Cases in which Trials Completed  (CTC) and Conviction Rate (CVR) under Sedition during 2014-2019

| SL State/UT                  |                          | 2014   |       |     |     |        | 2015   |       |         |         | 2016 2017   |     |         |             |     |        |       |       |           |       |       |         |       |     |        | 2019   |       |     |     |     |         |     |       |       |     |      |     | 2018   |     |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |     |     |     |    |     |    |       |       |
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|                              |                          | CR     | CCS   | CON | CTC | CVR    | CR     | CCS   | CON CTC |         | CVR         | CR  | CCS     | CON CTC     |     | CVR CR | CCS   | CON   |           |       | CCS   | CON CTC | CVR   | CTC | CVR CR | CR     |       |     |     | CCS | CON     |     | CTC   | CVR   |     |      |     |        |     |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |     |     |     |    |     |    |       |       |
| 1 2 Arunachal                | Andhra Pradesh Pradesh 0 | 1      | 0 0   | 0 0 | 0 0 | - -    | 0 0    | 0 0   | 0 0 0 0 | -       | -           | 1 0 | 1 1 0 0 | 1           | 0 - | 100    | 0 0 0 | 0     | 0         | 0 0   | 0     | - -     | 1 0 0 | 0 0 |        |        | 0     | 0   | 0 - | -   | 0 1 0 0 | 0   | 0     | -     |     |      |     |        |     |     |     |    |     | 0   |    |     |     |     |     |    |     |    | 0     | -     |
| 3                            | Assam                    | 1      | 1     | 0   | 0   | -      | 0      | 0     | 0 0     | -       |             | 0 0 | 0       | 0           | -   | 19     |       |       |           | 7 0   | 3     | 0       |       |     | 17     |        |       | 11  | 10  |     |         | 0   |       | 0     | 0   | 17 7 |     |        | 12  | 0   |     |    |     |     |    |     |     |     |     |    |     |    |       |       |
| 4 Bihar                      | 16                       |        | 0     | 0   | 0   | -      | 9      | 0     | 0 0     | -       |             | 0   | 0       | 0 0         | -   | 0      | 0     | 0     | 0         |       | -     | 0       | 0 0   |     |        |        |       | 0   | -   |     |         |     |       |       | 0   | 0    | 0   | 0      | -   |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |     |     |     |    |     |    |       |       |
| 5 Chhattisgarh               | 1                        |        | 1     | 0   | 0   | -      | 0      | 0     | 0       | 0       | -           |     | 0 0     | 0           | -   | 0      | 0 0   |       | 0         | 0     | 3     |         | - 3   |     | 0      | 0      |       | -   | 1   |     | 0       | 0   |       | -     | 0   |      |     |        |     |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |     |     |     |    |     |    |       |       |
| 6 Goa 7 Gujarat              | 0 0                      |        | 0 0   | 0 0 | 0 0 | - -    | 0      | 0 0 1 | 0 0     | - 2     | 0           | 0   | 0 0     | 0 0 - 0 0 0 | - - | 0      | 0     | 0     | 0 0       | 1     | - 0   | 0 0     | 0 -   | 0   |        |        | 0 0   |     | -   | 0   | 0       | 0   |       | -     |     |      |     |        |     |     | 0   |    |     | 0   |    |     |     |     |     |    | 0 0 |    | 0     | - -   |
| 8 Haryana                    | 0                        |        | 0     | 0   | 1   | 0      | 3      | 2     |         | 0       |             | 12  | 7 0     | 1           | 13  | 9      | 0     | 0     |           | 1     | 0     |         | 1     |     | 1      |        | 0 0   | 0 1 | 100 |     |         | 0   |       | 1     | 2   | 0    |     | 0      | -   |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |     |     |     |    |     |    |       |       |
| 9 Himachal Pradesh           | 1                        |        | 0     | 0   | 0   | -      | 0      | 0 0 0 | 2       |         | - 1         | 1   | 0 0     | 0           | - 5 | 1      |       | 0     |           | 0     | -     |         | 0 1   | 0   |        |        |       |     | 1   |     |         | 0   | 0     |       | 100 |      |     |        | 0   | -   |     |    |     |     |    |     |     |     |     |    |     |    |       |       |
| 10 Jammu                     | &Kashmir* 0              |        | 0     | 0   | 0   | -      | 1      | 0     | 0 0     |         | - 0         | 0   | 0       | 0           | - 1 | 0      | 0     |       |           | 0     |       |         | 0     | -   | - 12   | 1      |       | 0   |     | 11  |         | 2 0 |       |       | 1   |      |     |        | -   |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |     |     |     |    |     |    | 0     |       |
| 11 Jharkhand 12 Karnataka    | 18 0                     |        | 10 0  | 1 0 | 3 0 | 33.3 - | 3      | 2 1   | 0 0     | 0 2 0   | 0 0 -       | 3   | 1       | 0 0         | 0   | 0      | 0     | - 0   | 1 -       | 0 0 0 | 0     | 0       | - -   | 2   | 0      |        | 18    | 17  | 0 2 |     | 1       | 0   |       | 0     | - 0 | 22   | 3   | 0 13   | 0 0 | 0   | 0 - |    |     |     |    |     |     |     |     |    |     |    | 16    |       |
|                              | 5                        |        | 0     | 0   | 0   | -      | 3      | 0     | 0 0     |         | -           | 3   | 0       | 0           | -   |        |       | 0     | 1         |       |       |         |       |     |        |        |       |     | 0   | -   |         | -   |       |       |     | 4    |     | 0      | 0   | -   |     |    |     |     |    |     |     |     |     |    |     |    |       |       |
| 13 Kerala 14 Madhya          | Pradesh 0                |        | 0     | 0   | 0   | -      | 0      | 0     | 0       |         | - 1         | 2   |         |             |     | 0 -    |       | 0     | 0 1       |       |       |         | 0     | 0   |        |        | 9     |     |     |     |         |     |       | 1 0   |     |      | 0   | 0      | 0   | 0   | -   | 1  | 1   | 0   |    |     |     |     |     |    |     |    | 0     | -     |
| 15                           |                          |        | 0     | 0   | 0   | -      |        | 0     | 0 0     | 0       | -           | 0   | 1       |             |     |        |       | 0     | 0 0       | 1 1   |       | 2       |       | 0   |        |        | 50    |     | 1   |     | - 0     |     |       | 0     | 0   |      | 0   | 0      |     | 0   |     | -  |     | 0   | 0  | 0 0 | 0   | - - |     |    | 0   |    |       |       |
| Maharashtra 16 Manipur       | 0                        | 0      | 0     | 0   | 0   | -      | 1      | 0 0   |         | 0       | -           |     |         | - 0         |     |        | 1 0   | 0 1 0 | 0 0 0     | 0     |       |         | 0     | 1   |        | -      | 4     |     |     | 0   |         |     |       |       |     |      | 0   |        |     | 0   |     |    | 0   | 0   |    | -   |     |     | 1 0 |    |     |    | -     |       |
| 17 Meghalaya                 | 0                        |        | 0     | 0   | 0   | -      | 0      | 0     | 0       |         | -           |     | 0       | 0 0         | - 0 | 0 0    |       |       | 0         |       | 0     |         |       |     |        |        | -     |     |     |     |         |     |       |       | 0 0 | 0    | 0   |        | 0   | 0   |     |    | -   |     |    |     | 0   | 0   | -   | 0  | 0   | 0  | 0 0   | -     |
| 18 Mizoram 19 Nagaland       | 0                        | 0      | 0 0   | 0 0 | 0 0 | - -    | 0      | 0 0   | 0       |         | 0 - 0       | 0 0 | 0 0 0   | - 0 - 0     |     | 0 0    | 0 0   | 0     | 0 - 0     | 0 0 0 |       | -       | 0     |     |        | -      | 0     |     | 0   | 0   | 0       |     |       |       | 0   | -    | 8   |        |     |     |     |    |     | 5   | 1  |     |     |     |     |    |     |    | 1     | 100   |
| 20 Odisha 21 Punjab          | 2 0                      |        | 2 0   | 0 0 | 0 0 | - -    | 1      | 0 0   | 0 0     | 0 0 - 0 | 0 0         | -   | 0 -     | - 1 0 1     | - - | 0 0 0  | 0 -   | 0 0   | 3 1       | 0     | 0 0 0 | 0 0     | -     |     |        |        | 0 0 0 | 0   | 0   | -   | 0       |     | 0 - - | -     | 0   |      | 0 0 | 0 0    |     | 0 0 | 2 0 | -  | 4 1 | 0 0 | 0  |     |     |     |     |    | 4   |    | 0 0 0 | - - - |
| 22 Rajasthan 23              | 0                        | 0      | 0     | 0   | 0   |        |        | 0     | 0       |         |             |     |         | 0           | 0   |        | -     | 1 0   | 2 0       | 0     | 0 0   | 0       |       |     |        |        |       |     |     |     |         | 1   |       |       | 0 - |      |     | 0      |     | 0   |     |    | 0   | 0 0 |    |     | 0 0 |     | 0 - |    |     |    | 0 -   |       |
| Sikkim 24 Tamil 25 Telangana | Nadu 0 0                 |        | 0 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 | - -    |        | 0     | 0 0 0   | 0 1     | 0           | -   | 0 0     | 0 0 -       | -   | 0 0    | - 0 0 | 0 - - | 0 3 2 0 0 | 0 0 1 | 0     | - 0     | 0 -   | 1   |        |        | 0     |     | 1   |     |         |     | 0 0   | 1 0 - | -   |      | 0   |        | 0 0 |     | 4 1 |    |     | 0 0 |    |     |     |     |     |    | 0 0 |    | 0 0   | - -   |