Lok Sabha Question No. 159 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-11
Subject: Rise in Crime against Women and Children
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 159

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  DECEMBER, 2018/ AGRAHAYANA 20, 1940 (SAKA)

RISE IN CRIME AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN

159.      ADV. NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that crime against women and children is showing a rising trend in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof, separately during the last three years, Statewise;

(c)  whether  the  Government  has  issued  any  advisory  to  the  State Governments to initiate effective measures to control such crimes; and

(d)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  response  received  from  the  States thereon?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): As per the latest available published information with National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), details of cases registered, cases chargesheeted, cases convicted, persons arrested, persons charge-sheeted, and persons convicted under crimes against women and children are given in Annexure- I & II.

on

(c) & (d): The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued advisories 04.09.2009, 14.7.2010, 20.4.2015 and 12.05.2015 on Crime against women

and crime against children, to all State Governments/UTs, advising them that cases should be thoroughly investigated and chargesheets against the accused  persons  should  be  filed  within  three  months  from  the  date  of occurrence,  without  compromising  on  the  quality  of  investigation.  The Advisories also emphasize that speedy investigation should be conducted in  heinous  crimes  such  as  rape,  murder  etc.,  and  that  the  medical examination  of  rape  victims  should  be  conducted  without  delay.  These advisories also advise the States/UTs for increasing gender sensitivity in Police. These advisories are available at www.mha.gov.in

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State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases ChargeSheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CON), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Charge Sheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under Total Crimes Against Women during 2014-2016

| SL       | State/UT          | 2014        | 2014         | 2014        | 2014   | 2014       | 2014      |           |         |          |       |                |        | 2016      | 2016    | 2016   | 2016      | 2016     |
|----------|-------------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------|------------|-----------|-----------|---------|----------|-------|----------------|--------|-----------|---------|--------|-----------|----------|
| SL       | State/UT          | CR          | CCS          | CON         | PAR    | PCS        | PCV       |           | CCS     | 2015 CON | PAR   | PCS            | CR     | CCS       | CON     | PAR    | PCS       | PCV      |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 16526       | 13400 839    | 21692       |        | 20120 1467 | CR 15967  | 13255     | 768     | 22530    | 20265 | PCV 1565       | 16362  | 14774     | 922     | 26606  | 21244     | 1279     |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 351         | 241          | 9 397       | 315    | 12         | 384       | 259       | 0       | 408      | 303   | 0              | 367    | 239       | 23      | 389    | 284       | 23       |
| 3        | Assam             | 19169       | 10039 518    | 27667       | 11943  |            | 23365     | 12287     | 669     | 22867    | 12593 | 741            | 20869  | 11004     | 470     | 21738  | 11589     | 475      |
| 4        | Bihar             | 15393       | 10135        | 525 19814   | 15726  | 556 862    | 13904     | 9148      | 508     | 16484    | 13357 | 751            | 13400  | 13951     | 639     | 17448  | 18366     | 988      |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 6301        | 5629 1531    | 8875        | 9196   | 2047       | 5783      | 4910      | 2319    | 6935     | 7212  | 2861           | 5947   | 5114      | 1207    | 7317   | 7082      | 1573     |
| 6        | Goa               | 508         | 329          | 14 497      | 472    | 16         | 392       | 319       | 27      | 402      | 405   | 32             | 371    | 236       | 18      | 349    | 300       | 19       |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 10854       | 10160        | 174 25787   | 26079  | 355        | 7777      | 7025      | 114     | 18145    |       | 17912 206      | 8532   | 7676      | 122     | 18649  | 18557     | 294      |
| 8        | Haryana           | 9010        | 5751 692     | 9893        | 9292   | 1011       | 9511      | 5348      | 805     | 8329     | 8213  | 1173           | 9839   | 5603      | 560     | 9296   | 8171      | 777      |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 1529        | 1122         | 69 2007     | 1912   | 115        | 1295      | 1012      | 61      | 1685     | 1701  | 124            | 1222   | 947       | 83      | 1635   | 1564      | 120      |
| 10       | Jammu& Kashmir    | 3327        | 2360         | 105 4961    | 4824   | 138        | 3366      | 2538      |         | 83       | 5063  | 4951 136       | 2850   | 1823      | 56      | 3985   | 3546      | 68       |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 6086        | 4585 786     | 7045        | 6804   | 1010       | 6568      | 4722      | 726     | 6398     | 6501  | 1075           | 5453   | 4136      | 766     | 6504   | 4997      | 846      |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 14004       | 11298 354    | 23110       | 20712  |            | 891 12775 | 10053     | 251     | 21361    | 19288 | 394            | 14131  | 9936      | 271     | 22730  | 18647     | 387      |
| 13       | Kerala            | 11451       | 10150        | 553 13940   | 13321  | 660        | 9767      | 8856      | 649     | 11461    | 11490 | 609            | 10034  | 9408      | 500     | 12463  | 11519     | 657      |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 28756       | 25515 5773   | 42351       | 42208  | 9295       | 24231     | 21622     | 4233    | 36826    | 37241 | 7522           | 26604  | 23606     | 3888    | 40663  | 39662     | 6199     |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 26818 22834 | 926          | 49066       | 47885  | 1428       | 31216     | 22784     | 1229    | 45924    | 41984 | 2244           | 31388  | 26231     | 1135    | 46941  | 44686     | 2101     |
| 16       | Manipur           | 337         | 71           | 4 214       | 71     |            | 6 266     | 94        | 7       | 145      | 103   | 16             | 253    | 165       | 7       | 151    | 177       | 11       |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 390         | 312          | 13 378      |        | 347        | 13 337    | 224       | 12      | 280      | 240   | 12             | 372    | 262       | 88      | 283    | 394       | 127      |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 258         | 240          | 139 267     | 259    | 147        | 158       | 197       | 138     |          | 187   | 213 166        | 120    | 116       | 71      | 126    | 122       | 76       |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 68          | 47 22 429    | 82          |        | 59         | 30 91     | 70        | 24      | 102      | 100   | 29             | 105    | 61        | 23      | 72     | 67        | 30       |
| 20       | Odisha            | 14651       | 12194        | 20292       |        | 19470      | 763 17200 | 15046     | 511     | 20512    | 19520 | 868            | 17837  | 15610     | 392     | 19837  | 19911     | 918      |
| 21       | Punjab            | 5481        | 3174         | 637 7034    | 5370   | 1062       | 5340      | 3552      | 794     | 6336     | 6022  | 1419           | 5105   | 2995      | 550     | 6150   | 4676      | 894      |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 31216       | 16442        | 3659 23772  | 23407  | 5841       | 28224     | 14582     | 3318    | 20110    | 20444 | 4765           | 27422  | 14493     | 2884    | 20457  | 20597     | 4159     |
| 23       | Sikkim            | 111         | 104          | 46 182      | 167    | 44         | 53        | 36        | 6       | 59       | 42    | 8              | 153    | 113       | 11      | 159    | 123       | 11       |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 6354        | 4756         | 1186 9295   | 8622   | 1957       | 5919      | 4221      | 867     |          | 9418  | 7965 1629      | 4463   | 3166      | 647     | 7870   | 6286      | 954      |
| 25       | Telangana         | 14147       | 11366        | 504 19966   | 17761  | 644        | 15425     | 14037     | 533     |          | 18962 | 20706 918      | 15374  | 12185     | 471     | 21287  | 18313     | 733      |
| 26       | Tripura           | 1618        | 1343         | 108 2070    | 2724   | 134        | 1267      | 1025      | 99      | 1311     | 1265  | 108            | 1013   | 862       | 130     | 1142   | 1079      | 152      |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 38918       | 26506 992    | 5288 112846 | 69734  | 13960      | 35908     | 24940     | 7151    | 105231   | 71019 | 17905          | 49262  | 32032     | 5795    | 130249 | 82000     | 15148    |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       | 1413        | 284          | 1694        | 1582   | 434        | 1465      | 858       | 628     | 1425     | 1442  | 986            | 1588   | 990       | 243     | 1566   | 1490      | 347      |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 38424       | 35332 422    | 50335       | 45770  | 517        | 33318     | 35006     | 420     | 36368    | 37997 | 500            | 32513  | 33539     | 319     | 34726  | 35215     | 392      |
| 30       | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 323469      | 246427 25609 | 505529      | 426152 | 45415      | 311272    | 238026 97 | 26950 7 | 445264   | 124   | 390494 48762 8 | 322949 | 251273 77 | 22291 8 | 480788 | 400664 89 | 39758 14 |
|          | A&NIslands        | 117         | 97           | 12 128      | 127    |            | 13 136    |           |         |          |       | 115            | 108    |           |         | 114    |           | 61       |
| 31       | Chandigarh        | 434         | 262 65       | 390         | 371    | 88         | 468       | 277       | 65      | 466      | 453   | 87             | 414    | 280       | 52      | 399    | 358       |          |
| 32       | D&N Haveli        | 21          | 16           | 0 17        | 20     |            | 0 25      | 12        | 2       | 37       | 22    | 2              | 28     |           | 30 2    | 28     | 40        | 2        |
| 33       | Daman& Diu        | 16          | 15 1         | 7           | 8      | 1          | 29        | 13        | 0       |          | 25    | 14 0           | 41     | 28        | 0       | 48     | 34        | 0        |
| 34       | Delhi UT          | 15319       | 6412 1008    | 8377        | 7240   | 1480       | 17222     | 7854      | 880     |          | 10630 | 9439 1124      | 15310  | 8542      | 736     | 13759  | 9883      | 931      |
| 35       | Lakshadweep       | 4           | 3 0          | 3           |        | 6          | 0 9       |           | 1 1     |          | 6     | 2 1            |        | 9         | 8       | 0 7    | 7         | 0        |
|          | Puducherry        | 77          | 57           | 1 88        | 78     | 1          | 82        | 66        | 4       | 120      | 88    | 4              | 95     | 66        | 5       | 93     | 95        | 6        |
| 36 TOTAL | UT(S)             | 15988       | 6862         | 1087 9010   |        | 7850 1583  | 17971     |           | 8320    | 959      | 11408 | 1226           | 16005  | 9031      | 803     | 14448  | 10506     | 1014     |
|          | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 339457      | 253289       |             |        |            |           |           | 246346  |          |       | 10133 400627   | 338954 |           |         | 495236 | 411170    | 40772    |
|          |                   |             | 26696        | 514539      | 434002 | 46998      | 329243    |           | 27909   | 456672   |       | 49988          |        | 260304    |         | 23094  |           |          |

Source: Crime in India

State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases ChargeSheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CON), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Charge Sheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under Total Crimes Against Children during 2014-2016

| SL   | State/UT               | 2014   | 2014   | 2014          | 2014    | 2014   |           |          |      |       |       |       | 2015   | 2015    | 2015   | 2015        | 2015   | 2015   |
|------|------------------------|--------|--------|---------------|---------|--------|-----------|----------|------|-------|-------|-------|--------|---------|--------|-------------|--------|--------|
| SL   | State/UT               | CR     | CCS    | CON           | PAR     | PCS    | PCV CR    | CCS      | CON  | PAR   | PCS   | PCV   | CR     | CCS     | CON    | 2016 PAR    | PCS    | PCV    |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh         | 2059   | 1284   | 54            | 1799    | 59     | 1992      | 1396     | 108  | 2167  | 1867  | 130   | 1847   | 1405    |        | 1868        | 1790   | 122    |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh      | 134    | 82     | 2459 1 124    | 105     | 1      | 181       | 83       | 0    | 118   | 106   | 0     | 133    | 71      | 113 1  | 106         | 80     | 1      |
| 3    | Assam                  | 1385   | 571    | 23 1487       | 577     | 23     | 2835      | 1023     | 27   | 2797  | 1070  | 27    | 3964   | 1338    | 57     | 4179        | 1439   | 57     |
| 4    | Bihar                  | 2255   | 1372   | 60 2406       | 1862    | 74     | 1917      | 1122     | 70   | 1857  | 1506  | 96    | 3932   | 2898    | 75     | 4300        | 3338   | 97     |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh           | 4358   | 3217   | 613 3911      | 3990    | 780    | 4469      | 3127     | 961  | 4194  | 4192  | 1068  | 4746   | 3365    | 924    | 4154        | 4100   | 1035   |
| 6    | Goa                    | 330    | 155    | 5 256         | 228     | 10     | 242       | 195      | 20   | 183   | 242   | 23    | 230    | 130     | 18     | 187         | 165    | 18     |
| 7    | Gujarat                | 3219   | 2192   | 38 3211       | 3140    | 54     | 3623      | 2494     | 38   | 3531  | 3511  | 53    | 3637   | 2641    | 34     | 3431        | 3492   | 44     |
| 8    | Haryana                | 2540   | 1434   | 220 2046      | 1953    | 285    | 3262      | 1551     | 228  | 2126  | 2015  | 257   | 3099   | 1628    | 150    | 2421        | 2174   | 197    |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh       | 467    | 255    | 31 404        | 368     | 39     | 477       | 286      | 34   | 411   | 408   | 46    | 467    | 245     | 30     | 386         | 348    | 38     |
| 10   | Jammu &Kashmir         | 211    | 97     | 2 190         | 133     |        | 2         | 308 110  | 4    | 229   | 178   | 5     | 222    | 92      | 4      | 174         | 136    | 4      |
| 11   | Jharkhand              | 423    | 529    | 144 509       | 659     | 151    | 406       | 249      | 40   | 363   | 291   | 43    | 717    | 429     | 45     | 672         | 479    | 45     |
| 12   | Karnataka              | 3416   | 1983   | 66 3449       | 2697    |        | 87 3961   | 2176     | 50   | 3269  | 2743  | 53    | 4455   | 2211    | 76     | 3213        | 2650   | 88     |
| 13   | Kerala                 | 2391   | 2028   | 115 2714      | 2658    |        | 131 2384  | 2009     | 146  | 2532  | 2410  | 163   | 2879   | 2663    | 85     | 4025        | 3733   | 91     |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh         | 15085  | 10278  | 1897 14122    | 13903   | 2586   | 12859     | 9267     | 1704 | 11926 | 12218 | 2161  | 13746  | 9527    | 1642   | 13519       | 12506  | 2200   |
| 15   | Maharashtra            | 8115   | 5487   | 210 8338      | 7391    |        | 236 13921 | 6345     | 313  | 10627 | 8416  | 361   | 14559  | 7239    | 399    | 9561        | 9180   | 462    |
| 16   | Manipur                | 137    | 15     | 0             | 56 8    | 0      | 110       | 48       | 1    | 58    | 45    | 1     | 134    | 68      | 1      | 88          | 75     | 1      |
| 17   | Meghalaya              | 213    | 160    | 7             | 183 165 | 7      | 257       | 138      | 2    | 186   | 165   | 2     | 240    | 135     | 30     | 204         | 147    | 35     |
| 18   | Mizoram                | 178    | 139    | 49 153        | 113     | 50     |           | 186 202  | 110  | 188   | 203   | 111   | 188    | 164     | 63     | 193         | 170    | 63     |
| 19   | Nagaland               | 25     | 12     | 5 45          | 36      | 24     | 61        | 29       | 7    | 43    | 52    | 7     | 78     | 31      | 9      | 62          | 34     | 12     |
| 20   | Odisha                 | 2196   | 1363   | 29            | 1850    | 1728   | 31 2562   | 1786     | 41   | 2062  | 1992  | 42    | 3286   | 2319    | 43     | 2553        | 2495   | 54     |
| 21   | Punjab                 | 1762   | 862    | 1683          | 1183    | 223    | 1836      | 1017     | 306  | 1691  | 1383  | 380   | 1843   | 835     | 164    | 1670        | 1073   | 201    |
| 22   | Rajasthan              | 3880   | 2067   | 186 290 2660  | 2620    | 374    | 3689      | 2014     | 232  | 2682  | 2733  | 302   | 4034   | 2323    | 266    | 2900        | 2902   | 315    |
| 23   | Sikkim                 | 93     | 66     | 20            | 83 66   | 3      | 64        | 55       | 17   | 67    | 57    | 17    | 110    | 86      | 9      | 115         | 98     | 9      |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu             | 2354   | 1710   | 614 2711      | 2222    | 662    | 2617      | 2025     | 363  | 3238  | 2711  | 446   | 2856   | 2144    | 634    | 3295        | 2718   | 692    |
| 25   | Telangana              | 1930   | 1229   | 79 3277       | 2521    | 108    | 2697      | 1964     | 112  | 2384  | 2392  | 128   | 2909   | 2167    | 88     | 3322        | 2706   | 100    |
| 26   | Tripura                | 369    | 243    | 17 335        | 306     | 24     | 255       | 206      | 22   | 213   | 251   | 27    | 274    | 201     | 29     | 273         | 223    | 30     |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh          | 14835  | 11769  | 1427 26019 39 | 19869   | 2544   | 11420     | 8705     | 2185 | 20693 | 15012 | 3482  | 16079  | 9753    | 1529   | 25627       | 16628  | 2571   |
| 28   | Uttarakhand            | 489    | 292    | 362           | 367     |        | 46        | 635 207  | 131  | 334   | 316   | 147   | 676    | 267     | 50     | 365         | 321    | 57     |
| 29   | West Bengal            | 4909   | 3238   | 36 5266       | 3787    | 36     | 4963      | 4943     | 46   | 5351  | 5381  | 56    | 7004   | 4641    | 78     | 5311        | 4943   | 87     |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)         | 79758  | 54129  | 6277 90309    | 76454   | 8650   | 84189     | 54772 75 | 7318 | 85520 | 73866 | 9634  | 98344  | 61016   | 6646 4 | 98174       | 80143  | 8726   |
| 30   | A & N Islands          | 50     | 31     | 10            | 57 37   |        | 13        | 102      | 2    | 94    | 86    | 2     | 86     | 53      |        | 88          | 73     | 3      |
| 31   | Chandigarh             | 208    | 114    | 45 134        | 148     | 51     | 271       | 106      | 34   | 152   | 134   | 49    | 222    | 87      | 45     | 114         | 116    | 52     |
| 32   | D&N Haveli             | 11     | 5      | 0 7           | 6       | 0      |           | 35 20    | 0    | 25    | 22    | 0     | 21     | 16      | 2      | 15          | 19     | 2      |
| 33   | Daman &Diu             | 7      | 4      | 1 6           |         | 1      | 28        | 5        | 1    | 10    | 9     | 0     | 31     | 10      | 0      | 15          | 10     | 0      |
| 34   | Delhi UT               | 9350   | 2411   | 310 2909      | 4 2643  | 368    | 9489      | 2524     | 333  | 3097  | 3016  | 404   | 8178   | 2114    | 294    | 2894        | 2591   | 335    |
| 35   | Lakshadweep            | 1      | 1 0    | 3             | 3       |        | 0         | 2 0      | 0    | 1     |       | 0 0   | 5      |         | 5      | 0           | 4 5    | 0      |
| 36   |                        | 38     | 29     | 0 35          | 38      | 0      | 56        | 37       | 2    | 50    | 44    | 2     | 71     |         |        | 56          | 58     | 0      |
|      | Puducherry TOTAL UT(S) | 9665   |        | 366 3151      | 2879    |        |           | 9983     | 372  | 3429  | 3311  |       | 8614   | 51 2336 | 0      |             |        | 392    |
|      | (ALL INDIA)            |        | 2595   | 6643          |         |        | 433       | 2767     |      |       |       | 457   | 106958 | 63352   | 345    | 3186 101360 | 2872   | 9118   |
|      | TOTAL                  | 89423  | 56724  | 93460         | 79333   | 9083   | 94172     | 57539    | 7690 | 88949 | 77177 | 10091 |        |         |        | 6991        | 83015  |        |