Lok Sabha Question No. 1400 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-11
Subject: Crime against Women and Children
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dean Kuriakose, Dayakar Pasunoori, Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1400

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

CRIME AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN

1400.

ADV. DEAN KURIAKOSE: SHRI PASUNOORI DAYAKAR: SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware that crime against women and children are increasing in the country;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  of  crimes  reported  by  National  Crime  Records  Bureau (NCRB) against women and children during the last five years, State-wise and crime-wise; (c)  whether  the  Government  has  any  mechanism  to  that  the accused are prosecuted properly;

(d) if so, the details thereof along with the steps being taken to provide safety to women and children in the country;

(e)  the  steps  being  taken  to  review  the  Acts  including  Nirbhaya  Act  and  to amend  the  Sections  of  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure  and  Indian  Penal  Code punish the guilty despite they are minor/major and to solve the cases swiftly in future; and

(f)  whether  the  Union  Government  has  sought  the  on  the  status  regarding investigation,  prosecution  etc.  from  all  the  States  and  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) A comparison of crime rate (Crime Rate=Number of cases reported/MidYear projected population in lakhs) of various crime heads on crimes against women and children in the last few years shows no uniform trend. However, the   Ministry   has   taken  several   steps   to  spread  awareness amongst the citizens,   sensitization   of   police   officers   at   various   levels,   issuance  of

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advisories  for  compulsory  registration  of  FIRs  and  penal  provisions  for  nonregistration of FIRs etc. This has improved reporting of crimes against women.

- (b) 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 and Crime-Head-wise details of cases registered under crime against women during the years 2014-2018 are available at Annexure-I and Annexure-II (A and B) respectively. The State/UTwise  and  Crime-Head-wise  details  of  cases  registered  under  crime  against children during the years 2014-2018 are available at Annexure-III and Annexure-IV (A and B) respectively.

(c) to (f): '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 investigation and prosecution  of  crime  against  women  and  children  rest  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. 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 girls below the age

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- of 12 years. The Act also inter-alia mandates  completion of investigation  and  trials  within  2  months.  The  Government  has  also enacted  the  Juvenile  Justice  (Care  and  Protection  of  Children)  Act, 2015 in which there are special provisions to deal with children in the age group of 16-18 years who commit heinous offences, which will act as  deterrent  for  such  children.  Further,  amendments  to  the  criminal justice system is an ongoing and continuous process.
- 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 community through awareness programmers.

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- 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.
- 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 (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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## Crime against Women (IPC+SLL) during the year 2014-2018

| SL. No         | State/UT         |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |   2018 |
|----------------|------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1              | Andhra Pradesh   |  16526 |  15967 |  16362 |  17909 |  16438 |
| 2              | Pradesh          |    351 |    384 |    367 |    337 |    368 |
| 3              | Assam            |  19169 |  23365 |  20869 |  23082 |  27728 |
| 4              | Bihar            |  15393 |  13904 |  13400 |  14711 |  16920 |
| 5              | Chhattisgarh     |   6301 |   5783 |   5947 |   7996 |   8587 |
| 6              | Goa              |    508 |    392 |    371 |    369 |    362 |
| 7              | Gujarat          |  10854 |   7777 |   8532 |   8133 |   8329 |
| 8              | Haryana          |   9010 |   9511 |   9839 |  11370 |  14326 |
| 9              | Himachal Pradesh |   1529 |   1295 |   1222 |   1246 |   1633 |
| 10             | Jammu& Kashmir*  |   3327 |   3366 |   2850 |   3129 |   3437 |
| 11             | Jharkhand        |   6086 |   6568 |   5453 |   5911 |   7083 |
| 12             | Karnataka        |  14004 |  12775 |  14131 |  14078 |  13514 |
| 13             | Kerala           |  11451 |   9767 |  10034 |  11057 |  10461 |
| 14             | Madhya Pradesh   |  28756 |  24231 |  26604 |  29788 |  28942 |
| 15             | Maharashtra      |  26818 |  31216 |  31388 |  31979 |  35497 |
| 16             | Manipur          |    337 |    266 |    253 |    236 |    271 |
| 17             | Meghalaya        |    390 |    337 |    372 |    567 |    571 |
| 18             | Mizoram          |    258 |    158 |    120 |    301 |    249 |
| 19             | Nagaland         |     68 |     91 |    105 |     79 |     75 |
| 20             | Odisha           |  14651 |  17200 |  17837 |  20098 |  20274 |
| 21             | Punjab           |   5481 |   5340 |   5105 |   4620 |   5302 |
| 22             | Rajasthan        |  31216 |  28224 |  27422 |  25993 |  27866 |
| 23             | Sikkim           |    111 |     53 |    153 |    163 |    172 |
| 24             | Tamil Nadu       |   6354 |   5919 |   4463 |   5397 |   5822 |
| 25             | Telangana        |  14147 |  15425 |  15374 |  17521 |  16027 |
| 26             | Tripura          |   1618 |   1267 |   1013 |    972 |    907 |
| 27             | Uttar Pradesh    |  38918 |  35908 |  49262 |  56011 |  59445 |
| 28             | Uttarakhand      |   1413 |   1465 |   1588 |   1944 |   2817 |
| 29             | West Bengal      |  38424 |  33318 |  32513 |  30992 |  30394 |
| TOTALSTATE(S)  | TOTALSTATE(S)    | 323469 | 311272 | 322949 | 345989 | 363817 |
| 30             | A&N Islands      |    117 |    136 |    108 |    132 |    147 |
| 31             | Chandigarh       |    434 |    468 |    414 |    453 |    442 |
| 32             | D&N Haveli**     |     21 |     25 |     28 |     20 |     38 |
| 33             | Daman& Diu**     |     16 |     29 |     41 |     26 |     16 |
| 34             | Delhi UT         |  15319 |  17222 |  15310 |  13076 |  13640 |
| 35             | Lakshadweep      |      4 |      9 |      9 |      6 |     11 |
| 36             | Puducherry       |     77 |     82 |     95 |    147 |    166 |
| TOTALUT(S)     |                  |  15988 |  17971 |  16005 |  13860 |  14460 |
| TOTALALL INDIA | TOTALALL INDIA   | 339457 | 329243 | 338954 | 359849 | 378277 |

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Crime-Head-wise Cases Reported (CR) under Crime against Women during 20142015

| SL   | CrimeHead                                                                 |   2014 CR |   2015 CR |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1    | Rape                                                                      |     36735 |     34651 |
| 2    | Attempt to Commit Rape                                                    |      4234 |      4437 |
| 3    | Kidnapping & Abduction of Women                                           |     57311 |     59277 |
| 4    | Dowry Deaths                                                              |      8455 |      7634 |
| 5    | Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty                       |     82235 |     82422 |
| 6    | Insult to the Modesty of Women                                            |      9735 |      8685 |
| 7    | Cruelty by Husband or his Relatives                                       |    122877 |    113403 |
| 8    | Importation of Girls from Foreign Country                                 |        13 |         6 |
| 9    | Acid Attack                                                               |       137 |       140 |
| 10   | Attempt to Acid Attack                                                    |        40 |        30 |
| 11   | Deaths Caused by Act Done with Intent to Cause Miscarriage                |         3 |        12 |
| 12   | Causing Miscarriage Without Womens Consent                                |        45 |        54 |
| 13   | Human Trafficking                                                         |       456 |       713 |
| 14   | Abetment of Suicides of Women                                             |      3734 |      4060 |
| 15   | Unnatural Offences                                                        |       105 |       108 |
| 16   | Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961                                               |     10050 |      9894 |
| 17   | Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986                  |        47 |        40 |
| 18   | Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005                      |       426 |       461 |
| 19   | Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act                                          |      2070 |      2424 |
| 20   | Publishing or Transmitting of Sexually Explicit Material (Sec 67A IT Act) |       749 |       792 |
|      | Total Crimes Against Women                                                |    339457 |    329243 |

Source: Crime in India

Crime Head-wise Cases Reported (CR)  under Crime against Women during 2016-2018

| S.No.   | Crime Heads                                         | 2016 CR   | 2017 CR   | 2018 CR   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1       | Murder with Rape/Gang Rape                          | -         | 223       | 294       |
| 2       | Dowry Deaths                                        | 7621      | 7466      | 7166      |
| 3       | Abetment to Suicide of Women                        | 4466      | 5282      | 5037      |
| 4       | Miscarriage                                         | 587       | 266       | 213       |
| 5       | Acid Attack                                         | 160       | 148       | 131       |
| 6       | Attempt to Acid Attack                              | 46        | 35        | 37        |
| 7       | Cruelty by Husband or his relatives                 | 110378    | 104551    | 103272    |
| 8       | Kidnapping and Abduction of Women                   | 64519     | 66333     | 72751     |
| 9       | Human Trafficking                                   | 659       | 662       | 854       |
| 10      | Selling of Minor Girls                              | -         | 80        | 40        |
| 11      | Buying of Minor Girls                               | -         | 4         | 8         |
| 12      | Rape                                                | 38947     | 32559     | 33356     |
| 13      | Unnatural Offences                                  | 489       | -         | -         |
| 14      | Attempt to Commit Rape                              | 5729      | 4154      | 4097      |
| 15      | Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty | 84746     | 86001     | 89097     |
| 16      | Insult to the Modesty of Women                      | 7305      | 7451      | 6992      |
| 17      | Dowry Prohibition Act                               | 9683      | 10189     | 12826     |
| 18      | Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act                    | 2214      | 1536      | 1459      |
| 19      | Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act      | 437       | 616       | 579       |
| 20      | Cyber Crimes/Information Technology Act             | 930       | 600       | 1244      |
| 21      | Protection of Children from Sexual Violence Act     | -         | 31668     | 38802     |
| 22      | Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act  | 38        | 25        | 22        |
|         | Total Crime against Women                           | 338954    | 359849    | 378277    |

Source: Crime in India

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

State/UT-wise Cases Reported (CR)  under Total Crimes against Children during 2014-2018

| SL   | State/UT          | 2014   | 2015   | 2016   | 2017   | 2018   |
|------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|      |                   | CR     | CR     | CR     | CR     | CR     |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | 2059   | 1992   | 1847   | 2397   | 2672   |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 134    | 181    | 133    | 138    | 166    |
| 3    | Assam             | 1385   | 2835   | 3964   | 4951   | 5447   |
| 4    | Bihar             | 2255   | 1917   | 3932   | 5386   | 7340   |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      | 4358   | 4469   | 4746   | 6518   | 6924   |
| 6    | Goa               | 330    | 242    | 230    | 196    | 182    |
| 7    | Gujarat           | 3219   | 3623   | 3637   | 3955   | 4929   |
| 8    | Haryana           | 2540   | 3262   | 3099   | 4169   | 4869   |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  | 467    | 477    | 467    | 528    | 772    |
| 10   | Jammu& Kashmir*   | 211    | 308    | 222    | 359    | 473    |
| 11   | Jharkhand         | 423    | 406    | 717    | 1247   | 1479   |
| 12   | Karnataka         | 3416   | 3961   | 4455   | 5890   | 6131   |
| 13   | Kerala            | 2391   | 2384   | 2879   | 3562   | 4253   |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    | 15085  | 12859  | 13746  | 19038  | 18992  |
| 15   | Maharashtra       | 8115   | 13921  | 14559  | 16918  | 18892  |
| 16   | Manipur           | 137    | 110    | 134    | 109    | 128    |
| 17   | Meghalaya         | 213    | 257    | 240    | 379    | 385    |
| 18   | Mizoram           | 178    | 186    | 188    | 220    | 198    |
| 19   | Nagaland          | 25     | 61     | 78     | 93     | 70     |
| 20   | Odisha            | 2196   | 2562   | 3286   | 3185   | 5217   |
| 21   | Punjab            | 1762   | 1836   | 1843   | 2133   | 2308   |
| 22   | Rajasthan         | 3880   | 3689   | 4034   | 5180   | 5150   |
| 23   | Sikkim            | 93     | 64     | 110    | 190    | 221    |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        | 2354   | 2617   | 2856   | 3529   | 4155   |
| 25   | Telangana         | 1930   | 2697   | 2909   | 3580   | 3747   |
| 26   | Tripura           | 369    | 255    | 274    | 276    | 271    |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     | 14835  | 11420  | 16079  | 19145  | 19936  |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       | 489    | 635    | 676    | 829    | 1306   |
| 29   | West Bengal       | 4909   | 4963   | 7004   | 6551   | 6286   |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 79758  | 84189  | 98344  | 120651 | 132899 |
| 30   | A&N Islands       | 50     | 102    | 86     | 119    | 162    |
| 31   | Chandigarh        | 208    | 271    | 222    | 275    | 288    |
| 32   | D&N Haveli**      | 11     | 35     | 21     | 31     | 38     |
| 33   | Daman& Diu**      | 7      | 28     | 31     | 24     | 34     |
| 34   | Delhi             | 9350   | 9489   | 8178   | 7852   | 8246   |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       | 1      | 2      | 5      | 4      | 8      |
| 36   | Puducherry        | 38     | 56     | 71     | 76     | 89     |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       | 9665   | 9983   | 8614   | 8381   | 8865   |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 89423  | 94172  | 106958 | 129032 | 141764 |

Source: Crime in India

*Now UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Laddakh ** Now UTs of D&N Haveli and UT of Daman& Diu have merged as one UT.

Crime Head-wise Cases Reported (CR) under Crime against Children during 2014-2015

| SL   | CrimeHead                                                    | 2014 CR   |   2015 CR |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1    | Murder                                                       | 1817      |      1758 |
| 2    | Infanticide                                                  | 121       |        91 |
| 3    | Kidnapping & Abduction                                       | 37854     |     41893 |
| 4    | Foeticide                                                    | 107       |        97 |
| 5    | Abetment of Suicide of Child                                 | 56        |        51 |
| 6    | Exposure and Abandonment                                     | 983       |       885 |
| 7    | Procuration of Minor Girls                                   | 2020      |      3087 |
| 8    | Importation of Girls from Foreign Country                    | 2         |         2 |
| 9    | Buying of Minors for Prostitution                            | 14        |        11 |
| 10   | Selling of Minors for Prostitution                           | 82        |       111 |
| 11   | Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006                      | 280       |       293 |
| 12   | Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994                    | 1         |         0 |
| 13   | Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986            | 147       |       251 |
| 14   | Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956                       | 86        |        58 |
| 15   | Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 | 1315      |      1457 |
| 16   | Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012        | 34449     |     34505 |
| 17   | Attempt to Commit Murder                                     | 840       |       276 |
| 18   | Unnatural Offences                                           | 765       |       814 |
| 19   | Human Trafficking                                            | -         |       221 |
| 20   | Other Crimes Committed Against children                      | 8484      |      8311 |
|      | Total Crimes Against Children                                | 89423     |     94172 |

Source: Crime in India

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Crime Head-wise Cases Reported (CR) under Crime against Children during 2016-2018

| S.No.   | Crime Heads                                             | 2016 CR   |   2017 CR |   2018 CR |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1       | Murder                                                  | 1640      |      1393 |      1497 |
| 2       | Abetment of Suicide of Child                            | 41        |       241 |       228 |
| 3       | Attempt to Commit Murder                                | 213       |       271 |       323 |
| 4       | Infanticide                                             | 93        |        73 |        56 |
| 5       | Foeticide                                               | 144       |       115 |       128 |
| 6       | Exposure and Abandonment                                | 811       |       899 |       876 |
| 7       | Simple Hurt                                             | -         |      2945 |      2847 |
| 8       | Grievous Hurt                                           | -         |       924 |       317 |
| 9       | Kidnapping and Abduction of Children                    | 54723     |     54163 |     62668 |
| 10      | Human Trafficking                                       | 340       |       330 |       435 |
| 11      | Selling of Minors for Prostitution                      | 122       |        81 |        42 |
| 12      | Buying of Minors for Prostitution                       | 7         |         4 |         8 |
| 13      | Rape                                                    | 0         |     10059 |      9312 |
| 14      | Attempt to Commit Rape                                  | -         |       457 |       445 |
| 15      | Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty     | 0         |      8269 |      8030 |
| 16      | Insult to the Modesty of Women                          | 0         |       312 |       172 |
| 17      | Other IPC Crimes                                        | 9963      |     12278 |     11346 |
| 18      | Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.        | 36022     |     32608 |     39827 |
| 19      | Juveniles Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act | 2253      |      2452 |      2030 |
| 20      | Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act                        | 56        |        34 |        41 |
| 21      | Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act             | 204       |       462 |       464 |
| 22      | Prohibition of Child Marriage Act                       | 326       |       395 |       501 |
| 23      | Transplantation of Human Organs Act                     | 0         |         0 |         0 |
| 24      | Cyber Crimes/Information Technology Act                 | -         |        79 |       117 |
| 25      | Other SLL crimes                                        | -         |       188 |        54 |
|         | Total Crimes against Children                           | 106958    |    129032 |    141764 |

Source: Crime in India

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