Lok Sabha Question No. 456 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Compliance of Laws
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande, Annpurna Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 456

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020/ MAGHA 15, 1941 (SAKA)

COMPLIANCE OF LAWS

†456.    SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE: SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the tendency to defy laws and to take the law into one's own hand is increasing in the country;

(b) if so, the reaction of the Government in this regard;

(c) the provisions made by the Government along with the reasons due to which these provisions are not being followed; and

(d)  the  steps  taken  to  ensure  proper  and  strict  compliance  of  the  said provisions?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a) to (d): 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. Crime rate (Crime Rate = Number of cases reported / Mid-year projected population in lakhs)  for the last 3 years are as below:

|   Year |   Crimes under Indian Penal Code (IPC) |   Crimes under Special & Local Laws (SLL) |
|--------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|   2016 |                                  233.6 |                                     145.7 |
|   2017 |                                  237.7 |                                     150.9 |
|   2018 |                                  236.7 |                                     146.7 |

'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to  the  Constitution  of  India  and  State  Governments  are  responsible  for prevention,  detection,  registration  and  investigation  of  crime  and  for prosecuting the criminals through their law enforcement  agencies. However, the Ministry of Home Affairs  have  issued  advisories  to  States and UTs, from time to time, to maintain law and order and ensure that any person who takes law into his/her hand is punished promptly as per law. These advisories are available on the Ministry's website: www.mha.gov.in.  Further,  in  order  to  facilitate  police  in  States/UTs  to effectively deal with the crimes, Government of India has inter alia taken following measures:

(i) A common platform for filing reports, collecting and sharing information on  crime  and  criminal  at  national  level,  Crime  and  Criminal  Tracking Networks and Systems (CCTNS) has been implemented.

(ii) In order to improve investigation, steps have been taken to modernize and upgrade Central and State Forensic Science Laboratories.

(iii)  Cyber  Crime  Forensic  Training  Labs  have  been  set  up  in  several States, and training is being imparted to Public Prosecutors and Judicial Officers in identifying, detecting and resolving cyber-crimes.

(iv)  In  order  to  facilitate  States/UTs,  an  online  analytic  tool  for  police called  'Investigation  Tracking  System  for Sexual  Offences'  to monitor

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and track time-bound investigation in sexual assault cases in accordance with Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018 has been launched.

(v) To facilitate integration of data in major pillars of Criminal Justice in the country, i.e., Police, Prisons, Forensics, Prosecution and Courts, MHA has  commenced  'Inter-operable  Criminal  Justice  System'  in  a  phased manner.

(vi)  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  (MHA)  has  prepared  'Witness  Protection Scheme, 2018' in consultation with the National Legal Service Authority, Bureau  of  Police  Research  &  Development  and  the  State  Governments. This  scheme  provides  for  protection  of  witnesses  based  on  the  threat assessment.

(vii)  Ministry of  Home  Affairs has also  been providing funds to the State Governments for modernization of their Police Forces.

(viii)  Capacity  building  of  Investigating  officers,  Prosecutors,  Judicial officers  through  training  is  continuously  being  undertaken  in  Bureau  of Police  Research  &  Development  (BPR&D)  and  Lok  Nayak  Jayprakash Narayan National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science (NICFS).

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