Lok Sabha Question No. 4191 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-13
Subject: Registered Cases under POCSO
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Shrikant Eknath Shinde

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO.4191

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.12.2019

## REGISTERED CASES UNDER POCSO

## 4191. SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATHSHINDE:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  cases  registered  under  the  Protection  of  Children  from  Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 during the last three years in Maharashtra, districtwise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  of  sharp  increase  in  cases  of  sexual offences against the children and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has initiated any action plan for establishment of special courts for timely disposal of cases registered under POCSO and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)    whether the Government proposes to launch awareness programmes for shaping public opinion against such offences and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a)  The  details  of  cases  registered  under  the  Protection  of  Children  from  Sexual Offences  (POCSO)  Act,  2012  in  the  last  three  reports  of  National  Crime  Records Bureau (NCRB) in Maharashtra, district-wise is at Annexure-I .

(b)  As  per  the  information  provided  by  NCRB,  a  total  of  34505,  36022  and  32608 cases  were  registered  under  POCSO  Act,  2012  during  the  years  2015,  2016  and 2017 respectively accounting for increase of 4.4% in 2016 over 2015 and decrease of 9.48% in 2017 over 2016.

(c) In furtherance to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018, the Government has finalized a scheme in August 2019 for setting up of a total of 1023 Fast Track Special Courts  (FTSCs)  across  the  country  for  expeditious  trial  and  disposal  of  pending cases  pertaining  to  rape  and  POCSO  Act,  2012,  in  a  time-bound  manner  under Centrally Sponsored Scheme. The Scheme is for one year over two financial years i.e. 2019-20 and 2020-21.

(d)  Section 43 of the POCSO Act, 2012 provides that the Central Government and every  State  Government  shall  take  all  measures  to  give  wide  publicity  to  the provisions  of  the  Act.  In  accordance  with  this,  the  Government  has  taken  various steps  from  time  to  time  to  create  awareness  of  the  provisions  of  the  POCSO  Act through electronic and print media, consultations, workshops and training programmes with stakeholders concerned. In order to generate awareness about the POCSO Act, a short clip (duration 45 seconds) on POCSO Act was disseminated in Cinema Halls  and  Doordarshan  across  the  nation  from  02.10.2019  to  08.10.2019. Minister,  Women  and  Child  Development  (WCD)  has  written  to  all  the  Chief Ministers,  Members  of  Parliament,  and  Heads  of  local  Bodies/Panchayati  Raj Institutions  to  take  all  necessary  measures  for  effective  implementation  of  the POCSO Act, 2012 as amended in 2019. Secretary, WCD has also written a letter to this  effect  to  all  the  Secretaries  of  line  Ministries  and  Chief  Secretaries  of  all States/UTs.

Further,  National  Commission  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights  (NCPCR)  and  State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCRs) are also mandated to monitor the implementation of the POCSO Act, 2012.

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Statement Referred To In Part (a) of Reply To Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No.4191  For Answer On 13.12.2019 Raised By SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL  SAMBHAJIRAO  MANE,  DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA  VIKHE  PATIL, DR. SHRIKANT EKNATHSHINDE on 'REGISTERED CASES UNDER POCSO' indicating District-wise Crimes committed against Children under POCSO Act in Maharashtra during 2015-2017

| SL                                       | District                                 |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1                                        | Ahmednagar                               |     99 |    150 |     95 |
| 2                                        | Akola                                    |     86 |     51 |    108 |
| 3                                        | Amravati Commr.                          |     66 |    100 |     85 |
| 4                                        | Amravati Rural                           |    191 |    171 |    148 |
| 5                                        | Aurangabad Commr.                        |    108 |    139 |    116 |
| 6                                        | Aurangabad Rural                         |     66 |     50 |     67 |
| 7                                        | Beed                                     |     92 |     53 |     70 |
| 8                                        | Bhandara                                 |     38 |     51 |     52 |
| 9                                        | Buldhana                                 |     92 |     90 |     98 |
| 10                                       | Chandrapur                               |    142 |    130 |    122 |
| 11                                       | Dhule                                    |     39 |     50 |     32 |
| 12                                       | Gadchiroli                               |     33 |     24 |     38 |
| 13                                       | Gondia                                   |     62 |     38 |     69 |
| 14                                       | Hingoli                                  |     24 |     21 |     26 |
| 15                                       | Jalgaon                                  |    102 |    113 |     70 |
| 16                                       | Jalna                                    |     35 |     19 |     25 |
| 17                                       | Kolhapur                                 |     97 |     99 |    122 |
| 18                                       | Latur                                    |     56 |     53 |     64 |
| 19                                       | Mumbai Commr.                            |    881 |    979 |   1054 |
| 20                                       | Mumbai Railway                           |      9 |     14 |     14 |
| 21                                       | Nagpur Commr.                            |    206 |    152 |    209 |
| 22                                       | Nagpur Railway                           |      3 |      2 |      5 |
| 23                                       | Nagpur Rural                             |     75 |     90 |    124 |
| 24                                       | Nanded                                   |     57 |     63 |     86 |
| 25                                       | Nandurbar                                |     26 |     31 |     24 |
| 26                                       | Nasik Commr.                             |     47 |     48 |     62 |
| 27                                       | Nasik Rural                              |    130 |     97 |     95 |
| 28                                       | Navi Mumbai                              |    115 |    143 |    138 |
| 29                                       | Osmanabad                                |     52 |     72 |     66 |
| 30                                       | Palghar                                  |    125 |    134 |    167 |
| 31                                       | Parbhani                                 |     40 |     53 |     65 |
| 32                                       | Pune Commr.                              |    351 |    351 |    427 |
| 33                                       | Pune Railway                             |      5 |      0 |      4 |
| 34                                       | Pune Rural                               |    167 |    232 |    190 |
| 35                                       | Raigad                                   |     93 |     53 |     58 |
| 36                                       | Ratnagiri                                |     38 |     53 |     48 |
| 37                                       | Sangli                                   |     74 |     86 |     89 |
| 38                                       | Satara                                   |    135 |    137 |    139 |
| 39                                       | Sindhudurg                               |     24 |     14 |     18 |
| 40                                       | Solapur Commr.                           |     32 |     36 |     65 |
| 41                                       | Solapur Rural                            |    113 |    120 |    171 |
| 42                                       | Thane Commr.                             |    285 |    224 |    272 |
| 43                                       | Thane Rural                              |     47 |     92 |     78 |
| 44                                       | Wardha                                   |     90 |     70 |     84 |
| 45                                       | Washim                                   |     43 |     16 |     30 |
| 46                                       | Yavatmal                                 |    125 |     51 |     59 |
| Total District(s) Source: Crime in India | Total District(s) Source: Crime in India |   4816 |   4815 |   5248 |