Lok Sabha Question No. 263 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-05
Subject: Juvenile Delinquency
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: M. B. RAJESH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 263

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 05 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019/ MAGHA 16, 1940 (SAKA)

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

263. SHRI M.B. RAJESH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether juvenile crimes or cases of juvenile delinquency are on the rise in the country;

(b) if so, the total number of such cases registered during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;

(c) the total number of such cases solved/unsolved and the steps taken to solve all the cases during the said period, State-wise;

(d) whether any assessment has been made regarding the recent spurt in juvenile  crimes  and  its  relation  to  lack  of  adequate  Juvenile  Protection Law in the country; and

(e)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  steps  taken  to  prevent  such cases in future?

ANSWER

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

(a) to (c):     As reported in the latest published report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the number of cases registered against juveniles in the country during the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 are 38,455, 33,433 and 35,849  respectively,  which  shows  a  mixed  trend.  State/UT  wise  details which  also  includes  number  of  Juveniles  apprehended,  sent  home  after advice or admonition, sent to special home, dealt with fine, acquitted and cases pending disposal are given in Annexure.

(d) & (e):  'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India  and  therefore,  the  responsibility  to maintain law and order rests with the respective State Governments. The issue  of  crime  by  juveniles  is  mainly  dealt  with  through  the  Juvenile Justice  (Care  and  Protection  of  Children)  Act,  2015  which  provides  for reformative  care  in  case  of  children/juveniles  in  conflict  with  law.  The Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  is  implementing  a  Centrally Sponsored Scheme, namely, Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) for rehabilitation  and  reintegration  of  children  in  difficult  circumstances including  children  in  conflict  with  law.  Under  the  scheme,  there  is  a provision of Counselor  in  Observation  Homes  to  provide  counseling services to children in conflict with law and in need of care and protection as well as for their parents and families. The Act and the Central Juvenile Justice  (Care  and  Protection  of Children)  Model  Rules,  2016  provide  for setting  up  of  a  network  of  services  and  structures  for  ensuring  the  well being and rehabilitation of such children, which include Juvenile Justice Boards, Special Juvenile Police Units, State and District Child Protection Units, Homes of various types and non-institutional care through adoption, foster-care and sponsorship. These measures  inter alia also intend mainstreaming  of  children  in  conflict  with  law.  The  State  Governments/UT Administrations are entrusted with the primary responsibility for implementation of the provisions of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.

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State/UT-wise Number of Cases Reported against Juveniles (CR), Juveniles apprhended (TJAP), Juveniles sent home after adivce or admonition (JSH), Juveniles sent to special home (JSSH), Juveniles dealt with fine (JDFINE), Juveniles Acquitted or otherwise disposed of (JAQ) and Juveniles whose cases pending disposal (JCPD) during 20142016

| SL   | State/UT          | 2014   | 2014       | 2014   | 2014         | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015    | 2015   | 2015   |        |           |           |       |           |           |        |           |           |          |           |           |           |           |           |          |           |
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| SL   | State/UT          | CR     | TJAP       | JSH    | JSSH JDFINE  | JAQ    | JCPD   | CR     | TJAP   | JSH     | JSSH   | JDFINE | JAQ    | JCPD      | CR        | TJAP  | JSH       | JSSH      | 2016   | JDFINE    | JAQ       |          |           |           |           |           |           | JCPD     |           |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | 883    | 55         | 109    | 29           | 159    | 731    | 1015   | 2102   | 102     | 142    | 24     | 311    | 1168      | 809       | 2397  |           | 372 192   | 9      |           | 381       | 1050     | 1050      | 1050      | 1050      | 1050      | 1050      | 1050     | 1050      |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 81     | 1512 158   | 2      | 15 0         | 0      | 9      | 66     | 158    | 35      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 123       | 57        |       | 203       | 13        | 0      |           | 4 0       | 162      | 162       | 162       | 162       | 162       | 162       | 162      | 162       |
| 3    | Assam             | 487    | 654        | 86     | 17 0         | 58     | 55     | 624    | 789    | 119     | 33     | 10     | 21     | 78        | 436       | 558   |           | 46        | 64     |           | 12        | 86       | 86        | 86        | 86        | 86        | 86        | 86       | 86        |
| 4    | Bihar             | 4371   | 8006       | 87     | 640 87       | 172    | 1791   | 1658   | 1798   | 271     | 292    | 107    | 82     | 580       | 2335      | 3206  | 139       | 1566      | 15 162 |           | 400       | 651      | 651       | 651       | 651       | 651       | 651       | 651      | 651       |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      | 1691   | 2356       | 60     | 978 208      | 136    | 603    | 1914   | 2746   | 67      | 491    | 349    | 277    | 1344      | 1953      | 3738  |           | 116 234   | 351    |           | 351       | 2515     | 2515      | 2515      | 2515      | 2515      | 2515      | 2515     | 2515      |
| 6    | Goa               | 64     | 161        | 5      | 51 0         | 0      | 91     | 28     | 126    | 9       | 2      | 0      | 4      | 90        | 21        | 116   | 2         |           |        | 0         | 6 8       | 92       | 92        | 92        | 92        | 92        | 92        | 92       | 92        |
| 7    | Gujarat           | 4380   | 5404       | 106    | 154 4        | 344    | 997    | 1577   | 2963   | 167     | 594    | 12     | 364    | 1418      | 1681      | 3503  |           | 299 91    |        | 12        | 384       | 1530     | 1530      | 1530      | 1530      | 1530      | 1530      | 1530     | 1530      |
| 8    | Haryana           | 1041   | 1588       | 68 125 | 51           | 251    | 701    | 1098   | 2034   | 115     | 95     | 111    | 256    | 1212 1186 | 2570      |       | 393       |           | 282    | 120       | 237       | 1316     | 1316      | 1316      | 1316      | 1316      | 1316      | 1316     | 1316      |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  | 272    | 70         | 18     | 54           | 23     | 260    | 195    | 425    | 92      | 11     | 39     | 50     | 203       | 204       | 466   | 111       |           | 22     | 78        | 43        | 159      | 159       | 159       | 159       | 159       | 159       | 159      | 159       |
| 10   | Jammu& Kashmir    | 102    | 520 183    | 41     | 2 7          | 22     | 98     | 181    | 347    | 103     | 4      | 8      | 82     | 122       | 198       |       | 441       | 253       | 7      | 10        | 56        | 76       | 76        | 76        | 76        | 76        | 76        | 76       | 76        |
| 11   | Jharkhand         | 150    | 220        | 39     | 50 7         | 67     | 40     | 124    | 159    | 17      | 44     | 2      | 53     | 26        | 140       | 168   |           | 4         | 4      | 5         | 69        | 74       | 74        | 74        | 74        | 74        | 74        | 74       | 74        |
| 12   | Karnataka         | 412    | 714        | 195    | 146 6        | 16     | 154    | 446    | 859    | 132     | 137    | 18     | 25     | 312       |           | 453   | 939       | 143       | 209    | 18        | 39        | 248      | 248       | 248       | 248       | 248       | 248       | 248      | 248       |
| 13   | Kerala            | 1203   | 1895       | 226    | 188 24       | 71     | 503    | 1398   | 2194   | 400     | 173    | 18     | 61     | 560       |           | 628   | 1619      | 335 248   | 39     |           | 119       | 480      | 480       | 480       | 480       | 480       | 480       | 480      | 480       |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    | 6512   | 8937       | 1766   | 347 748      | 717    | 3309   | 6583   | 10442  | 1870    | 671    | 1245   | 1374   | 3835      | 7369      |       | 12299     | 2497      | 741    | 780       | 1686      | 4255     | 4255      | 4255      | 4255      | 4255      | 4255      | 4255     | 4255      |
| 15   | Maharashtra       | 5407   | 9145       | 1675   | 1549 127     | 415    | 2388   | 5693   | 9758   | 1314    | 1978   | 170    | 500    | 2599      | 6606      |       | 10311     | 1887      | 1438   | 341       | 328       | 3474     | 3474      | 3474      | 3474      | 3474      | 3474      | 3474     | 3474      |
| 16   | Manipur           | 23     | 36         | 0      | 36 0         | 0      | 0      | 17     | 40     | 1       | 23     | 0      | 0      | 4         |           | 10    | 16        | 1         | 9      | 0         | 0         | 6        | 6         | 6         | 6         | 6         | 6         | 6        | 6         |
| 17   | Meghalaya         | 125    | 179        | 17     | 87 0         | 28     | 11     | 111    | 152    | 1       | 66     | 24     | 14     | 25        |           | 84    | 118       | 4         |        |           | 19        | 9        |           |           |           |           | 18        | 35       |           |
| 18   | Mizoram           | 44     | 52 0       |        | 20 0         | 0      | 2      | 41     | 53     | 7       | 34     | 0      | 0      | 3         | 53        | 66    |           | 17        |        | 23        | 6         | 6        | 6         | 6         | 6         | 6         | 6         | 6        | 6         |
| 19   | Nagaland          | 10     | 10         | 0      | 10 0         | 0      | 0      | 17     | 33     | 3       | 9      | 13     | 3      | 0         |           | 18    | 25        | 0         | 10     | 4         | 1         | 4        | 4         | 4         | 4         | 4         | 4         | 4        | 4         |
| 20   | Odisha            | 838    | 1083       | 198    | 416 0        |        | 77     | 934    | 1206   | 57      | 817    | 0      | 41     | 177       | 994       | 1462  |           | 509       | 255    | 0         | 13        | 323      | 323       | 323       | 323       | 323       | 323       | 323      | 323       |
| 21   | Punjab            | 277    | 551        | 29     | 59           | 0 44   | 214    | 111    | 362    | 3       | 113    | 29     | 56     | 144       | 117       |       | 301       | 18        |        | 97        | 44        | 117      | 117       | 117       | 117       | 117       | 117       | 117      | 117       |
| 22   | Rajasthan         | 2309   | 3471       | 404    | 164 1411 101 | 132    | 753    | 2203   | 3489   | 421     | 1486   | 70     | 157    | 826       | 2273      |       | 3769      | 345       | 1580   | 56        | 237       | 1011     | 1011      | 1011      | 1011      | 1011      | 1011      | 1011     | 1011      |
| 23   | Sikkim            | 19     | 22         | 2      | 1 0          | 2      | 3      | 41     | 41     | 5       | 9      | 0      | 1      | 26        | 27        |       | 58        |           |        | 0         | 0 0       |          |           | 1         |           |           |           | 53       |           |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        | 1549   | 2795       | 629    | 394 99       | 127    | 833    | 1814   | 3254   | 365     | 401    | 130    | 231    | 1759      | 2217      | 4569  |           | 598       |        | 549       | 211       | 356 2154 | 356 2154  | 356 2154  | 356 2154  | 356 2154  | 356 2154  | 356 2154 | 356 2154  |
| 25   | Telangana         | 931    | 1357       | 144    | 122 59       | 105    | 273    | 1252   | 1721   | 508     | 159    | 65     | 127    | 489       | 998       | 1671  | 296       |           |        |           | 46        | 30       | 31        | 863       | 863       | 863       | 863       | 863      | 863       |
| 26   | Tripura           | 64     | 101        | 0      | 5 0          | 20     | 52     | 37     | 92     | 4       | 0      |        | 0      | 33 54     |           | 25    | 96        | 10        | 15     | 8         |           |          |           |           | 13        | 50        | 50        | 50       | 50        |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     | 1397   | 45         | 1049   | 98           | 88     | 1356   | 1006   | 2476   | 45 1313 |        | 90     |        | 754       | 1438      | 2341  |           | 25 1950   |        |           | 200       | 200      | 200       | 200       | 200       | 200       | 200       | 200      | 200       |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       | 123    | 2845 206   | 115    | 4 1          | 5      | 32     | 127    | 193    | 32      | 92     | 11     | 101 6  | 9         | 124       |       | 160       | 18        |        | 63        | 2         | 4        | 24        | 24        | 24        | 24        | 24        | 24       | 24        |
| 29   | West Bengal       | 1566   | 3063       | 244    | 163 24       | 327    | 1796   | 562    | 2447   | 120     | 17     | 5      |        | 70 2114   | 709       |       | 2952      | 138       |        | 15        | 49        | 405      | 2089      | 2089      | 2089      | 2089      | 2089      | 2089     | 2089      |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 36331  | 57224 6308 | 8271   | 1793         | 3329   | 17132  | 30873  | 52459  | 6385    | 9206   | 2550   | 4300   | 20054     | 33163     | 60138 | 8589      | 9739      |        | 2349      | 5277      | 23103    | 23103     | 23103     | 23103     | 23103     | 23103     | 23103    | 23103     |
| 30   | A&NIslands        | 14     | 145        | 0      | 0 0          | 1      | 144    | 13     | 160    | 7       | 13     | 3      | 2      | 135       | 12        | 148   | 8         |           | 12     | 2         |           |          |           |           |           | 3         | 3         | 123      | 3         |
| 31   | Chandigarh        | 116    | 209        | 30     | 35 24        | 30     | 65     | 100    | 212    | 14      | 7      | 15     |        | 103       | 66        | 96    | 207       | 14        | 8      | 58        | 57        | 68       | 68        | 68        | 68        | 68        | 68        | 68       | 68        |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        | 6      | 6          | 0      | 6            | 0      | 0      | 17     | 20     | 0       | 1      | 0      | 0      | 19        | 0         | 29    |           | 0         |        |           | 0         | 0        | 0 29      | 0 29      | 0 29      | 0 29      | 0 29      | 0 29     | 0 29      |
| 33   | Daman& Diu        | 2      | 16         | 0      | 0 0 0        | 3      | 0      | 3      | 3      | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         | 7         | 8     | 0         |           |        |           |           |          | 0         | 0         |           | 0         | 8         | 8        | 8         |
| 34   | Delhi UT          | 1969   | 2876       | 1001   | 382 40       | 146    | 648    | 2366   | 3570   | 946     | 438    |        | 10     | 175       | 1217 2499 | 5025  |           | 1406      |        | 480       |           | 142      | 321       |           | 1811      | 1811      | 1811      | 1811     | 1811      |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       | 1      | 1          | 0      | 0 0          | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0       | 0      |        | 0 0    | 0         | 0         | 0     | 0         |           | 0 8    |           | 84        | 84       | 84        | 84        | 84        | 84        | 84        | 84       | 84        |
| 36   | Puducherry        | 16     | 88         | 2      | 0            | 5      | 8      | 61     | 77     | 2 0     |        | 0      | 2      |           | 71        | 72    | 104       | 2         |        | 0         |           | 0        |           |           | 1         | 381       |           |          |           |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       | 2124   | 3341       | 1033   | 6            | 185    | 866    | 2560   | 4042   | 969 459 | 429    | 64     | 28 282 | 1508 2686 |           | 65659 | 5521 1430 | 5521 1430 | 508    | 5521 1430 | 5521 1430 | 203      | 5521 1430 | 5521 1430 | 5521 1430 | 5521 1430 | 5521 1430 | 2123     | 5521 1430 |

Source: Crime in India