Lok Sabha Question No. 4126 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Special Courts under POCSO Act
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 4126

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2019

## SPECIAL COURTS UNDER POCSO ACT

## 4126.  SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  proposed  the  constitution  of  special  courts  to  take cognizance of cases under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the total number of cases registered so far under the said Act;
- (c) whether the Government has also set target for early disposal of such cases; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) to (d): A provision already exists under Section 28 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 to designate Special Court for each district for speedy  trial  to  try  the  offences.  As  per  National  Crime  Records  Bureau,    a  total number of 34,449, 34,505 and 36,022 cases registered under Sexual Abuse/Protection  of  Children  from  Sexual  Offences  Act,  2012  in  2014,  2015  and 2016  respectively  for  crime  against  children  The  details  of  cases  registered, decided/pending  during  the  last  three  years  are  given  at Annexure-I .  There  is already,  a  time  limit  prescribed  under  POCSO  Act,  2012  for  speedy  disposal  of cases.

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Annexure with reference to part (b) of Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No 4126 for 04.01.2019 regarding "Special Courts under POCSO Act" Annexure-I State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases ChargeSheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CON), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Chargesheeted (PCS), Persons Convicted (PCV)  under

## Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 r/w related sections of IPC (Total) for Crimes against Children during 2014-2016

| SL   | State/UT                 | 2014   | 2014       | 2014       | 2014    | 2014     | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015    | 2015     | 2016    | 2016      | 2016   | 2016    | 2016   | 2016   |
|------|--------------------------|--------|------------|------------|---------|----------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|----------|---------|-----------|--------|---------|--------|--------|
| SL   | State/UT                 | CR     | CCS        | CON        | PAR     | PCS      | PCV CR | CCS    |        | CON    | PAR     | PCS PCV  | CR      | CCS       | CON    | PAR     | PCS    | PCV    |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh           | 932    | 601        | 29 1163    | 792     | 29       | 1054   | 772    | 78     | 1233   | 980     | 85       | 830     | 795       | 51     | 855     | 862    | 52     |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh        | 56     | 51         | 1 57       | 62      | 1        | 54     | 38     | 0      | 63     | 48      | 0        | 59      | 39        | 0      | 58      | 42     | 0      |
| 3    | Assam                    | 506    | 223        | 8 489      | 223     | 8        | 819    | 453    | 15     | 802    | 453     | 15       | 821     | 511       | 43     | 824     | 512    | 43     |
| 4    | Bihar                    | 191    | 188        | 17 228     | 231     | 22       | 187    | 142    | 22     | 187    | 161     | 24       | 233     | 157       | 23     | 292     | 199    | 24     |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh             | 1684   | 1608       | 191 1804   | 1812    | 263      | 1656   | 1606   | 524    | 2085   | 2047    | 562      | 1570    | 1576      | 354    | 1778    | 1773   | 378    |
| 6    | Goa                      | 107    | 76         | 3 116      | 96      | 3        | 79     | 98     | 13     | 79     | 107     | 15       | 75      | 56        | 13     | 82      | 60     | 13     |
| 7    | Gujarat                  | 613    | 527        | 5 779      | 705     | 5        | 1609   | 1317   | 8      | 1886   | 1801    | 8        | 1408    | 1302      | 5      | 1677    | 1691   | 6      |
| 8    | Haryana                  | 707    | 631 103    | 826        | 794     | 119      | 988    | 800    | 137    | 1041   | 1035    | 149      | 1020    | 844       | 94     | 1125    | 1035   | 130    |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh         | 209    | 167        | 25 246     | 221     | 33       | 206    | 198    | 27     | 264    | 280     | 37       | 205     | 177       | 25     | 255     | 234    | 31     |
| 10   | Jammu & Kashmir          | 45     | 33         | 1 46       | 44      | 1        | 30     | 29     | 1      | 49     | 45      | 1        | 25      | 25        | 1      | 30      | 30     | 1      |
| 11   | Jharkhand                | 112    | 102        | 13 136     | 116     | 15       | 182    | 136    | 28     | 175    | 144     | 28       | 348     | 222       | 17     | 363     | 244    | 17     |
| 12   | Karnataka                | 1380   | 1073       | 27 1538    | 1282    | 29       | 1526   | 1266   | 32     | 1800   | 1516    | 32       | 1565    | 1323      | 55     | 1641    | 1451   | 58     |
| 13   | Kerala                   | 1392   | 1136       | 48 1483    | 1356    | 51       | 1486   | 1265   | 83     | 1505   | 1460    | 100      | 1848    | 1717      | 47     | 2671    | 2490   | 53     |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh           | 4995   | 4888       | 721 5888   |         | 5862 848 | 4624   | 4612   | 791    | 5634   | 5675    | 944      | 4717    | 4591      | 641    | 5678    | 5642   | 792    |
| 15   | Maharashtra              | 3926   | 3342 112   | 4623       | 4187    | 129      | 4816   | 3791   | 195    | 5589   | 4711    | 219      | 4815    | 4291      | 250    | 5092    | 4983   | 279    |
| 16   | Manipur                  | 50     | 14         | 0 34       | 8       | 0        | 43     | 32     | 1      | 23     | 29      | 1        | 43      | 39        | 1      | 28      | 23     | 1      |
| 17   | Meghalaya                | 118    | 126        | 7 122      | 131     | 7        | 167    | 112    | 2      | 153    | 135     | 2        | 151     | 116       | 28     | 153     | 126    | 28     |
| 18   | Mizoram                  | 165    | 127        | 37         | 140 101 | 38       | 169    | 189    | 101    | 171    |         | 190 102  | 167     | 148       | 54     | 174     | 153    | 54     |
| 19   | Nagaland                 | 17     | 6          | 2 15       | 6       | 1        | 15     | 13     | 4      | 16     | 16      | 4        | 27      | 25        | 6      | 27      | 27     | 9      |
| 20   | Odisha                   | 1126   | 909        | 14 1193    | 1129    | 16       | 1372   | 1202   | 39     | 1324   | 1282    | 40       |         | 1928 1566 | 38     | 1721    | 1661   | 48     |
| 21   | Punjab                   | 652    | 493        | 114        | 763 604 | 121      | 666    | 506    | 169    | 769    | 677     | 207      | 596     | 401       | 94     | 659     | 441    | 98     |
| 22   | Rajasthan                | 1327   | 1020       | 133 1228   | 1217    | 152      | 1311   | 994    | 130    | 1210   | 1225    | 167      | 1479    | 1196      | 151    | 1479    | 1478   | 168    |
| 23   | Sikkim                   | 70     | 56         | 19 66      | 56      | 3        | 55     | 50     | 16     | 55     | 52      | 16       | 92      | 75        | 9      | 100     | 84     | 9      |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu               | 1065   | 769        | 73 1158    | 893     | 65       | 1544   | 1268   | 133    |        | 1869    | 1530 143 | 1583    | 1249      | 199    | 1866    | 1480   | 214    |
| 25   | Telangana                | 924    | 657        | 35 1332    | 1061    | 35       | 1394   | 1092   | 39     |        | 1343    | 1225 42  | 1158    | 1023      | 25     | 1625    | 1354   | 32     |
| 26   | Tripura                  | 245    | 174        | 9 228      | 206     | 11       | 133    | 136    | 12     | 141    | 173     | 14       | 156     | 129       | 24     | 165     | 133    | 25     |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh            | 8009   | 6847       | 302 12753  | 10565   | 410      | 4541   | 4342   | 874    | 7469   | 6715    | 1241     | 4954    | 4245      | 714    | 8452    | 6554   | 1003   |
| 28   | Uttarakhand              | 189    | 161        | 16 186     | 188     | 20       | 168    | 131    | 79     |        | 207     | 194 85   | 218     | 158       | 38     | 238     | 193    | 45     |
| 29   | West Bengal              | 1291   | 815        | 22 1062    | 967     | 22       | 1504   | 1816   | 21     | 1928   | 1858    | 22       | 2132    | 1494      | 48     | 1209    | 1303   | 48     |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)           | 32103  | 26820      | 2087 39702 | 34915   | 2457     | 32398  | 28406  | 3574   | 39070  | 35764   | 4305     | 34223   | 29490     | 3048   | 40317   | 36258  | 3659   |
| 30   | A & N Islands Chandigarh | 29     | 22 47      | 4          | 34 27   | 4        | 39     | 37     | 0      |        | 38      | 37 0     | 49      | 35        | 1      | 51      | 38     | 0      |
| 31   |                          | 49     | 21         | 54         | 62      | 22       | 62     | 59     | 15     | 72     | 71      | 22       | 51      | 41        | 19     | 61      | 55     | 19     |
| 32   | D&N                      | 2      | 2          | 0          | 3       |          |        | 11     | 0      | 13     | 11      | 0        |         | 11        | 2      | 14      |        | 2      |
|      | Haveli                   |        |            | 3          |         | 0        | 15     |        |        |        |         |          |         | 13        |        |         | 16     |        |
| 33   | Daman & Diu              | 1      | 1 162      | 1 1 1917   | 1       | 1        | 5 1936 | 4 1563 | 218    | 0      | 8 1847  | 7 0      | 10      | 6 1258    | 0 156  | 11 1692 | 8 1443 | 0 179  |
| 34   | Delhi UT                 | 2240   | 1480 0     | 3          | 1621    | 202      |        |        |        |        | 1757 1  | 238      | 1620    | 5         |        |         |        |        |
| 35   | Lakshadweep              | 1      | 1          |            | 3       | 0        | 1      | 0      | 0      |        | 0       | 0        |         | 5         | 0      | 4       | 5      | 0      |
| 36   | Puducherry               | 24     | 20         | 0 18 2030  |         | 21 0     | 49     | 33     |        | 2      | 41 2020 | 36 2     |         |           | 0      | 46      | 49     | 0      |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)              | 2346   | 1573       | 188        |         | 1738     | 2107   | 1707   |        | 235    |         | 1919 262 | 53 1799 | 43 1401   | 178    | 1879    | 1614   | 200    |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)        | 34449  | 28393 2275 | 41732      | 36653   | 229 2686 | 34505  | 30113  | 3809   | 41090  | 37683   | 4567     | 36022   | 30891     | 3226   | 42196   | 37872  | 3859   |

Source: Crime in India