Lok Sabha Question No. 3420 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-01
Subject: Complaints against Police Personnel
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: DINESH TRIVEDI, OM BIRLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3420

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 01 ST  JANUARY, 2019/ PAUSHA 11, 1940 (SAKA)

COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICE PERSONNEL

3420.     SHRI DINESH TRIVEDI: SHRI OM BIRLA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether the Government collects and publishes the data on the total number  of  criminal  complaints  received  and  cases  registered  against police personnel;

(b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years, State/UT-wise; and

(c)  the  number  of  complaints  that  remain  uninvestigated  and  reasons therefor during the last three years, State/UT-wise?

ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): Police  and  Public  order  are  State  subjects  as  per  the  seventh schedule of  Constitution  of  India.  Data  pertaining  to  criminal  complaints against police personnel is not maintained centrally. However, the State/UT wise data in respect of cases registered against Police Personnel as  available  with  NCRB  for  the  years  2014  to  2016  is  enclosed  as Annexure-I.

The power to investigate such complaints rests with the respective State Governments.

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ANNEXURE-I L.S.US.Q.NO.3420 FOR 01.01.2019

## Statement on Cases Registered (CR) against Police Personnel during 2014-2016

|    |                   | 2014   | 2015   | 2016   |
|----|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL | State/UT          | CR     | CR     | CR     |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh    | 128    | 143    | 100    |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh | 24     | 22     | 24     |
| 3  | Assam             | 28     | 62     | 37     |
| 4  | Bihar             | 8      | 4      | 43     |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh      | 57     | 35     | 65     |
| 6  | Goa               | 38     | 28     | 20     |

| 7   | Gujarat           |   417 |   144 |   130 |
|-----|-------------------|-------|-------|-------|
| 8   | Haryana           |    25 |    44 |    34 |
| 9   | Himachal Pradesh  |    10 |    12 |    11 |
| 10  | Jammu & Kashmir   |    32 |    36 |    29 |
| 11  | Jharkhand         |     2 |     6 |     3 |
| 12  | Karnataka         |   140 |    84 |    63 |
| 13  | Kerala            |   172 |  3080 |   171 |
| 14  | Madhya Pradesh    |    73 |    84 |    66 |
| 15  | Maharashtra       |   487 |   536 |   487 |
| 16  | Manipur           |     0 |     0 |     0 |
| 17  | Meghalaya         |     5 |     2 |   265 |
| 18  | Mizoram           |     0 |     7 |     0 |
| 19  | Nagaland          |    10 |     6 |    12 |
| 20  | Odisha            |    26 |    95 |    64 |
| 21  | Punjab            |   115 |   100 |    88 |
| 22  | Rajasthan         |   167 |   118 |   158 |
| 23  | Sikkim            |     0 |     1 |     0 |
| 24  | Tamil Nadu        |   126 |   127 |   114 |
| 25  | Telangana         |   100 |    33 |    57 |
| 26  | Tripura           |    11 |    10 |    10 |
| 27  | Uttar Pradesh     |   170 |   214 |   315 |
| 28  | Uttarakhand       |     2 |     3 |     7 |
| 29  | West Bengal       |    25 |    24 |     9 |
|     | TOTAL STATE(S)    |  2398 |  5060 |  2382 |
| 30  | A & N Islands     |    17 |    21 |     0 |
| 31  | Chandigarh        |     4 |    15 |    13 |
| 32  | D&N Haveli        |     1 |     0 |     0 |
| 33  | Daman & Diu       |     1 |     1 |     1 |
| 34  | Delhi UT          |   173 |   145 |   136 |
| 35  | Lakshadweep       |     2 |     1 |     0 |
| 36  | Puducherry        |     5 |   283 |    96 |
|     | TOTAL UT(S)       |   203 |   466 |   246 |
|     | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |  2601 |  5526 |  2628 |

Source: Crime in India

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