Lok Sabha Question No. 2356 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: Rape Case
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Arjunlal Meena, P.P. Chaudhary, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Chandra Prakash Choudhary, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2356

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 03 RD  AUGUST, 2021/ SRAVANA 12, 1943 (SAKA) RAPE CASE

2356.  SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  State  of  Rajasthan  had  recorded  the  highest  number  of rape cases in the year 2019;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  including  the  number  of  victims  both  above and below the age of eighteen;
- (c) the  details  of  the  number  of  arrests  made  with  respect  to  cases concerning  rape  in  the  State  of  Rajasthan  along  with  the  number  of convictions and the pendency of such cases;
- (d) whether the Government has provided any direction to the State with regards to stopping prevaenting the crimes against women; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISHRA)

(a) & (b): National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes statistical data on crimes in its publication 'Crime in India'. The published reports are available till the year 2019. A total of 6001 cases have been registered  under  the  provisions  of  Indian  Penal  Code  and  Protection  of Children from  Sexual  Offences  Act,  2012,  for  rape  in  Rajasthan in  the

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year 2019, in which 4737 victims are above the age of 18 years and 1318 victims are below the age of 18 years.

## (c) The details are as below:

| Number of arrests     | Cases convicted   | Cases Pending trial at   |
|-----------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
| made in the year 2019 | in the year 2019  | the end of the year 2019 |
| 4522                  | 842               | 12249                    |

(Source: NCRB)

(d) & (e): 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibilities to maintain law and  order,  protection  of  life  and  property  of  the  citizens  including investigation  and  prosecution  of  crime  including  crime  against  women and girls rest with the respective State Governments. The State Governments are competent to deal with such offences under the extant provisions of laws.

The  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  (MHA)  has  taken  steps  to  strengthen legislative  provisions  to  deal  with  incidents  of  sexual  offences  against women and girls. Government of India has also issued advisories to the States/ Union Territories from time-to-time emphasizing for strict actions to  be  taken  by  the  police  in  cases  of  crimes  against  women,  including sexual assault. The advised action includes mandatory registration of FIR, where required 'Zero FIR' to be filed; immediate examination of victim by a  recognized    medical   practitioner;   use   of  Sexual   Assault Evidence

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Collection  Kit  for  collection  of  evidence  for  forensic  examination;  close tracking of such cases for completion of investigation in two months etc as well as adherence with Standard Operating Procedure for investigation and  prosecution  of  Rape  against  women  as  issued  by  Bureau  of  Police Research  &  Development.  Copies  of  these  advisories  are  available  at www.mha.gov.in.

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