Lok Sabha Question No. 3366 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-21
Subject: Cases of Cyber Crimes against Women
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Chinta Anuradha, Geetha Viswanath Vanga, Margani Bharat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3366

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST  MARCH, 2023/ PHALGUNA 30, 1944 (SAKA)

CASES OF CYBER CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN

3366. SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA: SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH: SHRI MARGANI BHARAT:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  according  to  National  Crime Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  statistics,  10,405  cases  of  cyber  crimes  against women were reported during 2020;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  of  court  trials  relating  to  cyber  blackmailing,  cyber stalking, online bullying and fake profiling, completed and pending during the last three years, State-wise;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  curtail  the  nationwide rise in cyber crimes against women and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the  corrective  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  effective dispensation of justice?

## ANSWER

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

(a) :  Yes Sir.

(b)  to  (d)  :    The  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  compiles  and publishes  the  statistical  data  on  crimes  in  its  publication  'Crime  in  India'. The  latest  published  report is for the year 2021. As per the data published by the NCRB, State/UT wise and Crime Head-wise details of court trials under cyber    crimes   against    women    (involving   communication   devices    as

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medium/target) during the period from 2019 to 2021 are at the Annexure-I & II respectively.

'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  as  per  the  Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. States/UTs are primarily responsible for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of crimes including cyber crime against women through their Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs).

The Central Government has taken various measures to supplement the efforts of States/UTs to deal with cyber crimes against women which, interalia include the following:

- i. The  Ministry of Home  Affairs  has  set up the 'Indian  Cyber  Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)' to provide ecosystem for tackling all types of cyber crime in the country, in a coordinated and comprehensive manner.
- ii. The Ministry of Home Affairs has provided financial assistance under the 'Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPWC)' Scheme, to the States/UTs for their capacity building such as setting up of cyber forensic-cum-training  laboratories,  hiring  of  junior  cyber  consultants  and training of LEAs personnel, public prosecutors and judicial officers. So far, cyber  forensic-cum-training  laboratories  have  been  commissioned  in  33 States/UTs.

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- iii. Training  curriculum  has  been  prepared  for  Law  Enforcement  Agencies personnel, prosecutors and judicial officers for better handling of investigation and prosecution. States/UTs have been mandated to organize  training  programmes.  So  far,  more  than  20,300  LEA  personnel, judicial  officers  and  prosecutors  have  been  provided  training  on  cyber crime awareness, investigation, forensics etc.
- iv. Directorate of Forensic Science Services (DFSS) has been assigned to set up National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (NCFL) at Hyderabad for evidentiary  purpose.  NCFL  is  made  operational.  Establishment  of  this laboratory provides the necessary forensic support in cases of evidence related  to  cyber  crime,  preserving  the  evidence  and  its  analysis  in  line with the provisions of IT Act and Evidence Act; and reduced turnaround time. This laboratory functions as a Model Laboratory for other Central and State Forensic Science Laboratories in the country.
- v. Ministry of Home  Affairs operationalized the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal www.cybercrime.gov.in to provide a centralized mechanism to the citizens for online reporting of all types of cyber crime incidents,  with  a  special  focus  on  cyber  crimes  against  women  and children. Incidents reported on this portal are automatically routed to the State/UT  law  enforcement  agency  concerned  for  taking  further  steps  as per the provisions of the law. A toll-free helpline number '1930' has been operationalized to get assistance in lodging online cyber complaints.

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- vi. The Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) platform under the I4C called 'CyTrain' portal has been developed. CyTrain portal helps in the capacity building  of  Police  Officers/Judicial  Officers  through  online  course  on critical  aspects  of  cyber  crime  investigation,  forensics,  prosecution  etc. along  with  certification.  So  far,  more  than  31,000  Police  Officers  from States/UTs are registered and more than 8,300 Certificates issued through the portal.
- vii. To spread awareness on cyber crime, several steps have been taken that include issuance of alerts/advisories, dissemination of messages through SMS, I4C social media account i.e. Twitter handle(@Cyberdost),Facebook(CyberDostI4C),Instagram(cyberdosti4c),Tel egram  (cyberdosti4c),  Radio  campaign,  engaged  MyGov  for  publicity  in multiple media, publishing of Handbook for Adolescents/ Students, organizing of Cyber Safety and Security Awareness week, in association with police department in different States/UTs etc.

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## State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases Chargesheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CON), Cases in which Trials Completed (CTC), Cases Pending Trial at the end of the year (CPTEY), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Chargesheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under Total Cyber Crimes against Women During 2019-2021

| SL                    | State/UT                    | 2019    | 2019    | 2019   | 2019      | 2019   | 2019   |      |       |         |     |     |       |         |            |        | 2021 PCV   | 2021 PCV   | 2021 PCV   | 2021 PCV   | 2021 PCV   | 2021 PCV   | 2021 PCV   | 2021 PCV   | 2021 PCV   | 2021 PCV   | 2021 PCV   | 2021 PCV   | 2021 PCV   | 2021 PCV   | 2021 PCV   | 2021 PCV   |
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|---------|---------|--------|-----------|--------|--------|------|-------|---------|-----|-----|-------|---------|------------|--------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|                       | State/UT                    | CR      | CCS CON |        | CTC CPTEY | PAR    | PCS    | PCV  | CR    | CCS CON | CTC |     | CPTEY | PAR     | PCS        | PCV    | CR CCS     | 2020 CON   | CTC        |            | CPTEY      | PAR        |            | PCS        |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
| 1                     | Andhra Pradesh              | 356 76  | 10      | 26     | 135       | 109    | 100    | 10   | 375   | 78      | 0   | 22  | 177   | 134     | 105        | 0      | 0          | 471        |            | 166        | 310        | 143        | 13         | 223        | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 2                     | Arunachal Pradesh           | 5       | 0 0     | 0      | 0         | 1      | 0      | 0    | 1     | 0 0     | 0   |     | 0     | 0       | 0          |        | 0          |            | 16         | 2          | 0 0        | 2          | 4          | 2          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 3                     | Assam                       | 703 112 | 0       | 27     | 225       | 495    | 114    | 0    | 1071  | 106 0   | 0   | 331 |       | 339     | 108        |        | 0          | 856        |            | 122        | 0 0        | 453        | 1044       | 125        | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 4                     | Bihar                       | 60      | 3 0     | 0      | 23        | 4      | 4      | 0    | 47    | 14 0    |     | 0   | 37    | 35      | 24         | 0      | 56         |            | 16         | 0          | 53         | 26         | 0          | 21         | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 5                     | Chhattisgarh                | 85 56   | 8       | 20     | 137       | 73     | 69     | 9    | 117   | 74 3    | 6   | 196 |       | 92      | 88         |        | 3          | 194        | 135        | 0          |            | 331        | 0 152      |            | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 6                     | Goa                         | 5       | 15 0    | 1      | 23        | 0      | 16     | 0    | 19    | 2       | 0   | 1   | 24    | 4       | 2          | 0      | 15         | 11         |            | 0          |            | 33         | 2 13       | 11         | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 7                     | Gujarat                     | 226     | 189 0   | 0      | 362       | 269    | 263    | 0    | 277   | 169     | 0   | 0   | 531   | 245     | 244        | 1      | 0          | 349        | 234        |            | 11         | 754        | 322        | 338        | 2          | 2          | 2          | 2          | 2          | 2          | 2          | 2          |
| 8                     | Haryana                     | 251     | 95 4    | 29     | 162       | 130    | 115    | 5    | 222   | 104 0   | 0   |     | 266   | 133     | 132        | 0      | 266        |            | 156        | 1          |            | 413        | 9 198      | 191        | 1          | 1          | 1          | 1          | 1          | 1          | 1          | 1          |
| 9                     | Himachal Pradesh            | 47      | 16 0    | 0      | 104       | 42     | 19     | 0    | 52    | 19 0    | 1   | 122 |       | 27      | 20         | 0      | 39         |            | 45         | 1          | 1          | 39         | 50         | 166        | 1          | 1          | 1          | 1          | 1          | 1          | 1          | 1          |
| 10                    | Jharkhand                   | 43      | 11 0    | 0      | 23        | 5      | 12     | 0    | 20    | 15 6    |     | 8   | 30    | 21      | 19         |        | 7          | 70         | 10         | 0          | 0          | 40         | 23         | 10         | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 11                    | Karnataka                   | 2698    | 32 0    | 1      | 94        | 72     | 46     | 0    | 2859  | 589 0   | 2   |     | 159   | 79      |            | 595    | 0          | 2243       | 1205       | 3          | 5          | 131        |            | 528 1225   | 3          | 3          | 3          | 3          | 3          | 3          | 3          | 3          |
| 12                    | Kerala                      | 139 61  | 0       | 9      | 280       | 106    | 81     | 0    | 246   | 85 0    |     | 1   | 364   | 163     |            | 93     | 0          |            | 353        | 181        | 0          | 6          | 269        | 537 209    | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 13                    | Madhya Pradesh              | 301     | 331 4   | 7      | 658       | 387    | 395    | 5    | 274   | 226 5   |     | 6   | 877   | 287     |            | 286 18 | 5          |            | 298        | 268        | 61         | 1081       | 323        | 369        | 23         | 23         | 23         | 23         | 23         | 23         | 23         | 23         |
| 14                    | Maharashtra                 | 1503    | 517 5   | 24     | 1393      | 756    | 652    | 19   | 1632  | 521     | 0   | 19  | 1892  | 777     | 608        |        | 0          |            | 1697       | 715        |            | 21         |            | 5 2583     |            |            | 0          | 0          | 1037       |            | 874        | 9          |
| 15                    | Manipur                     | 2       | 0 0     | 0      | 0         | 1      | 0      | 0    | 26    | 0 0     |     | 0   | 0     | 0       | 0          |        |            | 0          | 39         |            | 0          | 0          |            | 17         | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 16                    | Meghalaya                   | 21      | 0 0     | 0      | 1         | 0      | 0      | 0    | 39    | 0 0     |     | 0   | 1     | 2       |            | 0      | 0          | 21         |            |            |            | 1          |            |            |            | 0          | 0          | 2          | 1          | 21         | 1          | 0          |
| 17 18                 | Mizoram Nagaland            | 2 1     | 1 0     | 0 0 0  | 3 0 0     | 1 0    | 1 0    | 0 0  | 1 2   | 1 0 0   | 1   |     | 3 0   | 1 1 1   | 0          | 0      | 1 0        | 1 13 0     | 1          | 17 0       | 0          | 0          | 0 0 0      | 20 0       | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 19                    | Odisha                      | 437     | 118 0   | 0      | 215       | 205    | 220    | 0    | 560   | 220     | 0   | 435 |       | 288     | 310        |        | 0          | 0          | 574        |            | 215        |            | 650        | 0          |            | 287        |            |            | 274        |            |            | 0          |
| 20                    | Punjab                      | 87      | 31      | 1 10   | 69        | 84     | 42     | 1    | 110   | 35      | 0   | 2   | 102   |         | 52         | 0 1    |            | 179        | 89         |            |            |            |            | 53         | 10         | 144        | 106        |            | 72         | 1          | 1          | 1          |
| 21                    | Rajasthan                   | 188     | 80 3    | 7      | 154       | 104    | 111    | 3    | 238   | 110 5   | 9   |     | 255   | 159     |            | 152    | 7          | 297        |            | 177        | 7          | 20         | 412        |            |            |            |            |            | 231        |            | 230        | 7          |
| 22 Sikkim             |                             | 1       | 0 0     | 0      | 1         | 1      | 0      | 0    | 0     | 0       | 0   | 1   | 0     | 0       |            | 0 0    | 0          | 0          |            | 0          | 0          |            | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 23                    | Tamil Nadu                  | 124     | 30      | 1      | 6 82      | 93     | 36     | 1    | 306   | 52 2    |     | 9   | 125   |         | 209        | 132    | 4          | 248        |            | 51 0       | 22         | 154        | 164        | 65         | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 24                    | Telangana                   | 288     | 340     | 1 134  | 218       | 140    | 362    | 1    | 649   | 277 16  |     | 30  | 454   |         | 329        | 16 1   |            | 883        | 338        | 139 0      | 7          | 567        | 201        | 210        | 1          | 1          | 1          | 1          | 1          | 1          | 1          | 1          |
| 25                    | Tripura                     | 3       | 1       | 0      | 0 1       | 0      | 1      | 0    | 3     | 0 0     | 0   |     | 1     | 1       | 0          | 0      |            |            | 1          | 2          |            | 3          |            | 1          | 0          | 1453       | 15         |            |            |            | 3          | 0          |
| 26                    | Uttar Pradesh               | 518     | 312 12  |        | 14 508 64 | 454    | 405 11 | 14 0 | 749   | 469     | 36  | 38  | 939   |         | 541        | 648 9  | 51         | 958        |            | 529 43     | 0 0        | 158        | 736        | 716        | 11         | 11         | 11         | 11         | 11         | 11         | 11         | 11         |
| 27                    | Uttarakhand                 | 28      | 11 0    | 0      |           | 10     |        |      | 72    | 51 0    |     | 0   | 115   | 60      | 58         |        |            |            | 0          |            |            | 183        | 379        | 122        | 0 3        | 0 3        | 0 3        | 0 3        | 0 3        | 0 3        | 0 3        | 0 3        |
| 28                    | West Bengal                 | 206     | 32 0    | 0      | 187       | 85     | 35     | 0    | 344   | 76 0    |     | 0   | 263   | 71      | 84         |        |            | 201        | 0          |            | 119        | 3          |            |            | 3          | 3          | 3          | 3          | 84         | 3          | 3          | 3          |
|                       | TOTAL STATE(S)              | 8328    | 2470    | 49 315 | 5122      | 3627   | 3110   | 68   | 10311 | 3293    | 74  | 156 | 7699  | 4096    | 4090       | 94     | 10521      | 4612       | 5          | 50         | 206        |            | 11226      | 5582       | 62         | 62         | 62         | 62         | 62         | 62         | 62         | 62         |
| 29                    | A&N Islands                 | 2       | 0 0     | 1      | 5         | 0      | 0      | 0    | 3     | 4 0 0   |     |     | 9     | 3       | 4          | 0      | 3          | 0          | 14         |            | 0          |            |            |            | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 30                    | Chandigarh                  | 13      | 1       | 2      | 4         | 7      | 1      | 2    | 10    | 1 0     | 0   | 5   |       | 2 1     | 0          | 4      | 4 0        | 3          |            | 12         |            | 0          | 5          |            | 5          |            |            |            | 9          |            |            | 0          |
| 31                    | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu+ | 2 56    | 0       | 0      | 0 5       | 1      | 0      | 0    | 3 51  | 1 0     | 3   | 3   |       | 1       | 1 14       | 0      | 4 151      | 3 154      | 0 0        | 0          |            | 0 0        |            | 0          |            | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 32                    | Delhi                       | 12 14   | 0       | 0      | 82        | 32 6   | 17     | 0    |       | 14 0    | 0   | 96  |       | 31 8    | 0 39 0 0 0 | 62 0   | 132        | 0          |            |            | 58         |            |            | 0          |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
| 33                    | Jammu & Kashmir*            | 5       | 0       | 0      | 12        |        | 6      | 0    | 25    | 7       | 0 0 | 19  |       |         | 0          | 21     | 0 0        | 8          |            | 0          | 18         | 38         | 21 0       |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
| 34 Ladakh Lakshadweep | 35                          | - - 0   | 0       | - 0    | - - 0 0   | - 0    | - 0    | - 0  | 0 2   | 0 0 0 0 |     |     | 0 0   | 0 0 1 0 | 0 0 0 0    | 0 0    |            | 0 0        |            | 0 0        |            |            |            | 0          |            |            |            |            | 0          |            | 0 0        | 0          |

Source: Crime in India

Note : '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT during 2019

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh during during 2019

Crime  Heads-wise  Cases  Registered  (CR),  Cases  Chargesheeted  (CCS),  Cases  Convicted  (CON),  Cases  in  which  Trials  Completed  (CTC),  Cases  Pending  Trial  at  the  end  of  the  year  (CPTEY),  Persons  Arrested  (PAR),  Persons Chargesheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under Cyber Crimes against Women During 2019-2021

| SL                               |                           | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   | 2019      | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   | 2020   | 2020   | 2020   | 2020   | 2020   | 2020   | 2020   | 2020   |     |           |       |      |      |     |
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----|-----------|-------|------|------|-----|
|                                  | Crime Heads               | CR     | CCS    | CON    | CTC CPTEY | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    | CR     | CCS    | CON    | CTC    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    | CR     | CCS    | CON | CTC       | CPTEY | PAR  | PCS  | PCV |
| 1 Cyber                          | Blackmailing/ Threatening | 108 57 | 3      | 8      | 131       | 85     | 69     | 3      | 74     | 30     |        | 0 2    | 51     | 40     | 0      | 200    | 75     | 0   | 7         | 225   | 614  | 100  | 0   |
| 2 Hosting/Publishing Obscene     | Sexual 1174               | 571    | 3      | 50     | 912       | 639    | 690    | 3      | 1655   | 690    | 10     | 19     | 1026   | 965    | 12     | 1896   | 886    | 19  | 45        | 2414  | 1422 | 1145 | 23  |
| 3 Cyber Bullying of              | Stalking/Cyber Women 785  | 456    | 18     | 38     | 1100      | 661    | 592    | 21     | 887    | 477    | 21     | 42     | 668    | 567    | 32     | 1172   | 658    | 11  | 39        | 2133  | 810  | 759  | 12  |
| 4 Defamation/Morphing            | 65                        | 30     | 0      | 1      | 54        |        | 37     | 39 0   | 251    | 39     | 0      | 0      | 50     | 44     | 0      | 276    | 54     | 0   | 0         | 147   | 73   | 76   | 0   |
| 5 Fake Profile                   | 288                       | 58     | 1      | 6      | 164       | 227    | 66     | 1      | 354    | 47     | 1      | 8      | 264    | 55     | 1      | 225    | 44     | 0   | 2         | 242   | 181  | 56   | 0   |
| 6 Other Crimes Women             | against 5995              | 1316   | 26     | 216    | 2869      | 2024   | 1678   | 42     | 7184   | 2037   | 42     | 88     | 2083   | 2447   | 49     | 6961   | 2980   | 20  | 113       | 6283  | 2664 | 3538 | 27  |
| Total Cyber Crimes against Women | 8415                      | 2488   | 51     | 319    | 5230      | 3673   | 3134   | 70     | 10405  | 3320   | 74     | 159    | 4142   | 4118   | 94     | 10730  | 4697   | 50  | 206 11444 |       | 5764 | 5674 | 62  |

Source: Crime in India