Lok Sabha Question No. 3702 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-21
Subject: Human Trafficking
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dayanidhi Maran, Gaurav Gogoi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3702

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST  DECEMBER, 2021/ AGRAHAYANA 30, 1943 (SAKA) HUMAN TRAFFICKING

3702.

SHRI DAYANIDHI MARAN: SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  jurisdiction  over  all  crimes  related  to  human trafficking, if so, the details thereof;

(b) the criteria and procedure for allocation to the National Investigation Agency (NIA); and

(c)  the  rate  of  solving  human trafficking cases by Anti Human Trafficking Units (AHTU) during the last five years along with the number of cases solved during the said period, State-wise?

ANSWER

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

(a): 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibility to maintain law and order as well as investigation and prosecution of crimes, including the crime of human trafficking, vests with respective State Governments who are competent to deal with such offences under extant provisions of law.

(b): The National Investigation  Agency (NIA)  Act,  2008  was  amended  in  2019, inter-alia,  authorizing  the  National  Investigation  Agency  to  investigate  cases  of human  trafficking  under  Sections  370  and  370A  of  IPC,  having  inter-State  and international  ramifications. Section 6 of the NIA Act provides for detailed criteria

LS.US.Q.NO.3702 FOR 21.12.2021 for investigation of Scheduled Offences, which inter-alia provides that where the Central Government is of the opinion that the offence is a Scheduled Offence and it  is  a  fit  case  to  be  investigated  by  the  Agency,  it  shall  direct  the  Agency  to investigate the said offence.

(c): The  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  compiles  crime  statistics reported to it by the States and Union Territories (UTs) and publishes the same in its annual publication 'Crime in India'. The latest published report is of the year 2020. State/UT-wise details of cases of human trafficking reported, cases chargesheeted,  convicted,  acquitted/discharged,  cases  in  which  trials  completed  and conviction rate during the last five years are at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3702 FOR 21.12.2021

State/UT-wise cases reported, cases charge-sheeted, cases convicted, cases acquitted/discharged, cases in which trials completed and conviction rate under Human Trafficking during 2016 to 2017

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                     | 2016           | 2016                  | 2016            | 2016                        | 2016                                   | 2016            | 2017           | 2017                  | 2017            | 2017                        | 2017                                   | 2017            |
|-----------|------------------------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                     | Cases Reported | Cases Charge- sheeted | Cases Convicted | Cases Acquitted/ discharged | Cases in which Trials were comple- ted | Conviction Rate | Cases Reported | Cases Charge- sheeted | Cases Convicted | Cases Acquitted/ discharged | Cases in which Trials were comple- ted | Conviction Rate |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh               | 239            | 76                    | 2               | 120                         | 122                                    | 1.6             | 218            | 187                   | 10              | 134                         | 144                                    | 6.9             |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh            | 2              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 0              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 3         | Assam                        | 91             | 28                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 262            | 137                   | 0               | 21                          | 21                                     | 0.0             |
| 4         | Bihar                        | 43             | 43                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 121            | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                 | 68             | 17                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 48             | 37                    | 1               | 6                           | 7                                      | 14.3            |
| 6         | Goa                          | 40             | 22                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 39             | 42                    | 3               | 8                           | 11                                     | 27.3            |
| 7         | Gujarat                      | 548            | 63                    | 4               | 0                           | 4                                      | 100.0           | 9              | 9                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 8         | Haryana                      | 51             | 4                     | 1               | 0                           | 1                                      | 100.0           | 22             | 16                    | 2               | 10                          | 12                                     | 16.7            |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh             | 8              | 6                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 11             | 9                     | 0               | 1                           | 1                                      | 0.0             |
| 10        | Jharkhand                    | 109            | 63                    | 61              | 7                           | 68                                     | 89.7            | 373            | 137                   | 107             | 14                          | 121                                    | 88.4            |
| 11        | Karnataka                    | 404            | 5                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 31             | 43                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 12        | Kerala                       | 21             | 14                    | 0               | 1                           | 1                                      | 0.0             | 53             | 54                    | 0               | 1                           | 1                                      | 0.0             |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh               | 51             | 6                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 87             | 74                    | 3               | 14                          | 17                                     | 17.6            |
| 14        | Maharashtra                  | 517            | 148                   | 2               | 0                           | 2                                      | 100.0           | 310            | 237                   | 5               | 38                          | 43                                     | 11.6            |
| 15        | Manipur                      | 3              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 8              | 1                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 16        | Meghalaya                    | 7              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 8              | 3                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 17        | Mizoram                      | 2              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 2              | 1                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 18        | Nagaland                     | 0              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 0              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 19        | Odisha                       | 84             | 49                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 63             | 62                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 20        | Punjab                       | 13             | 11                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 5              | 2                     | 2               | 2                           | 4                                      | 50.0            |
| 21        | Rajasthan                    | 1422           | 394                   | 9               | 11                          | 20                                     | 45.0            | 316            | 289                   | 0               | 1                           | 1                                      | 0.0             |
| 22        | Sikkim                       | 1              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 3              | 2                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu                   | 434            | 139                   | 59              | 69                          | 128                                    | 46.1            | 13             | 3                     | 1               | 7                           | 8                                      | 12.5            |
| 24        | Telangana                    | 229            | 46                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 329            | 120                   | 17              | 104                         | 121                                    | 14.0            |
| 25        | Tripura                      | 0              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 2              | 2                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh                | 79             | 44                    | 2               | 1                           | 3                                      | 66.7            | 46             | 49                    | 8               | 1                           | 9                                      | 88.9            |
| 27        | Uttarakhand                  | 12             | 15                    | 0               | 2                           | 2                                      | 0.0             | 20             | 17                    | 0               | 1                           | 1                                      | 0.0             |
| 28        | West Bengal                  | 3579           | 1186                  | 23              | 212                         | 235                                    | 9.8             | 357            | 473                   | 2               | 137                         | 139                                    | 1.4             |
| 29        | A&NIslands                   | 1              | 1                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 0              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 30        | Chandigarh                   | 1              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 0              | 0                     | 0               | 2                           | 2                                      | 0.0             |
| 31        | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu + | 7              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 1              | 1                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 32        | Delhi UT                     | 66             | 23                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 95             | 52                    | 3               | 3                           | 6                                      | 50.0 0          |
| 33        | Jammu& Kashmir *             | 0              | 0                     | 0               | 1                           | 1                                      | 0.0             | 1              | 1                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      |                 |
| 34        | Ladakh                       | -              | -                     | -               |                             | -                                      | -               |                |                       | 0               | -                           |                                        | - -             |
| 35        | Lakshadweep                  | 0              | 0                     | 0               | - 0                         | 0                                      | -               | - 0            | - 0                   | -               | 0                           | - 0                                    | -               |
| 36        | Puducherry                   | 0              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 1              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | 24.5            |
|           | TOTAL                        | 8132           | 2403                  | 163             | 424                         | 587                                    | 27.8            | 2854           | 2060                  | 164             | 505                         | 669                                    |                 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3702 FOR 21.12.2021

State/UT-wise cases reported, cases charge-sheeted, cases convicted, cases acquitted/discharged, cases in which trials completed and conviction rate under Human Trafficking during 2018 to 2019

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                    | 2018           | 2018                  | 2018            | 2018                        | 2018                                   | 2018            | 2019           | 2019                  | 2019            | 2019                        | 2019                                   | 2019            |
|-----------|-----------------------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                    | Cases Reported | Cases Charge- sheeted | Cases Convicted | Cases Acquitted/ discharged | Cases in which Trials were comple- ted | Conviction Rate | Cases Reported | Cases Charge- sheeted | Cases Convicted | Cases Acquitted/ discharged | Cases in which Trials were comple- ted | Conviction Rate |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh              | 240            | 219                   | 29              | 219                         | 248                                    | 11.7            | 245            | 159                   | 52              | 186                         | 238                                    | 21.8            |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh           | 3              | 2                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 0              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 3         | Assam                       | 308            | 136                   | 2               | 19                          | 21                                     | 9.5             | 201            | 84                    | 0               | 19                          | 19                                     | 0.0             |
| 4         | Bihar                       | 127            | 79                    | 8               | 0                           | 8                                      | 100.0           | 106            | 27                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                | 51             | 40                    | 5               | 12                          | 17                                     | 29.4            | 50             | 29                    | 3               | 6                           | 9                                      | 33.3            |
| 6         | Goa                         | 55             | 69                    | 1               | 7                           | 8                                      | 12.5            | 38             | 36                    | 1               | 10                          | 11                                     | 9.1             |
| 7         | Gujarat                     | 13             | 13                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 11             | 11                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 8         | Haryana                     | 34             | 24                    | 1               | 1                           | 2                                      | 50.0            | 15             | 8                     | 0               | 25                          | 25                                     | 0.0             |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh            | 6              | 9                     | 0               | 1                           | 1                                      | 0.0             | 11             | 9                     | 3               | 2                           | 5                                      | 60.0            |
| 10        | Jharkhand                   | 140            | 132                   | 18              | 9                           | 27                                     | 66.7            | 177            | 121                   | 32              | 17                          | 121                                    | 26.4            |
| 11        | Karnataka                   | 27             | 14                    | 0               | 7                           | 7                                      | 0.0             | 32             | 23                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 12        | Kerala                      | 105            | 43                    | 1               | 10                          | 11                                     | 9.1             | 180            | 106                   | 2               | 4                           | 6                                      | 33.3            |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh              | 63             | 59                    | 7               | 17                          | 24                                     | 29.2            | 73             | 72                    | 8               | 25                          | 33                                     | 24.2            |
| 14        | Maharashtra                 | 311            | 247                   | 2               | 17                          | 19                                     | 10.5            | 282            | 161                   | 1               | 6                           | 7                                      | 14.3            |
| 15        | Manipur                     | 3              | 2                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 9              | 2                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 16        | Meghalaya                   | 24             | 14                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 22             | 2                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 17        | Mizoram                     | 2              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 7              | 5                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 18        | Nagaland                    | 0              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 3              | 2                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 19        | Odisha                      | 75             | 65                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 147            | 136                   | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 20        | Punjab                      | 17             | 10                    | 2               | 1                           | 3                                      | 66.7            | 19             | 12                    | 0               | 5                           | 5                                      | 0.0             |
| 21        | Rajasthan                   | 86             | 71                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 141            | 126                   | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 22        | Sikkim                      | 1              | 0                     | 0               | 1                           | 1                                      | 0.0             | 0              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu                  | 8              | 9                     | 1               | 11                          | 12                                     | 8.3             | 16             | 11                    | 2               | 2                           | 4                                      | 50.0            |
| 24        | Telangana                   | 242            | 301                   | 1               | 45                          | 46                                     | 2.2             | 137            | 137                   | 51              | 124                         | 175                                    | 29.1            |
| 25        | Tripura                     | 2              | 1                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 1              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh               | 35             | 30                    | 22              | 0                           | 22                                     | 100.0           | 48             | 38                    | 2               | 0                           | 2                                      | 100.0           |
| 27        | Uttarakhand                 | 29             | 26                    | 2               | 2                           | 4                                      | 50.0            | 20             | 16                    | 1               | 6                           | 7                                      | 14.3            |
| 28        | West Bengal                 | 172            | 231                   | 12              | 98                          | 110                                    | 10.9            | 120            | 133                   | 1               | 115                         | 116                                    | 0.9             |
| 29        | A&NIslands                  | 0              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 0              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 30        | Chandigarh                  | 0              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 2              | 1                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               |
| 31        | D&N Haveli and Daman& Diu + | 0              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 0              | 1                     | 0               | 1                           | 1                                      | 0.0             |
| 32        | Delhi UT                    | 98             | 57                    | 0               | 2                           | 2                                      | 0.0             | 93             | 40                    | 2               | 1                           | 3                                      | 66.7            |
| 33        | Jammu& Kashmir *            | 1              | 1                     | 1               | 0                           | 1                                      | 100.0           | 0              | 0                     | 0               | 1                           | 1                                      | 0.0             |
| 34        | Ladakh                      | -              | -                     | -               | -                           | -                                      | -               | -              | 0                     | -               | -                           | -                                      | - -             |
| 35        | Lakshadweep                 | 0 0            | 0 0                   | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 0              | -                     | 0               | 0                           | 0 0                                    | -               |
| 36        | Puducherry                  |                |                       | 0               | 0                           | 0                                      | -               | 2              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           |                                        |                 |
|           | TOTAL                       | 2278           | 1904                  | 115             | 479                         | 594                                    | 19.4            | 2208           | 1508                  | 161             | 555                         | 716                                    | 22.5            |

Note- '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT for the year 2016-2019

'*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh for the year 2016-2019

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3702 FOR 21.12.2021

## State/UT-wise cases reported, cases charge-sheeted, cases convicted, cases acquitted/discharged, cases in which trials completed and conviction rate under Human Trafficking during 2020

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                    | 2020           | 2020                  | 2020            | 2020                        | 2020                                  | 2020            |
|-----------|-----------------------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                    | Cases Reported | Cases Charge- sheeted | Cases Convicted | Cases Acquitted/ discharged | Cases in which Trials were comple-ted | Conviction Rate |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh              | 171            | 121                   | 5               | 56                          | 61                                    | 8.2             |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh           | 2              | 1                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
| 3         | Assam                       | 124            | 69                    | 0               | 10                          | 10                                    | 0.0             |
| 4         | Bihar                       | 75             | 57                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                | 38             | 24                    | 0               | 2                           | 2                                     | 0.0             |
| 6         | Goa                         | 17             | 20                    | 0               | 2                           | 2                                     | 0.0             |
| 7         | Gujarat                     | 13             | 10                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
| 8         | Haryana                     | 14             | 8                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh            | 4              | 3                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
| 10        | Jharkhand                   | 140            | 110                   | 33              | 139                         | 172                                   | 19.2            |
| 11        | Karnataka                   | 13             | 20                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
| 12        | Kerala                      | 166            | 181                   | 0               | 16                          | 16                                    | 0.0             |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh              | 80             | 71                    | 3               | 9                           | 12                                    | 25.0            |
| 14        | Maharashtra                 | 184            | 167                   | 0               | 5                           | 5                                     | 0.0             |
| 15        | Manipur                     | 6              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
| 16        | Meghalaya                   | 1              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
| 17        | Mizoram                     | 0              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
| 18        | Nagaland                    | 0              | 1                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
| 19        | Odisha                      | 103            | 58                    | 0               | 8                           | 8                                     | 0.0             |
| 20        | Punjab                      | 17             | 16                    | 0               | 3                           | 3                                     | 0.0             |
| 21        | Rajasthan                   | 128            | 113                   | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
| 22        | Sikkim                      | 1              | 1                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu                  | 11             | 2                     | 2               | 1                           | 3                                     | 66.7            |
| 24        | Telangana                   | 184            | 186                   | 2               | 103                         | 105                                   | 1.9             |
| 25        | Tripura                     | 1              | 2                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh               | 90             | 33                    | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
| 27        | Uttarakhand                 | 9              | 13                    | 1               | 4                           | 5                                     | 20.0            |
| 28        | West Bengal                 | 59             | 81                    | 1               | 53                          | 54                                    | 1.9             |
| 29        | A&NIslands                  | 0              | 1                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
| 30        | Chandigarh                  | 2              | 2                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
| 31        | D&N Haveli and Daman& Diu + | 2              | 2                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
| 32        | Delhi UT                    | 53             | 27                    | 2               | 3                           | 5                                     | 40.0            |
| 33        | Jammu& Kashmir *            | 2              | 2                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
| 34        | Ladakh                      | 0              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
| 35        | Lakshadweep                 | 0              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
| 36        | Puducherry                  | 4              | 0                     | 0               | 0                           | 0                                     | -               |
|           | TOTAL                       | 1714           | 1402                  | 49              | 414                         | 463                                   | 10.6            |

Note- '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT for the year 2016-2019

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh for the year 2016-2019