Lok Sabha Question No. 377 (STARRED), answered on 2022-03-29
Subject: Crimes against Minor Girls and Boys
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Hanuman Beniwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *377

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 29 TH  MARCH, 2022/ CHAITRA 8, 1944 (SAKA)

CRIMES AGAINST MINOR GIRLS AND BOYS

†*377.      SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  crimes  like  molestation,  rape and gang rape against minor girls and boys are increasing in the country including Rajasthan;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the total number of such cases reported crime-wise along with the action taken against guilty during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise; and

(c) the details of the action plan of the Government to check such serious crimes in future?

ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *377 FOR 29-03-2022

(a) & (b): '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  against  children  rest  with  the respective State Governments. The State Governments are competent to deal with such offences under the extant provisions of laws.

Further, 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 2020. The details of State/UTwise  (including  Rajasthan)  Cases  Registered  (CR)  under  Protection  of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Secs. 4&6 read with sec. 376 IPC and 8&10 read with Sec. 354 IPC) during the years 2018-2020 are available at Annexure-I.  The details of Crime Heads-wise Cases Registered (CR) under Crime against Children during 2018-2020 are available at Annexure-II.

(c): Government  has  taken  the  following  measures  to  control  and  deal with the cases concerning crime against children :-

## L.S.S.Q.NO.*377 FOR 29.03.2022

- i. The  Criminal  Law  (Amendment),  Act  2013  was  enacted  for effective deterrence against sexual offences. Further, the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018 was enacted to prescribe even more stringent penal provisions including death penalty for rape of girls below  the  age  of  12  years.  The  Act  also  inter-alia  mandates completion  of  investigation  and  filing  of  charge  sheet  in  rape cases in 2 months and trials to also be completed in 2 months.
- ii. Emergency Response Support System provides a pan-India, single internationally  recognized  number  (112)  based  system  for  all emergencies, with computer aided dispatch of field resources to the location of distress.
- iii. Using technology to aid smart policing and safety management, Safe City Projects have been sanctioned in first Phase in 8 cities (Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow & Mumbai).
- iv. The  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  (MHA)  has  launched  the  'National Database on Sexual Offenders' (NDSO) on 20 th  September, 2018 to facilitate investigation and tracking of sexual offenders across the country.

- v. MHA has launched an online analytic tool 'Investigation Tracking System  for  Sexual  Offences'  to  monitor  and  track  time-bound investigation in sexual assault cases in accordance with Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018.
- vi. MHA has notified guidelines for collection of forensic evidence in sexual  assault  cases  and  the  standard  composition  in  a  sexual assault evidence collection kit.  To facilitate adequate capacity in manpower, training and skill building programs have been undertaken  for  Investigation  Officers,  Prosecution  Officers  and Medical Officers.  Bureau of Police Research & Development has distributed  14,950  Sexual  Assault  Evidence  Collection  Kits  to States/ UTs as orientation kit as part of training.
- vii. Training  and  skill  building  programs  for  Investigation  Officers, Prosecution Officers and Medical Officers for handling, collection and  transportation  of  evidence  in  sexual  assault  cases  is  being undertaken in Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) and Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan National Institute of Criminology  and  Forensic  Sciences.  BPR&D  conducts  training courses, webinars etc. on the issue from time to time. Ministry of Home  Affairs  issues  advisories  to States/Union  Territories  from

time  to  time  advising  the  steps  to  be  taken  to  prevent  cases  of crimes against children. These advisories are available at www.mha.gov.in.  These include deployment of additional force for investigation  in  Protection  of  Children  from  Sexual  Offences (POCSO) cases, adequate sensitization of Police officials associated with the investigation of POCSO cases on top priority so  that  charge-sheets  are  filed  in  a  timely  manner  to  facilitate completion of trials within the time frame contemplated under the Act,  nomination  of  all  Police  officials  concerned  for  the  training programmes in BPR&D/Central Detective Training Institutes; conduct  of  training  programmes  for  Police  on  investigation  and dealing with POCSO cases at the State level as a special drive.

- viii. The  POCSO  Act  has  been  amended  in  order  to  make  it  more effective  in  dealing  with  cases  of  child  sexual  abuse  in  the country. Additionally the Government has taken various steps from time to time to create awareness of the provisions of the POCSO Act through electronic and print media, consultations, workshops and  training  programmes  with  stakeholders  concerned.  Further, National  Commission  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights  and  State Commissions for Protection of Child Rights are also mandated to monitor the implementation of the POCSO Act.

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State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR) under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Secs.4&6 r/w sec. 376 IPC and 8&10 r/w sec. 354 IPC) during 2018-2020

|            |                            | 2018                                         | 2018                                         | 2019                                         | 2019                                         | 2020                                        | 2020                                         |
|------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| SL         | State/UT                   | POCSO Act (Section 4 &6) r/w Section 376 IPC | POCSO Act (Section8& 10) r/w Section 354 IPC | POCSO Act (Section 4 &6) r/w Section 376 IPC | POCSO Act (Section8& 10) r/w Section 354 IPC | POCSO Act (Section4& 6) r/w Section 376 IPC | POCSO Act (Section8& 10) r/w Section 354 IPC |
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh             | CR                                           | CR                                           | CR                                           | CR                                           | CR                                          | CR                                           |
| 2          | Pradesh                    | 241                                          | 46                                           | 265                                          | 62                                           | 272                                         | 102                                          |
|            | Arunachal                  | 18                                           | 4                                            | 22                                           | 11                                           | 17                                          | 9                                            |
| 3          | Assam                      | 1224                                         | 372                                          | 1263                                         | 362                                          | 1049                                        | 322                                          |
| 4          | Bihar                      | 824                                          | 946                                          | 721                                          | 507                                          | 628                                         | 646                                          |
| 5          | Chhattisgarh               | 1214                                         | 499                                          | 1377                                         | 580                                          | 1535                                        | 469                                          |
| 6          | Goa                        | 0                                            | 1                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                           | 0                                            |
| 7          | Gujarat                    | 1456                                         | 407                                          | 1539                                         | 340                                          | 1871                                        | 274                                          |
| 8          | Haryana                    | 1068                                         | 641                                          | 1174                                         | 654                                          | 1101                                        | 545                                          |
| 9          | Himachal Pradesh           | 22                                           | 3                                            | 1                                            | 4                                            | 0                                           | 2                                            |
| 10         | Jharkhand                  | 442                                          | 113                                          | 469                                          | 132                                          | 681                                         | 165                                          |
| 11         | Karnataka                  | 1408                                         | 361                                          | 1623                                         | 355                                          | 1601                                        | 337                                          |
| 12         | Kerala                     | 162                                          | 722                                          | 113                                          | 749                                          | 1273                                        | 509                                          |
| 13         | Madhya Pradesh             | 1047                                         | 1307                                         | 3337                                         | 2669                                         | 3259                                        | 2260                                         |
| 14         | Maharashtra                | 2832                                         | 3235                                         | 3117                                         | 3160                                         | 2785                                        | 2705                                         |
| 15         | Manipur                    | 28                                           | 13                                           | 47                                           | 9                                            | 55                                          | 14                                           |
| 16         | Meghalaya                  | 179                                          | 78                                           | 145                                          | 61                                           | 251                                         | 64                                           |
| 17         | Mizoram                    | 73                                           | 62                                           | 36                                           | 41                                           | 61                                          | 41                                           |
| 18         | Nagaland                   | 6                                            | 3                                            | 10                                           | 2                                            | 15                                          | 2                                            |
| 19         | Odisha                     | 1427                                         | 91                                           | 1417                                         | 72                                           | 1629                                        | 523                                          |
| 20         | Punjab                     | 288                                          | 85                                           | 232                                          | 122                                          | 549                                         | 138                                          |
| 21         | Rajasthan                  | 74                                           | 34                                           | 4                                            | 3                                            | 2                                           | 5                                            |
| 22         | Sikkim                     | 78                                           | 38                                           | 61                                           | 28                                           | 70                                          | 24                                           |
| 23         | Tamil Nadu                 | 1457                                         | 424                                          | 1742                                         | 474                                          | 2229 1415                                   | 618                                          |
| 24         | Telangana                  | 1140                                         | 391                                          | 1180                                         | 751                                          |                                             | 555                                          |
| 25         | Tripura                    | 76                                           | 47                                           | 107                                          | 63                                           | 86                                          | 54                                           |
| 26         | Uttar Pradesh              | 2023                                         | 3014                                         | 3344                                         | 3819                                         | 2630                                        | 3897                                         |
| 27         | Uttarakhand                | 294                                          | 23                                           | 231                                          | 100                                          | 396                                         | 157                                          |
| 28         | West Bengal                | 1378                                         | 627                                          | 1469                                         | 578                                          | 1541                                        | 831                                          |
|            | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 20479                                        | 13587                                        | 25046                                        | 15708                                        | 27001                                       | 15268                                        |
| 29         | A&N Islands                | 52                                           | 15                                           | 83                                           | 5                                            | 105                                         | 9                                            |
| 30         | Chandigarh                 | 1                                            | 1                                            | 1                                            | 4                                            | 0                                           | 0                                            |
| 31         | D&N Haveli and Daman& Diu+ | 18                                           | 4                                            | 47                                           | 3                                            | 39                                          | 2                                            |
| 32         | Delhi                      | 994                                          | 687                                          | 969                                          | 604                                          | 721                                         | 376                                          |
| 33         | Jammu& Kashmir*            | 13                                           | 14                                           | 75                                           | 19                                           | 152                                         | 24                                           |
| 34         | Ladakh                     | -                                            | -                                            | -                                            | -                                            | 0                                           | 0                                            |
| 35         | Lakshadweep                | 1                                            | 3                                            | 14                                           | 7                                            | 3                                           | 3                                            |
| 36         | Puducherry                 | 47                                           | 9                                            | 48                                           |                                              | 44                                          | 10                                           |
|            |                            |                                              |                                              |                                              | 0 642                                        | 1064                                        | 424                                          |
|            | TOTAL UT(S)                | 1126                                         | 733                                          | 1237                                         | 16350                                        | 28065                                       | 15692                                        |
| TOTAL (ALL | INDIA)                     | 21605                                        | 14320                                        | 26283                                        |                                              |                                             |                                              |

Source: Crime in India

Note : '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT for 2018

*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh for 2018

## Crime Heads-wise Cases Registered(CR) under Crime against Children during 2018-2020

| SL      | Crime Heads                                                                        | 2018      | 2019      | 2020     |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|----------|
|         |                                                                                    | CR        | CR        | CR       |
| 1       | Murder                                                                             | 1497      | 1397      | 1420     |
| 2       | Abetment of Suicide of Child                                                       | 228       | 247       | 281      |
| 3       | Attempt to Commit Murder                                                           | 323       | 437       | 336      |
| 4       | Infanticide                                                                        | 56        | 77        | 79       |
| 5       | Foeticide                                                                          | 128       | 136       | 109      |
| 6       | Exposure and Abandonment                                                           | 876       | 898       | 747      |
| 7       | Simple Hurt                                                                        | 2847 317  | 3282      | 3255 631 |
| 8       | Grievous Hurt Kidnapping and Abduction of Children                                 | 62668     | 937 69130 | 54785    |
| 9       |                                                                                    |           |           | 348      |
| 10      | Human Trafficking                                                                  | 435       | 485       |          |
| 12      | Buying of Minors for Prostitution                                                  | 8         | 8         | 1        |
| 13      | Rape                                                                               | 9312      | 4936      | 2640     |
| 14      | Attempt to Commit Rape                                                             | 445       | 336       | 295      |
| 15      |                                                                                    |           | 4212      | 4110     |
|         | Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty                                | 8030      |           |          |
| 16 17   | Insult to the Modesty of Women Other IPC Crimes                                    | 172 11346 | 100 10564 | 132 8199 |
| A       | Total IPC Crimes against Children                                                  | 98730     | 97203     | 77382    |
| 18      | Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.                                   | 39827     | 47324     | 47221    |
| 18.1    | Section 4 & 6 of POCSO Act or POCSO Act ( Section 4&6) r/w Section 376 IPC         | 21605     | 26283     | 28065    |
| 18.1.1A | Girls                                                                              | 21401     | 26029     | 27807    |
| 18.1.1B | Boys                                                                               | 204       | 254       | 258      |
| 18.2    | Section 8 & 10 of POCSO Act or POCSO Act (Section 8&10) r/w Section 354 IPC        | 14320     | 16350     | 15692    |
| 18.2.1A | Girls                                                                              | 14124     | 16088     | 15515    |
| 18.2.1B | Boys                                                                               | 196       | 262       | 177      |
| 18.3.1A | Girls                                                                              | 1651      | 1811      | 1628     |
| 18.3    | Section 12 of POCSO Act or POCSO Act (Section 12) r/w Section 509 IPC              | 1686      | 1864      | 1672     |
| 18.3.1B | Boys                                                                               | 35        | 53        | 44       |
| 18.4    | Section 14 & 15 of POCSO Act                                                       | 812       | 1108 1073 | 584 553  |
|         |                                                                                    | 31        |           |          |
| 18.4.1A | Girls                                                                              | 781       |           | 31       |
| 18.4.1B | Boys                                                                               |           | 35        |          |
| 18.5    | POCSO Act r/w Section 377 IPC                                                      | 592       | 750       | 600      |
| 18.6    | Sections 17 to 22 of POCSO Act                                                     | 812       | 969       | 608      |
| 18.5.1B | Boys                                                                               | 551       | 714       | 573      |
| 18.6.1A | Girls                                                                              | 804       | 952       | 593      |
| 18.6.1B | Boys                                                                               | 8         | 17        | 15       |
| 19      | Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act                             | 2030      | 1975      | 1713     |
|         |                                                                                    |           |           | 28       |
| 20 21   | Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act Child Labour (Prohibition& Regulation) Act        | 41 464    | 17 772    | 476      |
|         |                                                                                    |           |           | 785      |
| 22      | Prohibition of Child Marriage Act                                                  | 501       | 523       | 0        |
| 23      | Transplantation of Human Organs Act                                                | 0         | 0         |          |
| 24      | Cyber Crimes/Information Technology Act                                            | 117       | 165       | 842      |
| 24.1    | Publishing or Transmitting of material depicting children in sexually explicit act | 44        | 103       | 738      |
| 24.2    | Other Cyber Crimes against Children                                                | 73 54     | 62        | 104 84   |
| 25 B    | Other SLL crimes Total SLL Crimes                                                  | 43034     | 111 50887 | 51149    |
|         | Total Crimes against Children (A+B)                                                | 141764    | 148090    | 128531   |

Source: Crime in India

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