Lok Sabha Question No. 1844 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-30
Subject: Cases Under POCSO Act
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dean Kuriakose

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1844

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2021

## CASES UNDER POCSO ACT

## 1844.  ADV. DEAN KURIAKOSE::

will the minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether the cases registered under the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences  Bill  (POCSO)  Act  are  increasing  in  the  country  during  the  last  five years;
- (b) If  so,  the  details  thereof  indicating  the  number  of  cases  filed  during  the  said period, State-wise;
- (c) Whether the Government has noticed an increase in such cases in the State of Kerala during the last five years; and
- (d) If  so,  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  prevent  such  crimes  against children?

## ANSWER

## MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a)  to  (d)  The   data  of  total  number  of  State/UTs  wise  (including  Kerala)  cases registered, cases charge-sheeted, cases convicted, persons arrested, persons chargesheeted and persons convicted under POCSO Act, 2012 as provided by National Crime Record Bureau is annexed.

The POCSO Act, 2012 was amended in 2019 to introduce more stringent  punishment  including death penalty for committing sexual crimes on children, with a view to deter the perpetrators & prevent such crimes against children. Further, Ministry of Women & Child Development notified new POCSO Rules, 2020 replacing the  previous  POCSO  Rules,  2012.  POCSO  Rules,  2020  include  provisions  for mandatory police verification of staff in schools and care homes, procedures to report child  sexual  abuse  material  (pornography),  imparting  age-appropriate  child  rights education, among other things. The POCSO Rules 2020 also  stipulate that the central government  and  every  state  government  shall  provide  periodic  training  including orientation programmes, sensitization workshops and refresher courses to all persons,  whether  regular  or  contractual,  coming  in  contact  with  the  children,  to sensitize  them  about  child  safety  and  protection  and  educate  them  regarding  their responsibility under the Act.

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## State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases Chargesheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CON), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Chargesheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV)  under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act,2012 during 2015-2017

| SL   | State/UT          | 2015      | 2015            | 2015     | 2015       | 2015   |          |       |         |       |            |      | 2017   | 2017   | 2017   | 2017   | 2017   | 2017   |
|------|-------------------|-----------|-----------------|----------|------------|--------|----------|-------|---------|-------|------------|------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL   | State/UT          | CR        | CCS             | CON      | PAR        | PCS    | PCV      | CR    | CCS CON | 2016  | PAR PCS    | PCV  | CR     | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | 1054      | 772             | 78 1233  | 980        | 85     | 830      | 795   | 51      | 855   | 862        | 52   | 378    | 295    | 8      | 455    | 455    | 9      |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 54        | 38              | 0 63     | 48         | 0      | 59       | 39    | 0       | 58    | 42         | 0    | 14     | 4      | 0      | 7      | 6      | 0      |
| 3    | Assam             | 819       | 453 15          | 802      | 453        | 15     | 821      | 511   | 43      | 824   | 512        | 43   | 1149   | 733    | 52     | 1356   | 1017   | 53     |
| 4    | Bihar             | 187       | 142             | 22 187   | 161        | 24     | 233      | 157   | 23      | 292   | 199        | 24   | 1356   | 809    | 34     | 1710   | 907    | 35     |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      | 1656      | 1606 524        | 2085     | 2047       | 562    | 1570     | 1576  | 354     | 1778  | 1773       | 378  | 1676   | 1576   | 345    | 1890   | 1856   | 409    |
| 6    | Goa               | 79        | 98 13           | 79       | 107        | 15     | 75       | 56    | 13      | 82    | 60         | 13   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 7    | Gujarat           | 1609      | 1317 8          | 1886     | 1801       | 8      | 1408     | 1302  | 5       | 1677  | 1691       | 6    | 1697   | 1712   | 12     | 2333   | 2329   | 17     |
| 8    | Haryana           | 988       | 800 137         | 1041     | 1035       | 149    | 1020     | 844   | 94      | 1125  | 1035       | 130  | 1139   | 941    | 183    | 1258   | 1237   | 218    |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  | 206       | 198 27          | 264      | 280        | 37     | 205      | 177   | 25      | 255   | 234        | 31   | 8      | 12     | 1      | 14     | 12     | 1      |
| 10   | Jammu& Kashmir    | 30        | 29              | 1 49     | 45         | 1      | 25       | 25    | 1       | 30    | 30         | 1    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 11   | Jharkhand         | 182       | 136 28          | 175      | 144        | 28     | 348      | 222   | 17      | 363   | 244        | 17   | 385    | 230    | 17     | 339    | 270    | 25     |
| 12   | Karnataka         | 1526      | 1266 32         | 1800     | 1516       | 32     | 1565     | 1323  | 55      | 1641  | 1451       | 58   | 1956   | 1975   | 122    | 2600   | 2510   | 139    |
| 13   | Kerala            | 1486      | 1265 83         | 1505     | 1460       | 100    | 1848     | 1717  | 47      | 2671  | 2490       | 53   | 1169   | 892    | 33     | 1258   | 958    | 33     |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    | 4624      | 4612 791        | 5634     | 5675       | 944    | 4717     | 4591  | 641     | 5678  | 5642       | 792  | 1569   | 1510   | 284    | 2275   | 2014   | 492    |
| 15   | Maharashtra       | 4816      | 3791 195        | 5589     | 4711       | 219    | 4815     | 4291  | 250     | 5092  | 4983       | 279  | 5248   | 4507   | 498    | 6991   | 5321   | 566    |
| 16   | Manipur           | 43        | 32              | 1 23     | 29         | 1      | 43       | 39    | 1       | 28    | 23         | 1    | 29     | 32     | 3      | 23     | 34     | 4      |
| 17   | Meghalaya         | 167       | 112             | 2 153    | 135        | 2      | 151      | 116   | 28      | 153   | 126        | 28   | 242    | 151    | 5      | 269    | 207    | 5      |
| 18   | Mizoram           | 169       | 189             | 101 171  | 190        | 102    | 167      | 148   | 54      | 174   | 153        | 54   | 194    | 186    | 48     | 196    | 192    | 48     |
| 19   | Nagaland          | 15        | 13              | 4 16     | 16         | 4      | 27       | 25    | 6       | 27    | 27         | 9    | 41     | 37     | 9      | 45     | 37     | 16     |
| 20   | Odisha            | 1372      | 1202            | 39 1324  | 1282       |        | 40 1928  | 1566  | 38      | 1721  | 1661       | 48   | 249    | 436    | 11     | 454    | 454    | 11     |
| 21   | Punjab            | 666       | 506             | 169 769  | 677        | 207    | 596      | 401   | 94      | 659   | 441        | 98   | 489    | 384    | 60     | 528    | 543    | 79     |
| 22   | Rajasthan         | 1311      | 994             | 130 1210 | 1225       | 167    | 1479     | 1196  | 151     | 1479  | 1478       | 168  | 1180   | 905    | 89     | 1164   | 1150   | 110    |
| 23   | Sikkim            | 55        | 50              | 16 55    | 52         | 16     | 92       | 75    | 9       | 100   | 84         | 9    | 87     | 93     | 19     | 124    | 115    | 23     |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        | 1544      | 1268 133        | 1869     | 1530       | 143    | 1583     | 1249  | 199     | 1866  | 1480       | 214  | 1587   | 1642   | 154    | 2406   | 1992   | 180    |
| 25   | Telangana         | 1394      | 1092            | 39 1343  | 1225       | 42     | 1158     | 1023  | 25      | 1625  | 1354       | 32   | 1632   | 1061   | 31     | 1833   | 1355   | 38     |
| 26   | Tripura           | 133       | 136             | 12 141   | 173        | 14     | 156      | 129   | 24      | 165   | 133        | 25   | 139    | 132    | 19     | 192    | 162    | 21     |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     | 4541      | 4342 874        | 7469     | 6715       | 1241   | 4954     | 4245  | 714     | 8452  | 6554       | 1003 | 4895   | 4079   | 819    | 6303   | 6287   | 1796   |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       | 168       | 131 79          | 207      |            |        | 218      | 158   | 38      | 238   | 193        | 45   | 191    | 146    | 17     | 154    | 153    | 17     |
| 29   | West Bengal       | 1504      | 21              | 1928     | 194        | 85     | 2132     | 1494  | 48      | 1209  | 1303       | 48   | 2131   | 1723   | 39     | 1923   | 1924   | 41     |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 32398     | 1816 28406 3574 | 39070    | 1858 35764 | 22     | 34223    | 29490 | 3048    | 40317 | 36258      | 3659 | 30830  | 26203  | 2912   | 38100  | 33497  | 4386   |
| 30   | A&N Islands       | 39        | 37              | 0 38     | 37         | 4305 0 | 49       | 35    | 1       | 51    | 38         | 0    | 65     | 75     | 1      | 80     | 93     | 1      |
| 31   | Chandigarh        | 62        | 59 15           | 72       | 71         | 22     | 51       | 41    | 19      | 61    | 55         | 19   | 3      | 2      | 0      | 3      | 2      | 0      |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        | 15        |                 |          | 11         |        |          |       | 2       |       | 16         | 2    |        | 12     | 3      |        |        |        |
|      |                   |           | 11 0            | 13       |            | 0      | 11       | 13    |         | 14    |            |      |        | 6      |        | 8      | 8      | 3      |
| 33   | Daman& Diu        | 5         | 4               | 0 8      | 7          | 0      | 10       | 6     | 0       | 11    | 8          | 0    | 5      | 3      | 0      | 7      | 7      | 0      |
| 34   | Delhi             | 1936 1563 | 218             | 1847     | 1757       |        | 238 1620 | 1258  | 156     | 1692  | 1443       | 179  | 1623 4 | 1714 4 | 104    | 2209   | 2002   | 110    |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       | 1         | 0               | 0 1 41   | 0          | 0      |          | 5 5   | 0       | 4     | 5          | 0    |        |        | 0      | 22     | 21 62  | 0 0    |
| 36   | Puducherry        | 49        | 33              | 2        | 36         | 2      | 53       | 43    |         | 0     | 46 49 1614 | 0    | 66     | 56     | 0      | 59     |        | 114    |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       | 2107      | 1707            | 235 2020 | 1919       | 262    | 1799     | 1401  |         | 178   | 1879       | 200  | 1778   | 1860   | 108    | 2388   | 2195   |        |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 34505     | 30113 3809      | 41090    | 37683      | 4567   | 36022    | 30891 | 3226    | 42196 | 37872      | 3859 | 32608  | 28063  | 3020   | 40488  | 35692  | 4500   |

## State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases Chargesheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CON), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Chargesheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV)  under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act,2012 during 2018-2019

| SL    | State/UT               | 2018   | 2018   | 2018   | 2018   | 2018   | 2018   | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   |
|-------|------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL    | State/UT               | CR     | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    | CR     | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh         | 361    | 338    | 6      | 574    | 472    | 9      | 502    | 313    | 16     | 645    | 589    | 20     |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh      | 24     | 23     | 1      | 26     | 24     | 1      | 36     | 24     | 0      | 40     | 27     | 0      |
| 3     | Assam                  | 1721   | 1486   | 69     | 2140   | 1562   | 73     | 1779   | 1396   | 83     | 1890   | 1548   | 84     |
| 4     | Bihar                  | 2094   | 1273   | 104    | 2017   | 1801   | 136    | 1540   | 1184   | 113    | 1837   | 1532   | 132    |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh           | 1812   | 1657   | 310    | 2190   | 2014   | 379    | 2027   | 2073   | 349    | 2513   | 2453   | 414    |
| 6     | Goa                    | 2      | 2      | 0      | 2      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 7     | Gujarat                | 2154   | 2066   | 33     | 2783   | 2766   | 36     | 2253   | 2072   | 74     | 2773   | 2748   | 89     |
| 8     | Haryana                | 1924   | 1597   | 296    | 2129   | 2108   | 350    | 2074   | 1686   | 333    | 2189   | 2135   | 395    |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh       | 28     | 23     | 0      | 45     | 43     | 0      | 12     | 8      | 0      | 7      | 9      | 0      |
| 10    | Jammu& Kashmir         | 32     | 24     | 0      | 35     | 34     | 0      | 109    | 79     | 0      | 101    | 98     | 0      |
| 11    | Jharkhand              | 615    | 391    | 38     | 543    | 452    | 41     | 654    | 459    | 100    | 638    | 530    | 104    |
| 12    | Karnataka              | 2036   | 2165   | 174    | 2739   | 2654   | 190    | 2160   | 2021   | 190    | 2665   | 2633   | 208    |
| 13    | Kerala                 | 1153   | 964    | 77     | 1386   | 1095   | 84     | 1283   | 1009   | 40     | 1443   | 1097   | 42     |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh         | 2445   | 2692   | 488    | 3256   | 3302   | 598    | 6123   | 5867   | 874    | 7376   | 7454   | 1086   |
| 15    | Maharashtra            | 6233   | 5269   | 525    | 7909   | 6251   | 583    | 6558   | 6295   | 706    | 8723   | 7510   | 792    |
| 16    | Manipur                | 43     | 26     | 4      | 42     | 28     | 4      | 58     | 59     | 5      | 59     | 74     | 5      |
| 17    | Meghalaya              | 266    | 174    | 16     | 249    | 197    | 16     | 219    | 255    | 96     | 309    | 287    | 96     |
| 18    | Mizoram                | 138    | 171    | 27     | 184    | 176    | 33     | 79     | 78     | 59     | 79     | 79     | 63     |
| 19    | Nagaland               | 9      | 13     | 9      | 15     | 14     | 9      | 12     | 12     | 1      | 14     | 13     | 1      |
| 20    | Odisha                 | 1887   | 1468   | 24     | 1680   | 1709   | 24     | 2036   | 1779   | 33     | 2033   | 2124   | 33     |
| 21    | Punjab                 | 411    | 354    | 82     | 455    | 441    | 105    | 389    | 319    | 87     | 484    | 375    | 121    |
| 22    | Rajasthan              | 488    | 396    | 102    | 510    | 503    | 119    | 596    | 423    | 178    | 548    | 543    | 216    |
| 23    | Sikkim                 | 118    | 112    | 25     | 140    | 136    | 35     | 91     | 88     | 12     | 95     | 94     | 12     |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu             | 2039   | 2192   | 275    | 2767   | 2509   | 356    | 2396   | 2228   | 286    | 3045   | 2553   | 318    |
| 25    | Telangana              | 1665   | 1376   | 69     | 2093   | 1792   | 72     | 1998   | 1724   | 89     | 2549   | 2139   | 108    |
| 26    | Tripura                | 127    | 145    | 13     | 161    | 184    | 14     | 176    | 173    | 34     | 193    | 183    | 40     |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh          | 5401   | 4401   | 780    | 7266   | 7147   | 1652   | 7594   | 6478   | 1002   | 9650   | 9377   | 1674   |
| 28    | Uttarakhand            | 337    | 213    | 24     | 239    | 234    | 28     | 369    | 384    | 92     | 452    | 451    | 111    |
| 29    | West Bengal            | 2267   | 2403   | 90     | 2430   | 2732   | 103    | 2267   | 2403   | 90     | 2430   | 2732   | 103    |
|       | TOTAL STATE(S)         | 37830  | 33414  | 3661   | 46005  | 42382  | 5050   | 45390  | 40889  | 4942   | 54780  | 51387  | 6267   |
| 30    | A&N Islands            | 69     | 74     | 0      | 81     | 83     | 0      | 94     | 87     | 3      | 99     | 95     | 3      |
| 31    | Chandigarh             | 2      | 2      | 1      | 2      | 2      | 1      | 5      | 6      | 0      | 5      | 6      | 0      |
| 32    | D&N Haveli             | 21     | 17     | 1      | 18     | 17     | 1      | 39     | 44     | 0      | 47     | 46     | 0      |
| 33    | Daman& Diu             | 3      | 8      | 3      | 10     | 11     | 3      | 15     | 10     | 0      | 15     | 10     | 0      |
| 34    | Delhi                  | 1839   | 1994   | 218    | 2584   | 2287   | 242    | 1719   | 1589   | 718    | 2269   | 1924   | 720    |
| 35 36 | Lakshadweep Puducherry | 7 56   | 7 52   | 0 0    | 7 43   | 7 52   | 0 0    | 25 48  | 11 45  | 0 4    | 27 74  | 13 74  | 0 4    |
|       | TOTAL UT(S)            | 1997   | 2154   | 223    | 2745   | 2459   | 247    |        | 1792   | 725    | 2536   | 2168   | 727    |
|       |                        |        |        |        | 48750  |        |        | 1945   |        |        |        |        |        |
|       | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)      | 39827  | 35568  | 3884   |        | 44841  | 5297   | 47335  | 42681  | 5667   | 57316  | 53555  | 6994   |

Source: Crime in India

Note : Due to non-receipt of data from West Bengal in time for 2019, Data furnished for 2018 has been used