Lok Sabha Question No. 3171 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-06
Subject: Pending Cases of Child Sexual Abuse
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vishnu Dayal Ram

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3171 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2021

## PENDING CASES OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

## 3171.  SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

will the MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the cases of child sexual abuse pending in various courts during the last five years, State and district-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  special  plan  to  reduce/dispose  of such cases lying pending for long in various courts of the country; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to  (c) State/UT-Wise  cases  pending  trial  at  the  end  of  the  year  under  POCSO  Act, 2012 during 2015-2019 is at Annexure-I and State/UT-wise cases pending trial at the end of the year under Rape (Sec. 376 IPC) for crime against children during 2017-2019 is at Annexure-II, as provided by National Crime Record Bureau.

Union of India has initiated a scheme for setting up 1023 Fast Track Special Court including 389 exclusive POCSO courts for expeditious trial and disposal of cases related to rape and POCSO Act. 660 FTSCs including 343 exclusive POCSO Courts have been made operational till June 2021 which have disposed  more than 51,600 pending cases as per information made available by High Courts.

***

Annexure-I STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN PART (a) TO (c) OF REPLY TO LOK SABHAUNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3171 BY SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM REGARDING ' Pending Cases of Child Sexual Abuse 'TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2021 indicating State/UT-wise Cases Pending Trial at the end of the year

under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act during 2015-2019

| SL   | State/UT          |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |   2018 |   2019 |
|------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    |   1344 |   1550 |   1100 |   1343 |   1542 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh |    113 |    101 |      7 |     28 |     52 |
| 3    | Assam             |    616 |   1005 |   1506 |   2664 |   3750 |
| 4    | Bihar             |    545 |    653 |   1431 |   2558 |   3575 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      |   2985 |   2562 |   3122 |   3861 |   4799 |
| 6    | Goa               |    287 |    288 |      0 |      2 |      2 |
| 7    | Gujarat           |   2371 |   3606 |   5130 |   6947 |   8604 |
| 8    | Haryana           |    893 |   1275 |   1592 |   2361 |   2962 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  |    531 |    596 |     27 |     47 |     54 |
| 10   | Jammu &Kashmir    |     63 |     71 |      0 |     24 |     96 |
| 11   | Jharkhand         |    170 |    307 |    495 |    757 |   1024 |
| 12   | Karnataka         |   2489 |   3529 |   4891 |   6150 |   7137 |
| 13   | Kerala            |   4165 |   5637 |   2718 |   3462 |   4216 |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    |   8928 |  10950 |   5428 |   6808 |   9677 |
| 15   | Maharashtra       |  14147 |  17338 |  18691 |  22070 |  25807 |
| 16   | Manipur           |     52 |     85 |    113 |    135 |    189 |
| 17   | Meghalaya         |    482 |    563 |    702 |    847 |    987 |
| 18   | Mizoram           |    222 |    307 |    248 |    387 |    398 |
| 19   | Nagaland          |     10 |     24 |     49 |     51 |     61 |
| 20   | Odisha            |   2608 |   3843 |   1808 |   3148 |   4798 |
| 21   | Punjab            |    400 |    509 |    444 |    566 |    606 |
| 22   | Rajasthan         |   3207 |   4011 |   2860 |   3032 |   3152 |
| 23   | Sikkim            |     39 |     97 |    107 |    154 |    212 |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        |   2196 |   2711 |   3547 |   4531 |   5599 |
| 25   | Telangana         |   1799 |   2507 |   2484 |   3284 |   3806 |
| 26   | Tripura           |    359 |    411 |    481 |    569 |    649 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     |  13147 |  15938 |  14000 |  17161 |  23187 |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       |    168 |    284 |    409 |    586 |    868 |
| 29   | West Bengal       |   3047 |   4316 |   4159 |   6251 |   6251 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    |  67383 |  85074 |  77549 |  99784 | 124060 |
| 30   | A&N Islands       |    168 |    196 |    164 |    235 |    291 |
| 31   | Chandigarh        |     57 |     45 |      1 |      2 |      8 |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        |     17 |     23 |     16 |     21 |     38 |
| 33   | Daman &Diu        |     11 |     17 |     20 |     23 |     30 |
| 34   | Delhi             |   3884 |   4769 |   6255 |   7870 |   8406 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |      1 |      6 |     10 |     17 |     26 |
| 36   | Puducherry        |     31 |     75 |    128 |    177 |    209 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |   4169 |   5131 |   6594 |   8345 |   9008 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |  71552 |  90205 |  84143 | 108129 | 133068 |

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

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  REPLY  TOLOK  SABHAUNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.3171BY SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAMREGARDING ' Pending Cases of Child Sexual Abuse 'TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2021 indicating State/UT-wise Cases Pending Trial at the end of the year under Rape (Sec. 376 IPC) for Crime against Children during 2017-2019

| SL   | State/UT          |   2017 |   2018 |   2019 |
|------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    |    595 |    837 |    970 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh |    111 |    129 |    151 |
| 3    | Assam             |    797 |    820 |    888 |
| 4    | Bihar             |      0 |      3 |      4 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      |   1936 |   2290 |   1656 |
| 6    | Goa               |    202 |    212 |    232 |
| 7    | Gujarat           |     39 |     30 |     29 |
| 8    | Haryana           |    138 |     43 |     23 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  |    444 |    580 |    662 |
| 10   | Jammu &Kashmir    |     63 |     79 |     74 |
| 11   | Jharkhand         |     35 |     73 |    127 |
| 12   | Karnataka         |      5 |      5 |      5 |
| 13   | Kerala            |   2960 |   3994 |   4594 |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    |   5075 |   6241 |   5352 |
| 15   | Maharashtra       |    374 |    368 |    358 |
| 16   | Manipur           |      1 |      6 |      7 |
| 17   | Meghalaya         |     43 |     48 |     52 |
| 18   | Mizoram           |      0 |     21 |     38 |
| 19   | Nagaland          |     12 |     15 |     15 |
| 20   | Odisha            |   2991 |   2963 |   3027 |
| 21   | Punjab            |    218 |    265 |    351 |
| 22   | Rajasthan         |   1433 |   1930 |   2492 |
| 23   | Sikkim            |      6 |      4 |      4 |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        |      0 |      4 |      5 |
| 25   | Telangana         |      8 |      8 |      5 |
| 26   | Tripura           |      2 |      2 |      2 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     |   2716 |   3519 |   3545 |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       |    100 |    250 |    376 |
| 29   | West Bengal       |      0 |      2 |      2 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    |  20304 |  24741 |  25046 |
| 30   | A&N Islands       |     28 |     38 |     37 |
| 31   | Chandigarh        |     33 |     39 |     69 |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 33   | Daman &Diu        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 34   | Delhi             |    248 |    241 |    229 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 36   | Puducherry        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |    309 |    318 |    335 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |  20613 |  25059 |  25381 |

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