Lok Sabha Question No. 4879 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-01
Subject: Priority to Cases of Crimes against Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Mondal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 4879

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.04.2022

## PRIORITY TO CASES OF CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN

## 4879. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state

- (a) Whether priority is given to cases involving children in conflict with the law and cases  of  crimes  against  children  for  rapid  judgement  to  protect  them  from other crimes;
- (b) If so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including West Bengal during last five years;
- (c) If not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) The details of future initiatives likely to be taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d):  Dept.  of  Justice(DoJ)  is  implementing  a  centrally  sponsored  scheme  for setting up of 1023 Fast Track Special Courts(FTSCs) including 389 exclusive courts for  expeditious  trial  and  disposal  of  cases  related  to  rape  and  POCSO  Act.  As  on 31.12.2021, 700 FTSCs including 383 exclusive POCSO Courts are functional in 27 States/UT  which  disposed  73627  cases  and  184943  cases  are  pending  in  27 States/UTs till December, 2021.

As  per    the  data  received  from  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  the State/UT-wise Period of Trials Completed in POCSO Courts during 2018-2020 is at Annexure-I.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  TO  (D)  OF  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  4879  FOR  01.04.2022  REGARDING  'PRIORITY  TO  CASES  OF CRIMES  AGAINST  CHILDREN'  BY  SHRI  SUNIL  KUMAR  MONDAL  INDICATING  STATE/UT-WISE PERIOD OF TRIALS COMPLETED IN POCSO COURTS  DURING 2018-2020

|       |                             | 2018              | 2018          | 2018          | 2018           | 2018         | 2018         | 2018          | 2018               | 2018         |
|-------|-----------------------------|-------------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------------|--------------|
| SL    | State/UT                    | Less than 1 Month | 1 to 3 Months | 3 to 6 Months | 6 to 12 Months | 1 to 3 Years | 3 to 5 Years | 5 to 10 Years | more than 10 Years | Total Trials |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh              | 2                 | 19            | 18            | 30             | 129          | 43           | 19            | 4                  | 264          |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh           | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 0            |
| 3     | Assam                       | 4                 | 6             | 25            | 37             | 52           | 32           | 2             | 0                  | 158          |
| 4     | Bihar                       | 0                 | 0             | 1             | 3              | 64           | 35           | 8             | 0                  | 111          |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh                | 41                | 55            | 116           | 150            | 560          | 171          | 27            | 2                  | 1122         |
| 6     | Goa                         | 0                 | 0             | 1             | 0              | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 1            |
| 7     | Gujarat                     | 0                 | 14            | 23            | 75             | 131          | 64           | 7             | 0                  | 314          |
| 8     | Haryana                     | 5                 | 14            | 54            | 158            | 320          | 24           | 7             | 0                  | 582          |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh            | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 10           | 11           | 3             | 1                  | 25           |
| 10    | Jharkhand                   | 0                 | 0             | 23            | 57             | 50           | 21           | 3             | 0                  | 154          |
| 11    | Karnataka                   | 8                 | 40            | 62            | 121            | 315          | 109          | 6             | 0                  | 661          |
| 12    | Kerala                      | 16                | 19            | 54            | 74             | 207          | 135          | 25            | 0                  | 530          |
| 13    | Madhya Pradesh              | 56                | 172           | 347           | 1062           | 1859         | 850          | 89            | 0                  | 4435         |
| 14    | Maharashtra                 | 1                 | 18            | 36            | 198            | 666          | 288          | 44            | 1                  | 1252         |
| 15    | Manipur                     | 0                 | 1             | 0             | 0              | 2            | 3            | 0             | 0                  | 6            |
| 16    | Meghalaya                   | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 27           | 8            | 0             | 0                  | 35           |
| 17    | Mizoram                     | 0                 | 8             | 0             | 3              | 31           | 8            | 0             | 0                  | 50           |
| 18    | Nagaland                    | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 0            |
| 19    | Odisha                      | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 12           | 5            | 4             | 1                  | 22           |
| 20    | Punjab                      | 0                 | 1             | 5             | 42             | 53           | 30           | 0             | 0                  | 131          |
| 21    | Rajasthan                   | 21                | 47            | 71            | 234            | 419          | 217          | 64            | 1                  | 1074         |
| 22    | Sikkim                      | 4                 | 1             | 2             | 11             | 13           | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 31           |
| 23    | Tamil Nadu                  | 0                 | 19            | 0             | 11             | 43           | 8            | 1             | 0                  | 82           |
| 24    | Telangana                   | 5                 | 3             | 1             | 169            | 286          | 231          | 32            | 0                  | 727          |
| 25    | Tripura                     | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 10             | 20           | 9            | 4             | 0                  | 43           |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh               | 1                 | 8             | 31            | 296            | 1082         | 826          | 348           | 24                 | 2616         |
| 27    | Uttarakhand                 | 0                 | 0             | 6             | 7              | 19           | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 32           |
| 28    | West Bengal                 | 1                 | 3             | 40            | 60             | 143          | 39           | 27            | 3                  | 316          |
|       | TOTAL STATE(S)              | 165               | 448           | 916           | 2808           | 6513         | 3167         | 720           | 37                 | 14774        |
| 29    | A&N Islands                 | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 3            | 1            | 0             | 0                  | 4            |
| 30    | Chandigarh                  | 0                 | 12            | 20            | 17             | 6            | 1            | 0             | 0                  | 56           |
| 31    | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu+ | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 0            |
| 32    | Delhi                       | 0                 | 4             | 14            | 8              | 44           | 9            | 2             | 0                  | 81           |
| 33    | Jammu & Kashmir*            | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 0            |
| 34 35 | Ladakh Lakshadweep          | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 0            |
| 36    | Puducherry                  | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 6              | 5            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 11           |
|       | TOTAL UT(S)                 | 0                 | 16            | 34            | 31             | 58           | 11           | 2             | 0                  | 152          |
|       | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)           | 165               | 464           | 950           | 2839           | 6571         | 3178         | 722           | 37                 | 14926        |

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|       |                             | 2019              | 2019          | 2019          | 2019           | 2019         | 2019         | 2019          | 2019               | 2019         |
|-------|-----------------------------|-------------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------------|--------------|
| SL    | State/UT                    | Less than 1 Month | 1 to 3 Months | 3 to 6 Months | 6 to 12 Months | 1 to 3 Years | 3 to 5 Years | 5 to 10 Years | more than 10 Years | Total Trials |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh              | 4                 | 12            | 45            | 14             | 101          | 8            | 7             | 0                  | 191          |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh           | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 0            |
| 3     | Assam                       | 2                 | 5             | 5             | 23             | 73           | 15           | 3             | 0                  | 126          |
| 4     | Bihar                       | 8                 | 14            | 12            | 19             | 63           | 63           | 50            | 12                 | 241          |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh                | 0                 | 31            | 99            | 136            | 324          | 239          | 65            | 5                  | 899          |
| 6     | Goa                         | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 0            |
| 7     | Gujarat                     | 0                 | 9             | 36            | 96             | 211          | 108          | 23            | 1                  | 484          |
| 8     | Haryana                     | 0                 | 8             | 26            | 202            | 506          | 79           | 19            | 1                  | 841          |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh            | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 1              | 4            | 6            | 0             | 0                  | 11           |
| 10    | Jharkhand                   | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 9              | 55           | 15           | 5             | 0                  | 84           |
| 11    | Karnataka                   | 0                 | 11            | 31            | 186            | 643          | 138          | 13            | 0                  | 1022         |
| 12    | Kerala                      | 2                 | 10            | 23            | 39             | 170          | 71           | 9             | 0                  | 324          |
| 13    | Madhya Pradesh              | 67                | 227           | 486           | 1116           | 1726         | 718          | 117           | 6                  | 4463         |
| 14    | Maharashtra                 | 1                 | 7             | 117           | 140            | 655          | 337          | 122           | 0                  | 1379         |
| 15    | Manipur                     | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0            | 3            | 0             | 0                  | 3            |
| 16    | Meghalaya                   | 1                 | 1             | 0             | 4              | 18           | 37           | 14            | 0                  | 75           |
| 17    | Mizoram                     | 0                 | 7             | 27            | 5              | 15           | 4            | 0             | 0                  | 58           |
| 18    | Nagaland                    | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 0            |
| 19    | Odisha                      | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 3            | 9            | 3             | 0                  | 15           |
| 20    | Punjab                      | 0                 | 7             | 14            | 26             | 31           | 2            | 0             | 0                  | 80           |
| 21    | Rajasthan                   | 11                | 29            | 72            | 201            | 440          | 180          | 84            | 22                 | 1039         |
| 22    | Sikkim                      | 0                 | 0             | 1             | 5              | 10           | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 16           |
| 23    | Tamil Nadu                  | 0                 | 0             | 7             | 42             | 126          | 48           | 7             | 0                  | 230          |
| 24    | Telangana                   | 0                 | 2             | 12            | 108            | 305          | 200          | 18            | 0                  | 645          |
| 25    | Tripura                     | 0                 | 0             | 7             | 20             | 46           | 19           | 4             | 8                  | 104          |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh               | 46                | 64            | 786           | 274            | 1377         | 1005         | 615           | 101                | 4268         |
| 27    | Uttarakhand                 | 3                 | 0             | 27            | 26             | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 56           |
| 28    | West Bengal                 | 3                 | 7             | 30            | 95             | 295          | 205          | 98            | 6                  | 739          |
|       | TOTAL STATE(S)              | 148               | 451           | 1863          | 2787           | 7197         | 3509         | 1276          | 162                | 17393        |
| 29    | A&N Islands                 | 0                 | 1             | 0             | 4              | 15           | 7            | 3             | 0                  | 30           |
| 30    | Chandigarh                  | 0                 | 0             | 6             | 11             | 8            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 25           |
| 31    | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu+ | 0                 | 1             | 0             | 7              | 2            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 10           |
| 32    | Delhi                       | 0                 | 1             | 8             | 21             | 54           | 27           | 7             | 0                  | 118          |
| 33    | Jammu & Kashmir*            | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 0            |
| 34 35 | Ladakh Lakshadweep          | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0            | 2            | 0             | 0                  | 2            |
| 36    | Puducherry                  | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 0            |
|       | TOTAL UT(S)                 | 0                 | 3             | 14            | 43             | 79           | 36           | 10            | 0                  | 185          |
|       | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)           | 148               | 454           | 1877          | 2830           | 7276         | 3545         | 1286          | 162                | 17578        |

|    |                             | 2020              | 2020          | 2020          | 2020           | 2020         | 2020         | 2020          | 2020               | 2020         |
|----|-----------------------------|-------------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------------|--------------|
| SL | State/UT                    | Less than 1 Month | 1 to 3 Months | 3 to 6 Months | 6 to 12 Months | 1 to 3 Years | 3 to 5 Years | 5 to 10 Years | more than 10 Years | Total Trials |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh              | 3                 | 7             | 14            | 23             | 71           | 264          | 15            | 0                  | 397          |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh           | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 0            |
| 3  | Assam                       | 5                 | 26            | 13            | 55             | 314          | 106          | 24            | 0                  | 543          |
| 4  | Bihar                       | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 2              | 22           | 21           | 9             | 54                 | 108          |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh                | 2                 | 30            | 74            | 131            | 216          | 61           | 72            | 14                 | 600          |
| 6  | Goa                         | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 0            |
| 7  | Gujarat                     | 0                 | 0             | 8             | 30             | 108          | 48           | 9             | 0                  | 203          |
| 8  | Haryana                     | 0                 | 2             | 18            | 39             | 103          | 22           | 0             | 0                  | 184          |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh            | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 6            | 2            | 0             | 0                  | 8            |
| 10 | Jharkhand                   | 5                 | 31            | 8             | 9              | 98           | 15           | 6             | 0                  | 172          |
| 11 | Karnataka                   | 0                 | 3             | 5             | 49             | 322          | 150          | 32            | 0                  | 561          |
| 12 | Kerala                      | 12                | 95            | 127           | 500            | 361          | 22           | 8             | 0                  | 1125         |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh              | 65                | 182           | 238           | 470            | 1140         | 270          | 49            | 2                  | 2416         |
| 14 | Maharashtra                 | 1                 | 3             | 24            | 84             | 270          | 176          | 20            | 0                  | 578          |
| 15 | Manipur                     | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 0            |
| 16 | Meghalaya                   | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 29           | 15           | 30            | 0                  | 74           |
| 17 | Mizoram                     | 0                 | 1             | 6             | 17             | 32           | 14           | 0             | 0                  | 70           |
| 18 | Nagaland                    | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 2              | 0            | 1            | 0             | 0                  | 3            |
| 19 | Odisha                      | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 5            | 13           | 16            | 0                  | 34           |
| 20 | Punjab                      | 0                 | 3             | 4             | 11             | 10           | 1            | 0             | 0                  | 29           |
| 21 | Rajasthan                   | 7                 | 15            | 77            | 241            | 276          | 211          | 68            | 3                  | 898          |
| 22 | Sikkim                      | 0                 | 0             | 2             | 2              | 6            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 10           |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu                  | 1                 | 10            | 11            | 37             | 163          | 129          | 24            | 2                  | 377          |
| 24 | Telangana                   | 0                 | 0             | 17            | 120            | 179          | 176          | 11            | 0                  | 503          |
| 25 | Tripura                     | 0                 | 0             | 2             | 6              | 10           | 8            | 2             | 0                  | 28           |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh               | 5                 | 140           | 150           | 549            | 764          | 478          | 170           | 0                  | 2256         |
| 27 | Uttarakhand                 | 2                 | 23            | 26            | 65             | 0            | 2            | 0             | 0                  | 118          |
| 28 | West Bengal                 | 0                 | 7             | 20            | 28             | 64           | 51           | 7             | 2                  | 179          |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)              | 108               | 578           | 844           | 2470           | 4569         | 2256         | 572           | 77                 | 11474        |
| 29 | A&N Islands                 | 2                 | 0             | 2             | 4              | 19           | 5            | 0             | 0                  | 32           |
| 30 | Chandigarh                  | 0                 | 0             | 1             | 0              | 0            | 5            | 0             | 0                  | 6            |
| 31 | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu+ | 0                 | 1             | 0             | 0              | 16           | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 17           |
| 32 | Delhi                       | 0                 | 0             | 1             | 1              | 43           | 9            | 2             | 0                  | 56           |
| 33 | Jammu & Kashmir*            | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 0            |
| 34 | Ladakh                      | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 0            |
| 35 | Lakshadweep                 | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 0            |
| 36 | Puducherry                  | 0                 | 0             | 0             | 0              | 0            | 0            | 0             | 0                  | 0            |
|    | TOTAL UT(S)                 | 2                 | 1             | 4             | 5              | 78           | 19           | 2             | 0                  | 111          |
|    | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)           | 110               | 579           | 848           | 2475           | 4647         | 2275         | 574           | 77                 | 11585        |