Lok Sabha Question No. 2384 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: Crime Against Scheduled Castes
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Joshi, Sunil Kumar Singh, P.P. Chaudhary, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2384

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 03 RD  AUGUST, 2021/ SRAVANA 12, 1943 (SAKA)

CRIME AGAINST SCHEDULED CASTES

2384.  SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

## Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has details of the number of crimes committed  against  persons  of  scheduled  castes  particularly  in  the States of Rajasthan and Jharkhand during the last three years, districtwise;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details  of  the  number  of  crimes  committed  against  women belonging to scheduled caste during the said period;
- (d) whether  crimes  against  persons  belonging  to  scheduled  castes  have been increasing during the said period;
- (e) if  so,  details  of  the  percentage increase for each year and the action taken thereon for the prevention of the same?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b):   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 2019.

## LS.USQ. NO.2384 FOR 03.08.2021

Details of district-wise cases registered for crimes against Scheduled  Castes  (SCs)  in  Rajasthan  and  Jharkhand  during  the  years 2017-2019 are at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.

(c) to (e): As  per  data  published  by  NCRB,  the  total  number  of  female victims in the cases registered in the last three years in the country for crimes against Scheduled Castes, is as below:-

|   Year |   Total number of Female Victims in cases registered for crimes against SCs |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2017 |                                                                       10735 |
|   2018 |                                                                       10880 |
|   2019 |                                                                       12330 |

'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 including crime against members of  Scheduled  Castes  rest  with  the  respective  State  Governments.  The State Governments are competent to deal with such offences under the extant provisions of laws.

However, the Government of India is committed to ensure protection of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (PoA Act) has been amended in 2015 to make it more effective. The amendments include new offences,  expanded  scope  of  presumptions,  institutional  strengthening, which  inter-alia  includes  establishment  of  Exclusive  Special  Courts  and specification  of  Exclusive  Special  Public  Prosecutors  to  exclusively  try the offences under the PoA Act to enable expeditious disposal of cases, power  of  Special  Courts  and  Exclusive  Special  Courts  to  take  direct cognizance of offence and as far as possible, completion of trial  within two months from the date of filing of the charge sheet, establishing rights of victims and witnesses, and strengthening preventive measures. Further, Section 18 of the PoA Act was amended by the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018 (No.  27  of  2018)  and  enforced  on  20.08.2018,  and  now  conduct  of  a preliminary enquiry before registration of an FIR, or to seek approval of any  authority  prior  to  arrest  of  an  accused,  is  no  longer  required. Government of India has issued advisories from time to time for effective implementation of the PoA Act and Rules.

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## Cases Registered under Total Crime against Scheduled Castes in the districts of Rajasthan during 2017-2019

| S. No   | Districts      | 2017   | 2018   |   2019 |
|---------|----------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1       | Ajmer          | 146    | 126    |    248 |
| 2       | Alwar          | 277    | 288    |    262 |
| 3       | Banswara       | 10     | 10     |      7 |
| 4       | Baran          | 116    | 109    |    167 |
| 5       | Barmer         | 212    | 168    |    228 |
| 6       | Bharatpur      | 371    | 330    |    408 |
| 7       | Bhilwara       | 68     | 160    |    190 |
| 8       | Bikaner        | 195    | 156    |    292 |
| 9       | Bundi          | 74     | 92     |    115 |
| 10      | Chittorgarh    | 78     | 76     |     90 |
| 11      | Churu          | 174    | 155    |    241 |
| 12      | Dausa          | 32     | 67     |    112 |
| 13      | Dholpur        | 109    | 141    |    186 |
| 14      | Dungarpur      | 1      | 1      |      2 |
| 15      | GRP Ajmer      | 0      | 3      |      1 |
| 16      | GRP Jodhpur    | 0      | 0      |      2 |
| 17      | Ganganagar     | 318    | 292    |    408 |
| 18      | Hanumangarh    | 197    | 212    |    311 |
| 19      | Jaipur East    | 13     | 44     |     72 |
| 20      | Jaipur North   | 8      | 23     |     31 |
| 21      | Jaipur Rural   | 128    | 138    |    221 |
| 22      | Jaipur South   | 11     | 56     |    108 |
| 23      | Jaipur West    | 52     | 57     |    132 |
| 24      | Jaisalmer      | 86     | 77     |    113 |
| 25      | Jalore         | 116    | 123    |    155 |
| 26      | Jhalawar       | 88     | 86     |    126 |
| 27      | Jhunjhunu      | 156    | 161    |    230 |
| 28      | Jodhpur East   | 56     | 89     |     74 |
| 29      | Jodhpur West   | 56     | 125    |    116 |
| 30      | Jodhpur Rural  | 107    | 126    |    217 |
| 31      | Karauli        | 116    | 96     |    137 |
| 32      | Kota City      | 35     | 38     |     98 |
| 33      | Kota Rural     | 31     | 48     |     56 |
| 34      | Nagaur         | 245    | 234    |    281 |
| 35      | Pali           | 118    | 206    |    281 |
| 36      | Pratapgarh     | 17     | 24     |     35 |
| 37      | Rajsamand      | 36     | 53     |     76 |
| 38      | Sawai Madhopur | 78     | 75     |    144 |
| 39      | Sikar          | 107    | 133    |    236 |
| 40      | Sirohi         | 59     | 48     |     67 |
| 41      | Tonk           | 75     | 107    |    239 |
| 42      | Udaipur        | 66     | 54     |     71 |
| 43      | Jaipur Metro   | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 44      | SCRB           | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 45      | SOG            | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 46      | SSB            | 0      | 0      |      0 |
| 47      | Jaipur Crime   | -      | -      |      0 |
| 48      | Bhiwadi        | -      | -      |    208 |
|         | Total          | 4238   | 4607   |   6794 |

Source : Crime in India

Annexure-II Cases Registered under Total Crime against Scheduled Castes in the districts of Jharkhand during 2017-2019

| Sl.   | Districts          |   2017 |   2018 |   2019 |
|-------|--------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1     | Bokaro             |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 2     | Chaibasa           |      2 |      5 |      0 |
| 3     | Chatra             |     19 |     18 |     23 |
| 4     | Deoghar            |     93 |     68 |    109 |
| 5     | Dhanbad            |     27 |     26 |     47 |
| 6     | Dhanbad Railway    |      1 |      0 |      1 |
| 7     | Dumka              |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 8     | Garhwa             |     42 |     39 |     75 |
| 9     | Giridih            |     50 |     41 |     59 |
| 10    | Godda              |      0 |     14 |     35 |
| 11    | Gumla              |      3 |      3 |      0 |
| 12    | Hazaribagh         |    108 |    155 |     32 |
| 13    | Jamshedpur         |     15 |     11 |     11 |
| 14    | Jamshedpur Railway |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 15    | Jamtara            |     13 |      5 |     14 |
| 16    | Khunti             |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 17    | Koderma            |     47 |     16 |     27 |
| 18    | Latehar            |      7 |      9 |     10 |
| 19    | Lohardagga         |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 20    | Pakur              |      0 |      6 |      5 |
| 21    | Palamu             |     70 |     93 |    135 |
| 22    | Ramgarh            |      9 |     12 |     16 |
| 23    | Ranchi             |      2 |      0 |      4 |
| 24    | Sahebganj          |     14 |     10 |     48 |
| 25    | Saraikela          |     18 |      6 |      0 |
| 26    | Simdega            |      1 |      0 |      0 |
|       | Total              |    541 |    537 |    651 |

Source : Crime in India