Lok Sabha Question No. 3847 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-21
Subject: Sedition Cases
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Thirumaa Valavan Thol

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3847

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 st   DECEMBER, 2021/AGRAHAYANA 30,1943 (SAKA) SEDITION CASES

3847.  SHRI THIRUMAAVALAVAN THOL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has maintained any data pertaining to the number of Sedition cases filed during the last three years;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c)  whether the rate of Conviction to the number of cases filed with regard to Sedition cases is available with the Government; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a)  to  (d):  'Public  Order'  and  'Police'  are  State  subjects  as  per  the  Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. The responsibility of maintaining law and order, including registration, investigation and prosecution of crimes, etc., rests primarily  with  the  respective  State  Government.  The  National  Crime  Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes information on crimes in its publication 'Crime in India". Published reports are available till the year 2020. Data for last three years about cases registered, cases charge-sheeted and conviction rate under the offence of sedition, is at Annexure.

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State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases Chargesheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CON), Cases in which Trials Completed (CTC) and Conviction Rate (CVR) under Sedition during 2018-2020

| SL    | State/UT               |      |     |     |     | 2018    | 2018   | 2018   | 2018    | 2018   | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   | 2019   |
|-------|------------------------|------|-----|-----|-----|---------|--------|--------|---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL    | State/UT               | CR   | CCS | CON | CTC | CVR     | CR     | CCS    | CON CTC | CVR    | CR     | CCS    | CON    | CTC    | CVR    |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh         | 1    | 0   | 0   | 0   | -       | 0 1    | 0      | 0       | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh      | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0   | - 0     | 0      | 0      | 0       | -      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 3     | Assam                  | 17   | 11  | 0   | 10  | 0.0 17  | 7      | 0      | 12      | 0.0    | 12     | 5      | 0      | 4      | 0.0    |
| 4     | Bihar                  | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0   |         | 0 0    | 0      | 0       | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh           | 3    | 3   | 0   | 0   | - -     | 0      | 0      | 0       | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 6     | Goa                    | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0   | 1 0     | 0      | 0      | 0       | -      | 3      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 7     | Gujarat                | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0   | - -     | 0 0    | 0      | 0       | -      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 8     | Haryana                | 1    | 1   | 1   | 1   | 100.0   | 2 0    | 0      | 0       | -      | 6      | 1      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh       | 0    | 0   | 1   | 1   | 100.0 1 | 0      | 0      | 0       | -      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 10    | Jharkhand              | 18   | 17  | 0   | 0   | -       | 3 0    | 0      | 16      | 0.0    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 11    | Karnataka              | 2    | 2   | 0   | 1   | 0.0     | 22 13  | 0      | 0       | -      | 8      | 2      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 12    | Kerala                 | 9    | 0   | 0   | 0   | -       | 4 0    | 0      | 0       | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 13    | Madhya Pradesh         | 1    | 1   | 0   | 0   | -       | 1 1    | 0      | 0       | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 14    | Maharashtra            | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0   | - 0     | 0      | 0      | 0       | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 15    | Manipur                | 4    | 0   | 0   | 0   | -       | 1 0    | 0      | 0       | -      | 15     | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 16    | Meghalaya              | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0   | -       | 0 0    | 0      | 0       | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 17    | Mizoram                | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0   | -       | 0 0    | 0      | 0       | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 18    | Nagaland               | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0   | -       | 8 5    | 1      | 1       | 100.0  | 2      | 2      | 2      | 2      | 100.0  |
| 19    | Odisha                 | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0   | -       | 2 4    | 0      | 0       | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 20    | Punjab                 | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0   | -       | 0 0    | 0      | 0       | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 21    | Rajasthan              | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0   | -       | 4 1    | 0      | 0       | -      | 4      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 22    | Sikkim                 | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0   | -       | 0 0    | 0      | 0       | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 23    | Tamil Nadu             | 1    | 1   | 0   | 0   | -       | 4 0    | 0      | 0       | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 24    | Telangana              | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0   | -       | 1 0    | 0      | 0       | -      | 2      | 1      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 25    | Tripura                | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0   | -       | 0 0    | 0      | 0       | -      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh          | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0   | -       | 10 5   | 0      | 1       | 0.0    | 7      | 6      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 27    | Uttarakhand            | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0   | -       | 0 0    | 0      | 0       | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 28    | West Bengal            | 0    | 1   | 0   | 0   | -       | 0 0    | 0      | 0       | -      | 2      | 1      | 0      | 0      | -      |
|       | TOTAL STATE(S)         | 57   | 37  | 2   | 13  | 15.4    | 81 37  | 1      | 30      | 3.3    | 66     | 19     | 2      | 6      | 33.3   |
| 29    | A&N Islands            | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0   | -       | 0 0    | 0      | 0       | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 30    | Chandigarh             | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0   | -       | 0 0    | 0      | 0       | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 31    | D&N Haveli and Daman&  | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0   | -       | 0      | 0      | 0 0     | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 32    | Delhi                  | 1    | 0   | 0   | 0   | -       | 1      | 0      | 0       | -      | 5      | 1      | 0      | 0      | -      |
| 33    | Jammu& Kashmir*        | 12   | 1   | 0   | 0   | -       | 11 2   | 0 0    | 0       | -      | 2      | 3      | 0      | 0      | -      |
|       | Ladakh                 | -    |     |     | -   | -       | -      | -      |         | -      | 0      |        |        |        |        |
| 34    |                        |      | -   | -   |     |         | -      | 0      | -       |        |        | 0      | 0      | 0 0    | - -    |
| 35 36 | Lakshadweep            | 0    | 0   | 0   | 0   | - -     | 0 0    | 0 0    | 0 0     | - -    | 0 0    | 0 0    | 0 0    | 0 0    | -      |
|       | Puducherry TOTAL UT(S) | 0 13 | 0 1 | 0 0 | 0 0 | -       | 12     | 2 1    | 0 0 0   | -      | 7      | 4      | 0 2    | 6      | - 33.3 |
|       | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)      | 70   | 38  | 2   | 13  | 15.4    | 93     | 39     | 30      | 3.3    | 73     | 23     |        |        |        |

Source: Crime in India

Note : '+' Combined data of erstwhile D&N Haveli UT and Daman & Diu UT during 2018 & 2019

'*' Data of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh during 2018 & 2019