Lok Sabha Question No. 3610 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-10
Subject: Honour Killings
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: A. Ganeshamurthi, S. Ramalingam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3610

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH  AUGUST, 2021/ SRAVANA 19, 1943 (SAKA) HONOUR KILLINGS

3610.  SHRI A. GANESHAMURTHI: SHRI RAMALINGAM S.:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  fact  that  large  number  of incidents of honour killings for inter caste and inter-religious marriages have been reported in various parts of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  total  number  of  such  honour  killings  for  inter-caste  and  interreligious marriages that have been registered, solved and are pending in the country during each of the last three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): '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,  and  investigation and prosecution of crime rests with the respective State Governments. The State  Governments  are  competent  to  deal  with  such  offences  under  the extant provisions of laws. National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes statistical data on crimes in its publication 'Crime in India'. Published  reports  are  available  till the  year  2019.  Specific  details  in this regard  are not  centrally   maintained.   However,  State/UT-wise   cases

LS.USQ. NO.3610 FOR 10.08.2021 registered under Murder (Section 302 IPC) with the motive as Honour Killings for the years 2017 to 2019 are at Annexure.

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Annexure State/UT-wise Cases Registered under Honour Killing under Motives of Murder during 2017-2019

| SL   | State/UT          |   2017 |   2018 |   2019 |
|------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    |      1 |      0 |      1 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh |      2 |      0 |      1 |
| 3    | Assam             |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 4    | Bihar             |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 6    | Goa               |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 7    | Gujarat           |      0 |      1 |      5 |
| 8    | Haryana           |      3 |      0 |      3 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  |      3 |      6 |      0 |
| 10   | Jammu &Kashmir*   |      3 |      2 |      1 |
| 11   | Jharkhand         |     41 |      9 |      0 |
| 12   | Karnataka         |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 13   | Kerala            |      2 |      1 |      0 |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 15   | Maharashtra       |     16 |      3 |      0 |
| 16   | Manipur           |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 17   | Meghalaya         |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 18   | Mizoram           |      1 |      0 |      0 |
| 19   | Nagaland          |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 20   | Odisha            |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 21   | Punjab            |      2 |      3 |      6 |
| 22   | Rajasthan         |      1 |      1 |      2 |
| 23   | Sikkim            |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        |      2 |      0 |      1 |
| 25   | Telangana         |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 26   | Tripura           |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     |     14 |      0 |      0 |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       |      0 |      0 |      3 |
| 29   | West Bengal       |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    |     91 |     28 |     24 |
| 30   | A&N Islands       |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 31   | Chandigarh        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 32   | D&N Haveli**      |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 33   | Daman &Diu**      |      1 |      0 |      0 |
| 34   | Delhi             |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 36   | Puducherry        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |      1 |      1 |      0 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |     92 |     29 |     24 |

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

*Now UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Laddakh

** Now UTs of D&N Haveli and UT of Daman& Diu have merged as one UT.