Lok Sabha Question No. 217 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-02
Subject: Safety of Women
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sisir Kumar Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 217

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 02 ND  FEBRUARY, 2021/ MAGHA 13, 1942 (SAKA)

SAFETY OF WOMEN

217.  SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  inspite  of  different  Action  Plan  of  the Government, there is no steady improvement or decline in rape cases in the country and crime against women has risen over 25 percent against 2017;

(b) whether it is also a fact that the conviction rate for rape was just 27 percent in 2018;

(c) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;

(d) the present status of Fast Track Special Courts (FTSC) being set up as a part of the National Mission for Safety of Women (NMSW); and

(e) the pending cases under the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018 and POCSO Act., State-wise?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(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 including investigation  and  prosecution  of  crime  against  women  and  children  rest with   the  respective  State  Governments.    The  State  Governments  are

competent to deal with such offences under the extant provisions of laws. However,  the  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  compiles  and publishes  information  on  crimes  in  its  publication  'Crime  in  India'.  The published  reports  are  available  till  the  year  2019.  State/Union  Territory (UT)-wise  details  of  cases  registered  under  Rape  (Sec  376  Indian  Penal Code)  during  the  period  from  2017  to  2019  does  not  show  any  uniform trend. Conviction Rate for Rape cases during the period from 2017 to 2019 also does not show uniform trend both for All India and State/UT-wise.

(d): The  Department  of  Justice  has  approved  a  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme for setting up of 1023 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) across the country for expeditious trial and disposal of pending cases related to rape  and  cases  booked  under  the  Protection  of  Children  from  Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. A total of 609 FTSCs including 331 POCSO Courts are functional.

(e): As  per  Crime  in  India  2019  published  by  the  NCRB,  State/UT-Wise details  of  cases  pending  investigation  under  POCSO  Act,  2012  is  at Annexure-I.  State/UT-wise  total  number  of  cases  pending  investigation under  crime  head  Murder  with  Rape/Gang-Rape,  Rape  and  Assault  on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty is at Annexure-II.

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## State/UT-wise Cases Pending Investigation at the end of the year (CPIE) under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO (Total) during 2019

| SL   | State/UT          |   2019 |
|------|-------------------|--------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    |    654 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh |     20 |
| 3    | Assam             |   1321 |
| 4    | Bihar             |   1505 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      |    266 |
| 6    | Goa               |      0 |
| 7    | Gujarat           |    170 |
| 8    | Haryana           |    204 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  |     11 |
| 10   | Jammu & Kashmir*  |     26 |
| 11   | Jharkhand         |    514 |
| 12   | Karnataka         |    495 |
| 13   | Kerala            |    916 |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    |    293 |
| 15   | Maharashtra       |   4269 |
| 16   | Manipur           |     90 |
| 17   | Meghalaya         |    306 |
| 18   | Mizoram           |      6 |
| 19   | Nagaland          |      2 |
| 20   | Odisha            |    866 |
| 21   | Punjab            |    315 |
| 22   | Rajasthan         |     44 |
| 23   | Sikkim            |      8 |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        |    943 |
| 25   | Telangana         |   1715 |
| 26   | Tripura           |     35 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     |   1734 |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       |    151 |
| 29   | West Bengal       |    946 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    |  17825 |
| 30   | A&N Islands       |      6 |
| 31   | Chandigarh        |      1 |
| 32   | D&N Haveli**      |      5 |
| 33   | Daman & Diu**     |      7 |
| 34   | Delhi             |   1490 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |     17 |
| 36   | Puducherry        |     41 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |   1567 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |  19392 |

Source: Crime in India

*Now UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Laddakh

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

ANNEXURE-II

State/UT-wise    Cases  Pending  Investigation  at  the  end  of  the  year  (CPIEY)  under  Murder  with Rape/Gang Rape, Rape, Assault on Women with Intent to outrage her modesty during 2019

| SL   | State/UT          |   Murder with Rape/ Gang Rape |   Rape |   Assault on Women with Intent to outrage her modesty |
|------|-------------------|-------------------------------|--------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    |                             6 |   1143 |                                                  2620 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh |                             1 |     67 |                                                    82 |
| 3    | Assam             |                            49 |   2888 |                                                  3447 |
| 4    | Bihar             |                             4 |    502 |                                                   206 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      |                             0 |    308 |                                                   127 |
| 6    | Goa               |                             0 |     13 |                                                    44 |
| 7    | Gujarat           |                             0 |     59 |                                                    64 |
| 8    | Haryana           |                             5 |    306 |                                                   381 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  |                             8 |     70 |                                                   109 |
| 10   | Jammu & Kashmir   |                             0 |    153 |                                                   578 |
| 11   | Jharkhand         |                             8 |   1300 |                                                  1330 |
| 12   | Karnataka         |                             8 |    155 |                                                  1804 |
| 13   | Kerala            |                             3 |   1621 |                                                  1799 |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    |                             9 |    309 |                                                   256 |
| 15   | Maharashtra       |                            13 |   1229 |                                                  6595 |
| 16   | Manipur           |                             0 |    257 |                                                   288 |
| 17   | Meghalaya         |                             8 |    148 |                                                   138 |
| 18   | Mizoram           |                             1 |      5 |                                                     4 |
| 19   | Nagaland          |                             0 |      2 |                                                     1 |
| 20   | Odisha            |                             3 |    677 |                                                  4379 |
| 21   | Punjab            |                             1 |    356 |                                                   912 |
| 22   | Rajasthan         |                             1 |    737 |                                                   501 |
| 23   | Sikkim            |                             0 |      5 |                                                    13 |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        |                             6 |    281 |                                                   832 |
| 25   | Telangana         |                            10 |    782 |                                                  2469 |
| 26   | Tripura           |                             0 |     34 |                                                    41 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     |                             4 |    532 |                                                  1905 |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       |                             0 |    213 |                                                   283 |
| 29   | West Bengal       |                             3 |    378 |                                                  1168 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    |                           151 |  14530 |                                                 32376 |
| 30   | A&N Islands       |                             0 |      1 |                                                     4 |
| 31   | Chandigarh        |                             0 |     62 |                                                    54 |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        |                             0 |      0 |                                                     2 |
| 33   | Daman & Diu       |                             1 |      2 |                                                     6 |
| 34   | Delhi             |                            12 |    354 |                                                  2634 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |                             0 |      7 |                                                     9 |
| 36   | Puducherry        |                             3 |      5 |                                                     3 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |                            16 |    431 |                                                  2712 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |                           167 |  14961 |                                                 35088 |

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.

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