Lok Sabha Question No. 2206 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-15
Subject: Increasing Murder Cases
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Anto  Antony

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2206

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 15 th  MARCH, 2022/PHALGUNA 24,1943 (SAKA)

INCREASING MURDER CASES

2206.  SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  statistics  regarding  the  murder  cases reported in the country;

- (b) if so, the number of such cases reported in the country during the last twelve months, month-wise and State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has noticed murder cases are increasing in all the States, if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government has any plan to review the Indian Penal Code; and

(e)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (e):  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  compiles  and  publishes  data  on murders in its annual publication 'Crime in India'. The reports are available till the year 2020. The State/UT wise details of cases registered under crime head murder during the year 2019 and 2020 are at Annexure. The figures do not show any common trend for all the States.

It  is  the  intention  of  the  Government  to  comprehensively  review  the  existing Criminal  Laws  and  make  them  relevant  to  the  contemporary  law  and  order

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 2206 FOR 15.03.2022

situation as well as to provide speedy justice to the vulnerable sections of the society and create a legal structure which is citizen-centric.

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## Murders (State/UT-wise)

| SL                 | State/UT                     | Murder (Sec.302 IPC) 2019   | Murder (Sec.302 IPC) 2020   |
|--------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| STATES:            | STATES:                      | STATES:                     | STATES:                     |
| 1                  | Andhra Pradesh               | 870                         | 853                         |
| 2                  | Arunachal Pradesh            | 60                          | 45                          |
| 3                  | Assam                        | 1235                        | 1131                        |
| 4                  | Bihar                        | 3138                        | 3150                        |
| 5                  | Chhattisgarh                 | 913                         | 972                         |
| 6                  | Goa                          | 33                          | 34                          |
| 7                  | Gujarat                      | 993                         | 982                         |
| 8                  | Haryana                      | 1137                        | 1143                        |
| 9                  | Himachal Pradesh             | 70                          | 91                          |
| 10                 | Jharkhand                    | 1626                        | 1592                        |
| 11                 | Karnataka                    | 1314                        | 1331                        |
| 12                 | Kerala                       | 323                         | 306                         |
| 13                 | Madhya Pradesh               | 1795                        | 2101                        |
| 14                 | Maharashtra                  | 2142                        | 2163                        |
| 15                 | Manipur                      | 56                          | 46                          |
| 16                 | Meghalaya                    | 68                          | 79                          |
| 17                 | Mizoram                      | 22                          | 28                          |
| 18                 | Nagaland                     | 25                          | 25                          |
| 19                 | Odisha                       | 1356                        | 1470                        |
| 20                 | Punjab                       | 679                         | 757                         |
| 21                 | Rajasthan                    | 1659                        | 1719                        |
| 22                 | Sikkim                       | 17                          | 11                          |
| 23                 | Tamil Nadu                   | 1745                        | 1661                        |
| 24                 | Telangana                    | 839                         | 802                         |
| 25                 | Tripura                      | 144                         | 114                         |
| 26                 | Uttar Pradesh                | 3806                        | 3779                        |
| 27                 | Uttarakhand                  | 199                         | 160                         |
| 28                 | West Bengal                  | 1930                        | 1948                        |
|                    | TOTAL STATE(S)               | 28194                       | 28493                       |
| UNION TERRITORIES: | UNION TERRITORIES:           | UNION TERRITORIES:          | UNION TERRITORIES:          |
| 29                 | A&N Islands                  | 13                          | 5                           |
| 30                 | Chandigarh                   | 26                          | 22                          |
| 31                 | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu + | 13                          | 13                          |
| 32                 | Delhi                        | 521                         | 472                         |
| 33                 | Jammu & Kashmir *            | 119                         | 149                         |
| 34                 | Ladakh                       | -                           | 0                           |
| 35                 | Lakshadweep                  | 0                           | 0                           |
| 36                 | Puducherry                   | 29                          | 39                          |
|                    | TOTAL UT(S)                  | 721                         | 700                         |
|                    | TOTAL ALL INDIA              | 28915                       | 29193                       |

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

* Data of erstwhile jammu & Kashmir State including Ladakh for 2019

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 2206 FOR 15.03.2022 Annexure