Lok Sabha Question No. 2366 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: FIR Registered for Cyber Terrorism
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: P.P. Chaudhary

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2366

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

FIR REGISTERED FOR CYBER TERRORISM

2366. SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the details and the total number of FIRs filed for the offence of cyber terrorism  under  section  66F  of  the  Information  Technology  Act,  2000 during the last five years, State-wise; and

(b) the total number of cases arising from these FIRs in which a conviction has been obtained under section 66F of the IT Act, 2000 during the said period, State-wise?

ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): The National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) is the nodal agency which compiles the data on crimes including  cyber terrorism as reported to it by States and Union Territories and publishes the same in its annual publication  'Crime  in  India'.  The  published  reports  are  available  till  the year  2019.  The  State-wise  details  of  number  of  FIRs  filed  and  persons convicted  for  the  offence  of  Cyber  terrorism  under  Section  66F  of  the Information Technology Act, 2000 during the last five years i.e. for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 is at Annexure ********

ANNEXURE

State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under Section 66F of IT Act

| SL   | State/UT                          | 2015   | 2015   | 2016   | 2016   | 2017   | 2017   | 2018   | 2018   | 2019   | 2019   |
|------|-----------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL   | State/UT                          | CR     | PCV    | CR     | PCV    | CR     | PCV    | CR     | PCV    | CR     | PCV    |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh                    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh                 | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 3    | Assam                             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 4      | 0      | 8      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 4    | Bihar                             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh                      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 6    | Goa                               | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 7    | Gujarat                           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 8    | Haryana                           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh                  | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 5      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 10   | ppppppppPprsPPrad Jammu & Kashmir | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      |
| 11   | esh Jharkhand                     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 12   | Karnataka                         | 3      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 0      |
| 13   | Kerala                            | 3      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 0      |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh                    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 15   | Maharashtra                       | 1      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 16   | Manipur                           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 17   | Meghalaya                         | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 18   | Mizoram                           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 19   | Nagaland                          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 20   | Odisha                            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 21   | Punjab                            | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      |
| 22   | Rajasthan                         | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 23   | Sikkim                            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu                        | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 11     | 0      | 4      | 0      |
| 25   | Telangana                         | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 26   | Tripura                           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh                     | 2      | 0      | 7      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 3      | 0      |
| 28   | Uttarakhand                       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 29   | West Bengal                       | 1      | 0      | 3      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 30   | A&N Islands                       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 31   | Chandigarh                        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 32   | D&NHaveli                         | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 33   | Daman & Diu                       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|      | Delhi                             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 34   |                                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        | 0      | 0      |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                       | 0      | 0      | 0 0    | 0 0    | 0 0    | 0      | 0 0    | 0 0    | 0      | 0      |
| 36   | Puducherry                        | 0      | 0      |        |        |        | 0      |        |        |        | 0      |
|      | TOTAL                             | 13     | 0      | 12     | 0      | 13     | 0      | 21     | 0      | 12     |        |

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