Lok Sabha Question No. 1251 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-11
Subject: Crime against Women
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1251

TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  THE  11 TH   FEBRUARY,  2025/  MAGHA  22,  1946 (SAKA)

CRIME AGAINST WOMEN

1251.     SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the number of cases which have been registered for Women abuse in the country, Statewise;

(b)  whether  there  has  been  highest  increase  in  women  abuse  in  the country especially in cases of rape and murder;

(c)  the  number  of  accused  persons  have  been  convicted,  acquitted  for women abuse in the country during the last three years, State-wise;

(d)  whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  from  a  committee  of  all States to control violence against women; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and who will be the representatives of various sectors in this committee?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR)

(a) to (c): National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles statistical data on crimes as reported to it by the States/UTs and publishes the same in its  annual  publication  'Crime  in  India'.  The  latest  published  report pertains to the year 2022. The State/UT-wise details of Cases Registered under Crime against Women during 2020-2022 are at Annexure-I. Details of  Crime   Head-wise   cases   registered   under   Crime   Against  Women

including rape and murder during 2020-2022 are at Annexure-II. State/UTwise  details  of  Cases  Convicted,  Cases  Acquitted,  Persons  Arrested, Persons  Convicted  and  Persons  Acquitted  under  Crime  against  Women during 2020-2022 are available at Annexure-I.

The increased level of education and awareness in the society about women's rights, improved law enforcement mechanism, improved ease of access to police stations and facilities for registration of cases, compliance with protocol and advisories for filing of FIR, including Zero FIR, training on gender sensitivity of officers, strict action against erring officials etc., have led to better reporting of crime.

(d) & (e): 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibility to maintain law and  order,  protection  of  life  and  property  of  the  citizens  including investigation  and  prosecution  of  crime  against  women  rests  with  the respective State Governments/UT Administrations. State Governments/UT Administrations  are  competent  to  deal  with  such  offences  under  the extant provisions of laws.

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## L.S.US.Q.NO. 1251 FOR 11.02.2025

State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases Convicted (CON), Cases Acquitted (CAQ), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Convicted (PCV) and Persons Acquitted (PAQ) under Crime against Women during 2020-2021

| SL   | State/UT                   | 2020   | 2020    | 2020     | 2020   | 2020   | 2020   | 2021   | 2021   | 2021     | 2021       | 2021   | 2021   |
|------|----------------------------|--------|---------|----------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----------|------------|--------|--------|
|      |                            | CR     | CON     | CAQ      | PAR    | PCV    | PAQ    | CR     | CON    | CAQ      | PAR        | PCV    | PAQ    |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh             | 17089  | 279     | 3871     | 18976  | 506    | 8123   | 17752  | 176    | 2948     | 19085      | 297    | 9165   |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh          | 281    | 1       | 1        | 312    | 1      | 1      | 366    | 21     | 12       | 370        | 22     | 14     |
| 3    | Assam                      | 26352  | 140     | 4068     | 33537  | 149    | 4801   | 29046  | 148    | 3647     | 34923      | 185    | 4578   |
| 4    | Bihar                      | 15359  | 174     | 222      | 13015  | 256    | 419    | 17950  | 521    | 430      | 15685      | 630    | 877    |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh               | 7385   | 870     | 1261     | 9380   | 1082   | 1664   | 7344   | 819    | 1726     | 9950       | 1042   | 2307   |
| 6    | Goa                        | 219    | 11      | 58       | 227    | 21     | 84     | 224    | 4      | 63       | 186        | 7      | 88     |
| 7    | Gujarat                    | 8028   | 59      | 1158     | 14339  | 92     | 2549   | 7348   | 127    | 2398     | 13506      | 183    | 6181   |
| 8    | Haryana                    | 13000  | 168     | 876      | 11480  | 235    | 1314   | 16658  | 467    | 2174     | 13434      | 586    | 3296   |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh           | 1614   | 49      | 196      | 1547   | 63     | 348    | 1599   | 72     | 266      | 1409       | 85     | 444    |
| 10   | Jharkhand                  | 7630   | 992     | 903      | 7600   | 1081   | 1111   | 8110   | 606    | 629      | 7300       | 720    | 706    |
| 11   | Karnataka                  | 12680  | 163     | 3331     | 21662  | 241    | 5940   | 14468  | 512    | 5690     | 26167      | 649    | 10433  |
| 12   | Kerala                     | 10139  | 1367    | 5551     | 11295  | 1549   | 6530   | 13539  | 502    | 2909     | 16110      | 570    | 3711   |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh             | 25640  | 2017    | 3092     | 28878  | 2735   | 4745   | 30673  | 4057   | 6336     | 26808      | 5705   | 9462   |
| 14   | Maharashtra                | 31954  | 668     | 3655     | 38675  | 888    | 8377   | 39526  | 996    | 6043     | 44363      | 1213   | 12918  |
| 15   | Manipur                    | 247    | 2       | 7        | 228    | 3      | 7      | 302    | 8      | 18       | 294        | 8      | 18     |
| 16   | Meghalaya                  | 568    | 63      | 40       | 524    | 70     | 43     | 685    | 66     | 38       | 682        | 72     | 40     |
| 17   | Mizoram                    | 172    | 72      | 21       | 180    | 76     | 21     | 176    | 45     | 10       | 179        | 48     | 10     |
| 18   | Nagaland                   | 39     | 13      | 1        | 51     | 13     | 1      | 54     | 7      | 3        | 68         | 18     | 3      |
| 19   | Odisha                     | 25489  | 144     | 1427     | 13737  | 157    | 2254   | 31352  | 193    | 2120     | 16246      | 199    | 3544   |
| 20   | Punjab                     | 4838   | 194     | 566      | 5940   | 296    | 985    | 5662   | 307    | 1116     | 6543       | 494    | 1639   |
| 21   | Rajasthan                  | 34535  | 3780    | 3137     | 23296  | 4806   | 4615   | 40738  | 4180   | 4004     | 28698      | 5312   | 5372   |
| 22   | Sikkim                     | 140    | 11      | 15       | 145    | 11     | 19     | 130    | 24     | 37       | 137        | 24     | 38     |
| 23   | Tamil Nadu                 | 6630   | 392     | 1376     | 9183   | 586    | 2267   | 8501   | 500    | 2264     | 12653      | 635    | 3555   |
| 24   | Telangana                  | 17791  | 801     | 2329     | 15007  | 979    | 3892   | 20865  | 406    | 3211     | 13905      | 506    | 4955   |
| 25   | Tripura                    | 874    | 34      | 150      | 689    | 40     | 212    | 807    | 47     | 197      | 576        | 51     | 338    |
| 26   | Uttar Pradesh              | 49385  | 8386 99 | 4728 135 | 79875  | 14608  | 14556  | 56083  | 7713   | 4787 218 | 93392 2627 | 14024  | 11493  |
| 27   | Uttarakhand                | 2846   |         |          | 2090   | 114    | 158    | 3431   | 196    |          |            | 218    | 253    |
| 28   | West Bengal                | 36439  | 73      | 3443     | 20284  | 104    | 7540   | 35884  | 154    | 5862     | 23510      | 222    | 11886  |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 357363 | 21022   | 45618    | 382152 | 30762  | 82576  | 409273 | 22874  | 59156    | 428806     | 33725  | 107324 |
| 29   | A&N Islands                | 143    | 15      | 36       | 141    | 18     | 49     | 169    | 17     | 126      | 182        | 19     | 143    |
| 30   | Chandigarh                 | 301    | 11      | 30       | 257    | 15     | 45     | 343    | 20     | 66       | 236        | 24     | 111    |
| 31   | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu | 61     | 2       | 29       | 79     | 2      | 36     | 99     | 2      | 51       | 103        | 2      | 63     |
| 32   | Delhi                      | 10093  | 403     | 388      | 11213  | 485    | 557    | 14277  | 274    | 355      | 14238      | 325    | 471    |
| 33   | Jammu & Kashmir            | 3405   | 19      | 533      | 4548   | 35     | 1204   | 3937   | 52     | 519      | 7109       | 95     | 1175   |
| 34   | Ladakh                     | 9      | 14      | 6        | 9      | 15     | 6      | 18     | 4      | 4        | 23         | 4      | 4      |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                | 15     | 2       | 1        | 17     | 2      | 1      | 9      | 0      | 2        | 26         | 0      | 17     |
| 36   | Puducherry                 | 113    | 63      | 32       | 204    | 68     | 32     | 153    | 0      | 14       | 329        | 0      | 14     |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)                | 14140  | 529     | 1055     | 16468  | 640    | 1930   | 19005  | 369    | 1137     | 22246      | 469    | 1998   |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)          | 371503 | 21551   | 46673    | 398620 | 31402  | 84506  | 428278 | 23243  | 60293    | 451052     | 34194  | 109322 |

Source : Crime in India

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State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases Convicted (CON), Cases Acquitted (CAQ), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Convicted (PCV) and Persons Acquitted (PAQ) under Crime against Women during 2022

| SL         | State/UT                   | 2022   | 2022   | 2022   | 2022   | 2022   | 2022   |
|------------|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL         | State/UT                   | CR     | CON    | CAQ    | PAR    | PCV    | PAQ    |
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh             | 25503  | 414    | 8485   | 30846  | 716    | 14260  |
| 2          | Arunachal Pradesh          | 335    | 29     | 27     | 319    | 29     | 28     |
| 3          | Assam                      | 14148  | 512    | 10056  | 19789  | 548    | 11352  |
| 4          | Bihar                      | 20222  | 1059   | 677    | 21320  | 1333   | 2334   |
| 5          | Chhattisgarh               | 8693   | 3214   | 1883   | 10567  | 4714   | 2521   |
| 6          | Goa                        | 273    | 16     | 103    | 192    | 18     | 137    |
| 7          | Gujarat                    | 7731   | 228    | 4019   | 12188  | 396    | 9637   |
| 8          | Haryana                    | 16743  | 591    | 3902   | 13682  | 743    | 5498   |
| 9          | Himachal Pradesh           | 1551   | 141    | 450    | 1003   | 163    | 679    |
| 10         | Jharkhand                  | 7678   | 1208   | 2842   | 8296   | 1300   | 3201   |
| 11         | Karnataka                  | 17813  | 540    | 9139   | 27753  | 627    | 16126  |
| 12         | Kerala                     | 15213  | 803    | 6337   | 16325  | 970    | 7387   |
| 13         | Madhya Pradesh             | 32765  | 6155   | 9031   | 24709  | 8200   | 13574  |
| 14         | Maharashtra                | 45331  | 1486   | 11309  | 40934  | 1776   | 20466  |
| 15         | Manipur                    | 248    | 22     | 13     | 183    | 22     | 13     |
| 16         | Meghalaya                  | 690    | 69     | 94     | 410    | 74     | 97     |
| 17         | Mizoram                    | 147    | 87     | 38     | 155    | 89     | 41     |
| 18         | Nagaland                   | 49     | 9      | 5      | 58     | 9      | 5      |
| 19         | Odisha                     | 23648  | 671    | 6613   | 9240   | 763    | 6942   |
| 20         | Punjab                     | 5572   | 442    | 1865   | 6399   | 624    | 2568   |
| 21         | Rajasthan                  | 45058  | 4211   | 4807   | 29938  | 5932   | 7426   |
| 22         | Sikkim                     | 179    | 39     | 98     | 161    | 40     | 104    |
| 23         | Tamil Nadu                 | 9207   | 882    | 3637   | 14040  | 1019   | 5113   |
| 24         | Telangana                  | 22066  | 609    | 4486   | 16139  | 736    | 6316   |
| 25         | Tripura                    | 752    | 66     | 380    | 537    | 86     | 586    |
| 26         | Uttar Pradesh              | 65743  | 13099  | 4678   | 101754 | 21729  | 9179   |
| 27         | Uttarakhand                | 4337   | 163    | 220    | 2688   | 187    | 246    |
| 28         | West Bengal                | 34738  | 786    | 7996   | 23705  | 907    | 21268  |
|            | TOTAL STATE(S)             | 426433 | 37551  | 103190 | 433330 | 53750  | 167104 |
| 29         | A&N Islands                | 178    | 17     | 76     | 167    | 18     | 83     |
| 30         | Chandigarh                 | 325    | 45     | 96     | 314    | 55     | 125    |
| 31         | D&N Haveli and Daman & Diu | 126    | 8      | 72     | 152    | 14     | 84     |
| 32         | Delhi                      | 14247  | 442    | 709    | 15112  | 604    | 987    |
| 33         | Jammu & Kashmir            | 3716   | 68     | 922    | 6309   | 155    | 1871   |
| 34         | Ladakh                     | 15     | 1      | 3      | 17     | 1      | 3      |
| 35         | Lakshadweep                | 16     | 2      | 1      | 12     | 2      | 1      |
| 36         | Puducherry                 | 200    | 2      | 11     | 332    | 3      | 18     |
|            | TOTAL UT(S)                | 18823  | 585    | 1890   | 22415  | 852    | 3172   |
| TOTAL (ALL | INDIA)                     | 445256 | 38136  | 105080 | 455745 | 54602  | 170276 |

## Crime Heads-wise Cases Registered (CR) under Crime against Women during 2020-2022

| Sl. No.   | Crime Head                                          |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1         | Murder with Rape/Gang Rape                          |    219 |    284 |    248 |
| 2         | Dowry Deaths                                        |   6966 |   6753 |   6450 |
| 3         | Abetment to Suicide of Women                        |   5040 |   5292 |   4963 |
| 4         | Miscarriage                                         |    239 |    196 |    236 |
| 5         | Acid Attack                                         |    105 |    102 |    124 |
| 6         | Attempt to Acid Attack                              |     33 |     48 |     38 |
| 7         | Cruelty by Husband or his relatives                 | 111549 | 136234 | 140019 |
| 8         | Kidnapping and Abduction of Women                   |  62300 |  75369 |  85310 |
| 9         | Human Trafficking                                   |    646 |    914 |    781 |
| 10        | Selling of Minor Girls                              |     12 |     12 |      8 |
| 11        | Buying of Minor Girls                               |      1 |      2 |      3 |
| 12        | Rape                                                |  28046 |  31677 |  31516 |
| 13        | Attempt to Commit Rape                              |   3741 |   3800 |   3288 |
| 14        | Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty |  85392 |  89200 |  83344 |
| 15        | Insult to the Modesty of Women                      |   7065 |   7788 |   8972 |
| A         | Total IPC Crimes against Women                      | 311354 | 357671 | 365300 |
| 16        | Dowry Prohibition Act                               |  10366 |  13568 |  13479 |
| 17        | Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act                    |    868 |   1071 |    946 |
| 18        | Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act      |    446 |    507 |    468 |
| 19        | Cyber Crimes/Information Technology Act             |   2334 |   2597 |   2940 |
| 20        | Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act     |  46123 |  52836 |  62095 |
| 21        | Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act  |     12 |     28 |     28 |
| B         | Total Special and Local Laws Crimes against Women   |  60149 |  70607 |  79956 |
|           | Total Crime against Women                           | 371503 | 428278 | 445256 |

Source: Crime in India

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