Lok Sabha Question No. 1939 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-02
Subject: POCSO Cases in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1939

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2024

## POCSO CASES IN ANDHRA PRADESH

## 1939. SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) The number of persons accused and convicted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in the State of Andhra Pradesh during the last five years, district-wise;
- (b) The  number  of  repeat  offenders  under  the  POCSO  Act,  in  the  said  years, district-wise; and
- (c) The details of the rehabilitation facilities provided for the accused in the State of Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a):  As per the information received from Government Of Andhra Pradesh Women Development And Child Welfare Department, total 6927 persons were accused and 134 persons were convicted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in the State of Andhra Pradesh during the last five years. The district wise information on number of persons accused under POCSO Act during the last five years is at Annexure-I. The district wise information on number of persons convicted under POCSO Act during the last five years is at Annexure-II.

- (b):  As per the information received from Government Of Andhra Pradesh Women Development  And  Child  Welfare  Department,  there  are  total  number  of  9  repeat offenders under the POCSO Act in the last five years in the State of Andhra Pradesh. The district wise information is at Annexure-III.

(c): As per the information received from Government Of Andhra Pradesh Women Development and Child Welfare Department, the state of  Andhra Pradesh is providing following rehabilitation services to the Juvenile (children in Conflict with Law) accused under POCSO Act:

- i. Temporary  care,  protection  and  short-term  vocational  skill  development training, education, counselling services etc, are provided to the children who are accused under POCSO Act in the eight (8) Observation Homes run by the State  Govt  at  Visakhapatnam,  Rajahmundry,  Eluru,  Vijayawada,  Kurnool, Kadapa, Ananthapuram & Tirupati.
- ii. Long term rehabilitation services including skill development/vocational trainings, education, counselling services etc,. are provided to the children who are accused and convicted (found to be in conflict with law) under POCSO Act at Special Homes and Places of Safety run by the Govt at Visakhapatnam & Tirupati.

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ANNEXURE-I

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (A)  OF  REPLY  TO  IN  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1939 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2024 ASKED BY  SHRI  LAVU  SRI  KRISHNA  DEVARAYALU  INDICATING  DISTRICT  WISE INFORMATION  ON  NUMBER  OF  PERSONS  ACCUSED  UNDER  POCSO  ACT DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

| No.of Persons Accused under POCSO   | No.of Persons Accused under POCSO   | No.of Persons Accused under POCSO   | No.of Persons Accused under POCSO   | No.of Persons Accused under POCSO   | No.of Persons Accused under POCSO   | No.of Persons Accused under POCSO   |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| S. o.                               | Name of the District                | 2019                                | 2020                                | 2021                                | 2022                                | 2023                                |
| S. o.                               | Name of the District                | No. of persons accused under POCSO  | No.of persons accused under POCSO   | No.of persons accused under POCSO   | No. of persons accused under- POCSO | No.of persons accused under POCSO   |
| 1                                   | Srikakulam                          | 50                                  | 53                                  | 41                                  | 46                                  | 39                                  |
| 2                                   | Vizianagaram                        | 11                                  | 12                                  | 11                                  | 7                                   | 0                                   |
| 3                                   | Visakhapatnam                       | 271                                 | 109                                 | 199                                 | 192                                 | 146                                 |
| 4                                   | Kakinada                            | 67                                  | 92                                  | 113                                 | 97                                  | 56                                  |
| 5                                   | Eluru                               | 107                                 | 158                                 | 169                                 | 200                                 | 136                                 |
| 6                                   | Krishna                             | 100                                 | 156                                 | 108                                 | 693                                 | 157                                 |
| 7                                   | Guntur                              | 135                                 | 152                                 | 210                                 | 172                                 | 152                                 |
| 8                                   | Prakasam                            | 73                                  | 84                                  | 74                                  | 73                                  | 100                                 |
| 9                                   | SPSR Vellore                        | 240                                 | 98                                  | 53                                  | 138                                 | 85                                  |
| 10                                  | Chittoor                            | 29                                  | 38                                  | 61                                  | 67                                  | 47                                  |
| 11                                  | Kadapa                              | 53                                  | 60                                  | 70                                  | 84                                  | 80                                  |
| 12                                  | Kurnool                             | 36                                  | 53                                  | 59                                  | 48                                  | 44                                  |
| 13                                  | Anantapur                           | 83                                  | 146                                 | 163                                 | 140                                 | 131                                 |
| Total                               | Total                               | 1255                                | 1211                                | 1331                                | 1957                                | 1173                                |

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ANNEXURE-II

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (A)  OF  REPLY  TO  IN  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1939 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2024 ASKED BY  SHRI  LAVU  SRI  KRISHNA  DEVARAYALU  INDICATING  DISTRICT  WISE INFORMATION ON NUMBER OF PERSONS CONVICTED UNDER POCSO ACT DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

| No. of Persons convicted under POCSO   | No. of Persons convicted under POCSO   | No. of Persons convicted under POCSO   | No. of Persons convicted under POCSO   | No. of Persons convicted under POCSO   | No. of Persons convicted under POCSO   | No. of Persons convicted under POCSO   |
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                  | Name of the District                   | 2019                                   | 2020 No. of under                      | 2021 No. of                            | 2022                                   | 2023                                   |
| S.No.                                  | Name of the District                   | No. of persons convicted under POCSO   | persons convicted POCSO                | persons convicted under POCSO          | No. of persons convicted under POCSO   | No. of persons convicted under POCSO   |
|                                        | Srikakulam                             | 2                                      | 0                                      | 2                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 2                                      | Vizianagaram                           | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 3                                      | Visakhapatnam                          | 16                                     | 9                                      | 5                                      | 6                                      | 3                                      |
| 4                                      | East Godavari                          | 2                                      | 1                                      | 1                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 5                                      | West Godavari                          | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 3                                      | 3                                      |
| 6                                      | Krishna                                | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 4                                      | 15                                     |
| 7                                      | Guntur                                 | 3                                      | 1                                      | 1                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 8                                      | Prakasam                               | 3                                      | 1                                      | 2                                      | 2                                      | 0                                      |
| 9                                      | SPSR Nellore                           | 6                                      | 4                                      | 2                                      | 6                                      | 7                                      |
| 10                                     | Chittoor                               | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 1                                      | 0                                      |
| 11                                     | Kadapa                                 | 1                                      | 0                                      | 2                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 12                                     | Kurnool                                | 1                                      | 4                                      | 1                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 13                                     | Anantapur                              | 1                                      | 4                                      | 4                                      | 4                                      | 1                                      |
| Total                                  | Total                                  | 35                                     | 24                                     | 20                                     | 26                                     | 29                                     |

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ANNEXURE-III

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (A)  OF  REPLY  TO  IN  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1939 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2024 ASKED BY  SHRI  LAVU  SRI  KRISHNA  DEVARAYALU  NUMBER  OF  9  REPEAT OFFENDERS UNDER THE POCSO ACT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

| No. of Repeat Offenders under POCSO   | No. of Repeat Offenders under POCSO   | No. of Repeat Offenders under POCSO      | No. of Repeat Offenders under POCSO      | No. of Repeat Offenders under POCSO      | No. of Repeat Offenders under POCSO      | No. of Repeat Offenders under POCSO      |
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                 | Name of the District                  | 2019 No. of repeat offenders under POCSO | 2020 No. of repeat offenders under POCSO | 2021 No. of repeat offenders under POCSO | 2022 No. of repeat offenders under POCSO | 2023 No. of repeat offenders under POCSO |
| 1                                     | Srikakulam                            | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| 2                                     | Vizianagaram                          | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| 3                                     | Visakhapatnam                         | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| 4                                     | East Godavari                         | 0                                        | 0                                        | 1                                        | 1                                        | 0                                        |
| 5                                     | West Godavari                         | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| 6                                     | Krishna                               | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 6                                        | 0                                        |
| 7                                     | Guntur                                | 0                                        | 0                                        | 1                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| 8                                     | Prakasam                              | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| 9                                     | SPSR Nellore                          | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| 10                                    | Chittoor                              | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| 11                                    | Kadapa                                | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| 12                                    | Kurnool                               | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| 13                                    | Anantapur                             | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| Total                                 | Total                                 | 0                                        | 0                                        | 2                                        | 7                                        | 0                                        |

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