Lok Sabha Question No. 2644 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-02
Subject: Crime against Women and Children
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, NEELAM SONKER, B. SREERAMULU, SANKAR PRASAD DATTA, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, RENUKA BUTTA, NATUBHAI GOMANBHAI PATEL, MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2644

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 nd AUGUST, 2016/SHRAVANA 11, 1938, (SAKA)

CRIME AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN

2644.

SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

SHRI B. SRIRAMULU:

SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA:

SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

SHRIMATI BUTTA RENUKA:

SHRI NATUBHAI GOMANBHAI PATEL:

SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether various types of crimes including atrocities against women and children are on the rise in the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  total  number  of  such  cases  reported/registered,  guilty arrested/convicted, cases solved / unsolved, conviction rate achieved and the  steps  taken  to  solve  all  the  pending  cases  and  to  improve  upon  the conviction  rate  of  such  cases  along  with  the  action  taken  against  the guilty during each of the last three years and the current year, crime and State-wise including rape, gang rape, molestation, eve-teasing, murder and abduction;
- (c) the role of the National Commission for Women and the steps taken by the Commission in checking crime against women in the country;
- (d)  whether the Supreme Court has recently condemned the Government for under utilization of the Nirbhaya Fund in the country, if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government in this regard;
- (e)  whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  conduct  workshops  in various  parts  of  the  country  to  control  such  cases  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; and
- (f) the steps taken by the Government to ensure adequate safety of women and children along with advisories issued to States and police departments in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) & (b): As  per  information  provided  by  the  National  Crime  Records Bureau (NCRB), an increase of 9.2% and 53.6% in cases registered under crimes against women (from 3,09,546 in 2013 to 3,37,922 cases in 2014) and crimes against children (from 58,224 cases in 2013 to 89,423 cases in  2014)  were  reported  during  2014  over  2013  respectively.  Crime  head wise  cases  reported,  cases  chargesheeted,  cases  unsolved  (cases  in which final report submitted as true), cases convicted, cases conviction rate,  cases  pending  for  trial,  cases  in  which  trial  completed,  persons arrested,  persons  chargesheeted  and  persons  convicted  under  crime against women and children during 2012-2014 is enclosed at Annexure-I. State/UT  wise  similar  information  under  total  crime  against  women  & children  during  2012-2014  is  enclosed  at  Annexure-II.  State/UT  wise cases reported under gang rape during 2014 is enclosed at Annexure-III.

(c): The main task of the National Commission for Women (NCW) is to study  and  monitor  all  matters  relating  to  the constitutional and legal ....3/

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safeguards  provided  for  women,  to  review  the  existing  legislations  and suggest  amendments,  wherever  necessary.  The  Commission  is  also mandated  to  look  into  the  complaints  and  take  suomotu  notice  of  the cases  involving  deprivation  of  the  rights  of  women  in  order  to  provide support, legal or otherwise, to helpless women. The Commission is also mandated  to  monitor  the  proper  implementation  of  all  the  legislations made to  protect  the  rights  of  women  so  as  to  enable  them  to  achieve equality in all spheres of life and equal participation in the development of the nation.

To achieve its mandate the Commission is undertaking the following activities:-

- (i) The  Commission  takes  up  complaints  of  non-implementation  of laws/deprivation  of  women  rights  enacted  to  provide  protection to women by seeking reports from the concerned authorities.

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The details of complaints registered with the Commission and processed during each of the last three years and the current year is as below:

| Year      |   No. of Cases registered |
|-----------|---------------------------|
| 2013-2014 |                     22422 |
| 2014-2015 |                     32118 |
| 2015-2016 |                     24379 |

- (ii) NCW  takes  suomotu  cognizance  on  various  media  reports  of serious/heinous crimes against women
- (iii) NCW  conducts  Legal  Awareness  Programmes  in  collaboration with colleges/ Universities.
- (iv) NCW organizes Capacity Building for Women Police Officers from ranks  of  ASI/SI/Dy.  Superintendent/  Superintendent  to  ensure proper investigation in crimes against women.  The  course includes understanding of Sexual Harassment at workplace Act,

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Criminal Amendment Act 2013, Cyber Crimes and their Investigation, Forensic examination and scene of crime investigation.

- (v) NCW from time to time review various legislations and propose new laws to ensure legal and constitutional rights of women and their empowerment.
- (d): Government has not received any such direction in this regard.

(e) & (f): National Commission for Women conducts from time to tome seminars/  workshops/  research  studies/  consultations  of  various  issues concerning women.

The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013, which has come into force since 3rd Feb, 2013 on crimes against women, has enhanced punishment for crimes  like rape, sexual harassment,  stalking, voyeurism, acid attacks, indecent gestures like words and inappropriate touch etc. The ....6/

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new  law  has  provisions  for  increased  sentence  for  rape  convicts, including  life  term  and  death  sentence,  besides  providing  for  stringent punishment for offences such as acid attacks, stalking and voyeurism.

The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, has come into effect from 14th November, 2012 as a special law to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation.

The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  has  been  administering various  laws  relating  to  women  such  as  the  Protection  of  Women  from Domestic  Violence  Act,  2005;  Dowry  Prohibition  Act,  1961;  Indecent Representation of Women  (Prohibition) Act, 1986; and the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 (PCMA). The Ministry has also enacted the Juvenile Justice (care and protection of  children)  Act,  2000,  commissions  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights  Act, 2005 and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.

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Ministry of Women and Child Development has also introduced scheme of One Stop Centre to provide integrated support and assistance to women affected  by  violence  and  a  Scheme  for  Universalisation  of  Women Helpline  to  provide  24  hours  immediate  and  emergency  response  to women affected by violence. To address the issue of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR), in age group of 0-6 years, Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) programme has been launched.

As  per  the  Seventh  Schedule  to  the  Constitution  of  India,  'Police'  and 'Public Order' are State subjects and, as such the primary responsibility of  prevention,  detection,  registration,  investigation  and  prosecution  of crime lies with the States/UT Administrations.

Ministry of Home Affairs has issued advisories on 04.09.2009, 14.7.2010, 5.1.2015, 20.4.2015 and 12.05.2015 on Crime against women and crime against  children  to  all  State  Governments/UTs.  These  advisories  have advised State Governments to adopt appropriate measures for swift and salutary  punishment  to  the  persons  found  guilty  of  violence against .....8/

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women  and  children,  set  up  Fast  Track  Courts,  Family  Courts,  Crime against Women/Children desks in each Police Station, improve the quality of  investigations,  minimize  delays  in  investigations  of  crime  against women and children and to undertake gender sensitization of the police personnel. These advisories specifically direct the States/UTs that 'cases should be thoroughly investigated and chargesheets against the accused persons should be filed within three months from the date of occurrence, without compromising on the quality of investigation. Speedy investigation  should  be  conducted  in  heinous  crimes  like  rape,  murder etc.  The  medical  examination  of  rape  victims  should  be  conducted without delay.

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Annexure - I CRIME HEAD WISE CASES REGISTERED(CR), CASES CHARGE SHEETED(CS),  CASES CONVICTED(CV),  CASES IN WHICH CHARGESHEET WERE NOT LAID BUT FINAL REPORT SUBMITTED (CFR),  CASES CONVICTION RATE (CVR), PERSONS ARRESTED(PAR), PERSONS CHARGE SHEETED(PCS), PERSONS CONVICTED(PCV), CASES PENDING FOR TRIAL (PT) AND CASES IN WHICH TRIAL WERE COMPLETED (TC) UNDER CRIME AGAINST CHILDREN DURING 2012-2014

| CRIME HEAD   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   |
|--------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

Source:  Crime in India

"@" implies crime heads collecting since 2014.

Disposal of cases/persons by police/courts may include cases/persons of previous year also.

## CRIME HEAD WISE CASES REGISTERED(CR), CASES CHARGE SHEETED(CS), CASES CONVICTED(CV), CASES IN WHICH CHARGE-SHEETS WERE NOT LAID BUT FINAL REPORT SUBMITTED AS TRUE (CFT), CASES CONVICTION RATE (CVR),  PERSONS ARRESTED(PAR), PERSONS CHARGE SHEETED(PCS), PERSONS CONVICTED(PCV), CASES PENDING FOR TRIAL (PT) AND CASES IN WHICH TRIAL WERE COMPLETED (TC) UNDER CRIME AGAINST WOMEN DURING 2012-2014

| Crime Heads 2012   |
|--------------------|

Source: Crime in India                 Disposal of cases/persons by police/courts may include cases /persons of previous year also.

Annexure - II State/UT wise cases registered (CR), cases charge sheeted (CS), cases convicted (CV),cases in which charge sheets were not laid but final report submitted as true(CFR), cases conviction rate (CVR), cases pending for trial (PT), cases in which trial were completed (TC),  persons arrested (PAR), persons charge sheeted (PCS) and persons convicted (PCV) under total crime committed against children during 2012-2014

| Sl.No. State/UT 2012   | Sl.No. State/UT 2012   | Sl.No. State/UT 2012   | Sl.No. State/UT 2012   | Sl.No. State/UT 2012   | Sl.No. State/UT 2012   | Sl.No. State/UT 2012   | Sl.No. State/UT 2012   |
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

Source: Crime in India Note:  Disposal of cases/persons may include cases/persons of previous years also.

Annexure - II

State/UT wise cases registered (CR), cases charge sheeted (CS), cases convicted (CV), cases in which chargesheet were not laid but final report submitted as true (CFR), cases conviction rate (CVR),  cases in which trial were completed (TC), cases pending for trial (PT), persons arrested (PAR), persons Charge sheeted (PCS) and persons convicted (PCV) under total crime committed against women during 2012-2014

| 2012   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   |
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

Source: Crime in India

Note:  Disposal of cases/persons by police/courts may also includes cases/persons of previous years also.

Annexure-III State/UT wise cases registered under Gang Rape during 2014

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          |   Custodial : Gang Rape |   Other than custodial Rape : Gang Rape |   Total Gang Rape |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                       0 |                                      14 |                14 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                       0 |                                       5 |                 5 |
| 3         | Assam             |                       0 |                                      23 |                23 |
| 4         | Bihar             |                       0 |                                      24 |                24 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |                       0 |                                      64 |                64 |
| 6         | Goa               |                       0 |                                       2 |                 2 |
| 7         | Gujarat           |                       0 |                                      16 |                16 |
| 8         | Haryana           |                       0 |                                     230 |               230 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |                       0 |                                       6 |                 6 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    |                       0 |                                       0 |                 0 |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |                       0 |                                      52 |                52 |
| 12        | Karnataka         |                       0 |                                      25 |                25 |
| 13        | Kerala            |                       0 |                                       8 |                 8 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    |                       0 |                                     284 |               284 |
| 15        | Maharashtra       |                       0 |                                     126 |               126 |
| 16        | Manipur           |                       0 |                                       0 |                 0 |
| 17        | Meghalaya         |                       0 |                                       3 |                 3 |
| 18        | Mizoram           |                       0 |                                       7 |                 7 |
| 19        | Nagaland          |                       0 |                                       4 |                 4 |
| 20        | Odisha            |                       0 |                                      82 |                82 |
| 21        | Punjab            |                       0 |                                      24 |                24 |
| 22        | Rajasthan         |                       2 |                                     414 |               416 |
| 23        | Sikkim            |                       0 |                                       1 |                 1 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        |                       0 |                                       2 |                 2 |
| 25        | Telangana         |                       0 |                                      14 |                14 |
| 26        | Tripura           |                       0 |                                      15 |                15 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     |                       5 |                                     573 |               578 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       |                       0 |                                       1 |                 1 |
| 29        | West Bengal       |                       0 |                                     178 |               178 |
|           | TOTAL STATE(S)    |                       7 |                                    2197 |              2204 |
| 30        | A &NIslands       |                       0 |                                       1 |                 1 |
| 31        | Chandigarh        |                       0 |                                       0 |                 0 |
| 32        | D&N Haveli        |                       0 |                                       0 |                 0 |
| 33        | Daman &Diu        |                       0 |                                       0 |                 0 |
| 34        | Delhi UT          |                       0 |                                     147 |               147 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       |                       0 |                                       0 |                 0 |
| 36        | Puducherry        |                       0 |                                       1 |                 1 |
|           | TOTAL UT(S)       |                       0 |                                     149 |               149 |
|           | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |                       7 |                                    2346 |              2353 |

Source: Crime in India