Lok Sabha Question No. 2594 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-10
Subject: Anti-National Slogans
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: MEKAPATI RAJAMOHAN REDDY, ASHWINI KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2594

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH  MAY, 2016/ VAISAKHA 20, 1938 (SAKA)

ANTI-NATIONAL SLOGANS

2594.

SHRI M. RAJA MOHAN REDDY:

SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- ((a)  whether  raising  anti-national  slogans  and  glorifying  and  praising terrorists in public are considered as punishable acts;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  number  of  such  cases  that have come to the notice of the Government during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) if not, whether the Government proposes to include such incidents in the relevant Acts; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHI CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (b): Yes  Madam,  raising  anti-national  slogans  and  glorifying and praising terrorists in public are punishable acts under the Indian Penal  Code.    Since,  Police  and  public  order  being  State  Subject,  no such  data  are  maintained  by  the  Central  Government.  However,  the National Crime Records Bureau has started collecting data on cases registered under Section 124A since 2014. As summarized in annexure, a total number of 47 cases were registered in the year 2014.

- (c) to (d): Does not arise in view of para (a) and (b) above.

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## ANEXURE LS.US.Q.NO. 2594 FOR 10.05.20416

| S.NO.                         | State/UT                      | Cases Reported   | Cases Charge sheeted   | Persons Arrested   | Persons Charge Sheeted   | Persons Convicted   |
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------|------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
| 1                             | Andhra Pradesh                | 1                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 2                             | Arunachal Pradesh             | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 3                             | Assam                         | 1                | 1                      | 1                  | 1                        | 0                   |
| 4                             | Bihar                         | 16               | 0                      | 28                 | 0                        | 0                   |
| 5                             | Chhattisgarh                  | 1                | 1                      | 1                  | 1                        | 0                   |
| 6                             | Goa                           | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 7                             | Gujarat                       | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 8                             | Haryana                       | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 9                             | Himachal Pradesh              | 1                | 0                      | 2                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 10                            | Jammu &Kashmir                | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 11                            | Jharkhand                     | 18               | 10                     | 18                 | 10                       | 1                   |
| 12                            | Karnataka                     | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 13                            | Kerala                        | 5                | 0                      | 4                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 14                            | Madhya Pradesh                | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 15                            | Maharashtra                   | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 16                            | Manipur                       | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 17                            | Meghalaya                     | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 18                            | Mizoram                       | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 19                            | Nagaland                      | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 20                            | Odisha                        | 2                | 2                      | 4                  | 4                        | 0                   |
| 21                            | Punjab                        | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 22                            | Rajasthan                     | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 23                            | Sikkim                        | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 24                            | Tamil Nadu                    | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 25                            | Telangana                     | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 26                            | Tripura                       | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 27                            | Uttar Pradesh                 | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 28                            | Uttarakhand                   | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 29                            | West Bengal                   | 2                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| TOTAL STATE(S)                | TOTAL STATE(S)                | 47               | 14                     | 58                 | 16                       | 1                   |
| A & N Islands                 | A & N Islands                 | 0                |                        |                    | 0                        | 0                   |
| 30 31                         |                               | 0                | 0 0                    | 0 0                | 0                        | 0                   |
| 32                            | Chandigarh D&N Haveli         | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 33                            | Daman &Diu                    | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
|                               |                               | 0                | 0                      | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| 34                            | Delhi                         |                  |                        |                    |                          |                     |
| 35 36                         | Lakshadweep                   | 0 0              | 0 0                    | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
|                               | Puducherry                    |                  |                        | 0                  | 0                        | 0                   |
| TOTAL UT(S) TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | TOTAL UT(S) TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 47               | 14                     | 58                 | 16                       | 1                   |

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