Lok Sabha Question No. 1018 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-05
Subject: Court Cases under POCSO Act
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Smt. Shobhanaben Mahendrasinh Baraiya, Shri Damodar Agrawal, Ms Kangna Ranaut

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1018 ANSWERED ON - 05/12/2025

## COURT CASES UNDER POCSO ACT

## † 1018 . SMT. SHOBHANABEN MAHENDRASINH BARAIYA: MS KANGNA RANAUT: SHRI DAMODAR AGRAWAL:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

(a)   the Court-wise and year-wise details of cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) in the district and subordinate Courts in the country during the last five years;

(b)  the details of disposal of cases registered under the POCSO Act during the last five years, State-wise and year-wise;

(c)  the details of cases filed under the POCSO Act during the last ten years and pending for more than two years, State-wise and year-wise; and

(d) whether the Government has undertaken any special initiative to provide speedy justice to the victimized children?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

## (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

(a) & (b): As per the information available on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) the State/UT-wise and year-wise details of cases registered and disposed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) during the last five years are given at Annexure-I .

(c): As  per  the  information  available  on  the  National  Judicial  Data  Grid  (NJDG),  the State/UT-wise and year-wise details of cases filed under POCSO Act during last ten years and pending for more than 2 years, are at Annexure -II.

(d): A Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the establishment of Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs),  including  exclusive  POCSO  (ePOCSO)  Courts  was  launched  in  October,  2019, following the enactment of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018 and the order of Hon'ble Supreme Court [Suo Motu Writ (Criminal) No. 1/2019]. These courts are dedicated to the timebound trial and disposal of pending cases related to rape and crimes under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.

The Scheme has been extended twice, with the latest extension up to 31st March 2026, for establishment of 790 courts. The financial outlay under the scheme is ₹1952.23 crore with ₹1207.24 crore as Central Share to be incurred from Nirbhaya Fund on the CSS pattern.

As of 30.09.2025, 773 FTSCs, including 400 exclusive POCSO (e-POCSO) Courts are functional in 29 States/UTs, which have disposed of 3,50,685 cases since the inception of the Scheme including 2,25,617 cases disposed by exclusive POCSO Courts. The State/UT-wise details of functional Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) including exclusive POCSO courts, are given at Annexure-III.

## State/UT-wise details of POCSO cases registered and disposed during the last five years

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                           | 2021       | 2021     | 2022       | 2022     | 2023       | 2023        | 2024       | 2024     | 2025       | 2025     |
|-----------|------------------------------------|------------|----------|------------|----------|------------|-------------|------------|----------|------------|----------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                           | Registered | Disposed | Registered | Disposed | Registered | Disposed    | Registered | Disposed | Registered | Disposed |
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar                | 0          | 0        | 0          | 0        | 0          | 0           | 0          | 0        | 0          | 0        |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                     | 881        | 914      | 1439       | 735      | 1180       | 680         | 672        | 533      | 1138       | 1203     |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 22         | 2        | 57         | 8        | 106        | 82          | 151        | 129      | 85         | 97       |
| 4         | Assam                              | 1509       | 666      | 1936       | 1379     | 4096       | 1984        | 3207       | 2012     | 1759       | 1612     |
| 5         | Bihar                              | 2369       | 1852     | 3078       | 2538     | 3892       | 3275        | 4421       | 3604     | 3011       | 3239     |
| 6         | Chandigarh                         | 156        | 107      | 171        | 189      | 227        | 222         | 125        | 101      | 52         | 119      |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                       | 2894       | 2288     | 2809       | 2587     | 2338       | 3386        | 2799       | 2773     | 1416       | 2678     |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 47         | 34       | 58         | 62       | 43         | 51          | 39         | 29       | 30         | 25       |
| 9         | Delhi                              | 1535       | 1660     | 1764       | 2615     | 1892       | 2773        | 1916       | 2781     | 1006       | 1792     |
| 10        | Goa                                | 20         | 7        | 51         | 44       | 38         | 30          | 14         | 27       | 22         | 19       |
| 11        | Gujarat                            | 6621       | 5002     | 6340       | 7921     | 6844       | 7844        | 7255       | 8524     | 4557       | 6289     |
| 12        | Haryana                            | 4459       | 3503     | 5263       | 5101     | 5470       | 5456        | 5633       | 5468     | 3522       | 3895     |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                   | 348        | 186      | 413        | 430      | 475        | 545         | 513        | 684      | 386        | 432      |
| 14        | Jammu and Kashmir                  | 28         | 7        | 35         | 10       | 33         | 4           | 38         | 6        | 42         | 23       |
| 15        | Jharkhand                          | 1841       | 1088     | 2002       | 2058     | 2059       | 2116        | 2008       | 2136     | 1434       | 1867     |
| 16        | Karnataka                          | 3348       | 2876     | 4119       | 3968     | 4874       | 4679        | 5357       | 4813     | 3289       | 4026     |
| 17        | Kerala                             | 4488       | 2917     | 6694       | 6131     | 6514       | 7758        | 5605       | 6061     | 3291       | 3891     |
| 18        | Ladakh                             | 0          | 0        | 0          | 0        | 0          | 0           | 0          | 0        | 0          | 0        |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                        | 10         | 0        | 29         | 0        | 4          | 0           | 9          | 6        | 4          | 6        |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                     | 7133       | 6035     | 6795       | 7753     | 6665       | 8189        | 6982       | 7278     | 3973       | 5503     |
| 21        | Maharashtra                        | 13201      | 8456     | 15208      | 11380    | 18016      | 13659       | 18170      | 12534    | 11714      | 10564    |
| 22        | Manipur                            | 8          | 2        | 31         | 29       | 13         | 11          | 11         | 14       | 24         | 30       |
| 23        | Meghalaya                          | 3          | 0        | 10         | 4        | 7          | 4           | 7          | 7        | 7          | 3        |
| 24        | Mizoram                            | 1          | 1        | 1          | 0        | 0          | 0           | 0          | 0        | 0          | 1        |
| 25        | Nagaland                           | 10         | 3        | 10         | 11       | 11         | 9           | 6          | 6        | 1          | 1        |
| 26        | Odisha                             | 2725       | 1390     | 2583       | 2996     | 2685       | 3230        | 2786       | 3698     | 1641       | 2916     |
| 27        | Puducherry                         | 102        | 33       | 102        | 63       | 293        | 282         | 121        | 112      | 72         | 114      |
| 28        | Punjab                             | 2816       | 2537     | 2850       | 3086     | 2859       | 3178        | 2882       | 3014     | 1809       | 2333     |
| 29        | Rajasthan                          | 858        | 497      | 1025       | 681      | 946        | 994         | 1160       | 1314     | 692        | 1173     |
| 30        | Sikkim                             | 109        | 92       | 89         | 79       | 41         | 52          | 31         | 32       | 33         | 51       |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                         | 5482       | 3476     | 8392       | 5663     | 7786       | 6880        | 9393       | 8200     | 8946       | 9166     |
| 32        | Telangana                          | 5195       | 2559     | 5646       | 5779     | 3933       | 3203        | 5097       | 4615     | 3654       | 3935     |
| 33        | Tripura                            | 76         | 28       | 37         | 58       | 69         | 47          | 74         | 56       | 130        | 103      |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                      | 23563      | 17740    | 27934      | 21905    | 30969      | 23678       | 30187      | 23417    | 19039      | 17879    |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                        | 1418       | 1077     | 1533       | 1262     | 1444       | 1411        | 1684       | 1524     | 1011       | 1026     |
| 36        | West Bengal                        | 1962       | 699      | 2853       | 1091     | 3194       |             | 4147       | 1474     | 2530       | 1743     |
|           | Total                              | 95238      | 67734    | 111357     | 97616    | 119016     | 1207 106919 | 122500     | 106982   | 80320      | 87754    |

Note: Data as available on National Judicial Data Grid dated 02-12-2025.

## Annexure -I

## Annexure -II

## State/UT-wise details of cases filed under POCSO Act during last ten years and pending for more than 2 years

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                           |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |   2023 |
|-----------|------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar                |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                     |      1 |      6 |     15 |     24 |     66 |     83 |    143 |    464 |    456 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |      0 |      1 |      1 |     14 |     10 |      9 |      9 |     30 |     33 |
| 4         | Assam                              |      1 |     11 |     41 |     91 |    205 |    318 |    483 |    771 |   1693 |
| 5         | Bihar                              |      1 |     65 |    143 |    301 |    402 |    400 |    472 |    707 |   1079 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                         |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |      1 |      0 |     16 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                       |      0 |      0 |      3 |      7 |     17 |     55 |    121 |    292 |    375 |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |      0 |      2 |      0 |      2 |      4 |      2 |      2 |      9 |      4 |
| 9         | Delhi                              |      2 |    179 |    403 |    574 |    917 |    342 |    389 |    499 |    558 |
| 10        | Goa                                |      0 |      1 |      0 |      2 |      0 |      0 |      3 |     11 |     14 |
| 11        | Gujarat                            |      3 |     36 |     80 |    112 |    222 |    286 |    414 |    572 |    817 |
| 12        | Haryana                            |      0 |      1 |      7 |     16 |     26 |     32 |    139 |    375 |    606 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                   |      0 |      1 |      2 |      5 |     19 |     40 |     61 |    119 |    101 |
| 14        | Jammu and Kashmir                  |      0 |      0 |      0 |      4 |     12 |     10 |     14 |     27 |     23 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                          |      1 |     18 |     23 |     35 |     87 |    123 |    201 |    241 |    315 |
| 16        | Karnataka                          |      0 |     20 |     27 |     46 |     64 |     98 |    239 |    451 |    870 |
| 17        | Kerala                             |      0 |     15 |     16 |     16 |     24 |     65 |    180 |    312 |    674 |
| 18        | Ladakh                             |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                        |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      8 |      0 |      7 |     23 |      4 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                     |      0 |      8 |     14 |     35 |     67 |    234 |    446 |   1103 |   1736 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                        |     48 |    698 |   1028 |   1604 |   2436 |   3820 |   4565 |   6020 |   7962 |
| 22        | Manipur                            |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      2 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                          |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |      3 |      3 |
| 24        | Mizoram                            |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 25        | Nagaland                           |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |      3 |      0 |      3 |      1 |      6 |
| 26        | Odisha                             |     45 |    408 |    403 |    478 |    513 |    554 |    805 |    899 |   1079 |
| 27        | Puducherry                         |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      1 |      3 |      4 |     95 |
| 28        | Punjab                             |      0 |      3 |      7 |      7 |     24 |     28 |     47 |     93 |    152 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                          |      0 |      2 |      8 |     15 |      8 |     21 |     58 |    149 |    224 |
| 30        | Sikkim                             |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     17 |     21 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                         |      2 |     10 |     27 |    110 |    264 |    300 |    716 |   1582 |   1910 |
| 32        | Telangana                          |      4 |     23 |     32 |    103 |    176 |    242 |    962 |   1863 |   1653 |
| 33        | Tripura                            |      0 |      0 |      2 |      3 |      1 |      7 |      8 |      4 |     10 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                      |     26 |    962 |   1450 |   2621 |   4131 |   5506 |   6383 |   8623 |  10566 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                        |      0 |      1 |      4 |      7 |     52 |     63 |    157 |    209 |    374 |
| 36        | West Bengal                        |     55 |    735 |    659 |    856 |   1289 |    932 |   1177 |   1830 |   2003 |
|           | Total                              |    189 |   3206 |   4395 |   7089 |  11047 |  13572 |  18209 |  27303 |  35434 |

Note: Data as available on National Judicial Data Grid dated 02-12-2025.

## State/UT wise details of functional FTSCs along with exclusive POCSO (ePOCSO) courts as on 30/09/2025

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs            | Functional Courts      | Functional Courts   | Cumulative Disposal since the inception of the Scheme   | Cumulative Disposal since the inception of the Scheme   | Cumulative Disposal since the inception of the Scheme   | Pendency as on 30.09.2025    | Pendency as on 30.09.2025   | Pendency as on 30.09.2025   |
|-----------|----------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UTs            | FTSCs including ePOCSO | ePOCSO              | Combined FTSCs (RAPE& POCSO)                            | ePOCSO                                                  | Total                                                   | Combined FTSCs (RAPE& POCSO) | ePOCSO                      | Total                       |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 16                     | 16                  | 0                                                       | 8170                                                    | 8170                                                    | 0                            | 6342                        | 6342                        |
| 2         | Assam                | 17                     | 17                  | 0                                                       | 9617                                                    | 9617                                                    | 0                            | 6477                        | 6477                        |
| 3         | Bihar                | 54                     | 48                  | 181                                                     | 18756                                                   | 18937                                                   | 4173                         | 18761                       | 22934                       |
| 4         | Chandigarh           | 1                      | 0                   | 413                                                     | 0                                                       | 413                                                     | 210                          | 0                           | 210                         |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh         | 15                     | 11                  | 1369                                                    | 5438                                                    | 6807                                                    | 247                          | 1245                        | 1492                        |
| 6         | Delhi                | 16                     | 11                  | 807                                                     | 2124                                                    | 2931                                                    | 1034                         | 2481                        | 3515                        |
| 7         | Goa                  | 1                      | 0                   | 104                                                     | 34                                                      | 138                                                     | 141                          | 0                           | 141                         |
| 8         | Gujarat              | 35                     | 24                  | 3624                                                    | 13951                                                   | 17575                                                   | 1369                         | 3766                        | 5135                        |
| 9         | Haryana              | 18                     | 14                  | 2139                                                    | 6409                                                    | 8548                                                    | 1207                         | 3337                        | 4544                        |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh     | 6                      | 3                   | 663                                                     | 853                                                     | 1516                                                    | 307                          | 298                         | 605                         |
| 11        | J&K                  | 4                      | 2                   | 154                                                     | 184                                                     | 338                                                     | 165                          | 329                         | 494                         |
| 12        | Karnataka            | 30                     | 17                  | 5761                                                    | 9208                                                    | 14969                                                   | 2102                         | 3129                        | 5231                        |
| 13        | Kerala               | 55                     | 14                  | 18952                                                   | 8212                                                    | 27164                                                   | 4719                         | 1582                        | 6301                        |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh       | 67                     | 56                  | 5245                                                    | 28376                                                   | 33621                                                   | 2982                         | 7897                        | 10879                       |
| 15        | Maharashtra          | 36                     | 1                   | 9061                                                    | 12034                                                   | 21095                                                   | 33346                        | 284                         | 33630                       |
| 16        | Manipur              | 2                      | 0                   | 212                                                     | 0                                                       | 212                                                     | 44                           | 0                           | 44                          |
| 17        | Meghalaya            | 5                      | 5                   | 0                                                       | 771                                                     | 771                                                     | 0                            | 1128                        | 1128                        |
| 18        | Mizoram              | 3                      | 1                   | 213                                                     | 73                                                      | 286                                                     | 50                           | 40                          | 90                          |
| 19        | Nagaland             | 1                      | 0                   | 70                                                      | 3                                                       | 73                                                      | 59                           | 0                           | 59                          |
| 20        | Odisha               | 44                     | 23                  | 7776                                                    | 13870                                                   | 21646                                                   | 3023                         | 6106                        | 9129                        |
| 21        | Puducherry           | 1                      | 1                   | 0                                                       | 184                                                     | 184                                                     | 0                            | 230                         | 230                         |
| 22        | Punjab               | 12                     | 3                   | 2993                                                    | 2634                                                    | 5627                                                    | 950                          | 520                         | 1470                        |
| 23        | Rajasthan            | 45                     | 30 20               | 6053                                                    | 14271                                                   | 20324                                                   | 1036                         | 3883                        | 4919                        |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu           | 20                     |                     | 0                                                       | 10617                                                   | 10617                                                   | 0                            | 8135                        | 8135                        |
| 25        | Telangana            | 36                     | 0                   | 9384                                                    | 2731                                                    | 12115                                                   | 8850                         | 0                           | 8850                        |
| 26        | Tripura              | 3                      | 1                   | 266                                                     | 261                                                     | 527                                                     | 127                          | 94                          | 221                         |
| 27        | Uttarakhand          | 4                      | 0                   | 2004                                                    | 0                                                       | 2004                                                    | 1113                         | 0                           | 1113                        |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh        | 218                    | 74                  | 44847                                                   | 49928                                                   | 94775                                                   | 34374                        | 60452                       | 94826                       |
| 29        | West Bengal          | 8                      | 8                   | 0                                                       | 571                                                     | 571                                                     | 0                            | 5471                        | 5471                        |
| 30        | Jharkhand *          | 0                      | 0                   | 2777                                                    | 6337                                                    | 9114                                                    | 0                            | 0                           | 0                           |
| 31        | A&NIslands**         | 0                      | 0                   | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                            | 0                           | 0                           |
| 32        | Arunachal Pradesh*** | 0                      | 0                   | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                                                       | 0                            | 0                           | 0                           |
|           | TOTAL                | 773                    | 400                 | 125068                                                  | 225617                                                  | 350685                                                  | 101628                       | 141987                      | 243615                      |

Note: At the inception of the Scheme, the allocation of FTSCs across the country was based on a criterion of 65 to 165 pending cases per court, meaning one FTSC would be established for every 65 to 165 pending cases. Based on that, only 31 States/UTs were eligible to join the Scheme. Puducherry made a special request to be included in the Scheme and has since operationalized one exclusive POCSO Court in May, 2023.

* The State of Jharkhand has decided to exit the FTSC Scheme vide letter dated 07.07.2025.
- **A&N Islands has consented to join the Scheme, but is yet to operationalize any court.

***Arunachal Pradesh has opted out of the Scheme citing a very low number of pending cases of Rape and POCSO Act.