Lok Sabha Question No. 1615 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-08
Subject: Rate of Conviction
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1615

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 th  MARCH, 2016/PHALGUNA 18, 1937 (SAKA)

RATE OF CONVICTION

1615. SHRI B. SENGUTTUVAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the rate of conviction in rape and attempted rape cases have decreased  sharply  as  per  the  report  of  National  Crime  Records  Bureau (NCRB) and if so, the details and reasons therefor;

(b) whether the connivance on the part of the public prosecutors and the hostility of witnesses are the main reasons for the poor rate of conviction in women-specific offences and if so, the details thereof; and

(c) whether the Government has any proposal to improve the efficiency of the judicial system so that the guilty do not walk scot-free and if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

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

(a): As  per  information  provided  by  the  National  Crime  Records  Bureau (NCRB), States/UTs conviction rate of 24.2, 27.1 and 28.0  were  reported under  rape  (section  376  IPC),  showing  a  rising  trend.   State/UT  wise conviction  rate  under  rape  during  2012-2014  is  enclosed  at  Annexure-I. NCRB has started collection of data on attempt to commit rape (section

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## L.S.US.Q.NO.1615 FOR 8.3.2016

376/511  IPC)  since  2014.  Conviction  rate  of  14.7  was  reported  under attempt to commit rape cases during 2014. State/UT wise such details are enclosed at Annexure-II.

(b)  to  (c):  Criminal  Law  (Amendment)  Act,  2013  provides  for  punishment for  the  offence  of  rape  from  a  minimum  term  of  seven  years  to  life imprisonment  and  also  death  penalty.  Section  376A  and  section  376E provides  for  death  penalty  to  the  perpetrators  of  rape  causing  death  or resulting  in  persistent  vegetative  state  of  the  victim  and  for  repeat offenders respectively.

Amendments in criminal justice system is a continuous process to make the laws in sync with the social changes. The amendments in the Indian Penal  Code  (IPC)  and  the  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure  (CrPC)  are  carried out  from  time  to  time  based  on  the  recommendations  of  the  Law Commission of India, various Court judgments and the reports of any other Committees specially constituted for the purpose. The Law Commission of India  has  been  requested  to  undertake  a  comprehensive review of the ….3/

## L.S.US.Q.NO.1615 FOR 8.3.2016

criminal  justice  system  and  give  a  comprehensive  report  covering  all aspects of criminal law so that comprehensive amendments can be made in the various laws viz. Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and the  Indian  Evidence  Act,  etc.  The  Law  Commission  has  since  been informed that they have identified certain focus areas of deliberations.

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 State Governments/ Union Territory Administrations.

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## PAGE 1 OF 1 OF ANNEXURE - I L.S.US.Q.NO.1615 FOR 8.3.2016

| State/UT wise cases conviction rate under rape (section 376 IPC) during   | State/UT wise cases conviction rate under rape (section 376 IPC) during   | State/UT wise cases conviction rate under rape (section 376 IPC) during   | State/UT wise cases conviction rate under rape (section 376 IPC) during   | State/UT wise cases conviction rate under rape (section 376 IPC) during   |
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| SL                                                                        | State/UT                                                                  | 2012                                                                      | 2013                                                                      | 2014                                                                      |
| 1                                                                         | Andhra Pradesh                                                            | 11.2                                                                      | 11.6                                                                      | 12.6                                                                      |
| 2                                                                         | Arunachal Pradesh                                                         | 10.0                                                                      | 50.0                                                                      | 42.9                                                                      |
| 3                                                                         | Assam                                                                     | 19.2                                                                      | 13.9                                                                      | 20.5                                                                      |
| 4                                                                         | Bihar                                                                     | 19.5                                                                      | 31.8                                                                      | 26.9                                                                      |
| 5                                                                         | Chhattisgarh                                                              | 22.8                                                                      | 27.7                                                                      | 24.8                                                                      |
| 6                                                                         | Goa                                                                       | 8.3                                                                       | 28.6                                                                      | 28.6                                                                      |
| 7                                                                         | Gujarat                                                                   | 15.3                                                                      | 18.8                                                                      | 10.7                                                                      |
| 8                                                                         | Haryana                                                                   | 25.3                                                                      | 31.9                                                                      | 25.9                                                                      |
| 9                                                                         | Himachal Pradesh                                                          | 27.1                                                                      | 24.6                                                                      | 34.0                                                                      |
| 10                                                                        | Jammu &Kashmir                                                            | 7.5                                                                       | 5.9                                                                       | 6.6                                                                       |
| 11                                                                        | Jharkhand                                                                 | 28.6                                                                      | 40.4                                                                      | 37.0                                                                      |
| 12                                                                        | Karnataka                                                                 | 15.2                                                                      | 21.2                                                                      | 17.3                                                                      |
| 13                                                                        | Kerala                                                                    | 22.9                                                                      | 25.5                                                                      | 25.7                                                                      |
| 14                                                                        | Madhya Pradesh                                                            | 19.5                                                                      | 24.7                                                                      | 32.4                                                                      |
| 15                                                                        | Maharashtra                                                               | 16.1                                                                      | 17.5                                                                      | 19.1                                                                      |
| 16                                                                        | Manipur                                                                   | 0.0                                                                       | 50.0                                                                      | 42.9                                                                      |
| 17                                                                        | Meghalaya                                                                 | 46.7                                                                      | 53.8                                                                      | 66.7                                                                      |
| 18                                                                        | Mizoram                                                                   | 82.4                                                                      | 66.1                                                                      | 75.9                                                                      |
| 19                                                                        | Nagaland                                                                  | 72.7                                                                      | 85.7                                                                      | 77.8                                                                      |
| 20                                                                        | Odisha                                                                    | 21.3                                                                      | 16.0                                                                      | 18.5                                                                      |
| 21                                                                        | Punjab                                                                    | 33.1                                                                      | 41.3                                                                      | 37.1                                                                      |
| 22                                                                        | Rajasthan                                                                 | 30.0                                                                      | 31.7                                                                      | 37.8                                                                      |
| 23                                                                        | Sikkim                                                                    | 50.0                                                                      | 73.8                                                                      | 56.4                                                                      |
| 24                                                                        | Tamil Nadu                                                                | 20.1                                                                      | 26.2                                                                      | 27.2                                                                      |
| 25                                                                        | Telangana                                                                 | -                                                                         | -                                                                         | 11.8                                                                      |
| 26                                                                        | Tripura                                                                   | 14.7                                                                      | 17.4                                                                      | 30.3                                                                      |
| 27                                                                        | Uttar Pradesh                                                             | 50.3                                                                      | 53.7                                                                      | 50.2                                                                      |
| 28                                                                        | Uttarakhand                                                               | 63.0                                                                      | 56.3                                                                      | 40.3                                                                      |
| 29                                                                        | West Bengal                                                               | 10.9                                                                      | 12.6                                                                      | 10.3                                                                      |
|                                                                           | TOTAL STATE(S)                                                            | 23.1                                                                      | 26.8                                                                      | 27.7                                                                      |
| 30                                                                        | A &NIslands                                                               | 37.5                                                                      | 21.4                                                                      | 13.0                                                                      |
| 31                                                                        | Chandigarh                                                                | 33.3                                                                      | 41.9                                                                      | 32.4                                                                      |
| 32                                                                        | D&N Haveli                                                                | 20.0                                                                      | 0.0                                                                       | 0.0                                                                       |
| 33                                                                        | Daman &Diu                                                                | 50.0                                                                      | 0.0                                                                       | 33.3                                                                      |
| 34                                                                        | Delhi UT                                                                  | 49.3                                                                      | 35.7                                                                      | 34.5                                                                      |
| 35                                                                        | Lakshadweep                                                               | -                                                                         | -                                                                         | -                                                                         |
| 36                                                                        | Puducherry                                                                | 50.0                                                                      | 0.0                                                                       | 0.0                                                                       |
|                                                                           | TOTAL UT(S)                                                               | 48.2                                                                      | 35.5                                                                      | 33.6                                                                      |
| TOTAL (ALL                                                                | INDIA)                                                                    | 24.2                                                                      | 27.1                                                                      | 28.0                                                                      |

Source: Crime in India

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State/UT wise cases registered (CR), cases charge sheeted (CS), cases convicted (CV), cases in which  trial  completed  (TC),  cases  conviction  rate  (CVR),  persons  arrested  (PAR),  persons charge sheeted (PCS) and persons convicted (PCV) under attempt to commit rape of women during 2012-2014

|    |                   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   |
|----|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL | State/UT          | CR     | CS     | TC     | CV     | CVR    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh    | 165    | 101    | 69     | 6      | 8.7    | 173    | 123    | 6      |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh | 10     | 6      | 1      | 1      | 100.0  | 13     | 11     | 1      |
| 3  | Assam             | 227    | 77     | 29     | 17     | 58.6   | 227    | 77     | 17     |
| 4  | Bihar             | 484    | 195    | 40     | 13     | 32.5   | 500    | 244    | 15     |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh      | 21     | 20     | 6      | 3      | 50.0   | 23     | 23     | 3      |
| 6  | Goa               | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 3      | 0      | 0      |
| 7  | Gujarat           | 6      | 5      | 1      | 0      | 0.0    | 7      | 6      | 0      |
| 8  | Haryana           | 136    | 104    | 71     | 14     | 19.7   | 139    | 128    | 14     |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh  | 5      | 3      | 1      | 0      | 0.0    | 4      | 3      | 0      |
| 10 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 20     | 13     | 1      | 0      | 0.0    | 17     | 17     | 0      |
| 11 | Jharkhand         | 208    | 114    | 38     | 11     | 28.9   | 178    | 120    | 11     |
| 12 | Karnataka         | 22     | 13     | 1      | 0      | 0.0    | 27     | 17     | 0      |
| 13 | Kerala            | 36     | 36     | 12     | 3      | 25.0   | 34     | 40     | 3      |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh    | 56     | 53     | 7      | 1      | 14.3   | 63     | 62     | 1      |
| 15 | Maharashtra       | 15     | 12     | 2      | 0      | 0.0    | 19     | 12     | 0      |
| 16 | Manipur           | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 17 | Meghalaya         | 26     | 18     | 0      | 0      | -      | 20     | 18     | 0      |
| 18 | Mizoram           | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 19 | Nagaland          | 3      | 1      | 0      | 0      | -      | 3      | 1      | 0      |
| 20 | Odisha            | 33     | 14     | 3      | 1      | 33.3   | 24     | 18     | 1      |
| 21 | Punjab            | 154    | 83     | 38     | 18     | 47.4   | 146    | 99     | 19     |
| 22 | Rajasthan         | 373    | 205    | 61     | 24     | 39.3   | 289    | 285    | 29     |
| 23 | Sikkim            | 9      | 8      | 2      | 0      | 0.0    | 10     | 9      | 0      |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu        | 16     | 15     | 4      | 0      | 0.0    | 18     | 18     | 0      |
| 25 | Telangana         | 73     | 85     | 45     | 6      | 13.3   | 74     | 85     | 11     |
| 26 | Tripura           | 35     | 28     | 10     | 2      | 20.0   | 36     | 36     | 3      |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh     | 324    | 212    | 14     | 8      | 57.1   | 443    | 274    | 13     |
| 28 | Uttarakhand       | 41     | 31     | 6      | 3      | 50.0   | 58     | 56     | 3      |
| 29 | West Bengal       | 1656   | 1262   | 542    | 12     | 2.2    | 1848   | 1281   | 57     |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 4158   | 2714   | 1004   | 143    | 14.2   | 4397   | 3063   | 207    |
| 30 | A &NIslands       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 31 | Chandigarh        | 6      | 4      | 3      | 2      | 66.7   | 6      | 7      | 2      |
| 32 | D&N Haveli        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 33 | Daman &Diu        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 34 | Delhi UT          | 70     | 63     | 9      | 4      | 44.4   | 62     | 74     | 4      |
| 35 | Lakshadweep       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 36 | Puducherry        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|    | TOTAL UT(S)       | 76     | 67     | 12     | 6      | 50.0   | 68     | 81     | 6      |
|    | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 4234   | 2781   | 1016   | 149    | 14.7   | 4465   | 3144   | 213    |

Source: Crime in India

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

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