Lok Sabha Question No. 1456 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-03
Subject: Sedition Cases
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: B. SREERAMULU, CH. MALLA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1456

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 03 RD  MAY, 2016/ VAISAKHA 13, 1938 (SAKA)

SEDITION CASES

1456.  SHRI B. SRIRAMULU: SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether the number of cases registered under sedition law are on the rise in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the number of persons belonging to SC and ST community are higher in terms of chargesheet filed under sedition, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

(c) the total number of women chargesheeted under sedition law, so far, State-wise; and

(d)  the  details  of  the  conviction  rate  of  sedition  cases  and  the  steps taken to increase the conviction rate?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): Police  and  public  order  being  State  Subject,  the  data relating to cases registered under sedition and the number of persons chargesheeted  etc.  are  not  maintained  by  the  Central  Government. However,  the  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  has  Started  collecting data  on  cases  registered  under  Section  124A  since  2014.  NCRB  data has  not been  classified  separately  for  SC/ST.  As  summarized  in Annexure, a total number of 47 cases were registered under sedition in the  year  of  2014,  involving  arrest  of  58  persons,  While  16  persons including  3  women  were  chargesheeted,  only  1  one  person  was convicted.

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## LS.US.Q.NO.1456 FOR 03.05.2016

## Annexure

| SL   | State/UT                 | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014       | 2014   | 2014   |
|------|--------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------------|--------|--------|
| SL   | State/UT                 | CR     | CS     | CV     | PAR    | PCS Female | Total  | PCV    |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh Arunachal | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 2    | Pradesh                  | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 3    | Assam                    | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1 0        | 1      | 0      |
| 4    | Bihar                    | 16     | 0      | 0      | 28     | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh             | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1 0        | 1      | 0      |
| 6    | Goa                      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 7    | Gujarat                  | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 8    | Haryana                  | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh         | 1      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 10   | Jammu & Kashmir          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 11   | Jharkhand                | 18     | 10     | 1      | 18     | 10 0       | 10     | 1      |
| 12   | Karnataka                | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 13   | Kerala                   | 5      | 0      | 0      | 4      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 15   | Maharashtra              | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 16   | Manipur                  | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 17   | Meghalaya                | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 18   | Mizoram                  | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 19   | Nagaland                 | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 20   | Odisha                   | 2      | 2      | 0      | 4      | 1 3        | 4      | 0      |
| 21   | Punjab                   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 22   | Rajasthan                | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 23   | Sikkim                   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu               | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 25   | Telangana                | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 26   | Tripura                  | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 28   | Uttarakhand              | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 29   | West Bengal              | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 31   | Chandigarh               | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0          | 0      | 0      |
| 30   | A & N Islands            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
|      |                          |        |        |        |        | 0          |        |        |
| 32   | D&N Haveli               | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 33   | Daman & Diu              | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 34   | Delhi UT                 | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 35   | Lakshadweep              | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 36   | Puducherry               | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0 0        | 0      | 0      |
| 36   | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)        | 47     |        |        |        | 3          |        |        |
| 36   |                          |        | 14     | 1      | 58     | 13         | 16     | 1      |

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