Lok Sabha Question No. 3824 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-22
Subject: Illegal Fire Arms
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: KAMAL NATH, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3824

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND  DECEMBER, 2015/PAUSHA 1, 1937 (SAKA)

## ILLEGAL FIRE ARMS

3824.

SHRI KAMAL NATH: SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA: SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government is  concerned about  the  prevalence of illegal  fire  arms  and  murders  committed  using  unlicensed  guns  in the country;
- (b) if so, whether the Government has taken any steps to seize the illegal fire arms;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the total number of illegal firearms seized  and  the  action  taken  against  the  guilty  during  each  of  the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (d) whether  the  National  Crime Records  Bureau  has  recently released  a  report  in  this  regard,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the reaction of the Union Government thereto;
- (e) whether the Union Government has taken any steps in consultation with the State Governments to check the manufacturing, sale and use of such unlicensed/illegal firearms;
- (f) if so, the details and outcome thereof; and
- (g)  the  other  steps  taken  by  the  the  Union  Government  to  check such cases in future along with the details of advisories issued to the States and police departments in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

...2/-

- (a) to (c): Yes, Madam. A total number of 55,453 arms were seized in the  country  in  2014.    The  state-wise  details  of  cases  reported, cases charge-sheeted, cases convicted, persons arrested, persons charge-sheeted and persons convicted under Arms Act, 1959 during the last three years 2012, 2013 & 2014 is at Annexure.
- d):    The  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  has  not  released  any specific report in this regard.
- (e)  to  (g):    The  Ministry  has  not  issued  any  arms  licence  for manufacture  of  arms.  However,  the  sale  of  fire  arms  is  under  the purview of the State Government. To check the proliferation of arms in the country the National Data Base on Arms Licence (NDAL) has been initiated which is being operationalised in conjunction with the licensing authorities in the State Governments/ UTs.

*****

CASES REPORTED(CR), CASES CHARGESHEETED(CS), CASES CONVICTED(CV), PERSONS ARRESTED(PAR), PERSONS CHARGESHEETED(PCS) AND PERSONS CONVICTED(PCV) UNDER THE ARMS ACT, 1959 DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS 2012-2014

|       |                         | 2012 2013   | 2012 2013   | 2012 2013   | 2012 2013   | 2012 2013   | 2012 2013   | 2012 2013   | 2012 2013   | 2012 2013   | 2012 2013   | 2012 2013   |          |        |       |       |       |
|-------|-------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|--------|-------|-------|-------|
| SL    | State/UT                | CR          | CS          | CV          | PAR PCS     | PCV         | CR          | CS          | CV          | PAR         | PCS PCV     | CR          | CS       | CV     | PAR   | PCS   | PCV   |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh          | 301         | 305         | 88 549      | 555         | 46 280      | 215         | 35          | 374         | 380         | 65          | 121         | 88       | 14     | 264   | 166   | 39    |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh       | 11          | 12          | 4 14        | 12          | 4           | 15          | 9           | 2 10        | 7           | 2           | 26          | 14       | 1      | 29    | 31    | 1     |
| 3     | Assam                   | 539         | 320         | 15 575      | 232         | 31 630      | 281         | 14          | 563         | 347         | 22          | 473         | 290      | 32     | 1166  | 378   | 33    |
| 4     | Bihar                   | 1813        | 2069        | 497 2479    | 2843        | 681 1614    | 1519        | 534         | 2306        | 2397        | 817         | 1764        | 1648     | 363    | 2433  | 1978  | 488   |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh            | 883         | 884         | 193 914     | 914         | 236 954     | 952         | 190         | 978         | 977         | 257         | 782         | 778      | 418    | 801   | 1479  | 426   |
| 6     | Goa                     | 12          | 1           | 1 20        | 2           | 1           | 7           | 3 0         | 12          | 5           | 0           | 2           | 4        | 0      | 0     | 6     | 0     |
| 7     | Gujarat                 | 512         | 464         | 11 713      | 695         | 13 417      | 410         | 25          | 583         | 583         | 29          | 586         | 426      | 18     | 819   | 642   | 22    |
| 8     | Haryana                 | 1402        | 1449        | 515 1495    | 1559        | 531 1446    | 1436        | 439         | 1539        | 1546        | 477         | 1564        | 1523     | 373    | 1715  | 1661  | 373   |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh        | 15          | 15          | 1 25        | 25          | 1           | 21 16       | 1           | 33          | 36          | 1           | 18          | 13       | 1      | 32    | 26    | 1     |
| 10    | Jammu &Kashmir          | 186         | 148         | 5 310       | 308         | 5           | 173         | 103         | 9           | 207 207     | 6           | 181         | 79       | 5      | 161   | 150   | 8     |
| 11    | Jharkhand               | 570         | 519         | 275 1100    | 1055        | 459         | 515 484     | 264         | 1039        | 1100        | 434         | 459         | 442      | 208    | 639   | 801   | 238   |
| 12    | Karnataka               | 124         | 115         | 7 219       | 223         | 11          | 116 98      |             | 6 187       | 171         | 9           | 107         | 105      | 4      | 260   | 223   | 5     |
| 13    | Kerala                  | 293         | 286         | 36 536      | 526         | 77          | 259         | 219         | 17          | 407 410     | 32          | 273         | 236      | 18     | 398   | 350   | 43    |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh          | 10827       | 10811       | 3940 10970  | 10967       | 3869        | 12798 12796 | 3600        | 13026       | 13042       | 3700        | 11595       | 11592    | 4473   | 12536 | 12536 | 4641  |
| 15    | Maharashtra             | 1166        | 1117        | 41 1565     | 1521        | 60          | 1000 968    | 36          | 1408        | 1275        | 47          | 1412        | 1270     | 38     | 1888  | 1766  | 45    |
| 16    | Manipur                 | 15          | 8           | 4           | 18 8        | 9           | 17          | 1           | 2 22        | 1           | 3           | 11          | 12       | 2      | 10    | 12    | 2     |
| 17    | Meghalaya               | 20          | 10          | 0           | 26 14       | 0           | 26          | 13          | 0           | 27          | 13 0        | 59          | 17       | 0      | 63    | 33    | 0     |
| 18    | Mizoram                 | 37          | 27          | 31 38       | 33          | 29          | 37          | 36          | 11          | 61          | 29 19       | 20          | 27       | 22     | 30    | 46    | 26    |
| 19    | Nagaland                | 101         | 88          | 85          | 153 166     | 105 186     |             | 132         | 84          | 267         | 122 62      | 222         | 170      | 92     | 251   | 197   | 104   |
| 20    | Odisha                  | 602         | 514         | 14          | 1190 1124   | 26          | 719 604     |             | 20          | 1250        | 1196 31     |             | 533      | 471 29 | 721   | 779   | 45    |
| 21    | Punjab                  | 888         | 687         | 458         | 971 842     | 488         | 647         | 701         | 499         | 742         | 751 515     | 513         | 483      | 401    | 573   | 593   | 419   |
| 22    | Rajasthan               | 4992        | 4944        | 3874 5172   | 5173        | 4098 5304   | 5248        |             | 4163        | 5501 5489   | 4456        | 5232        | 5161     | 4597   | 5536  | 5536  | 4741  |
| 23    | Sikkim                  | 1           | 1           | 2           | 3 5         | 2           | 2           | 2           | 2           | 2           | 2 6         | 2           | 0        | 2      | 3     | 0     | 2     |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu              | 180         | 122         | 39 274      | 162         | 66 193      | 162         | 35          |             | 285         | 273 62      |             | 275      | 224 40 | 447   | 416   | 74    |
| 25    | Telangana               | 15          |             |             |             |             |             |             |             |             |             | 105         | 137      | 4      | 226   | 209   | 9     |
| 26    | Tripura                 |             | 16          | 1 35        | 34          | 2           | 15          | 11          | 1           | 23          | 31 1        | 4           | 9        | 1      | 6     | 23    | 4     |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh           | 26396       | 26203       | 21035 26556 | 26391       | 21136 22822 | 22663       |             | 18727 22983 | 22837       | 18752       | 25097       | 24990    | 17359  | 25322 | 25227 | 17436 |
| 28 29 | Uttarakhand West Bengal | 503 1722    | 497 1971    | 1517        | 508 524     | 1508 29     | 587         | 557         | 792 32      | 600 3139    | 572 654     | 636         | 645 2564 | 597    | 762   | 752   | 645   |
|       |                         |             |             | 25 2911     | 2172        |             | 2531        | 1993        |             | 3186        | 48          |             | 2360     | 16     | 4660  | 3374  | 19    |
|       |                         | 54126       | 53603       | 59339       | 58085       | 33523       | 53331       |             |             |             |             |             | 53418    |        |       | 59390 |       |
|       | TOTAL STATE(S)          |             |             | 32714       |             |             |             | 51632       | 29540       | 57621 56938 | 30507       | 54432       |          | 29128  | 61751 |       | 29889 |
| 30    | A &NIslands             | 0           | 0           | 0 0         | 0           | 0           | 1           | 1           | 0           | 5 5         | 0           | 0           | 0        | 2      | 0     | 0     | 6     |
| 31    | Chandigarh              | 18          | 21 0        | 5 0         | 17 26       | 6 0         | 16 1        | 14          | 12          | 22          | 19 12       |             | 17       | 14 14  |       | 18 14 | 15    |
| 33    | Daman &Diu              | 0           | 0           | 2           | 0 0         | 0           | 1           | 2 0         | 0 0         | 1 1         | 0 0         |             | 0        | 1 0    | 0     | 0 1   | 0 0   |
| 32    | D&NHaveli               | 1           |             | 0           | 0           |             |             |             |             |             | 3 0         |             | 0        | 0      | 0     | 0     |       |

| 34                |   Delhi UT 1017 |       |   914 |   1442 1194 |   1093 |   1660 |   921 |   872 |   1079 |   1086 |   1071 |   1372 |   753 |   686 |   687 |   838 |   814 |   820 |
|-------------------|-----------------|-------|-------|-------------|--------|--------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
| 35 Lakshadweep    |               0 |     0 |     0 |           0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |
| 36 Puducherry     |             214 |   214 |    18 |         232 |    232 |     21 |    91 |    91 |     27 |    241 |    241 |     30 |    53 |    55 |     3 |    63 |    55 |     4 |
| TOTAL UT(S)       |            1250 |  1149 |  1465 |        1445 |   1351 |   1687 |  1031 |   980 |   1118 |   1356 |   1339 |   1414 |   823 |   756 |   706 |   919 |   884 |   845 |
| TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |           55376 | 54752 | 34179 |       60784 |  59436 |  35210 | 54362 | 52612 |  30658 |  58977 |  58277 |  31921 | 55255 | 54174 | 29834 | 62670 | 60274 | 30734 |