Lok Sabha Question No. 291 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-19
Subject: Acid Attacks
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: RATTAN LAL KATARIA, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, DHARMENDRA YADAV, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, Shrirang Appa Barne, ANANDRAO  ADSUL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.291 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH JULY, 2016/ASHADHA 28, 1938 (SAKA)

ACID ATTACKS

291. SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  total  number  of  acid  attack  cases  registered  during  each  of  the last three years and the current year, State-wise;

(b)  the  total  number  of  victims  killed/injured,  guilty  arrested,  convicted along with conviction rate achieved during the said period, State-wise;

(c) whether the Government has any proposal to provide Government jobs and financial assistance for medical treatment to acid attack victims in the country and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure that acid attack victims in the country are rehabilitated as well as provided a fair opportunity to sustain themselves economically?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) & (b): As  per  information  provided  by  the  National  Crime  Records Bureau (NCRB), 203 cases were reported under acid attack (section 326A IPC) during 2014.  State/UT wise cases reported, number of victims, cases chargesheeted, cases convicted, cases conviction rate, persons arrested, persons chargesheeted and persons convicted under acid attack (section

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326A  of  IPC)  during  2014  is  enclosed  at  Annexure-I.  NCRB  does  not maintain  information  on  victims  killed  or  injured  under  acid  attack separately. State/UT wise details on guilty arrested and conviction rate is given at Annexure-I.

(c) & (d): In order to augment  the  implementation  of  State  Victim Compensation  Scheme,  a  decision  has  been  taken  to  set  up  a  Central Victim  Compensation  Fund  (CVCF)  with  an  initial  corpus  of  Rs.  200  cr which is meant for tackling crime/violence against women. A provision is stipulated to provide special financial assistance uptoRs 5.00 lakhs to the victims  of  acid  attack  to  meet  treatment  expenses  over  and  above  the compensation paid by the respective States/UT Administrations.

The detailed guidelines are available at http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload\_files/mha/files/CVCFFuideliness\_141015.pdf

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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued Advisory dated 2.5.2013 regarding providing free medical treatment to acid attack victims and also a  letter  dated  20th  May,  2015  wherein States/UTs have been advised to take a serious note of the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court with regard to treatment and payment of compensation to acid attack victims and to implement these directions through the issue of requisite orders/notifications. The private hospitals are also to be brought on board for  compliance,  no  hospital/clinic  should  refuse  treatment  citing  lack  of specialized facilities, first-aid must be administered to the victim and after stabilization,  the  victim/patient  could  be  shifted  to  a  specialized  facility for  further  treatment  wherever  required,  action  may  be  taken  against hospital/clinic for refusal to treat victims of acid attacks and other crimes in contravention of the provisions of Section 357C of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 provides for punishment which may  extend  to  life  imprisonment under Section 326A of the Indian Penal ….4/

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Code for voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid, etc.

Ministry of Home Affairs has issued advisories dated 30th August, 2013 on Measures to be taken to prevent acid attacks on people and for treatment and rehabilitation of survivors and another advisory dated 20th April, 2015 on expediting cases of Acid Attack on women which are available at http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload\_files/mha/files/AdvisoryAfterSupremeCourtOr derInLaxmCase\_Short.pdf

http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload\_files/mha/files/AdvisoryAcidAttackWomen\_22 0415.pdf

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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State/UT wise cases registered (CR), No. of Victims (VCT), cases charge sheeted (CS), cases convicted (CV), cases conviction rate (CVR), persons arrested (PAR), persons charge sheeted (PCS) and persons convicted (PCV) under acid attack (section 326A IPC) during2014

|    |                   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   |
|----|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL | State/UT          | CR     | VCT    | CS     | CV     | CVR    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh    | 5      | 6      | 4      | 2      | 66.7   | 7      | 9      | 6      |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 3  | Assam             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 4  | Bihar             | 4      | 4      | 2      | 0      | 0.0    | 5      | 2      | 0      |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 1      | 100.0  | 3      | 3      | 3      |
| 6  | Goa               | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 7  | Gujarat           | 6      | 6      | 5      | 0      | -      | 9      | 9      | 0      |
| 8  | Haryana           | 12     | 13     | 9      | 1      | 33.3   | 12     | 12     | 1      |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh  | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | -      | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 10 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 2      | 2      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 11 | Jharkhand         | 2      | 3      | 2      | 1      | 100.0  | 1      | 2      | 1      |
| 12 | Karnataka         | 3      | 3      | 2      | 0      | -      | 5      | 4      | 0      |
| 13 | Kerala            | 4      | 4      | 5      | 0      | -      | 4      | 5      | 0      |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh    | 14     | 20     | 13     | 1      | 50.0   | 20     | 20     | 2      |
| 15 | Maharashtra       | 5      | 5      | 3      | 0      | -      | 4      | 3      | 0      |
| 16 | Manipur           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 17 | Meghalaya         | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 18 | Mizoram           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 19 | Nagaland          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 20 | Odisha            | 9      | 10     | 7      | 0      | -      | 8      | 7      | 0      |
| 21 | Punjab            | 15     | 17     | 7      | 0      | -      | 12     | 9      | 0      |
| 22 | Rajasthan         | 6      | 6      | 4      | 0      | -      | 13     | 13     | 0      |
| 23 | Sikkim            | 2      | 2      | 2      | 0      | -      | 2      | 2      | 0      |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu        | 6      | 13     | 3      | 0      | -      | 9      | 5      | 0      |
| 25 | Telangana         | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 26 | Tripura           | 4      | 4      | 3      | 1      | 100.0  | 4      | 4      | 1      |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh     | 42     | 43     | 32     | 2      | 33.3   | 65     | 53     | 2      |
| 28 | Uttarakhand       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 29 | West Bengal       | 39     | 41     | 21     | 0      | 0.0    | 37     | 21     | 0      |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 183    | 205    | 125    | 9      | 17.3   | 221    | 183    | 16     |
| 30 | A & N Islands     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 31 | Chandigarh        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 32 | D&N Haveli        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 33 | Daman &Diu        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 34 | Delhi UT          | 20     | 20     | 13     | 2      | 100.0  | 20     | 18     | 2      |
| 35 | Lakshadweep       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 36 | Puducherry        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|    | TOTAL UT(S)       | 20     | 20     | 13     | 2      | 100.0  | 20     | 18     | 2 18   |
|    | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 203    | 225    | 138    | 11     | 20.4   | 241    | 201    |        |

Source: Crime in India

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