Lok Sabha Question No. 1895 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Criminal Trials
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE (DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE)

## L O K    S A B H A UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1895

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 28 TH  JULY, 2016

Criminal Trials

## 1895. SHRI B. SENGUTTUVAN:

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

(a) whether  the Government has any data regarding the number of criminal trials involving the offences of crimes against women pending in various courts in the country for over a period of three years for want of cross-examination of the prosecutrix and deliberate delay on the part of the accused;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;

(c) whether the Government proposes suitable amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code to  ensure  that  cross-examination  of  victim  is  done  at  the  earliest  available  opportunity thereby preventing scope for tampering with potential evidence;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) if not, the other remedial measures taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

(a) and (b): The data regarding the number of criminal trials involving the offences of crimes against women pending in various courts in the country for over a period of three years for want of cross-examination of the prosecutrix and deliberate delay on the part of the accused is not maintained.  However, a statement showing State/UT wise  cases pending for trial (PT) under crimes committed against women during 2012-2014 State/UT wise is given in the Annexure.

(c)  to  (e):    There  is  no  such  proposal  as  on  date.      The  amendments  in  the criminal  law  is  a  continuous  process  to  make  the  laws  in  sync  with  social changes.

State/UT wise  cases pending for trial (PT) under crimes committed against women during 2012-2014

|            |                   | 2012   | 2013   | 214    |
|------------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL         | State/UT          | PT     | PT     | PT     |
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh    | 45403  | 53818  | 31016  |
| 2          | Arunachal Pradesh | 1473   | 1624   | 1580   |
| 3          | Assam             | 22750  | 25453  | 29464  |
| 4          | Bihar             | 30970  | 35939  | 40849  |
| 5          | Chhattisgarh      | 18407  | 19183  | 17268  |
| 6          | Goa               | 413    | 587    | 809    |
| 7          | Gujarat           | 64255  | 70386  | 63319  |
| 8          | Haryana           | 12283  | 13714  | 14293  |
| 9          | Himachal Pradesh  | 3900   | 4210   | 4949   |
| 10         | Jammu &Kashmir    | 12251  | 11111  | 11200  |
| 11         | Jharkhand         | 6388   | 7483   | 9051   |
| 12         | Karnataka         | 23389  | 26936  | 31602  |
| 13         | Kerala            | 43720  | 48521  | 52310  |
| 14         | Madhya Pradesh    | 51907  | 53676  | 60459  |
| 15         | Maharashtra       | 120102 | 128224 | 140696 |
| 16         | Manipur           | 121    | 141    | 200    |
| 17         | Meghalaya         | 1022   | 1291   | 1532   |
| 18         | Mizoram           | 214    | 227    | 296    |
| 19         | Nagaland          | 59     | 59     | 47     |
| 20         | Odisha            | 45576  | 52793  | 57848  |
| 21         | Punjab            | 6789   | 7527   | 7333   |
| 22         | Rajasthan         | 49535  | 54265  | 59143  |
| 23         | Sikkim            | 169    | 104    | 125    |
| 24         | Tamil Nadu        | 14367  | 15084  | 14628  |
| 25         | Telangana         |        |        | 25879  |
| 26         | Tripura           | 3363   | 3705   | 3523   |
| 27         | Uttar Pradesh     | 47979  | 58363  | 72957  |
| 28         | Uttarakhand       | 3080   | 3359   | 3301   |
| 29         | West Bengal       | 154989 | 178063 | 205770 |
| 30         | A &NIslands       | 471    | 543    | 504    |
| 31         | Chandigarh        | 529    | 548    | 549    |
| 32         | D&N Haveli        | 102    | 107    | 101    |
| 33         | Daman &Diu        | 39     | 53     | 25     |
| 34         | Delhi UT          | 12493  | 16056  | 19725  |
| 35         | Lakshadweep       | 0      | 1      | 4      |
| 36         | Puducherry        | 512    | 535    | 161    |
| TOTAL (ALL | INDIA)            | 799020 | 893689 | 982516 |

Source: Crime in India