Lok Sabha Question No. 391 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-01
Subject: Atrocities against SC/ST and Minority Communities
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: GAURAV GOGOI, DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, B.N. CHANDRAPPA, ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 391

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1ST  DECEMBER, 2015/AGRAHAYANA 10, 1937 (SAKA)

## ATROCITIES AGAINST SC/ST AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES

391.

SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:

SHRI D.K. SURESH:

SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

SHRI B.N. CHANDRAPPA:

SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether incidents of crimes, atrocities and attack on Scheduled Castes (SC)/Scheduled  Tribes  (ST),  Other  Backward  Classes  (OBCs),  minorities  and weaker section have reportedly increased in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  total  number  of  such  cases  reported, cases solved/unsolved, guilty arrested, convicted and the action taken against the guilty separately during each of the last three years and the current year, category,  crime  and  State/UT-wise  including  Himachal  Pradesh  and  Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any inquiry in this regard and if so, the details and the outcome thereof, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has issued any advisory to the State Governments to stop such cases in future, if so, the details thereof along with the extent to which such attacks/atrocities on such persons have come down; and
- (e) the  details  of  other  measures  taken  to  ensure  protection  of  such persons?

## ANSWER

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

## LS.U.S.Q.No. 391 FOR 01.12.2015

(a) &  (b):  As per information provided by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), a total of 33,655 cases, 39,408 cases 47,064 cases were registered under crime against SCs and a total of 5,922 cases, 6,793 cases and 11,451 cases were registered against STs during  2012, 2013 and 2014 respectively showing a rising trend. State/UT wise cases reported, cases charge-sheeted, cases  includes  charge-sheeted,  cases  convicted,  persons  arrested,  persons charge-sheeted  and  persons  convicted  under  crime  against  SCs  and  STs including Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh during 2012-2014 is enclosed at Annexure-I. Data on crime against Other Backward Classes, Minorities and other weaker sections is not maintained separately.

(c) (d) & (e): 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.

Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  issued  an  advisory  dated  1 st   April,  2010  on measures  need  to  curb  crime  against  Scheduled  Castes/  Scheduled  Tribes which is available at http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload\_files/mha/files/pdf/Advisory-SCST\_010610.pdf

The Government of India has enacted Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes  (Prevention  of  Atrocities)  Act,  1989  which  came  into  force  from  30 th January, 1990 in order to check and deter crimes against SCs/STs by persons belonging to other communities.

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State/UT wise Cases reported (CR),Cases Chargesheeted (CS), Cases in which chargesheets were not laid but final report submitted as true (CFR), Cases convic (PCS),Persons convicted  (PCV)Under Total Crimes against SCs during 2012-2014

| SL   | State/UT               | 2012 2013   | 2012 2013   | 2012 2013   | 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          | CFR         | CV          | PAR         | PCS         | PCV         | CR          | CS          | CFR         | CV          | PAR         | PCS         | PCV         |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh         | 3057        | 1491        | 144         | 179         | 4655        | 4398        | 174         | 3270        | 1652        | 316         | 138         | 4251        | 3919        | 347         |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh      | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 3    | Assam                  | 4           | 16          | 0           | 2           | 4           | 22          | 3           | 8           | 2           | 43          | 0           | 5           | 2           | 0           |
| 4    | Bihar                  | 4821        | 4211        | 485         | 221         | 8711        | 8855        | 381         | 6721        | 4608        | 695         | 204         | 10173       | 9650        | 300         |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh           | 262         | 216         | 1           | 73          | 467         | 487         | 147         | 242         | 297         | 4           | 75          | 587         | 542         | 132         |
| 6    | Goa                    | 10          | 6           | 0           | 0           | 7           | 7           | 0           | 12          | 15          | 1           | 0           | 19          | 12          | 0           |
| 7    | Gujarat                | 1028        | 996         | 32          | 70          | 2790        | 2788        | 113         | 1190        | 1110        | 43          | 29          | 3061        | 2983        | 57          |
| 8    | Haryana                | 252         | 214         | 8           | 24          | 423         | 432         | 41          | 493         | 353         | 5           | 48          | 724         | 747         | 84          |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh       | 129         | 93          | 0           | 4           | 189         | 242         | 16          | 148         | 108         | 1           | 9           | 208         | 224         | 13          |
| 10   | Jammu& Kashmir         | 2           | 2           | 0           | 0           | 7           | 7           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 11   | Jharkhand              | 696         | 273         | 192         | 58          | 724         | 672         | 104         | 978         | 438         | 372         | 105         | 624         | 649         | 154         |
| 12   | Karnataka              | 2605        | 1962        | 53          | 72          | 5165        | 4605        | 238         | 2566        | 2162        | 75          | 71          | 5400        | 4668        | 177         |
| 13   | Kerala                 | 810         | 374         | 114         | 7           | 665         | 566         | 6           | 756         | 387         | 104         | 22          | 557         | 597         | 33          |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh         | 2875        | 2833        | 27          | 911         | 6200        | 6262        | 2181        | 2945        | 2760        | 17          | 767         | 5781        | 5733        | 1757        |
| 15   | Maharashtra            | 1091        | 932         | 20          | 39          | 3287        | 3319        | 105         | 1678        | 1303        | 49          | 44          | 4965        | 4517        | 112         |
| 16   | Manipur                | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 1           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 17   | Meghalaya              | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 18   | Mizoram                | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 19   | Nagaland               | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 20   | Odisha                 | 2265        | 1452        | 73          | 85          | 2260        | 2067        | 159         | 2592        | 1741        | 105         | 51          | 2996        | 3044        | 70          |
| 21   | Punjab                 | 71          | 43          | 6           | 6           | 127         | 114         | 15          | 126         | 66          | 2           | 13          | 210         | 122         | 30          |
| 22   | Rajasthan              | 5559        | 2173        | 6           | 325         | 5036        | 4570        | 494         | 6475        | 2434        | 13          | 844         | 4497        | 4492        | 966         |
| 23   | Sikkim                 | 5           | 8           | 0           | 6           | 6           | 6           | 6           | 6           | 6           | 0           | 13          | 7           | 7           | 9           |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu             | 1647        | 1179        | 112         | 119         | 2927        | 2706        | 275         | 1845        | 1265        | 112         | 106         | 3726        | 3073        | 329         |
| 25   | Telangana              | -           | -           |             | -           | -           | -           | -           | -           | -           |             | -           | -           | -           | -           |
| 26   | Tripura                | 76          | 76          | 3           | 6           | 78          | 81          | 12          | 48          | 48          | 4           | 0           | 57          | 56          | 0           |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh          | 6202        | 4675        | 801         | 1855        | 20335       | 13891       | 4563        | 7078        | 5336        | 967         | 1772        | 21836       | 15188       | 4113        |
| 28   | Uttarakhand            | 33          | 14          | 12          | 24          | 23          | 22          | 46          | 34          | 22          | 5           | 22          | 57          | 59          | 35          |
| 29   | West Bengal            | 85          | 105         | 4           | 1           | 147         | 167         | 1           | 115         | 88          | 15          | 0           | 200         | 141         | 0           |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)         | 33585       | 23344       | 2093        | 4087        | 64233       | 56286       | 9080        | 39327       | 26201       | 2948        | 4333        | 69941       | 60425       | 8718        |
| 30   | A & N Islands          | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 31   | Chandigarh             | 2           | 4           | 0           | 0           | 2           | 4           | 0           | 4           | 2           | 0           | 0           | 2           | 2           | 0           |
| 32   | D&N Haveli             | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 2           | 2           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 33   | Daman& Diu             | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 1           | 0           | 1           | 0           | 0           | 0           |             |
| 34   | Delhi UT               | 44          | 23          | 5           | 5           | 35          | 31          | 5           | 55          | 55          | 3           | 0           | 71          | 70          | 0 0         |
|      |                        |             | 0           | 0           | 0           |             | 0           |             |             |             | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 35   | Lakshadweep            | 0           |             |             |             | 0           |             | 0           | 0           | 0           |             |             |             | 30          | 1           |
| 36   | Puducherry TOTAL UT(S) | 24 70       | 24 52       | 0 5         | 1 6         | 85 124      | 87 124      | 1 6         | 21 81       | 12 69       | 0 4         | 1 1         | 36 109      | 102         | 1           |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)      | 33655       | 23396       | 2098        | 4093        | 64357       | 56410       | 9086        | 39408       | 26270       | 2952        | 4334        | 70050       | 60527       | 8719        |

Source: Crime in India

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

State/UT wise Cases reported (CR),Cases Chargesheeted (CS), Cases in which chargesheets were not laid but final report submitted as true (CFR), Cases convicted (CV), Pe convicted  (PCV)Under Total Crimes against STs during 2012-2014

| SL   | State/UT          | 2012   | 2012   | 2012   | 2012   | 2012   | 2012   | 2012   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   |
|------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL   | State/UT          | CR     | CS     | CFR    | CV     | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    | CR     | CS     | CFR    | CV     | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    | CR     |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | 666    | 347    | 36     | 19     | 1069   | 993    | 88     | 672    | 421    | 36     | 18     | 909    | 874    | 26     | 627    |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 10     | 15     | 4      | 4      | 8      | 13     | 4      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1      |
| 3    | Assam             | 0      | 10     | 0      | 1      | 0      | 16     | 1      | 0      | 0      | 43     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      |
| 4    | Bihar             | 119    | 140    | 23     | 13     | 249    | 278    | 17     | 91     | 62     | 23     | 0      | 123    | 152    | 0      | 77     |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      | 344    | 333    | 0      | 184    | 522    | 526    | 215    | 331    | 340    | 2      | 69     | 525    | 481    | 199    | 721    |
| 6    | Goa               | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 10     | 1      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 6      |
| 7    | Gujarat           | 221    | 208    | 3      | 6      | 518    | 512    | 11     | 224    | 220    | 2      | 8      | 467    | 462    | 23     | 229    |
| 8    | Haryana           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  | 3      | 4      | 1      | 0      | 5      | 7      | 0      | 2      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 3      |
| 10   | Jammu& Kashmir    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 11   | Jharkhand         | 287    | 157    | 63     | 40     | 314    | 269    | 68     | 396    | 186    | 91     | 52     | 282    | 324    | 83     | 432    |
| 12   | Karnataka         | 374    | 287    | 9      | 7      | 968    | 998    | 61     | 535    | 407    | 25     | 4      | 1160   | 1004   | 17     | 487    |
| 13   | Kerala            | 124    | 96     | 12     | 6      | 139    | 116    | 7      | 135    | 94     | 11     | 7      | 142    | 153    | 12     | 135    |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    | 1218   | 1217   | 8      | 409    | 2219   | 2267   | 787    | 1296   | 1231   | 5      | 310    | 2146   | 2122   | 629    | 2279   |
| 15   | Maharashtra       | 308    | 269    | 5      | 18     | 943    | 951    | 31     | 415    | 311    | 4      | 11     | 887    | 819    | 21     | 443    |
| 16   | Manipur           | 2      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 7      | 4      | 0      | 2      | 2      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 2      | 4      | 2      |
| 17   | Meghalaya         | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      |
| 18   | Mizoram           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      |
| 19   | Nagaland          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 18     | 4      | 1      | 0      | 14     | 7      | 0      | 0      |
| 20   | Odisha            | 688    | 495    | 13     | 41     | 824    | 754    | 52     | 791    | 680    | 26     | 28     | 1047   | 1100   | 36     | 1259   |
| 21   | Punjab            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 22   | Rajasthan         | 1351   | 526    | 2      | 37     | 947    | 939    | 63     | 1651   | 613    | 2      | 10     | 1168   | 1168   | 20     | 3952   |
| 23   | Sikkim            | 4      | 4      | 0      | 2      | 4      | 4      | 5      | 17     | 17     | 0      | 7      | 20     | 20     | 8      | 10     |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        | 27     | 34     | 0      | 0      | 41     | 66     | 0      | 23     | 12     | 1      | 1      | 59     | 27     | 2      | 18     |
| 25   | Telangana         |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        | 569    |
| 26   | Tripura           | 29     | 26     | 2      | 0      | 23     | 27     | 0      | 24     | 33     | 1      | 0      | 34     | 34     | 0      | 18     |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     | 44     | 42     | 2      | 2      | 196    | 178    | 3      | 25     | 22     | 1      | 4      | 59     | 52     | 16     | 24     |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       | 3      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 2      | 2      | 0      | 2      | 2      | 1      | 0      | 2      | 2      | 0      | 1      |
| 29   | West Bengal       | 91     | 83     | 3      | 0      | 131    | 130    | 0      | 122    | 70     | 11     | 1      | 222    | 149    | 1      | 141    |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 5914   | 4296   | 187    | 789    | 9129   | 9050   | 1413   | 6783   | 4730   | 286    | 531    | 9270   | 8954   | 1097   | 11437  |
| 30   | A & N Islands     | 4      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 3      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 5      | 1      | 3      | 4      | 6      | 3      | 7      |
| 31   | Chandigarh        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        | 4      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 7      | 1      | 0      | 7      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 4      | 0      | 3      |
| 33   | Daman& Diu        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 34   | Delhi UT          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2      |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 36   | Puducherry        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2      |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       | 8      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 10     | 1      | 0      | 10     | 6      | 3      | 3      | 5      | 10     | 3      | 14     |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 5922   | 4297   | 188    | 789    | 9139   | 9051   | 1413   | 6793   | 4736   | 289    | 534    | 9275   | 8964   | 1100   | 11451  |