Lok Sabha Question No. 838 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-01
Subject: Crime and Criminal Cases
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: S. RAJENDRAN, RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS, VINOD KUMAR SONKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.838

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 01 ST  MARCH, 2016/PHALGUNA 11, 1937 (SAKA)

CRIME AND CRIMINAL CASES

838.

SHRI S. RAJENDRAN: SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS: SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

## Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  various  crimes  and  criminal  cases  are  on  the  rise  in  the country including the NCT of Delhi;
- (b)  if  so,  the  total  number  of  crime  and  criminal  cases  reported,  guilty arrested/ convicted, cases solved/unsolved and the steps taken to solve all the cases during each of the last three years and the current year, crime and  State-wise  including  murder,  theft,  rape,  physical  assault,  theft  of mobile and exploitation of dalits; and
- (c)  the  concrete  steps  being  taken  to  curb  such  cases  along  with  the advisories/  guidelines  issued  to  the  States  including  Uttar  Pradesh  and NCT of Delhi and Police Departments in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (b): A total of 23,87,188 cases, 26,47,722 cases and 28,51,563 cases were  reported  under  various  IPC  crimes  during  2012,  2013  and  2014 respectively  and  crime  head  wise  details  are  enclosed  at  Annexure-I. State/UT wise Cases Reported, Cases Chargesheeted, Cases Not Chargesheeted but final report submitted/Cases, Unsolved Cases, Convicted, Persons Arrested, Persons Chargesheeted and Persons Convicted  under  IPC  crimes  during  2012-2014  is  at  Annexure-II.  Cases reported  under  atrocities   against   persons   belonging   to

## LS.US.Q.NO.838 FOR 01.03.2016

scheduled castes during 2012-2014 is at Annexure-III and State/UT wise mobiles  stolen  and  recovered  during  2014  is  at  Annexure-IV.  Detailed statistics on the above Crime head wise and State/UT wise cases under various IPC crimes is also available at the website of  NCRB  viz http://ncrb.nic.in/

(c): 'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  under  the  seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India and therefore, the State Governments are primarily responsible for prevention, detection, registration and investigation of crime and for prosecuting criminals. The Union Government, however, attaches highest importance to prevention of crime and continues to urge the State Governments/ UT Administrations  to  give  more  focused  attention  towards  improving  the administration  of  criminal  justice  system  and  taking  such  measures  as are necessary for prevention and control of crime within their respective jurisdictions. The Ministry of Home  Affairs has been advising the States/UTs  from  time  to  time  to  take  immediate  measures  to  ensure safety and security of the citizens and also for elimination of all forms of crimes, which is also available in the Ministry's website http://mha.nic.in/.

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## CRIME HEAD-WISE CASES REPORTED UNDER IPC DURING 2012-2014

| Sl   | Crime Head                                             | 2012    | 2013    | 2014    |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
|      | Indian Penal Code (IPC)                                |         |         |         |
| 1    | Murder                                                 | 34434   | 33201   | 33981   |
| 2    | Attempt to commit Murder                               | 35138   | 35417   | 41791   |
| 3    | Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder              | 3620    | 3380    | 3332    |
| 4    | Attempt to commit Culpable Homicide                    | *       | *       | 4358    |
| 5    | Rape                                                   | 24923   | 33707   | 36735   |
| 6    | Attempt to commit Rape                                 | *       | *       | 4234    |
| 7    | Kidnapping &Abduction_Total                            | 47592   | 65461   | 77237   |
| 8    | Dacoity                                                | 4314    | 4539    | 4395    |
| 9    | Making Preparation and Assembly for committing Dacoity | 3099    | 3159    | 2834    |
| 10   | Robbery                                                | 27343   | 31927   | 38071   |
| 11   | Criminal Trespass/Burglary_Total                       | 92892   | 104401  | 114646  |
| 12   | Theft                                                  | 337407  | 372622  | 440915  |
| 13   | Unlawful Assembly                                      | *       | *       | 9870    |
| 14   | Riots                                                  | 74633   | 72126   | 66042   |
| 15   | Criminal Breach of Trust                               | 17901   | 19627   | 19982   |
| 16   | Cheating                                               | 94203   | 107330  | 109354  |
| 17   | Forgery                                                | *       | *       | 11245   |
| 18   | Counterfeiting                                         | 2351    | 2349    | 1979    |
| 19   | Arson                                                  | 11836   | 9357    | 9289    |
| 20   | Grievous Hurt                                          | 332324  | 334669  | 105201  |
| 21   | Dowry Deaths                                           | 8233    | 8083    | 8455    |
| 22   | Assault on women with intent to outrage her Modesty    | 45351   | 70739   | 82235   |
| 23   | Insult to the Modesty ofWomen                          | 9173    | 12589   | 9735    |
| 24   | Cruelty by Husband or his Relatives                    | 106527  | 118866  | 122877  |
| 25   | Importation of Girls from Foreign Country              | 59      | 31      | 13      |
| 26   | Causing Death by Negligence                            | 107591  | 111517  | 128771  |
| 27   | Offences against State                                 | *       | *       | 176     |
| 28   | Offences promoting enmity between different groups     | *       | *       | 336     |
| 29   | Extortion                                              | *       | *       | 8192    |
| 30   | Disclosure of Identity of Victims                      | *       | *       | 4       |
| 31   | Incidence of Rash Driving                              | *       | *       | 409899  |
| 32   | Human Trafficking                                      | *       | *       | 720     |
| 33   | Unnatural Offences                                     | *       | *       | 1148    |
| 34   | Other IPC crimes                                       | 966244  | 1092625 | 943511  |
| 35   | Total Cognizable IPC crimes                            | 2387188 | 2647722 | 2851563 |

Source:  Crime in India

*  data not collected for the year separately.

## Annexure - III

## LS.US.Q.NO.838 FOR 01.03.2016

|   Sl. No | Crime Head                                                     |   2012 |   2013 |   2014 |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
|        1 | Atrocities against persons belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) |  33593 |  39346 |  40300 |

Cases reported under atrocities against persons belonging to scheduled castes during 2012-2014

Source:  Crime in India Note:  Atrocities  against  persons  belonging  to  Scheduled  Castes  (SCs)  excludes  the  Protection  of  Civil Rights Act.

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Annexure - IV

State/UT wise mobiles stolen and recovered during 2014

|       |                   | 2014                 | 2014             |
|-------|-------------------|----------------------|------------------|
| SL    | State/UT          | Mobiles Stolen Cases | Mobile Recovered |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | 853                  | 409              |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh | 70                   | 24               |
| 3     | Assam             | 821                  | 425              |
| 4     | Bihar             | 1591                 | 354              |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh      | 611                  | 293              |
| 6     | Goa               | 106                  | 27               |
| 7     | Gujarat           | 571                  | 318              |
| 8     | Haryana           | 682                  | 241              |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh  | 50                   | 32               |
| 10    | Jammu &Kashmir    | 23                   | 5                |
| 11    | Jharkhand         | 162                  | 57               |
| 12    | Karnataka         | 1750                 | 231              |
| 13    | Kerala            | 565                  | 361              |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh    | 907                  | 304              |
| 15    | Maharashtra       | 5697                 | 1956             |
| 16    | Manipur           | 9                    | 2                |
| 17    | Meghalaya         | 43                   | 4                |
| 18    | Mizoram           | 153                  | 105              |
| 19    | Nagaland          | 5                    | 2                |
| 20    | Odisha            | 566                  | 208              |
| 21    | Punjab            | 463                  | 261              |
| 22    | Rajasthan         | 296                  | 97               |
| 23    | Sikkim            | 29                   | 15               |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu        | 604                  | 522              |
| 25    | Telangana         | 823                  | 379              |
| 26    | Tripura           | 18                   | 12               |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh     | 1798                 | 642              |
| 28    | Uttarakhand       | 46                   | 41               |
| 29    | West Bengal       | 2049                 | 530              |
|       | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 21361                | 7857             |
| 30    | A &NIslands       | 14                   | 8                |
| 31    | Chandigarh        | 132                  | 105              |
| 32    | D&N Haveli        | 4                    | 1                |
| 33    | Daman &Diu        | 2                    | 1                |
| 34    | Delhi UT          | 16362                | 1081             |
| 35    | Lakshadweep       | 0                    | 0                |
| 36    | Puducherry        | 3                    | 2                |
|       | TOTAL UT(S)       | 16517                | 1198             |
| TOTAL | (ALL INDIA)       | 37878                | 9055             |

Source: Crime in India

Annexure - II

|                  | CR                   | CS              | CFR        | CV          | PAR     | PCS       | PCV    | CR      | CS      | CFR    | 2013 CV   | PAR           |         | PCS PCV      | CR       | CS            |                 | CFR     | 2014 CV     | PAR          | PCS     | PCV         |        |         |      |       |      |
|------------------|----------------------|-----------------|------------|-------------|---------|-----------|--------|---------|---------|--------|-----------|---------------|---------|--------------|----------|---------------|-----------------|---------|-------------|--------------|---------|-------------|--------|---------|------|-------|------|
| 1 Andhra Pradesh | 192522               | 145056          | 18881      | 34043       | 246395  | 242948    | 48564  | 218015  | 159540  | 18646  | 34211     | 281437        |         | 261584 53548 |          | 114604        | 89858           | 17860   | 166211      | 7940         | 149862  | 23717       |        |         |      |       |      |
| 2 Arunachal      | Pradesh 2420         | 1283            | 681        | 213         | 2483    | 1453      | 236    | 2776    | 1417    |        | 715       | 160 2981      | 1631    |              | 168      | 2843          | 1584            | 771     | 76 3162     |              | 2473    | 111         |        |         |      |       |      |
| 3 Assam          | 77682                | 31237           | 26465      | 2154        | 72795   | 39549     | 3829   | 87186   | 40229   | 35255  | 2512      | 83475         | 45042   | 3219         | 94337    | 43322         |                 | 2845    | 147268      | 43322        | 51751   | 3394        |        |         |      |       |      |
| 4 Bihar          | 146614               | 132576          | 35141      | 9116        | 264570  | 280947    | 16944  | 167455  | 123530  | 36645  | 9433      | 285851        | 277204  | 20344        | 177595   | 111020        | 29877           | 4859    | 259154      |              | 202396  | 10530       |        |         |      |       |      |
| 5                | Chhattisgarh 54598   | 45663           | 9236       | 17437       | 73321   | 73183     | 27696  | 56870   | 46356   | 9713   | 15510     | 75622         | 74884   | 25254        | 58200    | 48509         |                 | 20718   | 75370       | 8177         | 76657   | 27714       |        |         |      |       |      |
| 6 Goa            | 3608                 | 1649            | 1081       | 312         | 3354    | 2359      | 380    | 4312    | 1949    | 1360   | 361       | 3653          | 2841    |              | 505 4466 | 2509          | 1783            | 289     |             | 4057         | 3609    | 374         |        |         |      |       |      |
| 7 Gujarat        | 130121               | 110014          | 20459      | 23811       | 182284  | 180392    | 28648  | 157435  | 135346  | 19538  | 32020     | 214048        | 213638  | 38062        | 131385   | 112932        | 17484           |         | 31354       | 180946       | 183920  | 35454       |        |         |      |       |      |
| 8 Haryana        | 62480                | 38566           | 22605      | 13800       | 65108   | 67360     | 21375  | 72098   | 45500   | 25100  | 13678     | 73601         | 76766   | 20536        | 79947    | 44398         | 23515           |         | 11820       | 77368        | 73826   | 17492       |        |         |      |       |      |
| 9                | Himachal Pradesh     | 12557 10308     | 1952       | 1461        | 16726   | 15640     | 2114   | 13750   | 11063   | 2224   | 1348      | 18095         | 19371   | 1856         | 14160    | 11017         |                 | 1698    | 1811        | 19355        | 18835   | 2600        |        |         |      |       |      |
| 10               | Jammu & Kashmir      | 24608           | 19654 3049 | 5890        | 40358   | 40325     | 7978   | 25390   | 18622   | 2760   | 6002      | 39791         | 39708   | 7530         | 23848    | 17314         |                 | 5082    |             | 2766 36612   | 35726   | 6075        |        |         |      |       |      |
| 11 Jharkhand     | 40946                | 26743           | 11329      | 5739        | 53770   | 49705     | 9802   | 48208   | 29861   | 13695  | 6709      | 54730         | 49327   | 10973        | 45335    |               | 34794           | 11279   | 5781        | 58570        | 61200   | 7875        |        |         |      |       |      |
| 12               | Karnataka            | 134021 104762   | 23228      | 34069       | 164835  | 160394    | 30010  | 136689  | 100415  | 22680  | 31700     |               | 166081  | 162087 31837 | 137338   | 102889        | 19155           |         | 32241       | 205379       | 178137  | 37022       |        |         |      |       |      |
| 13 Kerala        |                      | 158989 145288   | 6943       | 60381       | 209344  | 210179    | 75926  | 176334  | 164468  | 7627   | 67749     | 225446        | 223284  |              | 74703    | 206789        | 192688          | 6550    | 108011      | 249069       | 245105  | 117357      |        |         |      |       |      |
| 14 Madhya        | Pradesh 220335       | 189285          |            | 30913 58645 | 343857  | 344289    | 100616 | 227453  | 188777  | 33119  | 58040     | 344326        | 344438  | 109643       |          | 272423        | 226091          | 15653   | 76016       | 399382       | 397931  | 132649      |        |         |      |       |      |
| 15               | Maharashtra          | 202700 139126   | 58056      | 9807        | 309672  | 300500    | 15043  | 234385  | 152883  | 58120  | 14487     | 345516        | 324763  | 20720        |          | 249834        | 162992          | 66324   | 20284       | 338308       | 315749  | 27034       |        |         |      |       |      |
| 16 Manipur       | 3737                 |                 | 95         | 2179 49     | 1797    | 100       | 52     | 3178    | 143     | 2175   | 30        | 1409          | 150     |              | 38       | 3641          | 294             | 2663    | 29          | 1744         | 296     | 31          |        |         |      |       |      |
| 17 Meghalaya     | 2557                 |                 | 1153       | 880 91      | 1984    | 1440      | 109    | 3259    | 1517    | 1051   | 118       | 3152          | 1797    |              | 152      | 3679          | 1944            | 1524    | 197         | 3316         | 2326    | 224         |        |         |      |       |      |
| 18 Mizoram       | 1766                 | 1370            | 110        | 1248        | 1721    | 1495      | 1337   | 1709    | 1538    |        | 170       | 1046 1898     | 1671    | 1222         |          | 2140          | 2095            | 263     | 2007        | 2404         | 2487    | 2211        |        |         |      |       |      |
| 19 Nagaland      | 1090                 | 748             | 391        | 455         | 1010    | 1040      | 900    | 1216    | 649     | 299    | 715       | 1070          | 637     |              | 456      | 1157          | 766             | 408     | 602         | 1140         | 923     | 598         |        |         |      |       |      |
| 20 Odisha        | 67957                | 53480           |            | 8062 3922   | 96249   | 93657     | 5908   | 71718   | 57488   |        | 9098      | 2983 101281   | 101997  |              | 4756     | 74569         | 57721           | 7912    | 6874 106903 |              | 101693  | 8858        |        |         |      |       |      |
| 21 Punjab        |                      | 35790 24392     | 7208       | 8304        | 46632   | 37288     | 13835  | 36667   | 24455   | 7475   | 8909      | 45979         | 37472   | 14299        | 37162    |               | 22313           | 3917    | 8874        | 46638        | 36914   | 14277       |        |         |      |       |      |
| 22 Rajasthan     | 170948               | 92502           | 25238      | 46382       | 177833  | 177775    | 86172  | 196224  | 97293   | 32345  | 43872     | 182992        | 181847  | 77891        |          | 210418        | 31902           | 48208   | 207601      | 107406       | 202874  | 93365       |        |         |      |       |      |
| 23 Sikkim        | 528                  |                 | 392        | 185 111     | 637     | 417       | 236    | 851     | 666     | 300    | 567       | 1097          | 1074    | 635          |          | 1065          | 763             | 245     | 311         | 2063         | 1744    | 316         |        |         |      |       |      |
| 24 Tamil         | Nadu                 | 200474 160233   |            | 19869 72675 | 232414  | 218681    | 94690  | 203579  | 172029  | 22363  | 98376     | 245879        | 237572  | 117263       |          | 193200        | 168666          |         | 117651      | 22666 261812 | 244531  | 144403      |        |         |      |       |      |
| 25 Telangana     |                      |                 |            |             |         |           |        |         |         |        |           |               |         |              | 106830   | 81744         |                 | 14832   | 21445       | 145550       | 127393  | 25203       |        |         |      |       |      |
| 26 Tripura       | 6264                 | 4972            |            | 1121 923    | 7260    | 7412      | 1100   | 6210    | 4982    | 1321   | 637       | 8969          | 7399    |              | 746      | 4229          | 5499            | 572     | 468         | 6601         | 9111    | 575         |        |         |      |       |      |
| 27               | Uttar Pradesh        | 198093 125695   | 57237      | 43531 5260  | 412811  | 300437    | 85893  | 226445  | 138462  | 66800  | 44017     | 467679        | 9630    | 331475       | 90418    | 240475 146818 | 80709           | 38754   |             | 481178       | 357349  | 89464       |        |         |      |       |      |
| 28               | Uttarakhand          | 8882            | 6047       | 2648        | 11110   | 10834     | 8504   | 9546    | 6157    |        | 2393      | 4174 9732     |         | 6967         | 9156     | 5504          | 2187            | 2614    |             | 11450        | 10858   | 4254        |        |         |      |       |      |
| 29 West          | Bengal 161427        |                 | 130327     | 36099 4160  | 177722  | 158023    | 5553   | 169535  |         | 138425 | 30953     | 4512 175734   | 164240  | 6076         | 185672   | 152001        |                 | 27519   |             | 4331         |         | 219526      | 193425 |         | 7126 |       |      |
|                  | TOTAL STATE(S)       | 2323714 1742616 | 431246     | 463989      | 3218052 | 3017822   | 693450 | 2558493 | 1863760 | 463940 | 503876    | 3461524       | 3193529 | 739817       | 2687767  | 1954181       | 591412          |         | 3718137     | 453613       | 3289101 |             |        | 840303  |      |       |      |
| 30 A&            | N Islands            | 683 494         | 134        | 206         | 683     | 723       | 297    | 612     | 762     | 208    |           | 233           | 720     | 886          | 361 746  |               | 582             | 121     | 608         |              |         |             | 851    | 714     | 767  |       |      |
| 31               |                      | 3606            | 2504       | 1602        | 3702    | 4306      | 1252   | 4077    | 2179    |        | 1073      | 3864          | 3301    |              | 1740     | 3221          |                 |         |             |              | 2833    | 2913        |        |         |      |       |      |
| 32               | Chandigarh D&NHaveli | 318             | 276        | 819 141 23  | 529     | 591       | 43     |         | 314 253 |        | 110       | 1175 11       | 525     | 551          | 22 277   |               | 1841            | 1028    | 12          | 894 209      | 53      | 1365 406    | 400    |         |      |       | 17   |
| 33               | Daman& Diu           | 239 159         | 96         | 13          | 387     |           | 23     | 246     | 140     |        | 60        | 337           | 276     |              | 233      | 132           | 41              |         |             | 343          | 61      |             | 225    |         |      |       | 26   |
| 34               | Delhi UT             | 54287 24906     | 42551      | 15565       | 40775   | 405 36842 | 20598  | 80184   | 29014   |        | 24547     | 0 11214 51628 | 40905   | 0 17208      | 155654   | 37541         | 55235           |         |             | 11366        |         | 63786 47613 | 14596  |         |      |       |      |
| 35               | Lakshadweep          | 60              | 32         | 18 24       | 30      | 8         | 32     | 40      | 41      |        |           | 4 30          |         | 147          | 8 24     | 15            | 91              | 81      |             |              | 0       | 41 51       |        |         |      |       | 84   |
| 36 Puducherry    | 4281                 | 3163            | 559        | 1621        | 5858    | 4957      | 2086   |         | 3756    | 3427   | 434 1613  | 4949          |         | 5528         |          | 2212          | 3584 3030 43359 | 56792   | 770 13732   | 294          | 72675   | 4325        | 3854   | 55730   |      | 18079 | 1224 |
| TOTAL            | UT(S)                | 63474           | 31534      | 45101 18271 | 51964   | 47832     | 24331  | 89229   | 35816   |        | 26447     | 14250 62053   | 51594   | 21551        | 761368   | 1997540       | 163796 510405   |         | 605144      | 3790812      |         |             |        | 3344831 |      |       |      |
| TOTAL            | (ALL INDIA) 2387188  | 1774150         | 476347     | 482260      | 3270016 | 3065654   | 717781 | 2647722 |         |        | 518126    | 3523577       |         |              |          | 490387        |                 | 1899576 |             | 3245123      | 2851563 | 858382      |        |         |      |       |      |

Source: Crime in India Disposal of cases/persons by police/courts may includes cases/persons of previous years also.