Lok Sabha Question No. 2891 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-15
Subject: Incidence of Violence by Police Personnel
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: PREM DAS RAI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2891 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 15 TH  MARCH, 2016/PHALGUNA 25, 1937 (SAKA)

INCIDENCE OF VIOLENCE BY POLICE PERSONNEL

2891. SHRI PREM DAS RAI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state: (a)  the  details  of  complaints  received  by  the  Government  alleging violence  and  manhandling  by  police  personnel  and  the  action  taken against the guilty personnel during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise including NCT of Delhi; and

(b) the preventive steps taken by the Government in this regard?

ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

(a):  State/  UT  wise  cases  registered,  police  personnel  charge-sheeted and police personnel convicted under various offences by police during 2012-2014 is enclosed at Annexure-I. State/UT wise  Human  right violations cases is at Annexure-II.

(b): 'Public Order' and 'Police' being State subjects as per  the provisions of the Constitution of India, the responsibilities of maintaining law and order, registration and prosecution of crimes rest primarily with the respective State Governments/Union Territory Administrations.

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|    | Complaints                       | received during the Year, Cases Registered,   | received during the Year, Cases Registered,   | received during the Year, Cases Registered,   | received during the Year, Cases Registered,   | received during the Year, Cases Registered,   | received during the Year, Cases Registered,   | received during the Year, Cases Registered,   | received during the Year, Cases Registered,   | received during the Year, Cases Registered,   | received during the Year, Cases Registered,   | received during the Year, Cases Registered,   |
|----|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|    |                                  |                                               |                                               |                                               | 2012                                          | 2012                                          | 2012                                          | 2012                                          | 2012                                          | 2012                                          | 2012                                          | 2012                                          |
| SL | during State/UT                  | Complaints received the Year Cases Registered | Police Personnel Chargeshee ted               | Police Personnel Convicted                    | Complaints received during the Year           | Cases Registered                              | Police Personnel Chargeshee ted               | Police Personnel Convicted                    | Complaints received during the Year           | Cases Registered                              | Police Personnel Chargeshee ted               | Police Personnel Convicted                    |
|    | 1 Andhra Pradesh                 | 614 128                                       |                                               | 0                                             | 354                                           | 153                                           |                                               | 4                                             | 189                                           | 128                                           | 43                                            | 2                                             |
|    | 2 Arunachal Pradesh              | 120                                           | 2                                             | 0                                             | 126                                           | 16                                            |                                               | 0                                             | 23                                            | 24                                            | 21                                            | 1                                             |
|    | 3 Assam                          | 35 15                                         |                                               | 0                                             | 4                                             | 13                                            |                                               | 1                                             | 48                                            | 28                                            | 5                                             | 0                                             |
|    | 4 Bihar                          | 18 18                                         |                                               | 0                                             | 41                                            | 31                                            |                                               | 0                                             | 279                                           | 8                                             | 5                                             | 0                                             |
|    | 5 Chhattisgarh                   | 1918 24                                       |                                               | 3                                             | 1960                                          | 28                                            |                                               | 9                                             | 3105                                          | 57                                            | 41                                            | 3                                             |
|    | 6 Goa                            | 15 1                                          |                                               | 0                                             | 103                                           | 97                                            |                                               | 0                                             | 38                                            | 38                                            | 13                                            | 0                                             |
|    | 7 Gujarat                        | 1152 252                                      |                                               | 3                                             | 965                                           | 237                                           |                                               | 4                                             | 1144                                          | 417                                           | 168                                           | 1                                             |
|    | 8 Haryana                        | 409                                           |                                               | 2                                             | 1592                                          | 20                                            |                                               | 0                                             | 2214                                          | 25                                            | 26                                            | 1                                             |
|    | 1434 9 Himachal Pradesh 403      |                                               |                                               | 0                                             | 303                                           | 8                                             |                                               | 2                                             | 383                                           | 10                                            | 8                                             | 1                                             |
|    | 10 Jammu & Kashmir               | 6 423                                         | 46                                            | 5                                             | 839                                           | 60                                            |                                               | 0                                             | 1209                                          | 32                                            | 13                                            | 0                                             |
|    | 11 Jharkhand                     | 0                                             | 1                                             | 0                                             | 2                                             | 2                                             |                                               | 0                                             | 2                                             | 2                                             | 2                                             | 0                                             |
|    | 12 Karnataka                     | 256 100                                       |                                               | 2                                             | 115                                           | 66                                            |                                               | 1                                             | 211                                           | 140                                           | 79                                            | 1                                             |
|    | 13 Kerala                        | 3193 208                                      |                                               | 1                                             | 3116                                          | 178                                           |                                               | 2                                             | 1003                                          | 172                                           | 59                                            | 3                                             |
|    | 14 Madhya Pradesh 12412          | 11                                            |                                               | 0                                             | 9297                                          | 50                                            |                                               | 5                                             | 10887                                         | 73                                            | 127                                           | 0                                             |
|    | 15 Maharashtra 6925              | 380                                           |                                               | 5                                             | 7280                                          | 442                                           |                                               | 7                                             | 6528                                          | 487                                           | 186                                           | 3                                             |
|    | 16 Manipur                       | 2 2                                           |                                               | 0                                             | 1                                             | 0                                             |                                               | 0                                             | 141                                           | 0                                             | 0                                             | 0                                             |
|    | 17 Meghalaya 11                  | 11                                            |                                               | 0                                             | 3                                             | 12                                            |                                               | 0                                             | 5                                             | 5                                             | 2                                             | 0                                             |
|    | 18 Mizoram 6                     |                                               | 6                                             | 0                                             | 6                                             | 5                                             |                                               | 0                                             | 0                                             | 0                                             | 0                                             | 0                                             |
|    | 19 Nagaland                      | 30 10                                         |                                               | 0                                             | 16                                            | 16                                            |                                               | 0                                             | 10                                            | 10                                            | 7                                             | 0                                             |
|    | 20 Odisha 35                     | 32                                            |                                               | 0                                             | 60                                            | 56                                            |                                               | 0                                             | 40                                            | 26                                            | 10                                            | 0                                             |
|    | 21 Punjab                        | 3654 102                                      |                                               | 5                                             | 3468                                          | 61                                            |                                               | 5                                             | 2036                                          | 115                                           | 26                                            | 1                                             |
|    | 22 Rajasthan 2665                | 149                                           |                                               | 0                                             | 3252                                          | 136                                           |                                               | 3                                             | 2881                                          | 167                                           | 35                                            | 4                                             |
|    | 23 Sikkim 0                      | 0                                             |                                               | 0                                             | 0                                             | 0                                             |                                               | 0                                             | 0                                             | 0                                             | 0                                             | 0                                             |
|    | 24 Tamil Nadu                    | 378 220                                       |                                               | 1                                             | 259                                           | 136                                           |                                               | 1                                             | 138                                           | 126                                           | 60                                            | 1                                             |
|    | 25 Telangana                     |                                               |                                               |                                               |                                               |                                               |                                               |                                               | 285                                           | 100                                           | 123                                           | 19                                            |
|    | 26 Tripura                       | 0 0                                           |                                               | 0                                             | 8                                             | 8                                             |                                               | 0                                             | 11                                            | 11                                            | 5                                             | 0                                             |
|    | 27 Uttar Pradesh                 | 8440 95                                       |                                               | 2                                             | 4086                                          | 119                                           |                                               | 9                                             | 1848                                          | 170                                           | 59                                            | 3                                             |
|    | 28 Uttarakhand 272               | 6                                             |                                               | 0                                             | 399                                           | 13                                            |                                               | 0                                             | 140                                           | 2                                             | 1                                             | 0                                             |
|    | 29 West Bengal                   | 48 39                                         |                                               | 0                                             | 164                                           | 16                                            |                                               | 0                                             | 96                                            | 25                                            | 8                                             | 0                                             |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)                   | 44459 2273                                    | 0                                             | 29                                            | 37819                                         | 1979                                          | 0                                             | 53                                            | 34894                                         | 2398                                          | 1132                                          | 44                                            |
| 30 | A&N Islands 11                   | 11                                            |                                               | 0                                             | 93                                            | 0                                             |                                               | 0                                             | 18                                            | 17                                            | 13                                            | 0                                             |
|    | 31 Chandigarh 546                | 0                                             |                                               | 0                                             | 781                                           | 7                                             |                                               | 0                                             | 951                                           | 4                                             | 8                                             | 0                                             |
|    | 32 D&N Haveli 0                  | 0                                             |                                               | 0                                             | 0                                             | 0                                             |                                               | 0                                             | 1                                             | 1                                             | 1                                             | 0                                             |
|    | 33 Daman & Diu 0                 | 0                                             |                                               | 0                                             | 0                                             | 0                                             |                                               | 0                                             | 1                                             | 1                                             | 0                                             | 0                                             |
|    | 34 Delhi UT 12342 35 Lakshadweep | 0 2 2                                         |                                               | 13                                            | 12427 0 0                                     | 0 0                                           |                                               | 0 0                                           | 11902 2                                       | 173 2                                         | 0 0                                           | 0 0                                           |
|    | 36 Puducherry                    | 3 3                                           |                                               | 0                                             | 0                                             | 3                                             |                                               | 0                                             | 5                                             | 5                                             | 12                                            | 0                                             |
|    | TOTAL UT(S)                      | 12904 16                                      | 0                                             | 13                                            | 13301                                         | 10                                            | 0                                             | 0                                             | 12880                                         | 203                                           | 34                                            | 0                                             |
|    | TOTAL (ALL INDIA)                | 57363 2289                                    | 0                                             | 42                                            | 51120                                         | 1989                                          | 0                                             | 53                                            | 47774                                         | 2601                                          | 1166                                          | 44                                            |

Note: Complaints against police exclude human right violations by police

Annexure-II

Cases Registered : State Police (CR-SP),Police Personnel : ChargeSheeted : State Police (PCS-SP),Convicted : State Police (PCV-SP): UnderTotal Human Rights Violation by Police During 2012-2014

|                     | State Police 2012   | State Police 2012   | State Police 2012   | State Police 2013   | State Police 2013   | State Police 2013   | 2014 State Police   | 2014 State Police   | 2014 State Police   |
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Code State/UT       | CR-SP               | PCS-SP              | PCV-SP              | CR-SP               | PCS-SP              | PCV-SP              | CR-SP               | PCS-SP              | PCV-SP              |
| 1 Andhra Pradesh    | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 3 Assam             | 102                 | 0                   | 0                   | 8                   | 1                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 4 Bihar             | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 5 Chhattisgarh      | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 6 Goa               | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 7 Gujarat           | 10                  | 0                   | 0                   | 7                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 8 Haryana           | 1                   | 1                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 9 Himachal Pradesh  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 10 Jammu & Kashmir  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 11 Jharkhand        | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 4                   | 0                   |
| 12 Karnataka        | 1                   | 0                   | 0                   | 2                   | 0                   | 0                   | 29                  | 14                  | 0                   |
| 13 Kerala           | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 14 Madhya Pradesh   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 15 Maharashtra      | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 16 Manipur          | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 17 Meghalaya        | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 18 Mizoram          | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 19 Nagaland         | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 20 Odisha           | 10                  | 3                   | 0                   | 13                  | 1                   | 0                   | 5                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 21 Punjab           | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 1                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 22 Rajasthan        | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 23 Sikkim           | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 24 Tamil Nadu       | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 25 Telangana        | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 26 Tripura          | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 27 Uttar Pradesh    | 5                   | 3                   | 0                   | 6                   | 0                   | 0                   | 46                  | 7                   | 3                   |
| 28 Uttarakhand      | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 29 West Bengal      | 1                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| TOTAL STATE(S)      | 130                 | 7                   | 0                   | 37                  | 2                   | 0                   | 80                  | 25                  | 3                   |
| 30 A&NIslands       | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 31 Chandigarh       | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 32 D&NHaveli        | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 33 Daman & Diu      | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 34 Delhi UT         | 75                  | 12                  | 0                   | 141                 | 16                  | 0                   | 18                  | 5                   | 0                   |
| 35 Lakshadweep      | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 36 Puducherry       | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| TOTAL UT(S)         | 75                  | 12                  | 0                   | 141                 | 16                  | 0                   | 18                  | 5                   | 0                   |
| TOTAL (ALL INDIA)   | 205                 | 19                  | 0                   | 178                 | 18                  | 0                   | 98                  | 30                  | 3                   |