Lok Sabha Question No. 148 (STARRED), answered on 2016-03-08
Subject: Cases under POCSO Act
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: JITENDRA CHAUDHURY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*148 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 th  MARCH, 2016/PHALGUNA 18, 1937 (SAKA)

CASES UNDER POCSO ACT

*148. SHRI JITENDRA CHAUDHURY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  total  number  of  crime  cases  registered  under  the  Protection  of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, alongwith the number of  persons  arrested,  convicted,  conviction  rate  achieved  and  the  action taken  against  the  guilty  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the current year, crime and State-wise;

(b)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  study  regarding  the effectiveness  of  POCSO  Act,  if  so,  the  details  and  the  outcome  thereof; and

(c)  the  budgetary  allocation  made  and  utilised  for  implementation  of POCSO Act separately during the said period, State-wise?

ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT IN REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*148 FOR 08.03.2016.

(a): The  total  number  of  cases  reported,  cases  charge  sheeted,  cases convicted,  cases conviction rate, persons arrested, persons  charge sheeted  and  persons  convicted  under  the  Protection  of  Children  from Sexual Offences(POCSO) Act, 2012 during 2014 is enclosed at Annexure-I. As NCRB has started collecting the data since 2014, no data is available for 2013. Data for the year 2015 is being collected by NCRB.

(b): The Protection of Children from Sexual offences Act, 2012 came into force on 14.11.2012. The Act has been in force since the last three years. Therefore a review is not planned at this stage. On 14.01.2016, Ministry of Women & Child Development and National  Commission for Protection of Child  Rights  (NCPCR)  jointly  held  a  consultation  with  all  stakeholders responsible  for  implementing  the  POCSO  Act.  During  the  consultation  it was  emphasized  that  there  is  a  need  for  dissemination  of  information, creation of awareness and registration of cases under POCSO Act.

(c): No  separate  budget  is  allocated  for  the  implementation  of  POCSO Act.

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Cases  Reported(CR),  Cases  Chargesheeted  (CCS),  Cases  Compounded  or  Withdrawn  (CCW),  Cases  in  which  Trials  were  Completed  (CTC),  Cases  Convicted  (CON), Conviction Rate (CVR), Persons Arrested (PART), Persons Charge Sheeted (PCST), Persons Convicted  (PCVT), Persons Acquitted (PAQT), Persons Discharged by Court (PDIST) under  The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012  During 2014

| Sl.No.   | States/UTs        |   CR | CCS   | CCW   | CTC    |   CON | CVR   |   PART |   PCST | PCVT   | PAQT   |   PDIST |
|----------|-------------------|------|-------|-------|--------|-------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |  106 | 52    | 0     | 17     |     1 | 5.9   |    113 |     83 | 1      | 40     |       0 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |    5 | 3     | 0     | 0      |     0 | -     |      6 |      3 | 0      | 0      |       0 |
| 3        | Assam             |  311 | 141   | 0     | 5      |     5 | 100.0 |    308 |    141 | 5      | 0      |       0 |
| 4        | Bihar             |   57 | 46    | 0     | 10     |     4 | 40.0  |     72 |     58 | 6      | 6      |       0 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |  417 | 370   | 0     | 65     |    22 | 33.8  |    415 |    412 | 22     | 49     |       0 |
| 6        | Goa               |    4 | 0     | 0     | 0      |     0 | -     |      2 |      0 | 0      | 0      |       0 |
| 7        | Gujarat           |  118 | 58    | 0     | 0      |     0 | -     |    117 |     66 | 0      | 0      |       0 |
| 8        | Haryana           |    3 | 2     | 0     | 0      |     0 | -     |      2 |      2 | 0      | 0      |       0 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |   22 | 14    | 0     | 0      |     0 | -     |     19 |     14 | 0      | 0      |       0 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   |    0 | 0     | 0     | 0      |     0 | -     |      0 |      0 | 0      | 0      |       0 |
| 11       | Jharkhand         |   31 | 25    | 1     | 6      |     4 | 66.7  |     33 |     26 | 4      | 2      |       0 |
| 12       | Karnataka         |  620 | 476   | 1     | 32     |     7 | 21.9  |    667 |    570 | 7      | 32     |       0 |
| 13       | Kerala            |  439 | 325   | 0     | 17     |     8 | 47.1  |    433 |    352 | 8      | 9      |       0 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    |  126 | 122   | 0     | 26     |    11 | 42.3  |    141 |    141 | 11     | 17     |       0 |
| 15       | Maharashtra       |  190 | 149   | 0     | 8      |     0 | 0.0   |    174 |    167 | 0      | 11     |       0 |
| 16       | Manipur           |    7 | 1     | 0     | 0      |     0 | -     |      7 |      1 | 0      | 0      |       0 |
| 17       | Meghalaya         |   48 | 41    | 0     | 0      |     0 | -     |     44 |     41 | 0      | 0      |       0 |
| 18       | Mizoram           |   42 | 32    | 0     | 0      |     0 | -     |     17 |      7 | 0      | 0      |       0 |
| 19       | Nagaland          |    0 | 0     | 0     | 0      |     0 | -     |      0 |      0 | 0      | 0      |       0 |
| 20       | Odisha            |  109 | 73    | 0     | 1      |     0 | 0.0   |    100 |     78 | 0      | 1      |       0 |
| 21       | Punjab            |   25 | 20    | 0     | 1      |     1 | 100.0 |     32 |     24 | 1      | 0      |       0 |
| 22       | Rajasthan         |  191 | 165   | 0     | 1      |     0 | 0.0   |    177 |    177 | 0      | 1      |       0 |
| 23       | Sikkim            |   23 | 18    | 0     | 4      |     1 | 25.0  |     23 |     19 | 1      | 1      |       1 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 1055 | 575   | 0     | 31     |     5 | 16.1  |   1141 |    643 | 5      | 31     |       0 |
| 25       | Telangana         |   25 | 6     | 0     | 0      |     0 | -     |     35 |     10 | 0      | 0      |       0 |
| 26       | Tripura           |   32 | 26    | 0     | 4      |     3 | 75.0  |     31 |     26 | 3      | 1      |       0 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 3637 | 3042  | 0     | 17     |     9 | 52.9  |   6018 |   4730 | 14     | 11     |       0 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       |   74 | 58    | 0     | 11     |     4 | 36.4  |     70 |     68 | 4      | 7      |       0 |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 1058 | 650   | 1     | 135    |    12 | 8.9   |    864 |    802 | 12     | 197    |       8 |
|          | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 8775 | 6490  | 3     | 391    |    97 | 24.8  |  11061 |   8661 | 104    | 416    |       9 |
| 30       | A&NIslands        |    0 | 0     | 0     | 0      |     0 | -     |      0 |      0 | 0      | 0      |       0 |
| 31       | Chandigarh        |    0 | 0     | 0     | 0      |     0 | -     |      0 |      0 | 0      | 0      |       0 |
| 32       | D&NHaveli         |    0 | 0     | 0     | 0      |     0 | -     |      0 |      0 | 0      | 0      |       0 |
| 33       | Daman& Diu        |    0 | 0     | 0     | 0      |     0 | -     |      0 |      0 | 0      | 0      |       0 |
| 34       | Delhi UT          |  107 | 64    | 0     | 15     |     3 | 20.0  |     93 |     66 | 5      | 13     |       1 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep       |    1 | 1     | 0     | 0      |     0 | -     |      3 |      3 | 0      | 0      |       0 |
|          | Puducherry        |   21 |       |       | 0      |     0 | -     |     15 |     18 |        |        |       0 |
| 36       | TOTAL UT(S)       |  129 | 18 83 | 0 0   |        |     3 | 20    |    111 |     87 | 0 5    | 0 13   |       1 |
|          | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 8904 | 6573  | 3     | 15 406 |   100 | 24.6  |  11172 |   8748 | 109    | 429    |      10 |

Source: Crime in India

Case conviction rate = cases convicted/cases in which

trial compeleted x 100

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