Lok Sabha Question No. 2714 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-15
Subject: Acid Attack on Women and Girls
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: M. K. RAGHAVAN, ABHIJIT MUKHERJEE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2714

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 15 TH  DECEMBER, 2015/AGRAHAYANA 24, 1937 (SAKA)

## ACID ATTACK ON WOMEN AND GIRLS

2714. SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN: SHRI ABHIJIT MUKHERJEE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether cases of acid attacks on women and girls have been reported and  if  so,  the  total  number  of  women/girl  /children  injured/died,  guilty arrested, convicted and the action taken against the guilty persons separately during each of the last three years, State-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  study  to  find  out  the reasons behind such increase;
- (c) if so, the details and outcome thereof; and
- (d)  the  details  of  advisories  issued  to  the  States  to  stop  such  cases including tightening of laws and provision for monetary  and  social protection to such victims?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  As  per  information  received  from  National  Crime  Records  Bureau (NCRB), a total of 85, 128 and 137 cases of acid attacks on women were reported  in  the  country  during  2012,  2013  and  2014  respectively.  As  per data  collected from States/UTs, State/UT  wise cases registered,  number of  victims,  cases  chargesheeted,  cases  convicted,  persons  arrested, persons  chargesheeted  and  persons  convicted  under  acid  attack  on women (section 326A IPC) during 2012-2014 is enclosed at Annexure-I. The information  on  acid  attacks  on  children  and  injured  or  deaths  of  victims under acid attack is not maintained separately.

## L.S.U.S.Q.No. 2714 FOR 15.12.2015

(b) & (c): 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.

(d): States and UTs were advised to take appropriate action on implementation of Section 166B of the IPC  which deals  with punishment for  non-treatment  of  victims.  In  order  to  augment  the  implementation  of State Victim Compensation Scheme, a decision has been taken to set up a Central Victim Compensation Fund (CVFC) with an initial corpus of Rs. 200 cr which is meant for tackling crime/violence against women. A provision is stipulated to provide special financial assistance upto Rs 5.00 lakhs to the victims of acid attack to meet treatment expenses over and above the compensation paid by the respective States/UT Administrations.

The detailed guidelines are available at http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload\_files/mha/files/CVCFFuideliness\_141015. pdf

Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  issued  an  advisory  dated  30 th   Aug  2013  on Measures to be taken to prevent acid attacks on people and for treatment and rehabilitation of survivors and another advisory dated 20 th  April 2015 on expediting cases of Acid Attack on women. which are available at http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload\_files/mha/files/AdvisoryAfterSupremeCo urtOrderInLaxmCase\_Short.pdf

http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload\_files/mha/files/AdvisoryAcidAttackWome n\_220415.pdf

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## State/UT wise details on Acid Attack on Women Reported During 2012 to 2014

Cases Registered (CR),  Women Victim (WMV),  Cases Chargesheeted (CS), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Chargesheeted (PCS)

|         |                   | 2012 2013 2014   |        |     |      |         |     |    |     |    |    |     |     |     |    |     |     |     |     |     |     |    |    |    |    |    |
|---------|-------------------|------------------|--------|-----|------|---------|-----|----|-----|----|----|-----|-----|-----|----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|----|----|----|----|----|
| Sl. No. | States/Uts        | CR               | WMV CS | CV  |      | PAR PCS | PCV | CR | WMV | CS | CV | PAR | PCS | PCV | CR | WMV | CS  | CV  | PAR | PCS | PCV |    |    |    |    |    |
| 1       | ANDHRAPRADESH     | 6                | 6      | 4 - | 5    | 4       | -   | NR | NR  | NR | -  | NR  | NR  | -   | 5  |     | 5   | 4 2 | 7   | 9   | 6   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 2       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 0                | 0      | 0   | - 0  | 0       | -   | 0  | 0   | 0  | -  | 0   | 0   | -   | 0  | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 3       | ASSAM             | 1                | 4      | 0   | - 6  | 0       | -   | 1  | 3   | 0  | -  | 3   | 0   | -   | 0  |     | 0   | 0   | 0 0 | 0   | 0   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 4       | BIHAR             | 10               | 12     | 10  | - 17 | 16      | -   | 7  | 7   | 5  | -  | 16  | 16  | -   | 2  | 2   | 0   | 0   | 3   | 0   | 0   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 5       | CHHATTISGARH      | 3                | 3      | 4   | - 3  | 6       | -   | 2  | 5   | 2  | -  | 2   | 2   | -   | 0  |     | 0   | 0 0 | 0   | 0   | 0   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 6       | GOA               | 1                | 2      | 1   | - 1  | 1       | -   | 0  | 0   | 0  | -  | 0   | 0   | -   | 0  | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 7       | GUJARAT           | 4                | 5      | 4   | - 6  | 6       | -   | 10 | 13  | 10 | -  | 15  | 15  | -   | 5  |     | 5   | 4 0 | 4   | 4   | 0   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 8       | HARYANA           | 6                | 8      | 5   | - 15 | 15      | -   | 3  | 5   | 1  | -  | 2   | 1   | -   | 5  | 6   | 5   | 1   | 9   | 9   | 1   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 9       | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 0                | 0      | 0   | - 0  | 0       | -   | 1  | 1   | 1  | -  | 1   | 1   | -   | 0  |     | 0 0 | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 10      | JAMMU& KASHMIR    | 3                | 3      | 2   | - 2  | 2       | -   | 2  | 2   | 1  | -  | 4   | 1   | -   |    | 1   | 1   | 0   | 0 0 | 0   | 0   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 11      | JHARKHAND         | 2                | 3      | 2   | - 5  | 5       | -   | 2  | 2   | 2  | -  | 2   | 2   | -   | 1  |     | 1   | 1   | 1 0 | 1   | 1   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 12      | KARNATAKA         | 2                | 2      | 2   | - 2  | 2       | -   | 4  | 4   | 4  | -  | 9   | 9   | -   | 2  |     | 2   | 2   | 0 4 | 4   | 0   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 13      | KERALA            | 2                | 2      | 0   | - 2  | 0       | -   | 3  | 3   | 1  | -  | 2   | 1   | -   |    | 1   | 1   | 0   | 1   | 1   | 0   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 14      | MADHYA PRADESH    | 6                | 7      | 6   | - 9  | 9       | -   | 6  | 8   | 6  | -  | 10  | 10  | -   |    | 7   | 7   | 1 6 | 0 7 | 7   | 0   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 15      | MAHARASHTRA       | 3                | 3      | 3   | - 3  | 3       | -   | 7  | 8   | 4  | -  | 5   | 4   | -   | 2  | 2   | 1   | 0   | 1   | 1   | 0   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 16      | MANIPUR           | 0                | 0      | 0   | - 0  | 0       | -   | 0  | 0   | 0  | -  | 0   | 0   | -   | 0  |     | 0   | 0 0 | 0   | 0   | 0   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 17      | MEGHALAYA         | 0                | 0      | 0   | - 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   | 0   | 0   | 0   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 19      | NAGALAND          | 0                | 0      | 0   | - 0  | 0       | -   | 1  | 1   | 1  | -  | 1   | 1   | -   | 0  |     | 0   | 0 0 | 0   | 0   | 0   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 20      | ODISHA            | 2                | 3      | 1   | - 7  | 7       | -   | 1  | 1   | 1  | -  | 3   | 3   | -   | 8  | 8   | 6   | 0   | 6   | 6   | 0   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 21      | PUNJAB            | 4                | 4      | 1   | - 10 | 3       | -   | 10 | 10  | 4  | -  | 14  | 13  | -   | 5  | 5   | 4   | 0   | 4   | 4   | 0   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 22      | RAJASTHAN         | 5                | 5      | 5   | - 6  | 6       | -   | 6  | 10  | 4  | -  | 17  | 17  | -   | 3  | 3   | 2   | 0   | 2   | 2   | 0   |    |    |    |    |    |
| 23      | SIKKIM            | 0                | 0      | 0   | - 0  | 0       | -   | 0  | 0   | 0  |    | 0   | 0   | -   | 1  |     | 1   |     | 0   |     | 0   | 0  |    |    |    | 0  |
| 24      |                   |                  |        |     |      |         |     |    |     |    | -  |     | 5   | -   | 6  | 1   |     |     |     |     |     |    |    |    |    |    |
|         | TAMIL NADU        | 1                | 1      | 0   | - 1  | 0       | -   | 4  | 5   | 3  | -  | 7   | -   | -   | 0  | 0   | 10  | 3   | 0 0 | 9 0 |     |    | 0  | 0  | 5  | 0  |
| 25      | TELANGANA         | -                | -      | -   | - -  | -       | -   | -  | -   | -  | -  | -   |     |     |    |     | 0   |     |     |     |     |    |    |    |    |    |
| 26      | TRIPURA           | 1                | 1      | 1 - | 1    | 1       | -   | 0  | 0   | 0  | -  | 0   | 0   | -   |    | 2   | 2   | 1   | 1   | 1   |     |    |    | 1  |    | 1  |

## Annexure-I

| 29   | WEST BENGAL       |   NR |   NR | NR   | -    | NR NR   | -   |   NR |   NR |   NR | -   |   NR |   NR | -   |   27 |   28 | 17   |   0 17 |   17 |   0 |
|------|-------------------|------|------|------|------|---------|-----|------|------|------|-----|------|------|-----|------|------|------|--------|------|-----|
|      | TOTAL (STATES)    |   76 |   92 | 64   | -    | 121 106 | -   |  112 |  130 |   87 | -   |  175 |  169 | -   |  125 |  132 | 90 7 |    138 |  122 |  11 |
| 30   | A&N ISLANDS       |    0 |    0 | 0    | - 0  | 0       | -   |    0 |    0 |    0 | -   |    0 |    0 | -   |    0 |    0 | 0 0  |      0 |    0 |   0 |
| 31   | CHANDIGARH        |    0 |    0 | 0    | - 0  | 0       | -   |    1 |    1 |    1 | -   |    1 |    1 | -   |    0 |    0 | 0 0  |      0 |    0 |   0 |
| 32   | D&N HAVELI        |    0 |    0 | 0    | - 0  | 0       | -   |    0 |    0 |    0 | -   |    0 |    0 | -   |    0 |    0 | 0 0  |      0 |    0 |   0 |
| 33   | DAMAN &DIU        |    0 |    0 | 0    | - 0  | 0       | -   |    0 |    0 |    0 | -   |    0 |    0 | -   |    0 |    0 | 0 0  |      0 |    0 |   0 |
| 34   | DELHI UT          |    8 |    8 | 7    | - 10 | 10      | -   |   15 |   16 |    6 | -   |   13 |   10 | -   |   12 |   14 | 8 1  |     16 |   13 |   1 |
| 35   | LAKSHADWEEP       |    0 |    0 | 0    | - 0  | 0       | -   |    0 |    0 |    0 | -   |    0 |    0 | -   |    0 |    0 | 0 0  |      0 |    0 |   0 |
| 36   | PUDUCHERRY        |    1 |    1 | 1    | - 1  | 1       | -   |    0 |    0 |    0 | -   |    0 |    0 | -   |    0 |    0 | 0 0  |      0 |    0 |   0 |
|      | TOTAL (Uts)       |    9 |    9 | 8 -  | 11   | 11      | -   |   16 |   17 |    7 | -   |   14 |   11 | -   |   12 |   14 | 8 1  |     16 |   13 |   1 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) |   85 |  101 | 72 - | 132  | 117     | -   |  128 |  147 |   94 | -   |  189 |  180 | -   |  137 |  146 | 98 8 |    154 |  135 |  12 |

Source:  Crime in India Note:  Data is provisional for the year 2012-2013. NR implies data not received.

NCRB has started collecting data on cases convicted and persons convicted under acid attacks on women (section 326A IPC) since 2014 using MHA approved revised proformae