Lok Sabha Question No. 2686 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-15
Subject: Criminal Cases
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAVINDRA VISHWANATH GAIKWAD, NEELAM SONKER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2686

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

## CRIMINAL CASES

†2686.

PROF. RAVINDRA VISHWANATH GAIKWAD: SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether criminal cases are on the rise in the country;
- (b) if so, the total number of criminal cases reported, guilty arrested/convicted,  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current year, crime and State-wise including theft, murder, rape and looting;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to enact a legislation to award death penalty  to  the  persons  guilty  of  raping  a  minor  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the advisories/guidelines issued to the States and police departments to curb such cases in future?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (b): Crime  head  wise  &  State/UT  wise  cases  registered,   cases charge sheeted, cases convicted, persons arrested, persons charge sheeted and persons convicted under  various IPC crimes (including theft, murder,  rape  &  robbery)  during  2012-2014  is  enclosed  at  Annexure-I  &  II respectively.
- (c): There is  no such proposal.  However, the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013, which came into force  with effect from  3rd Feb, 2013 on crimes against women, has enhanced punishment for rape convicts including lifeterm and death sentence.

## L.S.U.S.Q.No. 2686 FOR 15.12.2015

(d): 'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  the  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  the  criminals.  However,  the Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  issued  various  Advisories  on  crime  against children,  prevention,  registration,  investigation  and  prosecution  of  crime, trafficking etc. for the State Governments to take further course of action in the prevention of crimes. The Advisories are available on the Ministry of Home Affairs' website link: mha.nic.in.

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Crime head wise cases registered (CR), cases charge sheeted (CS), cases convicted (CV), persons arrested (PAR), persons charge sheeted (PCS) and perosns convicted (PCV)under IPC crimes during 2012-2014

|     |                                                        | 2012        | 2012        | 2012      | 2012   | 2012   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013        | 2013      | 2013         | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2014      | 2014         | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   |
|-----|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------------|-----------|--------------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|--------------|--------|--------|--------|
| Sl. | Crime Head                                             | CR          | CS          | CV        | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    | CR     | CS          | CV        | PAR          | PCS    | PCV    | CR     | CS        | CV PAR       | PCS    | PCV    |        |
| 1   | Murder                                                 | 34434       | 28871       | 7714      | 68676  | 64850  | 16438  | 33201  | 27040       | 7768      | 64813        | 60212  | 15647  | 33981  | 28447     | 7628 69320   | 59716  | 15708  |        |
| 2   | Attempt to commit Murder                               | 35138       | 30517       | 5307      | 82669  | 77021  | 12586  | 35417  | 30265       | 5050      | 78877        | 73876  | 12866  | 41791  | 33978     | 5338 86153   | 75425  | 12584  |        |
| 3   | Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder              | 3620        | 3180        | 813       | 7148   | 6183   | 1605   | 3380   | 2872        | 800       | 6518         | 5624   | 1629   | 3332   | 2912      | 712 7135     | 6116   | 1408   |        |
| 4   | Attempt to commit Culpable Homicide*                   | -           | -           | -         | -      | -      | -      | -      | -           | -         | -            | -      | -      | 4358   | 3129      | 230 7226     | 5988   | 389    |        |
| 5   | Rape                                                   | 24923       | 21565       | 3563      | 31117  | 28925  | 4821   | 33707  | 28755       | 5101      | 42115        | 37856  | 6892   | 36735  | 30840     | 4944 48193   | 41914  | 6637   |        |
| 6   | Attempt to commit Rape*                                | -           | -           | -         | -      | -      | -      | -      | -           | -         | -            | -      | -      | 4234   | 2781 149  | 4465         | 3144   | 213    |        |
| 7   | Kidnapping & Abduction : Total                         | 47592       | 25639       | 3089      | 62020  | 45990  | 5858   | 65461  | 28787       | 3403      | 69811        | 51341  | 6254   | 77237  | 33540     | 3646 82487   | 56162  | 6574   |        |
| 8   | Dacoity                                                | 4314        | 3327        | 565       | 18422  | 16382  | 2315   | 4539   | 3105        | 515       | 21452        | 16004  | 2279   | 4395   | 3589      | 536 18418    | 17400  | 2262   |        |
| 9   | Making Preparation and Assembly for committing Dacoity | 3099        | 3148        | 327       | 13089  | 12238  | 1306   | 3159   | 2958        | 354       | 13367        | 12934  | 1336   | 2834   | 2856      | 242 12644    | 11855  | 964    |        |
| 10  | Robbery                                                | 27343       | 18047       | 3170      | 38450  | 35498  | 6601   | 31927  | 18693       | 3333      | 41190        | 37561  | 6796   | 38071  | 21690     | 3504 51312   | 43001  | 6648   |        |
| 11  | Criminal Trespass / Burglary : Total                   | 92892       | 37750       | 9583      | 68265  | 63397  | 14763  | 104401 | 40698       | 9521      | 73260        | 65845  | 14493  | 114646 | 41792     | 10648 90503  | 73427  | 16003  |        |
| 12  | Theft                                                  | 337407      | 117508      | 31194     | 197555 | 176259 | 44668  | 372622 | 123511      | 34161     | 210304       | 186821 | 45114  | 440915 | 133756    | 34080 259441 | 203279 | 47196  |        |
| 13  | Unlawful Assembly*                                     | -           | -           | -         | -      | -      | -      | -      | -           | -         | -            | -      | -      | 9870   | 7064      | 944 46683    | 34482  | 3684   |        |
| 14  | Riots Criminal Breach of                               | 74633 17901 | 64002 11001 | 7281 1759 | 348232 | 340379 | 39305  | 72126  | 60420       | 7815      | 366198       | 336825 | 39249  | 66042  | 56924     | 6220 308544  | 284733 | 33445  |        |
| 15  | Trust                                                  |             |             |           | 23193  | 18833  | 2638   | 19627  | 11681       | 1755      | 24668        | 19509  | 2695   | 19982  | 11239     | 1590 27360   | 19623  | 2473   |        |
| 16  | Cheating                                               | 94203       | 45839       | 6694      | 100626 | 79007  | 12049  | 107330 | 48737       | 6004      | 110619       | 83556  | 10136  | 109354 | 48180     | 5269 120788  | 84156  | 9676   |        |
| 17  | Forgery*                                               | -           | -           | -         | -      | -      | -      | -      | -           | -         | -            | -      | -      | 11245  | 3624      | 469 9196     | 6440   | 845    |        |
| 18  | Counterfeiting                                         | 2351        | 1110        | 275       | 2814   | 2362   | 468    | 2349   | 1313        | 272       | 2456         |        |        | 1979   | 1062 220  | 2558         | 2301   | 375    |        |
|     |                                                        |             |             |           |        |        |        |        |             |           |              | 2209   | 470    |        | 5599      |              |        |        |        |
| 19  | Arson                                                  | 11836       | 5641        | 675       | 12572  | 11323  | 1399   | 9357   | 5410        | 713 56031 | 11699        | 10351  | 1351   | 9289   |           | 781 14516    | 10743  | 1323   |        |
| 20  | Grievous Hurt                                          | 332324      | 304908 7537 | 51765     | 572599 | 557848 | 91282  | 334669 | 297866 7013 | 1708      | 552008 23864 | 532392 | 106982 | 105201 | 96703     | 19525 188916 | 179162 | 41131  |        |
| 21  | Dowry Deaths                                           | 8233        |             | 1684      | 24418  | 20600  | 4296   | 8083   |             |           |              | 19882  | 4182   | 8455   | 7653 1672 | 23587        | 19470  | 4058   |        |

|   22 | Assault on women with intent to outrage her Modesty   | 45351   | 39243     | 6082   | 56827   | 54402   | 8183   | 70739   | 58256   | 7073   | 87229   | 79286   | 9381   |   82235 | 66462          | 8422       | 104243   | 92615   |   11218 |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------|---------|-----------|--------|---------|---------|--------|---------|---------|--------|---------|---------|--------|---------|----------------|------------|----------|---------|---------|
|   23 | Insult to the Modesty of Women                        | 9173    | 7937 2566 |        | 11109   | 10247   | 3136   | 12589   | 10946   | 2112   | 14739   | 14020   | 2778   |    9735 | 8144           | 1212 11017 |          | 10074   |    1463 |
|   24 | Cruelty by Husband or his Relatives                   | 106527  | 87633     | 6916   | 197762  | 176030  | 16402  | 118866  | 93386   | 7258   | 222091  | 195283  | 17542  |  122877 | 97081          | 6425       | 225648   | 196786  |   16360 |
|   25 | Importation of Girls from Foreign Country             | 59      | 27        | 10     | 46      | 45      | 14     | 31      | 26      | 5      | 58      | 60      | 10     |      13 | 20             | 6          | 42       | 31      |      12 |
|   26 | Causing Death by Negligence                           | 107591  | 81975     | 13799  | 87334   | 85989   | 14017  | 111517  | 81308   | 14147  | 90904   | 87576   | 14763  |  128771 | 100241         | 18157      | 122011   | 112184  |   19220 |
|   27 | Offences against State*                               | -       | -         | -      | -       | -       | -      | -       | -       | -      | -       | -       | -      |     176 | 82             | 2 224      |          | 113     |       2 |
|   28 | Offences promoting enmity between different groups*   | -       | -         | -      | -       | -       | -      | -       | -       | -      | -       | -       | -      |     336 | 103            | 4 648      | 281      |         |       6 |
|   29 | Extortion*                                            | -       | -         | -      | -       | -       | -      | -       | -       | -      | -       | -       | -      |    8192 | 4465           | 306 9772   | 6753     |         |     409 |
|   30 | Disclosure of Identity of Victims*                    | -       | -         | -      | -       | -       | -      | -       | -       | -      | -       | -       | -      |       4 | 2              | 0 2        |          | 8       |       0 |
|   31 | Incidence of Rash Driving*                            | -       | -         | -      | -       | -       | -      | -       | -       | -      | -       | -       | -      |  409899 | 351213 192191  | 394004     | 368485   |         |  196942 |
|   32 | Human Trafficking*                                    | -       | -         | -      | -       | -       | -      | -       | -       | -      | -       | -       | -      |     720 | 360            | 10 1335    |          | 770     |      17 |
|   33 | Unnatural Offences*                                   | -       | -         | -      | -       | -       | -      | -       | -       | -      | -       | -       | -      |    1148 | 879            | 100 1279   |          | 1043    |     103 |
|   34 | Other IPC Crimes                                      | 966244  | 827745    | 317429 | 1245073 | 1181846 | 413631 | 1092625 | 916530  | 343227 | 1395337 | 1316100 | 438523 |  943511 | 791130 269962  | 1441142    |          | 1317151 |  399034 |
|   35 | Total Cognizable IPC Crimes                           | 2387188 | 1774150   | 482260 | 3270016 | 3065654 | 717781 | 2647722 | 1899576 | 518126 | 3523577 | 3245123 | 761368 | 2851563 | 1997540 605144 | 3790812    |          | 3344831 |  858382 |

Source: Crime in India

*' data started collection since 2014.

STATE/UT WISE CASES REPORTED(CR), CASES CHARGESHEETED(CS), CASES CONVICTED(CV), PERSONS ARRESTED(PAR), PERSONS CHARGESHEETED(PCS) AND PERSONS CONVICTED(PCV) UNDER IPC CRIMES DURING 2012-2014

|    |                   | 2012   | 2012   | 2012   | 2012   |        |       |        |       |        |        |       |        |        |       |        |        |       |
|----|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|--------|-------|--------|--------|-------|--------|--------|-------|--------|--------|-------|
|    |                   | CR     | CS     | CV     | PAR    | PCS    | PCV   | CR     | CV    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV   | CR     | CS     | CV    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV   |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh    | 192522 | 145056 | 34043  | 246395 | 242948 | 48564 | 218015 | 34211 | 281437 | 261584 | 53548 | 114604 | 89858  | 17860 | 166211 | 149862 | 23717 |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh | 2420   | 1283   | 213    | 2483   | 1453   | 236   | 2776   | 160   | 2981   | 1631   | 168   | 2843   | 1584   | 76    | 3162   | 2473   | 111   |
| 3  | Assam             | 77682  | 31237  | 2154   | 72795  | 39549  | 3829  | 87186  | 2512  | 83475  | 45042  | 3219  | 94337  | 43322  | 2845  | 147268 | 51751  | 3394  |
| 4  | Bihar             | 146614 | 132576 | 9116   | 264570 | 280947 | 16944 | 167455 | 9433  | 285851 | 277204 | 20344 | 177595 | 111020 | 4859  | 259154 | 202396 | 10530 |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh      | 54598  | 45663  | 17437  | 73321  | 73183  | 27696 | 56870  | 15510 | 75622  | 74884  | 25254 | 58200  | 48509  | 20718 | 75370  | 76657  | 27714 |

Annexure

- II

| 6   | Goa               | 3608    | 1649    | 312          | 3354          | 2359    | 380    | 4312    | 1949    | 361    | 3653          | 2841    | 505            | 4466    | 2509           | 289        | 4057    | 3609    | 374    |
|-----|-------------------|---------|---------|--------------|---------------|---------|--------|---------|---------|--------|---------------|---------|----------------|---------|----------------|------------|---------|---------|--------|
| 7   | Gujarat           | 130121  | 110014  | 23811 182284 | 180392        |         | 28648  | 157435  | 135346  | 32020  | 214048 213638 | 38062   | 131385         | 112932  | 31354          | 180946     |         | 183920  | 35454  |
| 8   | Haryana           | 62480   | 38566   | 13800        | 65108 67360   |         | 21375  | 72098   | 45500   | 13678  | 73601         | 76766   | 20536          | 79947   | 44398          | 11820      | 77368   | 73826   | 17492  |
| 9   | Himachal Pradesh  | 12557   | 10308   | 1461         | 16726         | 15640   | 2114   | 13750   | 11063   | 1348   | 18095         | 19371   | 1856           | 14160   | 11017          | 1811 19355 |         | 18835   | 2600   |
| 10  | Jammu & Kashmir   | 24608   | 19654   | 5890         | 40358         | 40325   | 7978   | 25390   | 18622   | 6002   | 39791         | 39708   | 7530           | 23848   | 17314 5082     |            | 36612   | 35726   | 6075   |
| 11  | Jharkhand         | 40946   | 26743   | 5739         | 53770         | 49705   | 9802   | 48208   | 29861   | 6709   | 54730         | 49327   | 10973          | 45335   | 34794 5781     | 58570      |         | 61200   | 7875   |
| 12  | Karnataka         | 134021  | 104762  | 34069        | 164835 160394 |         | 30010  | 136689  | 100415  | 31700  | 166081        | 162087  | 31837          | 137338  | 102889         | 32241      | 205379  | 178137  | 37022  |
| 13  | Kerala            | 158989  | 145288  | 60381        | 209344 210179 |         | 75926  | 176334  | 164468  | 67749  | 225446        | 223284  | 74703          | 206789  | 192688         | 108011     | 249069  | 245105  | 117357 |
| 14  | Madhya Pradesh    | 220335  | 189285  | 58645        | 343857        | 344289  | 100616 | 227453  | 188777  | 58040  | 344326        | 344438  | 109643         | 272423  | 226091         | 76016      | 399382  | 397931  | 132649 |
| 15  | Maharashtra       | 202700  | 139126  | 9807         | 309672        | 300500  | 15043  | 234385  | 152883  | 14487  | 345516        | 324763  | 20720          | 249834  | 162992         | 20284      | 338308  | 315749  | 27034  |
| 16  | Manipur           | 3737    | 95      | 49 1797      | 100           |         | 52     | 3178    | 143     | 30     | 1409          | 150     | 38             | 3641    | 294            | 29         | 1744    | 296     | 31     |
| 17  | Meghalaya         | 2557    | 1153    | 91           | 1984          | 1440    | 109    | 3259    | 1517    | 118    | 3152          | 1797    | 152            | 3679    | 1944           | 197        | 3316    | 2326    | 224    |
| 18  | Mizoram           | 1766    | 1370    | 1248         | 1721          | 1495    | 1337   | 1709    | 1538    | 1046   | 1898          | 1671    | 1222           | 2140    | 2095           | 2007       | 2404    | 2487    | 2211   |
| 19  | Nagaland          | 1090    | 748     | 455          | 1010          | 1040    | 900    | 1216    | 649     | 715    | 1070          | 637     | 456 1157       | 766     | 602            |            | 1140    | 923     | 598    |
| 20  | Odisha            | 67957   | 53480   | 3922         | 96249         | 93657   | 5908   | 71718   | 57488   | 2983   | 101281        | 101997  | 4756           | 74569   | 57721          | 6874       | 106903  | 101693  | 8858   |
| 21  | Punjab            | 35790   | 24392   | 8304         | 46632         | 37288   | 13835  | 36667   | 24455   | 8909   | 45979         | 37472   | 14299          | 37162   | 22313          | 8874       | 46638   | 36914   | 14277  |
| 22  | Rajasthan         | 170948  | 92502   | 46382        | 177833        | 177775  | 86172  | 196224  | 97293   | 43872  | 182992        | 181847  | 77891          | 210418  | 107406         | 48208      | 207601  | 202874  | 93365  |
| 23  | Sikkim            | 528     | 392     | 111          | 637           | 417     | 236    | 851     | 666     | 567    | 1097          | 1074    | 635            | 1065    | 763            | 311        | 2063    | 1744    | 316    |
| 24  | Tamil Nadu        | 200474  | 160233  | 72675        | 232414        | 218681  | 94690  | 203579  | 172029  | 98376  | 245879        | 237572  | 117263         | 193200  | 168666         | 117651     | 261812  | 244531  | 144403 |
| 25  | Telangana         |         |         |              |               |         |        |         |         |        |               |         |                | 106830  | 81744          | 21445      | 145550  | 127393  | 25203  |
| 26  | Tripura           | 6264    | 4972    | 923          | 7260          | 7412    | 1100   | 6210    | 4982    | 637    | 8969          | 7399    | 746            | 5499    | 4229           | 468        | 6601    | 9111    | 575    |
| 27  | Uttar Pradesh     | 198093  | 125695  | 43531        | 412811        | 300437  | 85893  | 226445  | 138462  | 44017  | 467679        | 331475  | 90418          | 240475  | 146818         | 38754      | 481178  | 357349  | 89464  |
| 28  | Uttarakhand       | 8882    | 6047    | 5260         | 11110         | 10834   | 8504   | 9546    | 6157    | 4174   | 9732          | 9630    | 6967           | 9156    | 5504           | 2614       | 11450   | 10858   | 4254   |
| 29  | West Bengal       | 161427  | 130327  | 4160         | 177722        | 158023  | 5553   | 169535  | 138425  | 4512   | 175734        | 164240  | 6076           | 185672  | 152001 4331    |            | 219526  | 193425  | 7126   |
|     | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 2323714 | 1742616 | 463989       | 3218052       | 3017822 | 693450 | 2558493 | 1863760 | 503876 | 3461524       | 3193529 | 739817         | 2687767 | 1954181 591412 |            | 3718137 | 3289101 | 840303 |
| 30  | A& N Islands      | 683     | 494     | 206          | 683           | 723     | 297    | 612     | 762     | 233    | 720           | 886     | 361            | 746 582 | 608            |            | 851     | 714     | 767    |
| 31  | Chandigarh        | 3606    | 2504    | 819          | 3702          | 4306    | 1252   | 4077    | 2179    | 1175   | 3864          | 3301    | 1740           | 3221    | 1841           | 894        | 2913    | 2833    | 1365   |
| 32  | D&NHaveli         | 318     | 276     | 23           | 529           | 591     | 43     | 314     | 253     | 11     | 525           | 551     | 22             | 277     | 209            | 12         | 406     | 400     | 17     |
| 33  | Daman& Diu        | 239     | 159     | 13           | 387           | 405     | 23     | 246     | 140     | 0      | 337           | 276     | 0              | 233     | 132            | 41         | 343     | 225     | 26     |
| 34  | Delhi UT          | 54287   | 24906   | 15565        | 40775         | 36842   | 20598  | 80184   | 29014   | 11214  | 51628         | 40905   | 17208          | 155654  | 37541          | 11366      | 63786   | 47613   |        |
| 35  | Lakshadweep       |         |         | 24           | 30            |         | 32     | 40      | 41      |        |               |         | 8              | 81      | 24             | 41         | 51      | 91      | 14596  |
|     |                   | 60      | 32      |              |               | 8       |        |         |         | 4      | 30            | 147     |                |         |                |            |         |         | 84     |
| 36  | Puducherry        | 4281    | 3163    | 1621         | 5858          | 4957    | 2086   | 3756    | 3427    | 1613   | 4949          | 5528    | 2212           | 3584    | 3030           | 770        | 4325    | 3854    | 1224   |
|     | TOTAL UT(S)       | 63474   | 31534   | 18271        | 51964         | 47832   | 24331  | 89229   | 35816   | 14250  | 62053         | 51594   | 21551          | 163796  | 43359          | 13732      | 72675   | 55730   | 18079  |
|     | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 2387188 | 1774150 | 482260       | 3270016       | 3065654 | 717781 | 2647722 | 1899576 | 518126 | 3523577       | 3245123 | 761368 2851563 | 1997540 |                | 605144     | 3790812 | 3344831 | 858382 |

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

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