Lok Sabha Question No. 3689 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-22
Subject: POCSO Act
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3689

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND  DECEMBER, 2015/PAUSHA 1, 1937 (SAKA)

POCSO ACT

3689. DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  total  number  of  cases  pending  under  Protection  of  Children  from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act;

(b) the number of translators, interpreters and special educators deployed in the special courts as required under the said Act, State-wise; and

(c)  the  number  of  Special  Public  Prosecutors  (SPPs)  appointed  under  the Act, State-wise?

ANSWER

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

(a): As  per  information  provided  by  the  National  Crime  Records  Bureau (NCRB),  a  total  of  7,970  cases  pending  for  trial  under  the  Protection  of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 at end of the year 2014. State/UT wise details are enclosed at Annexure-I.

(b) & (c): As  per  the  information  provided  by  National  Commission  for Protection of Child Rights, data  on number of translator, interpreters  and special educators deployed in the special courts are not maintained. Based on  the  information  collected  from  the  States/UTs,  478  Special  Public Prosecutors (SPPs) have been appointed in 651 districts under the POCSO Act, 2012 from November, 2012 till March, 2015. The State/UT-wise details are given in Annexure-II.

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## Page 1 of 1 of Annexure - I L.S.U.S.Q.NO.3689 FOR 22.12.2015

## State/UT wise Cases Pending Trial at the end of the year (PT) Under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012  for Crimes against ChildrenDuring2014

|    |                   | 2014   |
|----|-------------------|--------|
| SL | State/UT          | PT     |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh | 3      |
| 3  | Assam             | 136    |
| 4  | Bihar             | 36     |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh      | 376    |
| 6  | Goa               | 0      |
| 7  | Gujarat           | 63     |
| 8  | Haryana           | 2      |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh  | 16     |
| 10 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 0      |
| 11 | Jharkhand         | 18     |
| 12 | Karnataka         | 506    |
| 13 | Kerala            | 499    |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh    |        |
|    |                   | 110    |
| 16 | Manipur           | 1      |
| 17 | Meghalaya         | 41     |
| 18 | Mizoram Nagaland  | 32 0   |
| 19 |                   |        |
| 20 | Odisha            | 72     |
| 22 |                   |        |
|    | Rajasthan         | 166    |
| 23 | Sikkim            | 14     |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu        | 563    |
| 25 | Telangana         | 6      |
| 26 | Tripura           | 23     |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh     | 3740   |
| 28 | Uttarakhand       | 48     |
| 29 | West Bengal       | 1161   |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 7883   |
| 30 | A &NIslands       | 0      |
| 31 | Chandigarh        | 0      |
| 32 | D&N Haveli        | 0      |
| 33 | Daman &Diu        | 0      |
| 34 | Delhi UT          | 62     |
| 35 | Lakshadweep       | 1      |
| 36 | Puducherry        | 24     |
|    | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 7970   |

Source: Crime in India

## Page 1 of 1 of Annexure - II L.S.U.S.Q.NO.3689 FOR 22.12.2015

## State/UT-wise details of Special Public Prosecutors established in each district designated under the POCSO Act, 2012 since November 2012 till March 2015.

| Sl.No.   | State/UTs                |   No. of Districts | No. of Special Public Prosecutors   |
|----------|--------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh/Telangana |                 23 | 23                                  |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh        |                 17 | 3                                   |
| 3.       | Assam                    |                 27 | 27                                  |
| 4.       | Bihar                    |                 38 | 23                                  |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh             |                 27 | 16                                  |
| 6.       | Goa                      |                  2 | 1                                   |
| 7.       | Gujarat                  |                 33 | Not given                           |
| 8.       | Haryana                  |                 21 | 21                                  |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh         |                 12 | 10                                  |
| 10.      | Jharkhand                |                 24 | 24                                  |
| 11.      | Karnataka                |                 30 | 29                                  |
| 12.      | Kerala                   |                 14 | 14                                  |
| 13.      | Maharashtra              |                 36 | 36                                  |
| 14.      | Meghalaya                |                 11 | 3                                   |
| 15.      | Manipur                  |                  9 | 2                                   |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh           |                 50 | 50                                  |
| 17.      | Mizoram                  |                  8 | 2                                   |
| 18.      | Nagaland                 |                 11 | 11                                  |
| 19.      | Odisha                   |                 30 | 30                                  |
| 20.      | Punjab                   |                 22 | 22                                  |
| 21.      | Rajasthan                |                 33 | 33                                  |
| 22.      | Sikkim                   |                  4 | 4                                   |
| 23.      | Tamil Nadu               |                 32 | Not given                           |
| 24.      | Tripura                  |                  8 | 3                                   |
| 25.      | Uttarakhand              |                 13 | Not given                           |
| 26.      | Uttar Pradesh            |                 75 | 75                                  |
| 27.      | West Bengal              |                 20 | Not given                           |
| 28.      | Andaman &Nicobar         |                  3 | 1                                   |
| 29.      | Chandigarh               |                  1 | 2                                   |
| 30.      | Daman and Diu            |                  2 | 1                                   |
| 31.      | Delhi                    |                 11 | 11                                  |
| 32.      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                  1 | 1                                   |
| 33.      | Lakshadweep              |                  1 | Not given                           |
| 34.      | Pondicherry              |                  2 | Not given                           |
|          | Total:                   |                651 | 478                                 |

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