Lok Sabha Question No. 2617 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-15
Subject: Fake Cases of Dowry Harassment
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: K. ASHOK KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2617 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 15 TH  DECEMBER, 2015/ AGRAHAYANA 24, 1937 (SAKA)

FAKE CASES OF DOWRY HARASSMENT

2617. SHRI K. ASHOK KUMAR:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that there is a growing number of fake cases of dowry harassment in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government is considering to dilute the anti-dowry law; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): As per information provided by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB),  data  on  fake  cases  of  dowry  harassment  cases  is  not  maintained separately.  However,  the  Bureau  has  started  collecting  data  on  cases  in which  final  report  submitted  as false (false  cases)  under the  'Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961' using revised proformae of 'Crime in India' since 2014. As  per  available  information,  a  total  of  447  cases  were  reported  in  which final  report  submitted  as  false  (false  cases)  under  this  Act  during  2014. State/UT wise cases were reported in which final  report  was submitted as false  (false  cases)  under  the  Dowry  Prohibition  Act,  1961  during  2014  are enclosed at Annexure-I.

(c)  &  (d):  There  is  no  proposal  under  consideration  to  amend  dowry prohibition Act. There is no proposal to make the offence under section 498 A  of  IPC  compoundable.  Dowry  is  just  one  of  the  components  of  the provisions. The section by itself is not an anti dowry law.

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## Page 1 0f 1 Annexure - I LS.US.Q.NO.2617 FOR 15.12.2015

State/UT wise Cases reported as final report submitted as false (FRFAL*) and cases in which final report ended as mistake of fact or of Law (FRMIS) under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 during 2012-2014

|    |                     | 2012   | 2012   | 2013   | 2013   | 2014   | 2014   |
|----|---------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL | State/UT            | FRFAL  | FRMIS# | FRFAL  | FRMIS# | FRFAL  | FRMIS  |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh      | -      | 91     | -      | 82     | 51     | 0      |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh   | -      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 3  | Assam               | -      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 4  | Bihar               | -      | 276    | -      | 166    | 101    | 93     |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh        | -      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 6  | Goa                 | -      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 7  | Gujarat             | -      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 8  | Haryana             | -      | 4      | -      | 4      | 7      | 0      |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh    | -      | 0      | -      | 0      | 1      | 0      |
| 10 | Jammu &Kashmir      | -      | 0      | -      | 1      | 2      | 0      |
| 11 | Jharkhand           | -      | 14     | -      | 36     | 56     | 74     |
| 12 | Karnataka           | -      | 82     | -      | 157    | 109    | 30     |
| 13 | Kerala              | -      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 1      |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh      | -      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 15 | Maharashtra         | -      | 0      | -      | 2      | 0      | 0      |
| 16 | Manipur             | -      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 17 | Meghalaya           | -      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 18 | Mizoram             | -      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 19 | Nagaland            | -      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 20 | Odisha              | -      | 39     | -      | 44     | 81     | 40     |
| 21 | Punjab              | -      | 0      | -      | 1      | 1      | 0      |
| 22 | Rajasthan           | -      | 19     | -      | 27     | 6      | 4      |
| 23 | Sikkim              | -      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu          | -      | 18     | -      | 17     | 2      | 13     |
| 25 | Telangana           | -      | -      | -      | -      | 15     | 9      |
| 26 | Tripura             | -      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh       | -      | 23     | -      | 9      | 0      | 32     |
| 28 | Uttarakhand         | -      | 0      | -      | 0      | 15     | 0      |
| 29 | West Bengal         | -      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)      | -      | 566    | -      | 546    | 447    | 296    |
| 30 | A &NIslands         | -      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 31 | Chandigarh          | -      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 32 | D&NHaveli           | -      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 33 | Daman &Diu Delhi UT | - -    | 0      | - -    | 0      | 0 0    | 0 2    |
| 34 |                     |        | 0      |        | 1      |        |        |
| 35 | Lakshadweep         | -      | 0      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 36 | Puducherry          | -      | 1      | -      | 2      | 0      | 0 2    |
|    | TOTAL UT(S)         | -      | 1      | -      | 3      | 0      |        |

Source: Crime in India

# - False cases were also collected in combination with cases in which final report submitted as mistake of fact or law

' * ' data started collection since 2014 separately.