Lok Sabha Question No. 1488 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Crime against Working Women
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAOSAHEB PATIL DANVE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1488

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 08 TH  DECEMBER, 2015/ AGRAHAYANA 17,1937 (SAKA)

CRIME AGAINST WORKING WOMEN

†1488. SHRI RAOSAHEB DANVE PATIL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  incidents  of  eve  teasing  and  sexual  harassment  of  the  women working  in  Government  and  non-Government  sector  have  increased  in  the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  and  the  number of such cases reported during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (c)  the  number  of  court  cases  in  which  the  victims  have  got  justice  along with the number of cases pending in the Courts during the said period, Statewise; and
- (d) the steps taken to check such cases in future?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): As per information provided by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB),  the  specific  information  is  not  maintained  separately.  However, NCRB has started collecting data on insult to the modesty of women (eveteasing) (section 509 IPC) at working place since 2014. State/UT wise cases reported, cases chargesheeted, cases convicted, persons arrested, persons chargesheeted, persons convicted and cases pending for trial under insult to the modesty of women (section 509 IPC) at working place and places related to work during 2014 is enclosed at Annexure-I.

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. Ministry of Home  has  issued  an  advisory  dated  12 th   May,  2015  on  comprehensive approach towards crimes against women which is available at http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload\_files/mha/files/AdvisoryCompAppCrimeAga instWomen\_130515.pdf

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State/UT wise cases registered (CR), cases charge sheeted (CS), cases convicted (CV), cases pending for trial (PT), persons arrested (PAR), persons charge sheeted (PCS) and persons convicted (PCV) under Insult to the modesty of women (section 509 IPC) (at working places and other places related to work) during 2014

|                     |    |    |    |     |     |     |     | At other places related to work   | At other places related to work   | At other places related to work   | At other places related to work   | At other places related to work   | At other places related to work   | At other places related to work   |
|---------------------|----|----|----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| SL State/UT         | CR | CS | CV | PT  | PAR | PCS | PCV | CR                                | CS                                | CV                                | PT                                | PAR                               | PCS                               | PCV                               |
| 1 Andhra Pradesh    | 3  | 2  | 0  | 8   | 2   | 2   | 0   | 84                                | 96                                | 0                                 | 127                               | 107                               | 100                               | 0                                 |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 |
| 3 Assam             | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 1                                 | 1                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 1                                 | 1                                 | 0                                 |
| 4 Bihar             | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 |
| 5 Chhattisgarh      | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 13                                | 11                                | 7                                 | 181                               | 13                                | 14                                | 10                                |
| 6 Goa               | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1   | 1   | 1   | 0   | 1                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 |
| 7 Gujarat           | 1  | 1  | 0  | 8   | 1   | 1   | 0   | 3                                 | 4                                 | 0                                 | 7                                 | 3                                 | 6                                 | 0                                 |
| 8 Haryana           | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 1                                 | 1                                 | 0                                 | 3                                 | 1                                 | 1                                 | 0                                 |
| 9 Himachal Pradesh  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 |
| 10 Jammu &Kashmir   | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 8                                 | 6                                 | 0                                 | 37                                | 7                                 | 7                                 | 0                                 |
| 11 Jharkhand        | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 1                                 | 1                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 2                                 | 0                                 |
| 12 Karnataka        | 3  | 3  | 0  | 4   | 5   | 4   | 0   | 9                                 | 7                                 | 0                                 | 10                                | 12                                | 11                                | 0                                 |
| 13 Kerala           | 6  | 6  | 0  | 29  | 6   | 6   | 0   | 3                                 | 3                                 | 0                                 | 35                                | 3                                 | 3                                 | 0                                 |
| 14 Madhya Pradesh   | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1   | 1   | 1   | 0   | 21                                | 41                                | 6                                 | 151                               | 50                                | 50                                | 6                                 |
| 15 Maharashtra      | 10 | 8  | 0  | 27  | 12  | 9   | 0   | 48                                | 40                                | 1                                 | 387                               | 47                                | 55                                | 1                                 |
| 16 Manipur          | 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                                 |
| 18 Mizoram          | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 29                                | 28                                | 0                                 | 40                                | 8                                 | 7                                 | 0                                 |
| 19 Nagaland         | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 |
| 20 Odisha           | 8  | 6  | 0  | 64  | 6   | 6   | 0   | 10                                | 10                                | 0                                 | 38                                | 10                                | 10                                | 0                                 |
| 21 Punjab           | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 3                                 | 3                                 | 0                                 | 7                                 | 3                                 | 3                                 | 0                                 |
| 22 Rajasthan        | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 |
| 23 Sikkim           | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 |
| 24 Tamil Nadu       | 2  | 2  | 0  | 2   | 2   | 2   | 0   | 157                               | 104                               | 51                                | 321                               | 308                               | 226                               | 51                                |
| 25 Telangana        | 5  | 2  | 0  | 2   | 3   | 2   | 0   | 43                                | 37                                | 5                                 | 104                               | 40                                | 95                                | 5                                 |
| 26 Tripura          | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 |
| 27 Uttar Pradesh    | 0  | 1  | 0  | 5   | 0   | 1   | 0   | 2                                 | 2                                 | 0                                 | 4                                 | 2                                 | 2                                 | 0                                 |
| 28 Uttarakhand      | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 |
| 29 West Bengal      | 4  | 1  | 0  | 8   | 4   | 1   | 0   | 5                                 | 3                                 | 0                                 | 3                                 | 6                                 | 3                                 | 0                                 |
| TOTAL STATE(S)      | 45 | 34 | 0  | 159 | 43  | 36  | 0   | 442                               | 398                               | 70                                | 1455                              | 621                               | 596                               | 73                                |
| 30 A&NIslands       | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 |
| 31 Chandigarh       | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0                                 | 3                                 | 1                                 | 4                                 | 2                                 | 3                                 | 2                                 |
| 32 D&N Haveli       | 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                                 |
| 34 Delhi UT         | 11 | 7  | 2  | 37  | 8   | 7   | 2   | 25                                | 9                                 | 2                                 | 33                                | 20                                | 9                                 | 2                                 |
| 35 Lakshadweep      | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 |
| 36 Puducherry       | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1   | 4   | 4   | 0   | 2                                 | 2                                 | 1                                 | 1                                 | 2                                 | 2                                 | 1                                 |
| TOTAL UT(S)         | 12 | 8  | 2  | 39  | 12  | 11  | 2   | 27                                | 14                                | 4                                 | 38                                | 24                                | 14                                | 5                                 |
| TOTAL (ALL INDIA)   | 57 | 42 | 2  | 198 | 55  | 47  | 2   | 469                               | 412                               | 74                                | 1493                              | 645                               | 610                               | 78                                |

Disposal of cases/persons by police/courts may includes cases/persons of previous years

Source: Crime in India

also.