Lok Sabha Question No. 3815 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-09
Subject: Involvement of Police Personnel in Crime
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: VIRENDRA  KUMAR, RAM CHARITRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3815

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 9 TH AUGUST, 2016/SHRAVANA 18, 1938, (SAKA) INVOLVEMENT OF POLICE PERSONNEL IN CRIME

†3815.  DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR: SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  there  are  reports  regarding  involvement  of  police  personnel including  Indian  Police  Service  (IPS)  officers  in  illegal  activities  and  in various crimes including child abuse in the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  total  number  of  such  cases  reported/registered,  personnel convicted, action taken against the guilty personnel, cases solved and the steps taken to solve all the cases during each of the last three years and the current year, crime, rank and State-wise; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to stop such cases in future?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) & (b) Yes, Madam.  The State/ UT wise cases registered against police personnel,  charge-sheeted  and  police  personnel  convicted  for  committing various  offences  during  the  period  2012-2014  are  enclosed  at  Annexure-I. The NCRB do not compile crime wise data or the rank wise data of crimes committed.      State  Cadre-wise  details  of  criminal  cases  registered/report against IPS officers during the years 2013 to 2016 (as on 05.08.2016) is at Annexure-II

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(c)  'Public order' & 'Police' are State subject as per the 7 th  Schedule of the Constitution of India. The responsibilities of maintaining law and order, registration  and  prosecution  of  crimes  rest  primarily  with  the  respective State  Governments  /  Union  Territory  Administrations.    However,  the departmental action in terms of AIS (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1969 and Rule  6  of  the  AIS  (Death  Cum  Retirement  Benefits)  Rules,  1958  is  taken against officers found guilty by the courts.

## LS.US.Q.No.3815 FOR 09.08.2016

Annexure-I Complaints received during the year, cases registered, Police personnel charge sheeted, Police personnel convicted under Human Right Violation During 2012-2014.

| S.N   | States/UT         | 2012                               | 2012             | 2012                            | 2012                    | 2013                               | 2013             | 2013                            | 2013                  | 2014                               | 2014             | 2014                            | 2014                  |
|-------|-------------------|------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------|
| S.N   | States/UT         | Complaint received during the year | Cases registered | Police personnel charge sheeted | Police pers convict- ed | Complaint received during the year | Cases registered | Police personnel charge sheeted | Police pers convicted | Complaint received during the year | Cases registered | Police personnel charge sheeted | Police pers convicted |
| 1.    | Andhra Pradesh    | 614                                | 128 -            | 0                               | 354                     |                                    | 153              | -                               | 04                    | 189                                | 128              | 43                              | 02                    |
| 2.    | Arunachal Pradesh | 120                                | 02 -             | 0                               |                         | 126                                | 16               | -                               | 00                    | 23                                 | 24               | 21                              | 01                    |
| 3.    | Assam             | 35                                 | 15 -             |                                 | 0                       | 04                                 | 13               | -                               | 01                    | 48                                 | 28               | 05                              | 0                     |
| 4.    | Bihar             | 18                                 | 18               | -                               | 0                       | 41                                 | 31               | -                               | 0                     | 279                                | 08               | 05                              | 0                     |
| 5.    | Chhattisgarh      | 1918                               | `24              | -                               | 03                      | `1960                              | 28               | -                               | 09                    | 3105                               | 57               | 41                              | 03                    |
| 6.    | Goa               | 15                                 | 01               | -                               | 0                       | 103                                | 97               | -                               | 0                     | 38                                 | 38               | 13                              | 0                     |
| 7.    | Gujarat           | 1152                               | 252              | -                               | 03                      | 965                                | 237              | -                               | 04                    | 1144                               | 417              | 168                             | 01                    |
| 8.    | Haryana           | 1434                               | 409              | -                               | 02                      | 1592                               | 20               | -                               | 0                     | 2214                               | 25               | 26                              | 01                    |
| 9.    | Himachal Pradesh  | 403                                | 06               | -                               | 0                       | 303                                | 08               | -                               | 02                    | 383                                | 10               | 08                              | 01                    |
| 10.   | Jammu &           | 423                                | 46               | -                               | 05                      | 839                                | 60               | -                               | 0                     | 1209                               | 32               | 13                              | 0                     |
| 11.   | Jharkhand         | 0                                  | 01               | -                               | 0                       | 02                                 | 02               | -                               | 0                     | 02                                 | 02               | 02                              | 0                     |
| 12.   | Karnataka         | 256                                | 100              | -                               | 02                      | 115                                | 66               | -                               | 01                    | 211                                | 140              | 79                              | 01                    |
| 13.   | Kerala            | 3193                               | 208              | -                               | 01                      | 3116                               | 178              | -                               | 02                    | 1003                               | 172              | 59                              | 03                    |
| 14.   | Madhya Pradesh    | 12412                              | 11               | -                               | 0                       | 9297                               | 50               | -                               | 05                    | 10887                              | 73               | 127                             | 0                     |
| 15.   | Maharashtra       | 6925                               | 380              | -                               | 05                      | 7280                               | 442              | -                               | 07                    | 6528                               | 487              | 186                             | 03                    |
| 16.   | Manipur           | 02                                 | 02               | -                               | 0                       | 01                                 | 0                | -                               | 0                     | 141                                | 0                | 0                               | 0                     |
| 17.   | Meghalaya         | 11                                 | 11               | -                               | 0                       | 03                                 | 12               | -                               | 0                     | 05                                 | 05               | 02                              | 0                     |
| 18.   | Mizoram           | 06                                 | 06               | -                               | 0                       | 06                                 | 05               | -                               | 0                     | 0                                  | 0                | 0                               | 0                     |
| 19.   | Nagaland          | 30                                 | 10               | -                               | 0                       | 16                                 | 16               | -                               | 0                     | 10                                 | 10               | 07                              | 0                     |
| 20.   | Odisha            | 35                                 | 32               | -                               | 0                       | 60                                 | 56               | -                               | 0                     | 40                                 | 26               | 10                              | 0                     |
| 21.   | Punjab            | 3654                               | 102              | -                               | 05                      | 3468                               | 61               | -                               | 05                    | 2036                               | 115              | 26                              | 01                    |
| 22.   | Rajasthan         | 2665                               | 149              | -                               | 0                       | 3252                               | 136              | -                               | 03                    | 2881                               | 167              | 35                              | 04                    |
| 23.   | Sikkim            | 0                                  | 0                | -                               | 0                       | 0                                  | 0                | -                               | 0                     | 0                                  | 0                | 0                               | 0                     |
| 24.   | Tamilnadu         | 378                                | 220              | -                               | 01                      | 259                                | 136              | -                               | 01                    | 138                                | 126              | 60                              | 01                    |

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| 25.   | Telangana       |     - | -    | -   |   - |     - |    - | -   |   - |   285 |   100 |   123 |   19 |
|-------|-----------------|-------|------|-----|-----|-------|------|-----|-----|-------|-------|-------|------|
| 26.   | Tripura         |     0 | 0    | -   |   0 |    08 |   08 | -   |   0 |    11 |    11 |    05 |    0 |
| 27    | Utter Pradesh   |  8440 | 95   | -   |  02 |  4086 |  119 | -   |  09 |  1848 |   170 |    59 |   03 |
| 28.   | Uttrakhand      |   272 | 06   | -   |   0 |   399 |   13 | -   |   0 |   140 |    02 |    01 |    0 |
| 29.   | West Bengal     |    48 | 39   | -   |   0 |   164 |   16 | -   |   0 |    96 |    25 |    08 |    0 |
|       | TOTAL STATE(S)  | 44459 | 2273 | 0   |  29 | 37819 | 1979 | 0   |  53 | 34894 |  2398 |  1132 |   44 |
| 30.   | A&N Islands     |    11 | 11   | -   |   0 |    93 |    0 | -   |   0 |    18 |    17 |    13 |    0 |
| 31.   | Chandigarh      |   546 | 0    | -   |   0 |   781 |   07 | -   |   0 |   951 |    04 |    08 |    0 |
| 32.   | D&N Haveli      |     0 | 0    | -   |   0 |     0 |    0 | -   |   0 |    01 |    01 |    01 |    0 |
| 33.   | Daman & Diu     |     0 | 0    | -   |   0 |     0 |    0 | -   |   0 |    01 |    01 |     0 |    0 |
| 34.   | Delhi (UT)      | 12342 | `0   | -   |  13 | 12427 |    0 | -   |   0 | 11902 |   173 |     0 |    0 |
| 35.   | Lakshadweep     |    02 | 02   | -   |   0 |     0 |    0 |     |   0 |    02 |    02 |     0 |    0 |
| 36.   | Puducherry      |    03 | 03   | -   |   0 |     0 |   03 | -   |   0 |    05 |    05 |    12 |    0 |
|       | Total (UTs)     | 12904 | 16   | 0   |  13 | 13301 |   10 | 0   |   0 | 12880 |   203 |    34 |    0 |
|       | Total all India | 57363 | 2289 | 0   |  42 | 51120 | 1989 | 0   |  53 | 47774 |  2601 |  1166 |   44 |

Cases registered against State Police (CR-SP), State Police Personnel Chargesheeted (PCS-SP), State Police Personnel Convicted (PCV-SP), under various Crime Head (Human Rights Violations by Police) during 2012-2014.

|                                              |                                                                        | 2012                                         | 2012                                         | 2012                                         | 2013   | 2013    | 2013    | 2014   | 2014   | 2014    |
|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------|---------|---------|--------|--------|---------|
| Sl                                           | Crime Head                                                             | CR- SP                                       | PCS- SP                                      | PCV- SP                                      | CR- SP | PCS- SP | PCV- SP | CR-SP  | PCS-SP | PCV- SP |
| 1.                                           | Disapperance of Persons                                                | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0      | 0       | 0       | 35     | 1      | 0       |
| 2.                                           | Illegal detention or arrests                                           | 1                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 2      | 2       | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0       |
| 3.                                           | Fake encounter killings                                                | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 2      | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0       |
| 4.                                           | Violation against Terrorists or Extremists                             | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0      | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0       |
| 5.                                           | Extortion                                                              | 4                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 12     | 0       | 0       | 3      | 4      | 0       |
| 6                                            | Hurt/Injury                                                            | -                                            | -                                            | -                                            | -      | -       | -       | 20     | 7      | 1       |
| 7                                            | Failure in taking action                                               | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0      | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0       |
| 8.                                           | False implication                                                      | 1                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 1      | 0       | 0       | -      | -      | -       |
| 9.                                           | Assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty/indignity to women | 8                                            | 3                                            | 0                                            | 26     | 4       | 0       | 17     | 12     | 2       |
| 10.                                          | Atrocities on SC/ST                                                    | 13                                           | 5                                            | 0                                            | 15     | 1       | 0       | 21     | 7      | 0       |
| 10.1                                         | Atrocities on SC                                                       | -                                            | -                                            | -                                            | -      | -       | -       | 20     | 5      | 0       |
| 10.2                                         | Atrocities on ST                                                       | -                                            | -                                            | -                                            | -      | -       | -       | 1      | 2      | 0       |
| 11                                           | Torture                                                                | 3                                            | 1                                            | 0                                            | 7      | 0       | 0       | 1      | 0      | 0       |
| 12                                           | Failure in Registering FIR/Taking Action                               | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0      | 0       | 0       | 0      | 0      | 0       |
| 13                                           | SC/ST (POA) Act, 1989, Section 4                                       | -                                            | -                                            | -                                            | -      | -       | -       | 1      | 0      | 0       |
| 14.                                          | Protection of children from sexual offence Act, 2012 - Sec 23(4)       | -                                            | -                                            | -                                            | -      | -       | -       | 1      | 0      | 0       |
| 15                                           | Others                                                                 | 175                                          | 10                                           | 0                                            | 113    | 11      | 0       | 9      | 2      | 0       |
| 16                                           | Total                                                                  | 205                                          | 19                                           | 0                                            | 178    | 18      | 0       | 108    | 33     | 3       |
| Disposal of cases also include previous year | Disposal of cases also include previous year                           | Disposal of cases also include previous year | Disposal of cases also include previous year | Disposal of cases also include previous year |        |         |         |        |        |         |

## Annexure-I contd….

Cases Registered: State Police (CR-SP), Police Personnel: Chargesheeted: State Police (PCSSP),  Convicted:  state  Police  (PCV-SP):  Under  Total  Human  Rights  Violation  by  Police  During 2012-2014

| Co de             | State/UT          | 2012 State Police   | 2012 State Police   | 2012 State Police   | 2013 State Police   | 2013 State Police   | 2013 State Police   | 2014 State Police   | 2014 State Police   | 2014 State Police   |
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Co de             | State/UT          | CR- SP              | PCS- SP             | PCV- SP             | CR- SP              | PCS- SP             | PCV- SP             | CR- SP              | PCS- SP             | PCV- SP             |
| 1.                | Andhra Pradesh    | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 2.                | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 3.                | Assam             | 102                 | 0                   | 08                  | 1                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 4.                | Bihar             | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 5.                | Chhattisgarh      | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 6.                | Goa               | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 7.                | Gujarat           | 10                  | 0                   | 0                   | 7                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 8.                | Haryana           | 1                   | 1                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 9.                | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 10.               | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 11.               | Jharkhand         | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 4                   | 0                   |
| 12.               | Karnataka         | 1                   | 0                   | 0                   | 2                   | 0                   | 0                   | 29                  | 14                  | 0                   |
| 13                | Kerala            | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 14                | Madhya Pradesh    | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 15                | Maharashtra       | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 16                | Manipur           | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 17                | Meghalaya         | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 18                | Mizoram           | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 19                | Nagaland          | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 20                | Odisha            | 10                  | 3                   | 0                   | 13                  | 1                   | 0                   | 5                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 21                | Punjab            | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 1                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 22                | Rajasthan         | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 23                | Sikkim            | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 24                | Tamil Nadu        | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 25                | Telangana         | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 26                | Tripura           | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 27                | Uttar Pradesh     | 5                   | 3                   | 0                   | 6                   | 0                   | 0                   | 46                  | 7                   | 3                   |
| 28                | Uttarakhand       | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 29 West           | Bengal            | 1                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 1                   | 1                   | 0                   |
| Total State       | Total State       | 130                 | 7                   | 0                   | 37                  | 2                   | 0                   | 81                  | 26                  | 3                   |
| 39                | A&N Islands       | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 30.               | Chandigarh        | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 31 32             | D&N Haveli        | 0                   | 0 0                 | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
|                   | Daman & Diu       | 0                   |                     | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 33                | Delhi UT          | 75                  | 12                  | 0                   | 141                 | 16                  | 0                   | 27                  | 7                   | 0                   |
| 34                | Lakshadeep        | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| 35                | Puducherry        | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   |
| Total UTs         | Total UTs         | 75                  | 12                  | 0                   | 141                 | 16                  | 0                   | 27                  | 7                   | 0 3                 |
| Total (All India) | Total (All India) | 205                 | 19                  | 0                   | 178                 | 18                  | 0                   | 108                 | 33                  |                     |

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## Annexure-II

## State Cadre-wise details of criminal cases registered/ report against IPS officers during the years 2013 to 2016 (as on date)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the Cadre   |   No. of cases registered/ reported against IPS officers during the years. |   No. of cases registered/ reported against IPS officers during the years. |   No. of cases registered/ reported against IPS officers during the years. | No. of cases registered/ reported against IPS officers during the years.   |
|-----------|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|           |                     |                                                                       2013 |                                                                       2014 |                                                                       2015 | 2016 ( as on 05.08.2016)                                                   |
| 1         | AGMUT               |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh      |                                                                          0 |                                                                          1 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 3.        | Assam-Meghalaya     |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 4.        | Bihar               |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh        |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 6.        | Gujarat             |                                                                          1 |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 7.        | Haryana             |                                                                          1 |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 8.        | Himachal Pradesh    |                                                                          4 |                                                                          2 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 9.        | Jammu & Kashmir     |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 10.       | Jharkhand           |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 11.       | Karnataka           |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 12.       | Kerala              |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 13.       | Madhya Pradesh      |                                                                          1 |                                                                          1 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 14.       | Maharashtra         |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 15.       | Manipur-Tripura     |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 16.       | Nagaland            |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 17.       | Odisha              |                                                                          1 |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 18.       | Punjab              |                                                                          0 |                                                                          1 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 19.       | Rajasthan           |                                                                          0 |                                                                          1 |                                                                          1 | 0                                                                          |
| 20.       | Sikkim              |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 21.       | Tamil Nadu          |                                                                          1 |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 22.       | Telangana           |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 23.       | Uttarakhand         |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 24.       | Uttar Pradesh       |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |
| 25.       | West Bengal         |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 |                                                                          0 | 0                                                                          |