Lok Sabha Question No. 302 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-01
Subject: Cyber Crimes
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: SRIRAM MALYADRI, NEELAM SONKER, PARASURAMAN K.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.302

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 01ST DECEMBER, 2015/ AGRAHAYANA 10, 1937 (SAKA)

## CYBER CRIMES

302.  SHRI MALYADRI SRIRAM: SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER: SHRI K. PARASURAMAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether incidents of cyber crimes are on the rise in the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  total  number  of  such  cases registered,  guilty,  arrested  and  the  action  taken  against  them,  cases solved/unsolved and the action taken to solve all the cases during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  evolve/strengthen  centralized online reporting mechanism and infrastructure for cyber crime monitoring and investigation and to ensure availability of skilled cyber professionals; and
- (d) the other measures being taken to stop cyber crimes including use of cyber space for radicalisation attempts?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to  (b):-  Yes,  Madam.  The  State/UT  wise  number  of  cases  registered under IT Act, related sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special & Local Laws(SLL) under cyber crimes head during 2012-14 is enclosed as per  Annexure-I.  State/UT  wise  cases  reported,  cases  chargesheeted, cases  convicted,  cases  in  which  chargesheets  were  not  laid  but  final report  submitted  as  true,  cases  convicted,  persons  arrested,  persons charge-sheeted and persons convicted under cyber crimes during 2014 is enclosed  at  Annexure-II.  National  Crime  Records  Bureau    has  started collecting these data since 2014 under the revised proformae of 'Crime in India'.
- (c) The  measures taken by the Government in this regard are as under:-
- (i) The  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  issued  an  Advisory  to  the  State Governments  and  Union  Territory  Administrations  on  Cyber  Crime.  The State  Governments  have  been  advised  to  build  adequate  technical capacity in handling cyber crime including technical infrastructure, cyber police stations

and  trained manpower  for  detection,  registration, investigation  and prosecution of cyber crimes.

- (ii) A  major  programme  has  been  initiated  on  development  of  cyber forensics tools, setting up of infrastructure for investigation and training of the users, particularly police and judicial officers in use of this tool to collect and analyse the digital evidence and present them in Courts.
- (iii)  Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and Centre for Development  of  Advanced  Computing  (CDAC)  are  involved  in  providing basic and advanced training to Law Enforcement Agencies, Forensic labs and judiciary on the procedures and methodology of collecting, analysing and presenting digital evidence.
- (iv)  Cyber forensics training lab has been set up at Training Academy of Central  Bureau  of  Investigation  (CBI)  to  impart  basic  and  advanced training  in  Cyber  Forensics  and  Investigation  of  Cyber  Crimes  to  Police Officers  associated  with  CBI.  In  addition,  Government  has  set  up  cyber forensic  training  and  investigation  labs  in  the  States  of  Kerala,  Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur and Jammu & Kashmir for training of Law Enforcement and Judiciary in these States.
- (v) In collaboration with Data Security Council of India (DSCI), NASSCOM, Cyber Forensic Labs have been set up at Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune  and  Kolkata  for  awareness  creation  and  training  programmes  on Cyber Crime investigation. National Law School, Bangalore and NALSAR University  of  Law,  Hyderabad  are  also  engaged  in  conducting  several awareness and training programmes on Cyber Laws and Cyber crimes for judicial officers.
- (vi)  The  Indian  Computer  Emergency  Response  Team  (CERT-In)  issues alerts and advisories regarding latest cyber threats and countermeasures on  regular  basis.  CERT-In  has  published  guidelines  for  securing  the websites, which are available on its website (www.cert-in.org.in). CERT-In also conducts regular training programme to make the system administrators aware about secure hosting of the websites and mitigating cyber attacks.

Further,  the  Government  has  decided  to  provide  a  centralized citizen portal through Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems(CCTNS)  for  registering  online  cyber  crime  complaints.  The Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  also  in-principle  approved    to    set  up  an Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) to fight against cyber crime in  the  country  and  establish  an  open  platform  for  victims  to  raise cybercrime  complaints  with  the  protocol  for  resolution  such  as  online crime  reporting,    to  support  and  coordinate  electronic  investigations  of cybercrime, assist the law enforcement agencies in criminal investigation etc. (d) The  cyber  space  is  being  closely  monitored  by  the  Government  in respect of the situation of radicalization attempts. The Government has also directed the intelligence agencies to identify potential recruits and keep them under surveillance.

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## Page 1 of 1Annexure-I LS.US.Q.No. 302 For 1.12.2015

## State/UT wise Cases Rregistered under IT Act, IPC Sections and SLL offences of Cyber Crime during 20122014

| Sl.   | STATE/UT          | 2012   | 2012   | 2013   | 2013   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   |
|-------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| Sl.   | STATE/UT          | IT Act | IPC    | IT Act | IPC    | IT Act | IPC    | SLL*   |
| 1     | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 429    | 25     | 635    | 16     | 171    | 74     | 37     |
| 2     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 12     | 0      | 10     | 0      | 14     | 4      | 0      |
| 3     | ASSAM             | 28     | 0      | 154    | 0      | 379    | 0      | 0      |
| 4     | BIHAR             | 23     | 7      | 23     | 116    | 114    | 0      | 0      |
| 5     | CHHATTISGARH      | 49     | 10     | 91     | 10     | 106    | 15     | 2      |
| 6     | GOA               | 30     | 2      | 57     | 1      | 36     | 26     | 0      |
| 7     | GUJARAT           | 68     | 10     | 61     | 16     | 105    | 114    | 8      |
| 8     | HARYANA           | 66     | 116    | 112    | 211    | 135    | 9      | 7      |
| 9     | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 20     | 0      | 24     | 4      | 32     | 1      | 5      |
| 10    | JAMMU & KASHMIR   | 35     | 0      | 46     | 0      | 30     | 0      | 7      |
| 11    | JHARKHAND         | 10     | 25     | 13     | 13     | 93     | 0      | 0      |
| 12    | KARNATAKA         | 412    | 25     | 513    | 20     | 1010   | 2      | 8      |
| 13    | KERALA            | 269    | 43     | 349    | 34     | 401    | 46     | 3      |
| 14    | MADHYA PRADESH    | 142    | 55     | 282    | 60     | 148    | 121    | 20     |
| 15    | MAHARASHTRA       | 471    | 90     | 681    | 226    | 511    | 1347   | 21     |
| 16    | MANIPUR           | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 5      | 7      | 1      |
| 17    | MEGHALAYA         | 6      | 0      | 17     | 0      | 47     | 13     | 0      |
| 18    | MIZORAM           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 22     | 0      | 0      |
| 19    | NAGALAND          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 20    | ODISHA            | 14     | 13     | 65     | 39     | 49     | 75     | 0      |
| 21    | PUNJAB            | 72     | 6      | 146    | 10     | 186    | 27     | 13     |
| 22    | RAJASTHAN         | 147    | 7      | 239    | 58     | 542    | 145    | 10     |
| 23    | SIKKIM            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 4      | 0      | 0      |
| 24    | TAMIL NADU        | 39     | 2      | 54     | 36     | 146    | 26     | 0      |
| 25    | TELANGANA         | -      | -      | -      | -      | 688    | 15     | 0      |
| 26    | TRIPURA           | 14     | 0      | 14     | 0      | 5      | 0      | 0      |
| 27    | UTTAR PRADESH     | 205    | 44     | 372    | 310    | 1659   | 78     | 0      |
| 28    | UTTARAKHAND       | 4      | 0      | 23     | 4      | 42     | 0      | 0      |
| 29    | WEST BENGAL       | 196    | 113    | 210    | 132    | 316    | 39     | 0      |
|       | TOTAL (STATES)    | 2761   | 593    | 4192   | 1316   | 6996   | 2184   | 142    |
| 30    | A&N ISLANDS       | 2      | 0      | 18     | 0      | 5      | 8      | 0      |
| 31    | CHANDIGARH        | 33     | 0      | 9      | 2      | 25     | 23     | 7      |
| 32    | D&N HAVELI        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 3      | 0      | 0      |
| 33    | DAMAN & DIU DELHI | 0 76   | 0      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0 0    |
| 34    |                   |        | 8      | 131    | 19     | 169    | 57     |        |
| 35    | LAKSHADWEEP       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 36    | PUDUCHERRY        | 4      | 0      | 5      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      |
|       | TOTAL (UTS)       | 115    | 8      | 164    | 21     | 205    | 88     | 7      |
|       | TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) | 2876   | 601    | 4356   | 1337   | 7201   | 2272   | 149    |

Source : Crime in India

Note:  * implies data started collection since 2014.

## CASES REPORTED(CR), CASES IN WHICH CHARGESHEETS WRE NOT LAID BUT FINAL REPORT SUBMITTED AS TRUE (FR), CASES CHARGESHEETED(CS), CASES CONVICTED(CV), PERSONS ARRESTED(PAR), PERSONS CHARGESHEETED(PCS) AND PERSONS CONVICTED(PCV) UNDER CYBER CRIMES DURING 2014

| Total Offences under IT Act   | Total SLL Offences   | Total Offences under IT Act   | Total Offences under IT Act   | Total Offences under IT Act   | Total Offences under IT Act   | Total Offences under IT Act   |
|-------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

Source: Crime in India

Disposal of cases/persons may includes data of previous years also.