Lok Sabha Question No. 1485 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Honour Killings
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: MAHEISH GIRRI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1485

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

HONOUR KILLINGS

1485. SHRI MAHEISH GIRRI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there has been an increase in the incidents of honour killings in the  country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  total  number  of  such  cases  reported, guilty  arrested  and  the  action  taken  against  them  during  each  of  the  last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any survey on honour killing and to  identify  specific  areas  in  the  country  where  large  number  of  such incidents are taking place;
- (d) if so, the details and the outcome thereof;
- (e)  whether  the  Government  has  issued  any  directives  to  the  States  and police departments to stop such cases in future; and
- (f)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reaction  of  the  States  and  police departments in this regard along with other corrective steps taken to check such cases in future?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a) to (b): National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  has  started  collecting data  on  Honour  Killings  from  2014  and  the  State/UT-wise  data    is  at Annexure.

(c) to (f) : No  such  survey  has  been  conducted  by  the  Ministry  of  Home Affairs. However, this Ministry is deeply concerned with such Honour Killings and  has  advised  the  States/UTs  to  take  effective  measures  to  check  such crime  as  '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.    The  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  had  issued  an  advisory  on crime against women dated 4 th  September, 2009, wherein the States/UTs had been  directed  to  conduct  a  comprehensive  review  of  the  effectiveness  of their  law  and  order  machinery  in  tackling  the  problem  of  violence  against women and to take appropriate measures aimed at increasing responsiveness  to  such  violence.  The  advisory  specifically  advised  the States/UTs to take Special steps to curb the 'Violation of Women's Rights by the so called Honour Killings, to prevent forced marriage in some northern States, and other forms of Violence'. The Advisory is available on the website of the Ministry of Home Affairs http:/mha.nic.in.

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## State/UT wise Cases registered under Honor Killing during 2014

|    |                   | 2014   | 2014                                      |
|----|-------------------|--------|-------------------------------------------|
| SL | State/UT          | Murder | Culpable Homicide Not amounting to Murder |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh    | 0      | 0                                         |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh | 0      | 0                                         |
| 3  | Assam             | 0      | 0                                         |
| 4  | Bihar             | 0      | 0                                         |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh      | 0      | 0                                         |
| 6  | Goa               | 0      | 0                                         |
| 7  | Gujarat           | 2      | 0                                         |
| 8  | Haryana           | 1      | 0                                         |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh  | 0      | 0                                         |
| 10 | Jammu & Kashmir   | 3      | 0                                         |
| 11 | Jharkhand         | 0      | 0                                         |
| 12 | Karnataka         | 2      | 0                                         |
| 13 | Kerala            | 0      | 0                                         |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh    | 7      | 0                                         |
| 15 | Maharashtra       | 5      | 0                                         |
| 16 | Manipur           | 0      | 0                                         |
| 17 | Meghalaya         | 0      | 0                                         |
| 18 | Mizoram           | 0      | 0                                         |
| 19 | Nagaland          | 0      | 0                                         |
| 20 | Odisha            | 0      | 0                                         |
| 21 | Punjab            | 5      | 0                                         |
| 22 | Rajasthan         | 0      | 0                                         |
| 23 | Sikkim            | 0      | 0                                         |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu        | 0      | 0                                         |
| 25 | Telangana         | 0      | 0                                         |
| 26 | Tripura           | 0      | 0                                         |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh     | 1      | 0                                         |
| 28 | Uttarakhand       | 0      | 0                                         |
| 29 | West Bengal       | 0      | 0                                         |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 26     | 0                                         |
| 30 | A & N Islands     | 0      | 0                                         |
| 31 | Chandigarh        | 0      | 0                                         |
| 32 | D&N Haveli        | 0      | 0                                         |
| 33 | Daman & Diu       | 0      | 0                                         |
| 34 | Delhi UT          | 0      | 0                                         |
| 35 | Lakshadweep       | 0      | 0                                         |
| 36 | Puducherry        | 2      | 0                                         |
|    | TOTAL UT(S)       | 2      | 0                                         |
|    | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 28     | 0                                         |