Lok Sabha Question No. 3704 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-09
Subject: Use of Illegal Weapons for Crime
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: KAMLA DEVI PATLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3704

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 9 TH  AUGUST, 2016/SHRAVANA 18, 1938 (SAKA)

USE OF ILLEGAL WEAPONS FOR CRIME

†3704. SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has received complaints with regard to use of  unlicensed/illegal/banned  arms  by  criminals  in  several  parts  of  the country;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  indicating  the  total  number  of  such  cases reported, illegal arms/weapons  seized/confiscated, persons arrested, convicted and the action taken against the guilty during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;

(c) whether the Government has made any assessment regarding the total number  of  illegal  arms/weapons  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; and

(d) the details of directives issued by the Government to the States and the Police Departments to check proliferation of such arms along with the other measures taken to check such crimes in the country?

ANSWER

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

(a): Yes, Madam. There have been reports of arresting and filing criminal cases against a number of persons under the relevant provisions of the Arms Act, 1959.

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## L.S.US.Q.NO.3704 FOR 09.08.2016

(b): The details of cases relating to unlicensed, licenced, other arms and ammunitions seized; and persons convicted/arrested etc., state-wise, are at Annexure - I and Annexure - II respectively.

(c): National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has started assessment and collection  of  data  regarding  seizure  of  illegal  arms/  ammunitions  from 2014  onwards  and  put  it  on  their  website  under  the  caption  'crime  in India'.

(d): The  compliance  of  various  provisions  of  the  Arms  Act  is  the responsibility  of  all  concerned  in  particular  the  State  Governments/UTs. There are provisions under the Arms Act to take punitive action against those who  violate the Act. Further, Central  Government  wherever necessary  issues  directions  to  the  State  Governments/UTs  for  strict compliance  of  the  Arms  Act.  The  Act  has  elaborate  provisions,  under Section 19 to 27 to curb possession, illegal trade and use of unlicensed arms. In addition to the State Police Authorities, Personnel of the Central Arms Police Forces have also been empowered to search and seize arms, illegally held/ traded by any person.

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## PAG 1 OF 1 OF ANNEXURE -I L.S.US.Q.No. 3704 FOR  9.8.2016

State/UT wise unlicensed arms seized, licensed arms seized, others arms seized, ammunition seized in number and ammunition seized in KGs under the Arms Act, 1959 during 2014

| SL   | State/UT          | Arms seized Ammunition seized   | Arms seized Ammunition seized     | Arms seized Ammunition seized   | Arms seized Ammunition seized   | Arms seized Ammunition seized   | Arms seized Ammunition seized   |
|------|-------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|      |                   | Total                           | Unlicensed (Crude & Country Made) | Licensed (Factory Made)         | other                           | In Number                       | In KGs                          |
| 1    | 2                 | 3                               | 3.1                               | 3.2                             | 3.3                             | 4                               | 5                               |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | 109                             | 62                                | 7                               | 40                              | 77                              | 0.0                             |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh | 47                              | 42                                | 5                               | 0                               | 3065                            | 61.0                            |
| 3    | Assam             | 423                             | 322                               | 73                              | 28                              | 3279                            | 186.0                           |
| 4    | Bihar             | 1942                            | 1790                              | 24                              | 128                             | 7811                            | 651.2                           |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      | 684                             | 225                               | 1                               | 458                             | 129                             | 259.0                           |
| 6    | Goa               | 1                               | 0                                 | 0                               | 1                               | 0                               | 0.0                             |
| 7    | Gujarat           | 682                             | 560                               | 32                              | 90                              | 822                             | 5.0                             |
| 8    | Haryana           | 1697                            | 1451                              | 8                               | 238                             | 1843                            | 81.6                            |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  | 20                              | 4                                 | 15                              | 1                               | 0                               | 0.0                             |
| 10   | Jammu & Kashmir   | 230                             | 142                               | 5                               | 83                              | 6747                            | 6.0                             |
| 11   | Jharkhand         | 408                             | 343                               | 15                              | 50                              | 586                             | 75.8                            |
| 12   | Karnataka         | 290                             | 72                                | 12                              | 206                             | 122                             | 3.0                             |
| 13   | Kerala            | 234                             | 77                                | 3                               | 154                             | 92                              | 1.0                             |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    | 10077                           | 3228                              | 87                              | 6762                            | 1712                            | 38.5                            |
| 15   | Maharashtra       | 1488                            | 788                               | 40                              | 660                             | 1674                            | 0.0                             |
| 16   | Manipur           | 51                              | 50                                | 0                               | 1                               | 793                             | 33.0                            |
| 17   | Meghalaya         | 29                              | 18                                | 0                               | 11                              | 346                             | 0.0                             |
| 18   | Mizoram           | 49                              | 12                                | 36                              | 1                               | 12717                           | 76.9                            |
| 19   | Nagaland          | 377                             | 329                               | 19                              | 29                              | 3704                            | 647.0                           |
| 20   | Odisha            | 763                             | 241                               | 92                              | 430                             | 1364                            | 36.4                            |
| 21   | Punjab            | 557                             | 495                               | 11                              | 51                              | 861                             | 810.0                           |
| 22   | Rajasthan         | 4939                            | 1746                              | 293                             | 2900                            | 1651                            | 122.2                           |
| 23   | Sikkim            | 1                               | 1                                 | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0.0                             |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        | 172                             | 97                                | 6                               | 69                              | 29                              | 15.0                            |
| 25   | Telangana         | 88                              | 28                                | 4                               | 56                              | 65                              | 0.0                             |
| 26   | Tripura           | 2                               | 2                                 | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0.0                             |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     | 24583                           | 15327                             | 400                             | 8856                            | 31554                           | 208.0                           |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       | 636                             | 483                               | 0                               | 153                             | 223                             | 32.0                            |
| 29   | West Bengal       | 3632                            | 3506                              | 1                               | 125                             | 7040                            | 301.0                           |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 54211                           | 31441                             | 1189                            | 21581                           | 88306                           | 3649.6                          |
| 30   | A & N Islands     | 0                               | 0                                 | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0.0                             |
| 31   | Chandigarh        | 18                              | 14                                | 0                               | 4                               | 10                              | 41.0                            |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        | 0                               | 0                                 | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0.0                             |
| 33   | Daman & Diu       | 0                               | 0                                 | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0.0                             |
| 34   | Delhi UT          | 1205                            | 859                               | 9                               | 337                             | 20794                           | 1955.0                          |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       | 0                               | 0                                 | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0.0                             |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       | 1242                            | 878                               | 9                               | 355                             | 20804                           | 1996.0                          |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 55453                           | 32319                             | 1198                            | 21936                           | 109110                          | 5645.6                          |

## State/UT wise cases registered (CR), cases charge sheeted (CS), cases convicted (CV), persons arrested (PAR), persons charge sheeted (PCS) and persons convicted (PCV) under the Arms Act, 1959 during 2012-2014

| SL    | State/UT          | 2012 PCV   | 2012 PCV   | 2012 PCV      | 2012 PCV    | 2012 PCV    | 2013 PCV   | 2013 PCV   | 2013 PCV   | 2013 PCV   | 2013 PCV   | 2013 PCV    | 2013 PCV      | 2014   | 2014    | 2014        | 2014    | 2014   |
|-------|-------------------|------------|------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------|---------------|--------|---------|-------------|---------|--------|
| SL    | State/UT          | CR         | CS         | CV            | PAR         | PCS         | CR         | CS         | CV         |            | PAR        | PCS         | CR            | CS     | CV      | PAR         | PCS     | PCV    |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | 301        | 305        | 88            | 549 555     | 46          | 280        | 215        | 35         | 374        | 380        | 65          | 121           | 88     | 14      | 264         | 166     | 39     |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh | 11         | 12         | 4             | 14 12       | 4           | 15         | 9          | 2          | 10         | 7          | 2           | 26            | 14     | 1       | 29          | 31      | 1      |
| 3     | Assam             | 539        | 320        | 15 575        | 232         | 31          | 630        | 281        | 14         | 563        | 347        | 22          | 473           | 290    | 32      | 1166        | 378     | 33     |
| 4     | Bihar             | 1813       | 2069       | 497           | 2479 2843   | 681         | 1614       | 1519       | 534        | 2306       | 2397       | 817         | 1764          | 1648   | 363     | 2433        | 1978    | 488    |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh      | 883        | 884        | 193 914       | 914         | 236         | 954        | 952        | 190        | 978        | 977        | 257         | 782           | 778    | 418     | 801         | 1479    | 426    |
| 6     | Goa               | 12         | 1          | 1 20          | 2           | 1           | 7          | 3          | 0          | 12         | 5          | 0           | 2             | 4      | 0       | 0           | 6       | 0      |
| 7     | Gujarat           | 512        | 464        | 11 713        | 695         | 13          | 417        | 410        | 25         | 583        | 583        | 29          | 586           | 426    | 18      | 819         | 642     | 22     |
| 8     | Haryana           | 1402       | 1449       | 515 1495      | 1559        | 531         | 1446       | 1436       | 439        | 1539       | 1546       | 477         | 1564          | 1523   | 373     | 1715        | 1661    | 373    |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh  | 15         | 15         | 1 25          | 25          | 1           | 21         | 16         | 1          | 33         | 36         | 1           | 18            | 13     | 1       | 32          | 26      | 1      |
| 10    | Jammu & Kashmir   | 186        | 148        | 5 310         | 308         | 5           | 173        | 103        |            | 9          | 207        | 207 6       | 181           | 79     | 5       | 161         | 150     | 8      |
| 11    | Jharkhand         | 570        | 519        | 275 1100      | 1055        | 459         | 515        | 484        | 264        | 1039       | 1100       | 434         | 459           | 442    | 208     | 639         | 801     | 238    |
| 12    | Karnataka         | 124        | 115        | 7 219         | 223         | 11          | 116        | 98         | 6          | 187        | 171        | 9           | 107           | 105    | 4       | 260         | 223     | 5      |
| 13    | Kerala            | 293        | 286        | 36 536        | 526         | 77          | 259        | 219        | 17         |            | 407 410    | 32          | 273           | 236    | 18      | 398         | 350     | 43     |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh    | 10827      | 10811      | 3940 10970    | 10967       | 3869        | 12798      | 12796      | 3600       | 13026      | 13042      | 3700        | 11595         | 11592  | 4473    | 12536       | 12536   | 4641   |
| 15    | Maharashtra       | 1166       | 1117       | 41 1565       | 1521        | 60          | 1000       | 968        | 36         | 1408       | 1275       | 47          | 1412          | 1270   | 38      | 1888        | 1766    | 45     |
| 16    | Manipur           | 15         | 8          | 4             | 18 8        | 9           | 17         | 1          | 2          | 22         | 1          | 3           | 11            | 12     | 2       | 10          | 12      | 2      |
| 17    | Meghalaya         | 20         | 10         | 0             | 26 14       | 0           | 26         | 13         |            | 0          | 27 13      | 0           | 59            | 17     | 0       | 63          | 33      | 0      |
| 18    | Mizoram           | 37         | 27         | 31            | 38 33       | 29          | 37         | 36         |            | 11         | 61         | 29 19       | 20            | 27     | 22      | 30          | 46      | 26     |
| 19    | Nagaland          | 101        | 88         | 85            | 153 166     | 105         | 186        | 132        | 84         |            | 267        | 122 62      |               | 222    | 170 92  | 251         | 197     | 104    |
| 20    | Odisha            | 602        | 514        | 14            | 1190        | 1124 26     | 719        | 604        | 20         | 1250       | 1196       | 31          | 533           |        | 471 29  | 721         | 779     | 45     |
| 21    | Punjab            | 888        | 687        | 458           | 971 842     | 488         | 647        |            |            | 499        | 742        | 515         | 513           |        | 483 401 | 573         | 593     | 419    |
|       |                   |            |            | 3874          |             |             |            | 701        |            |            | 5501       | 751 5489    |               | 5161   | 4597    | 5536        | 5536    | 4741   |
| 22 23 | Rajasthan Sikkim  | 4992 1     | 4944 1     | 2             | 5172 5173 3 | 4098 5      | 5304       | 5248       | 4163 2 2   |            | 2          | 2           | 4456 5232 6 2 | 0      |         | 2 3         | 0       | 2      |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu        | 180        |            | 274           |             | 2           | 2          |            |            |            |            | 273         |               |        |         |             |         |        |
|       |                   |            | 122        | 39            | 162         | 66          | 193        | 162        |            | 35         | 285        |             | 62 275        | 224    | 40      | 447         | 416     | 74     |
| 25    | Telangana         |            |            |               |             |             |            |            |            |            |            |             | 105           | 137    | 4       | 226         | 209     | 9      |
| 26    | Tripura           | 15         | 16         | 1             | 35 34       | 2           | 15         | 11         | 1          | 23         | 31         | 1           | 4             | 9      | 1       | 6           | 23      | 4      |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh     | 26396      | 26203      | 21035 26556   | 26391       | 21136       | 22822      | 22663      |            | 18727      | 22983      | 22837       | 18752 25097   | 24990  | 17359   | 25322       | 25227   | 17436  |
| 28    | Uttarakhand       | 503        | 497        | 1517 508 2911 | 524         | 1508        | 587        | 557        |            | 792        | 600        | 572 654     | 636           | 645    | 597     | 762         | 752     | 645    |
| 29    | West Bengal       | 1722       | 1971       | 25            |             | 2172 29     | 2531       | 1993       |            | 32         | 3186       | 3139        | 48 2360       | 2564   | 16      | 4660        | 3374    | 19     |
|       | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 54126      | 53603      | 32714         | 59339       | 58085 33523 | 53331      | 51632      |            | 29540      | 57621      | 56938       | 30507 54432   | 53418  | 29128   | 61751       | 59390   | 29889  |
| 30    | A & N Islands     | 0          | 0          | 0 0           | 0           | 0           | 1          | 1          |            | 0          | 5 5        | 0           | 0             | 0      | 2       | 0           | 0       | 6      |
| 31    | Chandigarh        | 18         | 21         | 5 17          | 26          | 6           | 16         | 14         |            | 12         | 22         | 19          | 12            | 17     | 14 14   | 18          | 14      | 15     |
| 32    | D&N Haveli        | 1          | 0          | 0 2           | 0           | 0           | 1          | 2          |            | 0          | 1          | 3 0         | 0             |        | 0 0     | 0           | 0       | 0      |
| 33    | Daman & Diu       | 0          | 0          | 0             | 0 0         | 0           | 1          | 0          |            | 0          | 1          | 0 0         | 0             | 1      | 0       | 0           | 1       | 0      |
| 34    | Delhi UT          | 1017       | 914 1442   |               | 1194        | 1093 1660   | 921        |            | 872        | 1079       | 1086       | 1071        | 1372          | 753    | 686 0   | 687         | 838 814 | 820    |
| 35    | Lakshadweep       | 0          | 0          | 0             | 0 0         | 0           | 0          |            | 0          | 0          | 0          | 0           | 0             | 0      | 0       | 0           | 0       | 0      |
| 36    | Puducherry        |            | 214        | 18            | 232         | 232 21      | 91         |            | 91         | 27         | 241        | 241         | 30 53         |        | 3       | 63          | 55      | 4      |
|       | TOTAL UT(S)       | 214        |            | 1465          | 1445        | 1351 1687   | 1031       |            | 980        | 1118       | 1356       | 1339        | 1414 823      | 55     | 756 706 | 919         | 884     | 845    |
|       | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 1250 55376 | 1149 54752 | 34179 60784   | 59436       | 35210       | 54362      |            | 52612      | 30658      | 58977      | 58277 31921 | 55255         |        | 54174   | 29834 62670 | 60274   | 30734  |

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