Lok Sabha Question No. 696 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-01
Subject: Crime by Children
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: RANJANBEN BHATT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†696 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 st  MARCH, 2016/PHALGUNA 11,1937 (SAKA)

CRIME BY CHILDREN

†696. SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  involvement  of  young  children  in  crime  like  drug  abuse, theft, murder and rape have been reported; and

(b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken  by  the  Government  to stop such cases in future?

ANSWER

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

(a): The details of children in conflict with law in crimes like drug abuse, theft, murder and rape is at Annexure.

(b): The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and Central Model Rules, 2007 framed there under focus on rehabilitation and social reintegration of children to help them in restoring their dignity and self-worth  and  mainstreaming  them  through  rehabilitation  within  the family where possible, or otherwise  through alternate care  programmes; long-term institutional care is to be the last resort.

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## L.S.US.Q.NO.696 FOR 1.3.2016

Primary  responsibility  of  implementation  of  the  provisions  of  Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 rests with the State Governments and UT Administrations, however Government of India supplements the efforts of the  States/UTs  through  the  Integrated  Child  Protection  Scheme  (ICPS) launched by the Ministry of Women & Child Development.

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## PAGE 1 OF 1 OF ANNEXURE L.S.US.Q.NO.696 FOR 1.3.2016

## Crime head wise cases registered of  children in conflict with law during 2012-2014

|   Sl. No. | Crime Heads                                            | 2012   | 2013   |   2014 |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
|         1 | Murder                                                 | 990    | 1007   |    841 |
|         2 | Attempt to commit Murder                               | 876    | 825    |    728 |
|         3 | Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder              | 48     | 71     |     52 |
|         4 | Attempt to commit Culpable Homicide*                   | -      | -      |     60 |
|         5 | Rape                                                   | 1175   | 1884   |   1989 |
|         6 | Attempt to commit Rape*                                | -      | -      |     93 |
|         7 | Kidnapping &Abduction                                  | 789    | 1121   |   1455 |
|         8 | Dacoity                                                | 174    | 160    |    182 |
|         9 | Making Preparation and Assembly for committing Dacoity | 92     | 87     |     83 |
|        10 | Robbery                                                | 767    | 904    |   1024 |
|        11 | Criminal Trespass / Burglary                           | 2625   | 2860   |   2546 |
|        12 | Theft                                                  | 5528   | 6386   |   6717 |
|        13 | Unlawful Assembly*                                     | -      | -      |     92 |
|        14 | Riots                                                  | 1690   | 1486   |   1092 |
|        15 | Criminal Breach of Trust                               | 22     | 23     |     47 |
|        16 | Cheating                                               | 148    | 136    |    349 |
|        17 | Forgery*                                               | -      | -      |     16 |
|        18 | Counterfeiting                                         | 33     | 13     |     27 |
|        19 | Arson                                                  | 80     | 69     |     64 |
|        20 | Grievous Hurt                                          | 4681   | 4902   |   1568 |
|        21 | Dowry Deaths                                           | 66     | 60     |     42 |
|        22 | Assault on women with intent to outrage her Modesty    | 613    | 1424   |   1591 |
|        23 | Insult to the Modesty of Women                         | 183    | 312    |    113 |
|        24 | Cruelty by Husband or his Relatives                    | 261    | 281    |    209 |
|        25 | Importation of Girls from Foreign Country              | 0      | 0      |      0 |
|        26 | Causing death by road rage/by negligence driving       | 260    | 259    |    591 |
|        27 | Offences against State*                                | -      | -      |      0 |
|        28 | Offences promoting enmity between different groups*    | -      | -      |      1 |
|        29 | Extortion*                                             | -      | -      |     55 |
|        30 | Disclosure of Identity of Victims*                     | -      | -      |      0 |
|        31 | Incidence of Rash Driving*                             | -      | -      |   1472 |
|        32 | Human Trafficking (section 370/370A IPC)*              | -      | -      |      7 |
|        33 | Unnatural Offences*                                    | -      | -      |    133 |
|        34 | Other IPC Crimes                                       | 6835   | 7455   |  10287 |
|        35 | Total Cognizable IPC Crimes                            | 27936  | 31725  |  33526 |

Source:  Crime in India

"*" data started collection since 2014.