GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHLD DEVELOPMENT
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2876
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10.08.2017
Cases pending in POCSO Courts
Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be please to state:
(a) Whether the Ministry is aware that, as on July 31, 2016, figures by Delhi State Legal Service Authority (DSLSA) showed that 4,274 cases were pending in 11 POSCO courts across Delhi and at the current rate, it may take 10 years to decide these cases; and
(b) Whether the Ministry has comprehensive data for each State and UTs on the pendency and disposal of cases under the POSCO Act, Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act, 1956, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SMT. KRISHNA RAJ)
(a) As reported by National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), a total of 4,769 (provisional) cases at the end of the year 2016 in Delhi/UT were pending for trial under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, child rape (section 376IPC), Assault on women (girl child) with intent to outrage her modesty (section 354 IPC) and insult to the modesty of women (girl child) (section 509 IPC).
(b) As per NCRB, the comprehensive data for each State and UTs on the pendency and disposal of cases under the POSCO Act, Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act, 1956, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 is at Annexure-I, and III respectively.
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Annexure with reference to part (b) of Rajya Sabha Un-Starred Question No 2876 for 10.08.2017 regarding Cases Pending in POCSO Courts.
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State/UT-wise cases regsitered (CR), cases chargesheeted (CS), cases in which trial were completed (TC), cases convicted (CV), cases acquitted (AQ) and cases pending trial at the end of the year (PT#) under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (which includes rape (section 376 IPC), assault on women (girls children) with intent to outrage her modesty (section 354 IPC) and insult to the modesty of women (girls children) (section 509 IPC)) during 2016*
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SL | State/UT | 2016* | ||||||||||
CR | CS | TC | CV | AQ | PT# | |||||||
1 | Andhra Pradesh | 802 | 754 | 536 | 51 | 485 | 1512 | |||||
2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 59 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 101 | |||||
3 | Assam | 821 | 511 | 122 | 43 | 79 | 1005 | |||||
4 | Bihar | 233 | 157 | 49 | 23 | 26 | 653 | |||||
5 | Chhattisgarh | 1570 | 1576 | 959 | 354 | 605 | 2562 | |||||
6 | Goa | 74 | 56 | 55 | 13 | 42 | 288 | |||||
7 | Gujarat | 1408 | 1302 | 65 | 5 | 60 | 3606 | |||||
8 | Haryana | 1020 | 844 | 451 | 94 | 357 | 1275 | |||||
9 | Himachal Pradesh | 205 | 177 | 108 | 25 | 83 | 596 | |||||
10 | Jammu & Kashmir | 25 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 71 | |||||
11 | Jharkhand | 348 | 222 | 85 | 17 | 68 | 307 | |||||
12 | Karnataka | 1565 | 1323 | 283 | 55 | 228 | 3529 | |||||
13 | Kerala | 1849 | 1716 | 249 | 47 | 202 | 5636 | |||||
14 | Madhya Pradesh | 4717 | 4591 | 2462 | 641 | 1821 | 10950 | |||||
15 | Maharashtra | 4815 | 4291 | 1054 | 250 | 804 | 17338 | |||||
16 | Manipur | 25 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | |||||
17 | Meghalaya | 151 | 116 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 563 | |||||
18 | Mizoram | 167 | 148 | 56 | 54 | 2 | 307 | |||||
19 | Nagaland | 27 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 24 | |||||
20 | Odisha | 1928 | 1566 | 331 | 38 | 293 | 3843 | |||||
21 | Punjab | 596 | 401 | 292 | 94 | 198 | 509 | |||||
22 | Rajasthan | 1479 | 1196 | 386 | 151 | 235 | 4011 | |||||
23 | Sikkim | 92 | 75 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 97 | |||||
24 | Tamil Nadu | 1583 | 1249 | 734 | 199 | 535 | 2711 | |||||
25 | Telangana | 1162 | 1027 | 315 | 25 | 290 | 2511 | |||||
26 | Tripura | 156 | 129 | 55 | 24 | 31 | 411 | |||||
27 | Uttar Pradesh | 4954 | 4245 | 1539 | 816 | 723 | 15843 | |||||
28 | Uttarakhand | 218 | 158 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 284 | |||||
29 | West Bengal | 2132 | 1494 | 225 | 48 | 177 | 4316 | |||||
TOTAL STATE(S) | 34181 | 29434 | 10533 | 3150 | 7383 | 84891 | ||||||
30 | A & N Islands | 49 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 196 | |||||
31 | Chandigarh | 51 | 41 | 42 | 19 | 23 | 45 | |||||
32 | D&N Haveli | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | |||||
33 | Daman & Diu | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |||||
34 | Delhi UT | 1620 | 1258 | 372 | 156 | 216 | 4769 | |||||
35 | Lakshadweep | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
36 | Puducherry | 53 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | |||||
TOTAL UT(S) | 1799 | 1401 | 426 | 178 | 248 | 5108 | ||||||
TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 35980 | 30835 | 10959 | 3328 | 7631 | 89999 | ||||||
Source: Crime in India
Note: * Data for the year 2016 is provisional as data is under clarification.
Note: Disposal of cases by police and courts during the year may include previous year reported cases.
Note: Cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 include cases of rape (section 376 IPC), assault on women (girls children) with intent to outrage her modesty (section 354 IPC) and insult to the modesty of women (girls children) (section 509 IPC) also.
Annexure with reference to part (b) of Rajya Sabha Un-Starred Question No 2876 for 10.08.2017 regarding Cases Pending in POCSO Courts. | |||||||||||||
State/UT-wise cases regsitered (CR), cases chargesheeted (CS), cases in which trial were completed (TC), cases convicted (CV), cases acquitted (AQ) and cases pending trial at the end of the year (PT#) under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 (Child Victims and all Victims) during 2016* | |||||||||||||
SL | State/UT | the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act, 1956 where the victim was a child (below 18 years) | Total cases under the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act, 1956 | ||||||||||
CR | CS | TC | CV | AQ | PT# | CR | CS | TC | CV | AQ | PT# | ||
1 | Andhra Pradesh | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 178 | 178 | 174 | 25 | 149 | 700 |
2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Assam | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 107 |
4 | Bihar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 62 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 291 |
5 | Chhattisgarh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 30 |
6 | Goa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 94 |
7 | Gujarat | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 83 | 78 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 448 |
8 | Haryana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 75 | 72 | 4 | 68 | 292 |
9 | Himachal Pradesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
10 | Jammu & Kashmir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
11 | Jharkhand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
12 | Karnataka | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 338 | 290 | 186 | 76 | 110 | 1864 |
13 | Kerala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 122 | 148 | 104 | 44 | 900 |
14 | Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 24 | 38 | 20 | 18 | 98 |
15 | Maharashtra | 13 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 183 | 320 | 332 | 66 | 32 | 34 | 4410 |
16 | Manipur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Meghalaya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
18 | Mizoram | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
19 | Nagaland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
20 | Odisha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 45 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 190 |
21 | Punjab | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 64 | 56 | 16 | 40 | 238 |
22 | Rajasthan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 67 | 63 | 52 | 11 | 633 |
23 | Sikkim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 434 | 287 | 233 | 140 | 93 | 841 |
25 | Telangana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 241 | 210 | 82 | 1 | 81 | 850 |
26 | Tripura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Uttar Pradesh | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 50 | 43 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 199 |
28 | Uttarakhand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 40 |
29 | West Bengal | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 90 | 91 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 598 |
TOTAL STATE(S) | 55 | 50 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 344 | 2312 | 2051 | 1261 | 502 | 759 | 12917 | |
30 | A & N Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
31 | Chandigarh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
32 | D&N Haveli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
33 | Daman & Diu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
34 | Delhi UT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 242 |
35 | Lakshadweep | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | Puducherry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
TOTAL UT(S) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 14 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 306 | |
TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 56 | 50 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 386 | 2326 | 2061 | 1288 | 502 | 786 | 13223 |
Note: # includes previous cases also.
Source: Crime in India
Note: * Data for the year 2016 is provisional as data is under clarification.
Note: Disposal of cases by police and courts during the year may include previous year reported cases.
Annexure with reference to part (b) of Rajya Sabha Un-Starred Question No 2876 for 10.08.2017 regarding Cases Pending in POCSO Courts.
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State/UT-wise cases regsitered (CR), cases chargesheeted (CS), cases in which trial were completed (TC), cases convicted (CV), cases acquitted (AQ) and cases pending trial at the end of the year (PT#) under the Juveniles Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 during 2016* | |||||||
SL | State/UT | 2016* | |||||
CR | CS | TC | CV | AQ | PT# | ||
1 | Andhra Pradesh | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Assam | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57 |
4 | Bihar | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
5 | Chhattisgarh | 11 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
6 | Goa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Gujarat | 165 | 167 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 398 |
8 | Haryana | 43 | 31 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 63 |
9 | Himachal Pradesh | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
10 | Jammu & Kashmir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Jharkhand | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 28 |
12 | Karnataka | 66 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 121 |
13 | Kerala | 250 | 195 | 34 | 8 | 26 | 793 |
14 | Madhya Pradesh | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
15 | Maharashtra | 344 | 231 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 305 |
16 | Manipur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Meghalaya | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
18 | Mizoram | 12 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
19 | Nagaland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
20 | Odisha | 55 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 |
21 | Punjab | 20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
22 | Rajasthan | 288 | 278 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 594 |
23 | Sikkim | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
24 | Tamil Nadu | 242 | 215 | 210 | 210 | 0 | 13 |
25 | Telangana | 491 | 378 | 51 | 6 | 45 | 468 |
26 | Tripura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Uttar Pradesh | 54 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
28 | Uttarakhand | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
29 | West Bengal | 44 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 44 |
TOTAL STATE(S) | 2164 | 1733 | 425 | 273 | 152 | 3115 | |
30 | A & N Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Chandigarh | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
32 | D&N Haveli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | Daman & Diu | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
34 | Delhi UT | 78 | 84 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 215 |
35 | Lakshadweep | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | Puducherry | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TOTAL UT(S) | 88 | 92 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 224 | |
TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 2252 | 1825 | 461 | 295 | 166 | 3339 |
Source: Crime in India
Note: * Data for the year 2016 is provisional as data is under clarification.
Note: Disposal of cases by police and courts during the year may include previous year reported cases.
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