Question : COMPLIANCE OF ARMS ACT

(a) the number of cases of smuggling of arms registered, arms seized along with their sources and persons convicted during the last three years and the current year, Statewise;

(b) whether incidents of deaths/killings by arms occurred due to non-compliance of Arms Act in the country;

(c) if so, the details thereof and the measures taken by the Government for strict compliance of the said act;

(d) whether there is any proposal to frame new regulations for issuance of arms license for the States of Haryana, Rajasthan and Nagaland; and

(e) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor?

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

(a): The details of cases registered in respect of smuggling of arms, reported by Central Armed Police Forces deployed at the borders and by the Customs Authorities, arms seized and persons arrested by different Government agencies are as given below. As the cases are at various stages of investigation/trial, the details of the number of persons convicted are not available.

 Year	2011	2012	2013	2014(upto Oct.)	Total No. Of	62	73	128	132	395 cases registered Arms seized	220	296	492	355	1363 Persons	47	81	118	154	400 arrested