a. whether a special court has been set up to try cases under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989 in all the districts of the country as mandated under Section 14 of the Act;
b. if not, the reasons therefor along with the details of States / Districts where it has not been set up; and
c. number of cases filed under the Act during the last three years and the pendency of such cases thereof?
(a) to (b) Section 14 of the PoA Act as amended and enforced with effect from 26.01.2016, for the purpose of providing for speedy trial, the State Government shall, with the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court, establish an Exclusive Special Court for one or more districts. Further in the districts where less number of cases under the Act is recorded, State Government shall with the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court specify for such Districts, the Court of Session to be a Special Court to try the offences under the Act. These Courts have powers to take direct cognizance of offences under the Act, and it is the duty of the State Government to establish adequate number of Courts to ensure that cases under the Act are disposed of within a period of two months, as far as possible.
Accordingly State Governments and Union Territory Administrations of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, NCT of Delhi and Puducherry have designated District Session Courts as Special Courts.
For ensuring speedy trial of cases under the PoA Act, 170 Exclusive Special Courts, have also been set up by twelve States, i.e. Andhra Pradesh(1), Bihar(05), Chhattisgarh(16), Gujarat(16), Jharkhand (4), Karnataka(08), Madhya Pradesh(43), Maharashtra(03), Odisha(03), Rajasthan(25), Tamil Nadu(06) and Uttar Pradesh(40).
(c) At the Central level, as per the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, responsibility in regard to implementation of the Acts, for Criminal offences against members of the SCs, STs, including those under the PCR Act and the PoA Act is allocated to the Ministry of Home Affairs and data in this regard is provided by NCRB, MHA only. State / UT –wise cases registered, cases charge-sheeted, cases convicted, cases pending trial at the end of the year, persons arrested, persons charge-sheeted and persons convicted on total crimes committed under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for Crime against Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) during 2016-2018 is enclosed at Annexure- I & II.
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ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO POINT (c) IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 224 DATED 03.02.2020 ASKED BY SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI REGARDING ATROCITIES ACT 1989.
State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases Chargesheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CON), Cases Pending Trial at the end of the Year (CPT), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Chargesheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under Total of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act under Crime against Scheduled Castes during 2016-2018
SL State/UT 2016 2017 2018
CR CCS CON CPT PAR PCS PCV CR CCS CON CPT PAR PCS PCV CR CCS CON CPT PAR PCS PCV
1 Andhra Pradesh 2335 1206 31 2594 2181 1485 37 1969 1243 48 2968 2607 2742 137 1830 1430 47 3565 2690 2841 105
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Assam 4 3 0 4 4 3 0 10 5 0 8 15 11 0 8 2 0 10 18 3 0
4 Bihar 5701 5218 204 26614 7099 6439 323 6747 6575 101 32878 15200 8275 137 7061 6469 44 39062 7190 9500 81
5 Chhattisgarh 243 250 56 1218 410 434 111 283 285 72 851 487 466 100 264 236 50 967 406 401 74
6 Goa 10 3 1 20 6 8 1 10 5 1 20 2 10 1 5 3 1 20 1 7 3
7 Gujarat 1321 1197 22 7268 3579 3435 41 1477 1349 12 8280 3470 3639 32 1426 1269 14 9099 3362 3535 36
8 Haryana 639 465 39 681 912 874 53 760 448 46 874 915 822 73 961 564 54 1134 1268 1219 58
9 Himachal Pradesh 115 84 1 285 171 172 1 108 70 4 322 108 134 4 127 108 2 392 258 201 3
10 Jammu & Kashmir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Jharkhand 525 281 87 1353 586 368 89 541 247 19 1535 363 289 28 537 250 29 1656 365 394 33
12 Karnataka 1866 1488 22 6449 3632 3247 27 1869 1488 21 7347 3459 3554 43 1322 1093 45 7834 2668 2723 48
13 Kerala 810 444 13 2079 739 563 21 915 603 11 2157 1014 792 12 887 608 22 2592 989 872 24
14 Madhya Pradesh 4922 4611 886 13041 8347 8294 1642 5892 6070 1055 16609 10815 10731 1832 4753 4738 754 18716 8341 8961 1289
15 Maharashtra 1736 1484 106 7662 4594 4430 201 1688 1343 79 8082 4141 3200 154 1974 1544 79 8720 4230 3456 131
16 Manipur 2 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
17 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Odisha 1796 1432 34 6953 1982 1929 67 1969 1909 8 8611 2113 2128 11 1778 1663 8 10011 803 2027 9
21 Punjab 132 82 16 194 225 167 21 118 63 7 126 213 173 10 168 84 6 173 287 169 9
22 Rajasthan 5134 2391 541 12506 4634 4594 877 4238 2357 1673 12232 4279 4293 2125 4607 2407 597 13265 4454 4525 1035
23 Sikkim 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 1 3 5 4 1 5 4 0 5 4 4 0
24 Tamil Nadu 1287 991 76 4069 3056 2394 144 1361 1171 97 4232 3820 2890 175 1407 1218 99 4703 3253 2576 180
25 Telangana 1529 780 23 2136 1513 1091 34 1465 845 38 2069 1485 1228 60 1507 1045 31 2815 1775 1774 46
26 Tripura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
27 Uttar Pradesh 10426 8387 1570 33455 33007 25644 3276 11232 8816 1510 40148 18415 24571 3362 11696 9672 1538 47045 19995 24907 4763
28 Uttarakhand 65 39 24 111 71 67 31 96 42 6 139 63 129 6 58 65 0 202 99 104 0
29 West Bengal 119 127 0 407 140 162 0 138 168 0 2797 181 175 0 119 80 0 521 80 112 0
TOTAL STATE(S) 40718 30966 3752 129102 76890 65803 6997 42894 35107 4809 152292 73172 70259 8303 42501 34552 3420 172511 62536 70311 7927
30 A&N Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Chandigarh 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 1 3 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 0
32 D&N Haveli 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
33 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
34 Delhi 53 32 0 190 64 51 0 48 38 0 220 52 69 0 36 32 0 248 73 59 0
35 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Puducherry 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 26 26 0 28 17 35 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 0
TOTAL UT(S) 56 33 0 198 64 52 0 75 66 0 256 70 107 0 38 33 0 283 74 60 0
TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 40774 30999 3752 129300 76954 65855 6997 42969 35173 4809 152548 73242 70366 8303 42539 34585 3420 172794 62610 70371 7927
Source: Crime in India Note: Clarifications are pending from West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya & Sikkim for the year 2018
ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO POINT (c) IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 224 DATED 03.02.2020 ASKED BY SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI REGARDING ATROCITIES ACT 1989.
State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases Chargesheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CON), Cases Pending Trial at the end of the Year (CPT), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Chargesheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under Total of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act under Crime against Scheduled Tribes during 2016-2018
SL State/UT 2016 2017 2018
CR CCS CON CPT PAR PCS PCV CR CCS CON CPT PAR PCS PCV CR CCS CON CPT PAR PCS PCV
1 Andhra Pradesh 405 264 2 532 419 285 2 341 196 2 585 540 423 3 329 251 11 686 588 565 32
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 1 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Assam 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 65 45 0 45 65 49 0 6 1 0 46 3 1 0
4 Bihar 25 22 5 258 85 64 6 80 52 1 306 139 58 1 64 75 0 380 108 111 0
5 Chhattisgarh 402 393 78 1327 602 576 93 399 399 100 1072 576 607 117 388 377 41 1301 624 598 53
6 Goa 11 6 1 14 4 3 0 2 4 0 16 0 22 0 5 3 1 16 1 3 1
7 Gujarat 281 237 1 1730 712 678 4 319 294 4 1974 890 820 4 311 272 1 2192 810 837 1
8 Haryana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Himachal Pradesh 2 1 0 10 4 3 0 3 5 0 15 19 12 0 1 2 0 16 2 2 0
10 Jammu & Kashmir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Jharkhand 280 170 34 764 277 207 40 237 109 25 788 187 164 26 223 84 3 847 131 117 5
12 Karnataka 371 301 0 1244 720 629 0 401 352 4 1461 837 823 17 321 284 2 1617 692 725 2
13 Kerala 182 133 4 512 179 149 7 144 115 3 357 157 129 5 138 175 6 448 245 223 6
14 Madhya Pradesh 1823 1795 273 4839 3119 3110 426 2289 2335 399 6403 3668 3732 553 1868 1862 287 7422 2858 3173 446
15 Maharashtra 403 396 21 2257 964 991 38 464 374 15 2395 1009 731 24 526 414 23 2605 1167 929 25
16 Manipur 1 1 0 2 8 1 0 1 1 0 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0
17 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Odisha 681 617 18 2786 854 800 25 700 612 0 3344 763 723 0 557 697 3 3982 308 794 4
21 Punjab 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
22 Rajasthan 1195 538 139 2863 1064 1065 226 984 443 172 2867 933 934 240 1095 597 115 3158 1083 1182 168
23 Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 2 2 5 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
24 Tamil Nadu 19 19 1 67 41 39 1 22 16 2 77 23 22 3 15 11 0 82 32 21 0
25 Telangana 375 229 12 571 553 483 18 435 293 7 617 572 399 8 419 298 6 795 629 512 8
26 Tripura 3 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Uttar Pradesh 4 4 12 90 9 7 26 88 72 2 160 164 231 2 145 110 1 268 333 322 7
28 Uttarakhand 3 3 0 4 3 3 0 11 11 2 13 11 11 2 7 5 1 16 5 5 1
29 West Bengal 83 136 0 423 76 152 0 122 76 1 309 88 116 1 101 60 1 346 67 82 1
TOTAL STATE(S) 6552 5267 602 20306 9700 9247 913 7114 5808 741 22812 10649 10013 1008 6521 5579 503 26230 9688 10203 761
30 A&N Islands 6 5 0 33 6 5 0 2 3 3 26 1 4 7 1 1 0 25 0 1 0
31 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D&N Haveli 2 0 0 16 1 0 0 5 3 0 12 7 14 0 3 3 0 15 0 20 0
33 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
34 Delhi 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 4 4 0 10 4 4 0 0 1 0 11 2 1 0
35 Lakshadweep 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Puducherry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL UT(S) 12 5 0 55 7 5 0 11 10 3 49 12 22 7 4 5 0 52 2 22 0
TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 6564 5272 602 20361 9707 9252 913 7125 5818 744 22861 10661 10035 1015 6525 5584 503 26282 9690 10225 761
Source: Crime in India Note: Clarifications are pending from West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya & Sikkim for the year 2018