Question : Atrocities Against Women and Children

(a) whether an increase has been registered in the cases of atrocities and crimes against women and children including domestic violence in the country;

(b) if so, the total number of such cases registered during each of the last three years and the current year, separately, crime and State/UT-wise;

(c) the number of accused arrested along with the number of cases solved/yet to be solved and the rate of conviction in such cases during the said period, State/ UT-wise;

(d) the steps taken to improve the rate of conviction in such cases; and

(e) the other steps taken by the Government to prevent such cases in future including consultation with State Governments along with the details of the advisories issued to the States and Police Departments in this regard?

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

(a) to (c): As per the latest available information published by National
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Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), State/UT-wise and Crime Head-wise details of Cases Registered, Cases Charge-Sheeted, Chargesheeting Rate, Cases in which Trials were completed, Cases Convicted, Conviction Rate, Persons Arrested, Persons Charge Sheeted and Persons Convicted under crime against women during 2014-2016 are given in Annexure-I & II .
State/UT-wise and Crime Head-wise details of Cases Registered, Cases Charge-Sheeted, Chargesheeting Rate, Cases in which Trials were completed, Cases Convicted, Conviction Rate, Persons Arrested, Persons Charge Sheeted and Persons Convicted under crime against children during 2014-2016 are given in Annexure-III & IV.

(d) to (e): ‘Police’ and ‘Public Order’ are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibilities to maintain law and order, protection of life and property of the citizens rest primarily with the respective State Governments. However, several measures have been taken for enhancing the safety of women and children. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018, provides for enhanced punishment for crimes such as rape including provision of death penalty for the offence of rape on women below 12 years; completion of investigation, filing of charge sheet and trial in rape cases in 2 months and appeals against conviction or acquittal to be disposed of within 6 months. The other steps taken in this
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regard include modernization and capacity building of forensic labs for facilitating timely investigation, development of a National Database on Sexual Offenders to facilitate investigation and tracking of Sexual Offenders across the country, a project for developing an Emergency Response Support System based on a Pan-India 24x7 Helpline Number 112 and a scheme for setting up One Stop Centre in every district across the country.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has also issued advisories on 04.09.2009, 14.7.2010, 20.4.2015 and 12.05.2015 on Crime against women and crime against children, to all State Governments/UTs, advising them that these cases should be thoroughly investigated and chargesheets against the accused persons should be filed within three months from the date of occurrence, without compromising on the quality of investigation. The Advisories also emphasize that speedy investigation should be conducted in heinous crimes such as rape, murder etc., and that the medical examination of rape victims should be conducted without delay. These advisories also advise the States/UTs for increasing gender sensitivity in Police. These advisories are available at www.mha.gov.in.

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