GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1386

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12TH DECEMBER, 2023/ AGRAHAYANA 21, 1945

(SAKA)

CRIME AGAINST WOMEN

†1386. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether incidents of heinous crimes against women are on rise in the
country; and

(b) if so, the steps taken or being taken by the Government as per
guidelines of the Supreme Court to stop such cases and to provide security
to women?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

(SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISHRA)

(a) : National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes

statistical data on crimes in its publication “Crime in India”. The latest

published report pertains to the year 2022. The Crime Heads-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 Crime

against Women during 2013-2022 are at Annexure-I.

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(b) :'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh

Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibility of maintaining law

and order, protection of life and property of the citizens including

investigation and prosecution of crime against citizens including women &

children rest with the respective State Governments. The State

Governments are competent to deal with such offences under the extant

provisions of laws. However, Ministry of Home Affairs has taken a number

of initiatives for safety of women and children across the country, which

are given below:

i. The Criminal Law (Amendment), Act 2013 was enacted for effective

deterrence against sexual offences. Further, the Criminal Law

(Amendment) Act, 2018 was enacted to prescribe even more stringent

penal provisions including death penalty for rape of girls below the age of

12 years. The Act also inter-alia mandates completion of investigation and

filing of chargesheet in rape cases in 2 months and trials to be completed

in 2 months.

ii. Emergency Response Support System provides a pan-India, single

internationally recognized number (112) based system for all emergencies,

with computer aided dispatch of field resources to the location of distress.

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iii. Using technology to aid smart policing and safety management, Safe

City Projects have been sanctioned in first Phase in 8 cities (Ahmedabad,

Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow and Mumbai).

iv. Ministry of Home Affairs has provided financial assistance under the

'Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPWC) Scheme, to

the States/UTs for their capacity building such as setting up of cyber

forensic-cum-training laboratories, hiring of junior cyber consultants and

training of LEAs' personnel, public prosecutors and judicial officers.

v. MHA has launched the “National Database on Sexual Offenders” (NDSO)

on 20th September 2018 to facilitate investigation and tracking of sexual

offenders across the country by law enforcement agencies.

vi. MHA has launched an online analytic tool “Investigation Tracking

System for Sexual Offences” for Police on 19th February 2019 to facilitate

them to monitor and track time-bound investigation in sexual assault

cases in accordance with Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2018.

vii. In order to improve investigation, MHA has taken steps to strengthen

DNA analysis units in Central and State Forensic Science Laboratories.

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This includes setting up of State-of-the-Art DNA Analysis Unit in Central

Forensic Science Laboratory, Chandigarh. MHA has also sanctioned

setting-up and upgrading of DNA Analysis units in State Forensic Science

Laboratories after gap analysis and demand assessment.

viii. MHA has notified guidelines for collection of forensic evidence in

sexual assault cases and the standard composition in a sexual assault

evidence collection kit. To facilitate adequate capacity in manpower,

training and skill building programs have been undertaken for Investigation

Officers, Prosecution Officers and Medical Officers. Bureau of Police

Research & Development has distributed 18,020 Sexual Assault Evidence

Collection Kits to States/ UTs as orientation kit as part of training.

ix. MHA has also approved two projects for setting up and strengthening of

Women Help Desks in Police Stations and Anti-Human Trafficking Units in

all districts of the country.

x. In addition to the above-mentioned measures, the Ministry of Home

Affairs have issued advisories from time to time with a view to help the

States/UTs to deal with crimes against women and children, which are

available at www.mha.gov.in
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Further, the, Ministry of Women and Child Development has issued

the ‘Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for cases of missing children’ to

assist Police, Child Welfare Committees and Juvenile Justice Board in

dealing with the cases of missing and found or recovered children. The

objective of the SOP is to put in place guidelines while dealing with cases

of missing children and to work in coordination with the concerned

stakeholders and respond with urgency to issues of missing child.

For providing outreach services to missing children and needy

children, the Ministry of Women and Child Development operates Child

Helpline No. 1098, which is operational 24/7. Apart from this, Railway

Childlines at major railway platforms are also being operated to provide

assistance to any needy child.

Ministry of Women and Child Development has also initiated the

“Track Child Portal”, which enables tracking of the missing and found

children. Under this, logins have been provided to the Police Stations,

Juvenile Justice Boards and Child Care Institutions whereby they are

required to update the information, on the portal, about missing and found

children regularly. One Component of Track Child Portal is ‘Khoya-Paya’,

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where any citizen can report missing children as well as sightings of their

whereabouts without losing much time.

Ministry of Women & Child Development is implementing One Stop

Centre (OSC) Scheme across the country. The objectives of the One Stop

Centre Scheme are to provide integrated support and assistance to women

affected by violence, both in private and public spaces under one roof and

facilitate immediate, emergency and non-emergency access to a range of

services including police, medical, legal aid and counselling, psychological

support to fight against any forms of violence against women.

The Universalisation of Women Helpline (WHL) Scheme is being

implemented since 1st April, 2015 with the aim to provide an immediate

and 24 hour emergency and non-emergency response to women affected

by violence across the country by referral service. Under the Scheme, a

toll-free 24-hours telecom service through short code 181 is provided to

women seeking support and information. Women helpline is operational in

35 States/ UTs.

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 Annexure-I
LOK SABHA US P.Q. NO.1386 FOR 12.12.2023
Crime Heads-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 Crime against Women during 2013-2014
2013 2014
SL Crime Heads
CR CCS CON CPT PAR PCS PCV CR CCS CON CPT PAR PCS PCV
1 Murder with Rape/Gang Rape - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2 Dowry Deaths 8083 7013 1708 33468 23864 19882 4182 8455 7653 1672 35255 23598 19481 4054
3 Abetment to Suicide of Women 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3734 2403 154 8130 5179 4134 211
4 Miscarriage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 28 7 48 52 44 15
5 Acid Attack 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 98 8 123 154 135 12
6 Attempt to Acid Attack 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 23 3 21 39 28 3
7 Cruelty by Husband or his relatives 118866 93386 7258 412438 222091 195283 17542 122877 97081 6425 443855 225648 196893 16180
8 Kidnapping and Abduction of Women 51912 24266 2651 92175 56822 40429 4618 57324 26064 2661 97050 63378 40845 4846
9 Human Trafficking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 456 208 7 206 711 428 11
10 Selling of Minor Girls - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 Buying of Minor Girls - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 Rape 33707 28755 5101 95731 42115 37856 6892 36735 30840 4944 107499 48183 41904 6637
13 Attempt to Commit Rape 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4234 2781 149 3761 4465 3144 213
14 Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty 70739 58256 7073 197039 87229 79286 9381 82235 66462 8422 224355 104243 92615 11213
15 Insult to the Modesty of Women 12589 10946 2112 27476 14739 14020 2778 9735 8144 1212 29220 11017 10074 1442
A Total IPC Crimes against Women 295896 222622 25903 858327 446860 386756 45393 326115 241851 25670 949602 486780 409808 44843
16 Dowry Prohibition Act 10709 8352 620 23054 22151 18987 1322 10050 9008 472 26438 21548 18525 997
17 Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 2579 2446 673 11308 7602 7096 1636 2070 1881 461 5662 4963 4668 1055
18 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 426 312 9 429 693 639 13
19 Cyber Crimes/Information Technology Act - - - - - - - 749 183 5 302 487 266 6
20 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act 362 351 280 999 396 392 300 47 54 79 810 68 96 84
B Total SLL Crimes against Women 13650 11149 1573 35361 30149 26475 3258 13342 11438 1026 33641 27759 24194 2155
Total Crime against Women (A+B) 309546 233771 27476 893688 477009 413231 48651 339457 253289 26696 983243 514539 434002 46998
Source: Crime in India
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Crime Heads-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 Crime against Women during 2015-2016
2015 2016
SL Crime Heads
CR CCS CON CPT PAR PCS PCV CR CCS CON CPT PAR PCS PCV
1 Murder with Rape/Gang Rape - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2 Dowry Deaths 7634 7150 1792 37062 19973 16996 4624 7621 7067 1325 39723 20545 16315 3400
3 Abetment to Suicide of Women 4060 3190 193 9951 6255 5366 314 4466 3872 212 12282 7234 6223 305
4 Miscarriage 66 49 4 89 106 72 8 587 352 0 422 910 520 0
5 Acid Attack 140 102 7 209 192 141 12 160 132 9 317 194 168 11
6 Attempt to Acid Attack 30 18 0 35 37 24 0 46 31 1 63 39 43 1
7 Cruelty by Husband or his relatives 113403 90971 6559 477986 187067 171605 16857 110378 91810 5433 515904 198851 168053 13511
8 Kidnapping and Abduction of Women 59283 27215 3157 110887 55329 39826 5181 64519 29084 2512 127950 60467 40516 4429
9 Human Trafficking 713 438 34 575 1162 998 53 659 576 28 1065 1026 873 56
10 Selling of Minor Girls - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 Buying of Minor Girls - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 Rape 34651 30001 5514 118520 42036 39494 7185 38947 33628 4739 133373 48797 43525 6289
13 Attempt to Commit Rape 4437 3174 205 5886 4338 3892 247 5729 4290 215 9063 5965 5102 278
14 Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty 82422 66887 8408 251482 101571 90897 11342 84746 71638 7001 286884 110375 95728 9541
15 Insult to the Modesty of Women 8685 7019 870 30423 9870 9260 1108 7305 6336 735 31814 8668 8002 958
A Total IPC Crimes against Women 315632 236283 26750 1043237 428036 378646 46938 325652 249071 22217 1159224 463573 385344 38786
16 Dowry Prohibition Act 9894 7162 595 29667 22068 15517 1831 9683 8455 494 34785 25063 20400 1199
17 Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 2424 2122 485 6777 5407 5420 1116 2214 1921 329 8014 5177 4371 723
18 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 461 418 22 799 540 482 27 437 403 23 1130 556 515 28
19 Cyber Crimes/Information Technology Act 792 329 13 588 545 500 19 930 400 9 933 810 472 11
20 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act 40 32 44 704 76 62 57 38 54 22 700 57 68 25
B Total SLL Crimes against Women 13611 10063 1159 38535 28636 21981 3050 13302 11233 877 45562 31663 25826 1986
Total Crime against Women (A+B) 329243 246346 27909 1081772 456672 400627 49988 338954 260304 23094 1204786 495236 411170 40772
Source: Crime in India
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Crime Heads-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 Crime against Women during 2017-2018
2017 2018
SL Crime Heads
CR CCS CON CPT PAR PCS PCV CR CCS CON CPT PAR PCS PCV
1 Murder with Rape/Gang Rape 223 211 33 517 374 314 48 294 224 30 674 423 344 36
2 Dowry Deaths 7466 7038 1770 41377 20163 16865 3772 7167 6653 1459 44291 16430 14710 3180
3 Abetment to Suicide of Women 5282 4383 287 14743 9112 8053 440 5037 4491 407 16568 8773 7952 617
4 Miscarriage 266 124 8 520 271 239 8 213 120 4 618 159 160 7
5 Acid Attack 148 130 14 318 167 149 20 131 100 17 390 161 149 28
6 Attempt to Acid Attack 35 28 1 80 40 32 1 37 26 2 101 38 37 2
7 Cruelty by Husband or his relatives 104551 91048 6777 506553 135340 182285 13929 103272 83453 4982 539815 110789 170301 12665
8 Kidnapping and Abduction of Women 66333 28472 2885 140425 55497 41392 4282 72709 28519 3077 156371 51195 40828 5631
9 Human Trafficking 662 539 70 1205 1481 1208 91 854 619 51 1688 1679 1334 89
10 Selling of Minor Girls 80 71 0 517 186 153 0 40 37 4 544 135 120 22
11 Buying of Minor Girls 4 2 0 39 6 3 0 8 2 2 39 14 14 3
12 Rape 32559 28750 5822 127868 43197 38534 6957 33356 28469 4708 138642 41117 37513 5969
13 Attempt to Commit Rape 4154 3441 279 11125 4461 4255 311 4097 3116 266 13115 4082 3791 312
14 Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty 86001 74056 8955 309386 102730 104598 11447 89097 75101 9352 344031 101108 109019 12482
15 Insult to the Modesty of Women 7451 6089 688 31861 7561 8175 848 6992 6262 515 34052 7317 8403 649
A Total IPC Crimes against Women 315215 244382 27589 1186534 380586 406255 42154 323304 237192 24876 1290939 343420 394675 41692
16 Dowry Prohibition Act 10189 7654 969 36949 19068 17789 3376 12826 9598 788 42763 18083 23210 3245
17 Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1536 1430 288 7836 5146 3883 554 1459 1279 299 8257 4237 3546 540
18 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 616 543 138 1312 864 742 169 579 471 73 1656 596 533 324
19 Cyber Crimes/Information Technology Act 600 195 3 318 465 315 3 1244 453 5 721 893 603 8
20 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 31668 27357 2979 82305 39368 34832 4452 38802 34736 3805 105645 47611 43855 5203
21 Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act 25 17 9 585 15 17 13 22 10 10 555 29 17 10
B Total SLL Crimes against Women 44634 37196 4386 129305 64926 57578 8567 54932 46547 4980 159597 71449 71764 9330
Total Crime against Women (A+B) 359849 281578 31975 1315839 445512 463833 50721 378236 283739 29856 1450536 414869 466439 51022
Source: Crime in India
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Crime Heads-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 Crime against Women during 2019-2020
2019 2020
SL Crime Heads
CR CCS CON CPT PAR PCS PCV CR CCS CON CPT PAR PCS PCV
1 Murder with Rape/Gang Rape 284 237 44 776 407 353 49 219 175 17 907 333 285 26
2 Dowry Deaths 7141 6312 1280 46507 16098 14332 3114 6966 6109 956 50513 15302 13587 2079
3 Abetment to Suicide of Women 5008 4303 399 18043 8477 7631 622 5040 4189 171 21189 8339 7637 356
4 Miscarriage 238 128 8 439 241 229 13 239 104 12 521 218 190 47
5 Acid Attack 150 132 10 428 215 204 16 105 91 10 503 149 135 18
6 Attempt to Acid Attack 46 33 2 119 41 36 2 33 24 1 140 36 30 1
7 Cruelty by Husband or his relatives 124934 95967 5940 581032 144464 210463 11673 111549 96153 3425 651404 120306 198807 6487
8 Kidnapping and Abduction of Women 72681 27763 2605 168180 52167 40919 3835 62300 23810 2389 184944 39356 31959 3052
9 Human Trafficking 960 755 36 2238 1953 1652 64 646 640 38 2779 1598 1343 43
10 Selling of Minor Girls 20 30 5 551 68 87 16 12 13 0 561 43 41 0
11 Buying of Minor Girls 8 3 2 39 5 4 2 1 7 0 46 26 26 0
12 Rape 32032 24938 4627 145873 36167 32685 5787 28046 23693 3814 159660 32610 30770 4473
13 Attempt to Commit Rape 3941 2829 319 14352 3575 3428 379 3741 2796 221 16481 3447 3496 250
14 Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty 88259 72664 8781 375202 98263 106892 11207 85392 73610 5629 425747 94827 110298 7577
15 Insult to the Modesty of Women 6937 5957 493 36416 7309 8639 638 7065 5599 286 40004 6297 9371 332
A Total IPC Crimes against Women 342639 242051 24551 1390195 369450 427554 37417 311354 237013 16969 1555399 322887 407975 24741
16 Dowry Prohibition Act 13307 9680 654 48127 18714 24845 1410 10366 8604 802 54484 13812 21757 1932
17 Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1179 902 177 8271 3214 2516 397 868 871 54 8862 2631 2313 152
18 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 553 510 23 1970 383 578 33 446 360 53 2247 254 429 53
19 Cyber Crimes/Information Technology Act 1635 716 7 1261 988 864 7 2334 806 11 2029 1391 1104 13
20 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 45989 41696 5549 131931 55850 52812 6857 46123 43641 3648 166055 57636 54553 4496
21 Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act 24 24 7 558 43 41 7 12 8 14 525 9 12 15
B Total SLL Crimes against Women 62687 53528 6417 192118 79192 81656 8711 60149 54290 4582 234202 75733 80168 6661
Total Crime against Women (A+B) 405326 295579 30968 1582313 448642 509210 46128 371503 291303 21551 1789601 398620 488143 31402
Source: Crime in India
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Crime Heads-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 Crime against Women during 2021-2022
2021 2022
SL Crime Heads
CR CCS CON CPT PAR PCS PCV CR CCS CON CPT PAR PCS PCV
1 Murder with Rape/Gang Rape 284 231 34 1092 458 398 46 248 240 43 1269 430 403 62
2 Dowry Deaths 6753 6209 964 54416 14979 13630 1969 6450 6161 1231 56859 14232 13940 2591
3 Abetment to Suicide of Women 5292 4774 267 24574 9082 8404 420 4963 4561 392 26827 8217 8011 560
4 Miscarriage 196 124 8 622 291 258 12 236 117 2 727 243 293 5
5 Acid Attack 102 97 3 585 167 164 7 124 97 17 649 142 136 19
6 Attempt to Acid Attack 48 33 3 169 68 57 3 38 35 3 195 47 51 6
7 Cruelty by Husband or his relatives 136234 114304 4315 729288 143266 253432 8357 140019 123297 8307 786675 145095 287973 14382
8 Kidnapping and Abduction of Women 75369 29518 1618 207644 43701 38370 2184 85310 33847 3452 230600 46754 44147 4642
9 Human Trafficking 914 759 40 3411 2154 1652 51 781 760 44 3967 1851 1758 107
10 Selling of Minor Girls 12 15 0 570 40 56 0 8 7 2 571 21 17 7
11 Buying of Minor Girls 2 5 0 49 8 11 0 3 3 0 52 6 6 0
12 Rape 31677 26164 3368 173716 36241 33706 4227 31516 26508 5067 178485 36055 33750 6037
13 Attempt to Commit Rape 3800 2740 158 18435 3508 3427 184 3288 2419 192 19874 2960 3158 233
14 Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty 89200 77168 6502 477958 97902 116341 8544 83344 71630 8056 509930 89345 108416 11484
15 Insult to the Modesty of Women 7788 6780 253 44523 6736 9990 321 8972 7621 524 47443 7914 11568 710
A Total IPC Crimes against Women 357671 268921 17533 1737052 358601 479896 26325 365300 277303 27332 1864123 353312 513627 40845
16 Dowry Prohibition Act 13568 10703 513 62756 21317 30772 1535 13479 12547 1847 69434 23234 32272 3172
17 Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1071 934 88 9488 3193 2605 236 946 880 144 9893 2437 2202 256
18 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 507 419 7 2636 339 510 10 468 436 9 3011 454 537 11
19 Cyber Crimes/Information Technology Act 2597 1059 19 3028 2290 1377 23 2940 1423 36 4332 2012 1810 43
20 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 52836 50030 5079 199948 65270 61701 6060 62095 58575 8767 233445 74255 73290 10274
21 Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act 28 17 4 519 42 37 5 28 19 1 531 41 47 1
B Total SLL Crimes against Women 70607 63162 5710 278375 92451 97002 7869 79956 73880 10804 320646 102433 110158 13757
Total Crime against Women (A+B) 428278 332083 23243 2015427 451052 576898 34194 445256 351183 38136 2184769 455745 623785 54602
Source: Crime in India
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