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Crime in India

2015

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Rajiv Mehrishi

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29th July, 2016

MESSAGE

It gives me pleasure to present the annual report “Crime in India” for

the year 2015 published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). This

report is 63rd in the series; first report having been published in the year 1953.

A lot of changes have been made to widen the scope and coverage of the

report and it continues to be the principal reference for crime statistics in

India, since 1953.

Criminals nowadays are more organized than ever before due to better

communication technology and are continually adopting new techniques and

modus operandi and developing new network that go beyond the national

boundaries. This poses a serious challenge to the law enforcement agencies,

policy makers and other stakeholders of the criminal justice system. An

exhaustive information base on every aspect of criminality in the society is

required to properly analyse the emerging trends and patterns of crime, plan

suitable strategies and appropriate interventions and measures for the future.

The annual report of the NCRB aims to fulfill these data requirements of

various stakeholders.

I thank all the State Governments and UT Administration and heads of

various law enforcement agencies for sending the validated data for

compilation and without them this publication would not have been possible.

(Rajiv Mehrishi)

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29th July, 2016

FOREWORD

I am privileged to publish 63rd edition of ‘Crime in India’ for the year 2015,

an annual publication of National Crime Records Bureau since the year 1953.

The trends of crimes keep changing with the growing population and rapid

development of towns and cities. Rise in crimes in any place especially crimes

against women, children and weaker sections of the society is a worrying factor

for everyone. Crime in India publication is a vital tool in the hands of such police

officers, researchers, criminologists and officers of criminal justice system in the

country as it provides ample statistical data to analyze and helps in informed

decision making to curb crime. This report has been one of the prime documents

on crime statistics in our country. Over the last few decades, this report has

become quite popular and its release is eagerly awaited by all. The report makes

us understand and analyse the emerging crime trends both nationally and locally

better.

The report is published in two parts. Part – 1 i.e. Crime in India

(Compendium) pertains to analytical description of crimes, criminals and

properties while Part – 2 i.e. Crime in India (Statistics) contains tabular statistics

on crimes, criminals & property. The report is published with more than 600

pages containing graphs, maps, time series tables etc. The magnitude of the

exercise undertaken for this edition can be gauged from the fact that the data

have been collected in 34 revised proformae from SCRBx/CID of all 36 States/UTs

and 53 Mega Cities (City having population of 10 lakhs or more). The proformae

for collecting data were revised in 2014 only, and lot of efforts had gone in to

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synchronize the procedure of collecting quality data and analyzing the trend &

patterns of crimes. To make sure that quality of data is not compromised, many

training sessions were given to States’ and UTs’ officials by the Bureau.

Data collection, compilation, analysis, brief comments and publication of

the report is an arduous task and requires untiring efforts. So, I take this

opportunity to record my appreciation of the excellent work done by all the team

members of the Statistical Branch of the Bureau and specially the contributions of

Software Development Team, the software is completely build by in-house team

of the Bureau and has helped a lot in data collection and validating the same. This

software not just helps NCRB but also the States and UTs to compile their data

and publish similar reports for their respective States and UTs.

I convey my gratitude to all the States and UT Police Departments for

supplying the crime data to NCRB within the time schedule. Without their active

support and cooperation it would not have been possible for us to bring out the

report within the timeframe. I urge the Heads of Law Enforcement Agencies to

supply the crime data pertaining to the year 2016 by February 2017 itself.

It is our constant endeavors to make data available in the public domain so

that maximum use of the data could be made. In this regard, Bureau has

uploaded all previous editions of the report including the current publication

‘Crime in India 2015’ on our website http://ncrb.gov.in. Besides, the Bureau is

also in process of digitizing all previous editions of reports in open source format.

I am happy to apprise that more than 1400 datasets including statistical tables of

‘Crime in India’ report during 2014 – 1986 have already been uploaded on Open

Government Data(OGD) Platform India website http://data.gov.in.

We look forward for your suggestion and feedback for improvement in

content and quality of this publication. A feedback form is attached at the end of

the report for your valuable suggestions.

(Radhakrishna Kini A.)

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Disclaimer

The information given in this report has been obtained from States/UTs Police. All

precautions have been taken to ensure that the data is statistically consistent. NCRB

has only compiled and collated the data and presented it in the form of this report. As

data is being furnished by States/UTs thus NCRB shall not be responsible for

authenticity of this information. However, any discrepancy observed in this report may

be brought to the notice of the Bureau.

The Bureau is collecting statistical data of police recorded cognizable crimes through a

set of 34 proformae from 36 States/UTs and 53 Mega Cities (i.e. total of 89 data

supplying centres). The data pertain to the calendar year 2015.

In this report, the calculated values of crime rate, percentage etc. is rounded up to one

decimal only; hence an approximate value is used for analysis.

In order to make the statistical analysis more meaningful, we have calculated ‘Crime

Rate’ on the basis of population of that segment only. The population used for

calculation of crime rate for crime against women, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes,

children, senior citizens are approximate value pertain to population of female,

Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, children, senior citizens respectively. However, as

the Projected Population as on 1st July is available for total & female population only,

hence, a crude method as percentage ratio of the year 2011 was used for 2014. Hence,

the Bureau does not claim the precise accuracy of estimated population.

The Bureau follows ‘Principal Offence Rule’ for counting of crime. Hence among many

offences registered in a single case, only most heinous crime is considered as counting

unit, thereby representing one case.

The Socio-economic causative factors or reasons of crimes are not being captured by

the Bureau. Only police recorded crime cases are being captured for this publication.

In this edition, data have been collected in the revised proformae wherein, in addition to

inclusion of few new crime heads, some sections of earlier crime heads have also been

changed.

In order to avoid duplication of data collection, the Bureau has discontinued data

collection for the erstwhile Chapter-17 on Police Infrastructure, as Bureau of Police

Research and Development is already collecting and publishing the similar information.

Analysis for all the Chapters, except Chapter-4 & Chapter-12 wherein disposal details

have also been given, has been done on the basis of First Information Report(FIR), as

registered by police.

Like previous edition, this edition contains exclusive chapter on ‘Offences Against the

State’, ‘Environment Related Offences’, ‘Crimes against Senior Citizens’, ‘Crimes

Against Foreigners’, ‘Crimes Committed by Foreign Citizens’ ‘Kidnapping & Abduction ’

‘Child Trafficking ’ along with ‘Human Trafficking ’ have also been included.

Disclaimer

Considering the cost and size of report, the Bureau has printed only limited tables. The

incidents of crimes in cities have been put exclusively under Chapter 2. However, all

the remaining tables have been made available on our website http://ncrb.gov.in under

‘Additional Table for CII’ link.

Like previous edition, in present edition also, ‘Crime against Women’ include crime

head viz. Rape, Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modest, Insult to the

Modesty of Women, Importation of Girls from Foreign Country, Cruelty by Husband or

His Relatives, Kidnapping & Abduction of Women, Abetment of Suicides of Women,

Dowry Deaths the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, the Indecent Representation of Women

(Prohibition) Act, 1986, the Commission of Sati Prevention Act 1987, the Protection of

Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 and the Immoral Traffic (P) Act.

Under the revised proformae, the classification of crime heads under ‘Crimes against

SCs & STs’ have been categorised as ‘IPC crimes in reported along with cases under

the SC/ST(PoA) Act’, ‘IPC crimes without SC/ST(PoA) Act’, ‘The Protection of Civil

Rights Act’ ‘The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines

(Prohibition) Act’ and ‘Other SLL Crimes’.

Like previous year, Cyber Crimes include the IT Act (as per amendment of 2008),

related sections of IPC and SLL. Besides, section wise data on cases reported &

persons arrested and their disposal by police and courts under Cyber Crimes has also

been published.

All editions of the publications have been made available on our website. Besides, the

historical, in open format, have also been made available on the website

http://data.gov.in of Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India.

Crime rate for crime against women, crime against children, crime against SCs/STs

and crime senior citizens have been calculated using population of female, children(up

to 18 years), SCs/STs and persons(60 years & above of age).

The complaints against police personnel (Table 16.1) are not necessarily include cases

of human rights violations by police, it may include complaints related to family

problems, general complaints etc.

In some crime heads, figures of persons arrested/charge-sheeted/convicted/etc. may

be less than the corresponding registered cases, as accused might not have been

arrested, died etc.

For some crime heads, cases/persons pending for investigation or trials brought

forward in 2015 may not match with the previous year data (2014), due to

change/modification of sections of that crime heads under the revised proformae.

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Limitation

Projected Mid-Year Population for the year 2015 which is based on The Population

Census 2001, as supplied by Demographic Division, RGI, MHA, is used for calculation

of crime rate. However, rough estimation based on percentage share of population ratio

has been used for the newly created States namely Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Like previous years, this year also Mid-Year Estimated Population of Children (up to 18

years of age) has been used for calculating crime rate in respect of crime against

children for the year 2014 due to absence of Mid-Year projected population of such

children for the year 2015. However, a rough estimation has also been done for newly

created States viz. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Population figures of persons belonging to SCs & STs, Senior Citizens and Mega Cities

from the Population Census 2011 has been used for calculating Crime Rate for ‘Crime

against SCs & STs’, ‘Crime Against Senior Citizens’ and ‘Crime Rate in Mega Cities’,

due to non-availability of projected mid-year population figures for the year 2015 for

these categories.

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C O N T E N T S

CHAPTER NO.

TITLE PAGE No.

- Publication Over the Years ii

- Figures at a Glance iii

- Snapshots-2015 1

- Excerpts National-1953 to 2015 8

1 Executive Summary 15

2 Crimes in Mega Cities 43

3 Violent Crimes 55

4 Disposal of Cases by Police & Courts 67

5 Crime Against Women 81

6 Crime Against Children 93

6A Human Trafficking & Child Trafficking 103

7 Crime Against Persons Belonging to SCs / STs 109

8 Property Stolen and Recovered 119

9 Economic and Corruption Offences 123

10 Juveniles in Conflict with Law 131

11 Recidivism 137

12 Arrests and Trials 139

13 Custodial Crimes 147

14 Police Firing and Lathi-charge 151

15 Injuries & Casualties of Police & Civilians 153

16 Complaints Against Police Personnel & Human Rights Violation by Them

157

17 Crime Committed by Foreigners 161

18 Cyber Crimes 163

19 Crime in Railways 171

20 Crime Against Senior Citizens 177

21 Offences Against the State 181

22 Environment Related Offences 185

23 Kidnapping & Abduction 187

24 Seizures of Arms & Drugs by Police 193

25 Crime against Foreigners 199

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Crime in India: Publication over the years

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FIGURES AT A GLANCE - 2015 SL.

NO. CRIME HEADS CASES

REPORTED

% TO

TOTAL

IPC

CRIMES

RATE

OF

CRIME

CHARGE-

SHEETING

RATE

CONVIC-

TION

RATE

A) VIOLENT CRIMES

1 Murder 32127 1.1 2.6 86.2 39.5

2 Attempt to Commit Murder 46471 1.6 3.7 93.8 26.9

3 Culpable Homicide not Amounting to Murder 3176 0.1 0.3 88.7 39.6

4 Attempt to Commit Culpable Homicide 6118 0.2 0.5 95.8 25.2

5 Rape 34651 1.2 5.7 96.1 29.4

6 Attempt to Commit Rape 4437 0.2 0.7 91.7 19.8

7 Kidnapping & Abduction 82999 2.8 6.6 68.0 23.9

8 Dacoity 3972 0.1 0.3 79.3 21.0

9 Making Preparation and Assembly for Committing Dacoity 3163 0.1 0.3 99.0 14.3

10 Robbery 36188 1.2 2.9 64.3 31.6

11 Riots 65255 2.2 5.2 92.0 17.6

12 Arson 9710 0.3 0.8 66.4 16.2

13 Dowry Deaths 7634 0.3 1.3 93.7 34.7

14 Total Violent Crimes 335901 11.4 26.7 83.6 26.7

B) SEXUAL OFFENCES Total Sexual Offences 130195 4.4 21.4 94.5 25.7

C) CRIMES AGAINST BODY Total Crimes against Body 857995 29.1 68.1 89.0 60.4

D) CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY Total Crimes against Property 625279 21.2 49.7 35.7 34.5

E) CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER Total Crimes against Public Order 86265 2.9 6.9 88.1 18.3

F) ECONOMIC CRIMES Total Economic Crimes 150170 5.1 11.9 70.5 25.2

G) CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN Total Crimes against Women 327394 11.1 53.9 89.4 21.7

H) CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN (Below 18 years)

Total Crimes against Children 94172 3.2 21.1 85.6 35.6

I) CRIMES AGAINST SCs BY NON SCs

Total Crimes against SCs by non SCs 45003 1.5 22.3 94.0 27.6

J) CRIMES AGAINST STs BY NON STs

Total Crimes against STs by non STs 10914 0.4 10.5 97.5 27.6

K) CYBER CRIMES 1 Total Offences under IT Act 8045 0.3 0.6 44.4 39.7

2 Total Offences under IPC (Cyber Related) 3422 0.1 0.3 52.9 28.3 3 Total SLL Offences (Cyber Related) 125 0.0 0.0 93.5 25.7 4 Total Cyber Crimes (1+2+3) 11592 0.4 0.9 46.8 36.6

L) CRIMES AGAINST SENIOR CITIZENS

Total Cognizable IPC Crimes against Senior Citizen 205232

0.7 19.8 85.7 37.8

M) CRIMES AGAINST FOREIGNERS

Total Crimes against Foreigners 365 0.0 0.0 37.3 45.5

N) HUMAN TRAFFICKING

1 Total Human Trafficking 6877 0.2 0.5 89.0 39.7 2 Child Trafficking 3490 0.1 0.8 79.2 14.3

O) TOTAL IPC CRIMES

Total Cognizable IPC Crimes 2949400

234.2 77.7 46.9

P) TOTAL SLL CRIMES

Total Cognizable SLL Crimes 4376699

347.6 98.1 92.4

Q) TOTAL IPC + SLL CRIMES

Total (IPC + SLL) 7326099

581.8 90.3 80.0 1. * For calculation of Crime Rate of Crimes Against Women, Crimes Against SCs, Crimes Against STs, Crimes Against Children, Child

Trafficking and Crimes Against Senior Citizens, their respective population has been used instead of overall total population figures as used for other crime heads.

2. However, for calculation of Crime Rate of Crimes Against Foreigners (which is negligible), number of foreigners arrived in India obtained from Bureau of Immigration, Govt. of India (MHA) has been used. As per information received, the total No. of foreigners arrived in India during 2014 were 8027133

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SNAPSHOTS – 2015

General Crime Statistics

Cases Reported Rate

IPC SLL IPC SLL

2014:28,51,563 2014 : 43,77,630 2014 : 229.2 2014 : 351.9

2015 :29,49,400 2015:43,76,699 2015 : 234.2 2015: 347.6 A total of 73,26,099 cognizable crimes comprising 29,49,400 Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes and

43,76,699 Special & Local Laws (SLL) crimes were reported, showing anincrease of 1.3% over 2014 (72,29,193 cases).

During 2015, IPC crimes have increased by 3.4% over 2014 while SLL crimeshave decreased by 0.02% over 2014.

Percentage share of SLL was 59.7% while percentage share of IPC cases was 40.3% during 2015.

Maharashtra accounted for 9.3% of total IPC crime reported in the country followed by Madhya Pradesh (9.1%), Kerala (8,7%), Uttar Pradesh(8.2%),Rajasthan (6.7%), Tamil Nadu(6.4%), Delhi(6.5%) and West Bengal(6.1%).

Delhi UT reported the highest crime rate (916.8) under IPC crimes followed by Kerala (723.2), Madhya Pradesh (348.3), Assam (321.8), Haryana (310.4),Telangana (290.7) andRajasthan (273.9).

Uttar Pradesh has reported highest number of cases of SLL crimes, accounting for 58.2% of total SLL crimes reported in the country during 2015.

Uttar Pradesh reported highest SLL crime rate of 1,181.2 in the country during 2015 followed by Kerala (1,115.0),Chhattisgarh (955.6), Uttarakhand(840.5) and Gujarat (492.7).

The cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Jaipur and Kolkatahave accounted for 25.7%, 6.4%, 5.3%,3.9% and 3.5% of the total IPC crimes reported from 53 mega citiesrespectively.

Kollam reported the highest IPC crime rate of 1,194.3 among the mega cities in the country followed by Delhi City (1066.2), Jodhpur (1038.8),Thiruvananthapuram (913.8),Jaipur (855.5),Indore (852.0) and Patna (824.2).

Lucknow city reported the highest rate of SLL crimes at 8,717.2 followed by Raipur (7132.1),Agra (7,116.0),Ghaziabad(7,040.4) and Meerut (6899.4) among the 53 mega cities.

A total of 1,30,195 cases of sexual offences (comprising rape, attempt to commit rape, assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty and insult to the modesty of women) were reported during 2015, out of which assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty accounted for 63.3% of total such cases (82,422 cases).

A total of 8,57,995 cases of crimes against body were registered under various sections of IPC during 2015, out of which cases of causing injuries due to rash driving/road rage accounted for 52.6% of total such cases(4,51,069cases).

During 2015, total of 6,25,279 cases were reported under crime against property which was 21.2% of total IPC crimes. Out of 6,25,279 cases of properties crimes, theft (4,67,833 cases) accountedfor 74.8% of total such cases.

During 2015, total of 86,265 cases were reported under crime against public order. Out of 86,265 cases of crime against public order, riots (65,255 cases) accounted for 75.6 % of total such cases.

During 2015, total of 1,50,170 cases were reported under economic crime (IPC),out of which maximum cases were reported under cheating (1,15,405 cases) which accounted for 76.8% of total such crimes.


Violent Crimes

Cases Reported Rate

2014 : 3,30,754 2014 : 26.6

2015 : 3,35,901 2015 : 26.7

The share of violent crimes in total IPC crimes during 2015 was 11.4% (which was 11.6% in 2014).

The highest rate of violent crimes was reported inDelhi UT (97.4) followed by Assam (47.1), Arunachal Pradesh (39.9) and Haryana (37.5) compared to 26.7 at all India level.

Uttar Pradesh (40,613 cases) reported the highest number of cases of violent crimes accounting for 12.1% of total violent crimes in the country (3,305,901 cases) followed by Maharashtra with 11.1% (37,290), Bihar with 10.6% (35,754 cases) and West Bengal with 8.8% (29,461 cases).

Uttar Pradesh reported the highestnumber of cases of murder accounting for 14.7% (4,732 out of 32,127 cases)of total murder cases and the highest cases of culpable homicide not amounting to murder accounting for 42.1% (1,338 out of 3,176) of total such cases during 2015.

Madhya Pradesh reported12.7% (4,391out of 34,651 cases) of total rape cases reported in the country.

Personal vendetta or enmity (4,758 cases) was the major motive of murder which accounted for 14.8% of total murder cases followed by property dispute with 11.0% (3,540 cases) and personal vendetta or enmity (372 cases) followed by class conflict (307 cases) were the major motives of culpable homicide not amounting to murder accounting for11.7% and 9.7% of total such cases respectively during 2015.

A total of 3,722persons murdered using fire arms and 34,592 unidentified dead bodies recovered &inquest conducted during 2015.

Crime against Women

Cases Reported Rate

2014 : 3,37,922 2014 : 56.3

2015 : 3,27,394 2015: 53.9

Majority of cases under crimes against women were reported under ‘Cruelty by Husband or His Relatives’(34.6%) followed by ‘Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty’(25.2%), ‘Kidnaping & Abduction of Women’ (18.1%) and ‘Rape’(10.6%) during 2015.

The proportion of IPC crimes committed against women with respect to total IPC crimes has increased during last 5 years from 9.4% in the year 2011 to 11.1% during the year 2015.

Out of 34,651 rape cases, in 33,098 cases offenders were known to the victims accounting for 95.5%(33,098 out of 34,651 cases) of total rape cases during 2015.

A total of 556 incest rapes were reported in the country. 54.5% of total incest rape victims were children (below 18 years) (306 out of 561 victims).

Out of 3,14,078 cases under crimes against women disposed of by police, charge-sheets were submitted in 2,45,341 cases, showing charge-sheet rate at 89.4% during 2015. A total of 1,57,249 cases remained pending for investigation at the end of the year 2015.

Similarly, out of 1,28,240 cases under crimes against women in which trials were completed by courts, a total of 27,844 cases ended in conviction and in 1,00,396 cases accused persons were acquitted/discharged, showing conviction rate of 21.7% during 2015. A total of 10,80,144cases remained pending in various courts for trial at the end of the year 2015.

Uttar Pradesh reported 10.9%(35,527 out of 3,27,394cases) of total cases of crimes against women followed by West Bengal (10.1%) (33,212 cases) during 2015. Delhi UT reported the highest crime rate (184.3) compared to the national average rate of 53.9.


Crime against Children

Cases Reported Rate

2014 : 89,423 2014 : 20.1

2015 : 94,172 2015 : 21.1

A total of 94,172 cases of crimes against children were reported in the country during 2015 as compared to 89,423 cases during 2014, showing an increase of 5.3% during 2015 over 2014.

In percentage terms, major crime heads under ‘Crime Against Children’ during 2015 were kidnapping & abduction (44.5%),following cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (15.8%), rape (section 376 IPC) (11.5%) and assault on women (girl child) with intent to outrage her modesty (section 354 IPC) (8.9%).

State/UT-wise comparison revealed that the maximumcases of crime against children were reported in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi UT and West Bengal,these States/UT accounted for 14.8%, 13.7%, 12.1%, 10.1% and 5.3% of total such cases respectively.

A total of 19,767 children were sexually assaulted (10,934 children reported under section 376 IPC and 8,833 children under section 4 & 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act) during 2015.

Out of 84,440 cases of crimes against children disposed of by police, charge-sheets were submitted in 57,539 cases, showing charge-sheet rate at 85.6% during 2015. A total of 45,473 such cases remained pending for investigation at the end of the year 2015.

Similarly, out of 21,604 cases of crimes against children in which trials were completed by courts, a total of 7,690 cases ended in conviction and in 13,914 cases accused persons were acquitted/discharged, with conviction rate of 35.6% during 2015. A total of 1,65,853 such cases remained pending in various courts for trial at the end of the year 2015.

Human Trafficking& Child Trafficking Cases Reported Rate

2014 : 5,466 2014 : 0.4

2015 : 6,877 2015 : 0.5

An increaseof 25.8% in cases of human trafficking was reported (6,877 cases in 2015 compared to 5,466 cases in 2014) during 2015 over 2014.

Percentage distribution of crime heads under human trafficking cases is procuration of minor girls (44.9%), cases under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act (38.4%), human trafficking (section 370 & 370A) (14.8%), selling of minors for prostitution (1.6%), buying of minors for prostitution (0.2%) and importation of girls from foreign country (0.1%) during 2015.

West Bengal (1,255 cases) has reported the maximum number of cases relating to human trafficking accounting for 18.2% followed by Assam (1,494 cases), Tamil Nadu (577 cases), Telangana (561 cases) and Karnataka (507 cases) accounting for 21.7%, 8.4%, 8.2% and 7.4% during 2015 respectively.

A total of 3,490 cases of child trafficking (consisting of cases under section 370& 370A IPC, importation of girls from foreign country(section 366B IPC), procuration of minor girls (section 366A IPC), buying of minors for prostitution (section 373 IPC), selling of minors for prostitution (section 372 IPC) and cases under Immoral Traffic(P) Act) were reported in the country during 2015.

Assam has reported the maximum number of cases of child trafficking accounting for 37.7% (1,317 out of 3,490 cases) followed West Bengal (1,119 cases), Bihar (332 cases) and Haryana (200 cases) accounting for 32.1%, 9.5% and 5.7% of total child trafficking during 2015 respectively.


Crime against Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes Cases Reported Rate

SCs STs SCs STs

2014 : 47,064 2014 : 11,451 2014 : 23.4 2014 : 11.0

2015 : 45,003 2015: 10,914 2015:22.3 2015: 10.5

A decrease of 4.4% (from 47,064 cases in 2014 to 45,003 cases in 2015) in crimes against persons belonging to Scheduled Castes was reported during 2015 over 2014.

A decrease of 4.7% (from 11,451 cases in 2014 to 10,914 cases in 2015) in crimes against persons belonging to Scheduled Tribes was reported during 2015 over 2014.

Uttar Pradesh (8,358 out of 45,003 cases) reported 18.6% of total crimes against Scheduled Castes, followed by Rajasthan (15.6%) and Bihar (14.3%) whereas Rajasthan (3,207 out of 10,914 cases) has reported 29.4% of total crimes against Scheduled Tribes followed by Madhya Pradesh (14.0%), Chhattisgarh (13.9%) and Odisha (12.7%) in the country during the year 2015.

Rajasthan reported the highest rate of crime (57.3) under crime against Scheduled Castes as compared to the national average of 22.3 whereas Kerala reported the highest rate of crime against Scheduled Tribes (36.3) as compared to the national average of 10.5.

Juveniles in Conflict with Law

Cases Registered against Juveniles in Conflict with Law

IPC SLL

2014 : 33,526 2014 : 5,039

2015 : 31,396 2015: 2,037

The number of cases registered against juveniles under both IPC and SLL has decreased by 6.4% (from 33,526 in 2014 to 31,396 cases in 2015) and 59.6% (from 5,039 cases in 2014 to 2,037 cases in 2015) during the year 2015 over 2014 respectively.

Majority of cases registered against juveniles were reported under theft (19.3%) followed by criminal trespass/burglary (8.3%), rape (5.4%) and kidnapping & abduction (5.2%).

Majority of juveniles in conflict with law apprehended under IPC crimes were in the age group of 16 yrs. –below 18 years (71.6%) (27,986 out of 39,074) during 2015.

7,354 juveniles were sent home after advice or admonition, 9,665 juveniles sent to special homes, 4,582 juveniles acquitted/otherwise disposed of and final order of 21,562 juveniles remained pending at the end of the year 2015.

Out of 41,385 juveniles apprehendedduring 2015, 4,757 juveniles were illiterate, 14,229 juveniles had education up to primary level and 19,056 juveniles have above primary but below matric/HSC level education during 2015 accounting for 11.5%, 34.4% and 46.0% of total juveniles apprehended respectively.

Out of 41,385 juveniles apprehendedduring 2015, 85.7% (35,448) juveniles were living with parentsand 3.9%(1,622) were homeless.

A large number of juveniles (42.4%) (17,543 out of 41,385 juveniles) belonged to the poor families whose annual income was up to Rs.25,000 only.

Out of 41,385 juveniles apprehended, 38,877juveniles apprehended for the first time and 2,508 juveniles were recidivists.


Cyber Crimes Cases Reported

IT ACT IPC SLL

2014 : 7,201 2014 : 2,272 2014 : 149

2015 : 8,045 2015 : 3,422 2015 : 125

Cases of cyber crimes (IT Act + IPC sections + SLL crimes) have increased by 20.5%(from 9,622 cases in 2014 to 11,592 cases in 2015) in 2015 as compared to 2014.

Out of 3,422 cases reported under IPC relating to cyber crimes, majority of cases were reported under cheating (2,255 cases) accounting for 65.9% of total such cases during 2015.

Under IT Act, majority of cases were reported under computer related offences (under sections 66 to 66E) accounting for 81.6% (6,567 out of 8,045 cases) of total cases under IT Act during 2015.

During 2015, 33.2% of cyber crime cases reported were for greed/financial gain (3,855 out of 11,592 cases) followed by fraud/illegal gain with 9.6% (1,119 cases)and insult to the modesty of women with 5.2% (606 cases ).

Out of total persons arrested (8,121 persons) under cyber crimes, 99.3% were Indian nationals (8,117) and only 4 persons were foreign nationals. Among 4 foreign national arrested under cyber crimes, one arrestee was cracker/hacker.

Disposal of Cases

Out of these 40,10,195 cases under IPC for police investigation, in 1,13,388 cases police submitted final reports declaring cases as false, in 89,549 cases final report were submitted as mistake of fact or of law during 2015. In 20,56,716 cases charge-sheets were submitted by police and in 5,91,893 cases final reports as true cases were submitted. A total of 11,40,800 cases remained pending for investigation at the end of 2015.

Highest pendency percentage was recorded in cases of offences against the State (82.8%) followed by counterfeiting (61.5%) and offences promoting enmity between groups (57.4%) at the end of 2015.

Out of 13,25,989 cases of IPC in which trials have been completed during 2015, 6,21,320 cases ended in conviction, thus have46.9% conviction rate under IPC crimes. However, a total of 90,13,983 cases of IPC remained pending for trial at the end of the year 2015.

Out of 35,55,630 cases under SLL in which trials have been completed during 2015, 32,84,771 cases ended in conviction, thus have 92.4% conviction rate under SLL. However, a total of 64,98,999 cases under SLL remained pending for trial at the end of the year 2015.

Custodial Crimes

97custodial deaths were reported in the country, out of which in 30 deaths cases persons were remanded to police custody by court and in 67 deaths cases persons were not remanded to police custody by court during 2015.Charge-sheets were submitted against 24 police personnel for custodial deaths during the year.

Suicides accounted for 35.1% (34 out of 97) of total custodial deaths,followed by Hospitalization (12) which accounted for 12.4% of total such deaths during 2015.

A total of 1,338 persons have escaped in 1,087escape cases reported under section 224 & 225B of I. P.C. during the year 2015. 870 escapees were re-arrested during the year 2015 and 84 persons were sentenced imprisonment on charges of escape from police custody during 2015.

Police Firing & Casualties

Police had to resort to firing on 156 occasions during the year 2015 as compared to 176 occasions during 2014.

Maximum casualties of civilians under police firing were reported under riots (11 deaths) followed by self-defence (10 deaths) and one casualty of policeman was also reported under self-defence (1 death)


during 2015.

A total of 25civiliansand 72police personnel got injured under police firing during ‘riot control’.

Police had to resort to lathi-charge on 327 occasions during 2015. Maximum occasions in which police resorted to lathi-charge were for ‘riots control’ (145 occasions).

Crimes by Foreignersand Crimes committed against Foreigners

A total of 1,278 cases were reported against foreigners under various sections of IPC and SLL crimes and 2,057 foreigners were arrested during 2015.

Out of 1,278 cases registered against foreigners, majority of cases were reported under the Foreigners Act (752 cases) followed by the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substance Act (111 cases) during 2015.

A total of 365 cases were reported under crime against foreigners in which 271 cases were reported against foreign tourists and 94 cases were in respect of foreigners other than foreign tourists during 2015.

More than half of cases (61.1%) (223 out of 365 cases) reported under crimes against foreigners were reported under thefts followed by assault on women (foreigners) with intent to outrage her modesty (23 cases) during 2015.

Crimes in Railways

A total of 39,239 cases of cognizable crimes were reported by GRP under Indian Penal Code (IPC) showing an increase of 24.1% over 2014 (31,609 cases) and 346 cases under the Indian Railways Act showing an increase of 20.6% over 2014 (287 cases).

Out of total IPC crime by registered by GRP during 2015, thefts (29,686 cases) followed by robberies (1,479 cases) and kidnapping & abduction (270 cases) accounted for 75.7%, 3.8% and 0.7% of total IPC crimes respectively reported by GRP.

A total of 1,017 persons were arrested under the Railways Act, 1898 and the Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1966.

Crime against Senior Citizens

Cases Reported RATE

2014 : 18,714 2014 : 18.3

2015 : 20,532 2015 : 20.0

An increase of 9.7% (from 18,714 cases in 2014 to 20,532 cases in 2015) was reported in crimes against senior citizens during 2015 over 2014.

Out of 20,532 cases under crime against senior citizens, maximum cases were reported under cheating (1,867 cases) followed by robbery (1,294 cases) and murder (1,053 cases) during 2015.

A total of 23,615 persons were arrested under the crimes committed against senior citizens during 2015, maximum persons were arrested on murder charge (1,871 persons) followed by cases of grievous hurt (1,508 persons).

Maximum cases of crime against senior citizens were reported in Maharashtra (4,561 cases out of 20,532 cases) followed by Madhya Pradesh (3,456 cases) and Andhra Pradesh (2,495 cases) which accounted for 22.2%, 16.8% and 12.2% total such cases respectively during 2015.

Offences against the State (IPC) A total of 571cases were registered under offences against the State comprising 147 cases under

offences against the State (section 121,121A, 122, 123 and 124A - IPC) and 424cases relating to offences promoting enmity between different groups (section 153A & 153B - IPC).

Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest number of such crimes (60 cases) followed by Telangana (54 Cases), Andhra Pradesh(50 cases) and Karnataka (49 cases) accounting for 10.5%, 9.5%, 8.8% and


8.6% of total such cases respectively during 2015.

Environmental Related Offences A total of 5,156 cases of offences relating to environment were registered during 2015, out of which

maximum cases were registered under the Forest Act, 1927 (3,968 cases) followed by the Wildlife Act, 1972 (829 cases) and the Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986 (299 cases) contributing 77.0%, 16.1% and 5.8% of total such cases respectively during 2015.

Rajasthan (2,074 cases) reported the maximum cases under the environmental related offences followed by Uttar Pradesh (1,779 cases), Jharkhand (233 cases) and Karnataka (211) which accounted for 40.2%, 34.5%, 4.5% and 4.1% of total such cases respectively during 2015.

Miscellaneous Persons Arrested

IPC SLL

2014 : 37,90,812 2014 : 48,04,382

2015 : 36,36,596 2015 : 48,57,230

Every one hour, on an average 337 cases were reported in country and 415 persons were arrested under different IPC sections in the year 2015.

Every one hour, on an average 4 cases of rape were reported in country in which 5 persons have been arrested during the year 2015.

Properties worth ₹8,21,040 lakh were stolen during the year 2015 and against this loss, properties worth ₹1,35,019 lakh were recovered.

Out of five specified category of property crimes viz. thefts, dacoities, criminal trespass/burglaries and robberies,thefts accounted for maximum cases of property loss, with 4,59,410 cases, followed by cases criminal trespass/burglaries (1,14,122 cases).

The maximum number of motor vehicles thefts were reported in Delhi (32,729) followed by Uttar Pradesh (29,243) and Maharashtra (21,316).

During 2015, 2,12,438 cases of property crimes took place at residential premises. However, majority of robberies took place on highways/roads with 15,566 cases.

A total of 54,916 complaints were made against police personnel during the year 2015, out of which 5,526 criminal cases were registered, 1,122 police personnel were charge-sheeted and 25 police personnel were convicted.

A total of 94 cases of human rights violation by police (all cases against State police personnel and Nil cases against Central Armed Police Forces) were reported during 2015 out of which 34 police personnel were charge-sheeted during 2015. In 12 cases registered against State police personnel final reports were submitted declaring these cases as false.

Out of 94 cases of human rights violations, maximum cases were reported under ‘Hurt/Injury’ (14 cases) followed by ‘Extortion’ (13 cases) and ‘Assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty’ (7 cases) during 2015.

Out of 82,999 cases registered under kidnapping & abduction, maximum cases reported were for the marriage purpose (31,829 cases) followed by motives of illicit intercourse (3,338 cases) accounting for 38.3% and 4.0% of total kidnapping & abduction cases respectively during 2015. A total of 84,483 persons were kidnapped or abducted during 2015.

As many as 20,56,129 cognizable crimes were reported in 53 mega cities during 2015 comprising 6,76,086 cases registered under the IPC and 13,80,043 cases registered under the SLL.

Incidence of Cognizable Crimes (IPC) Under Different Crime Heads During 1953 to 2015

Sl.No. Year Murder Attempt

to Commit Murder

Culpable Homicide

not Amounting to Murder**

Attempt to Commit

Culpable Homicide #

Rape Attempt to

Commit Rape #

Kidnapping &

Abduction**

Dacoity Making Preparation

and Assembly for Committing

Dacoity

Robbery Criminal Trespass/

Burglary

Theft

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)

1 1953 9802 * * * * * 5261 5579 * 8407 147379 256567

2 1954 9765 * * * * * 5514 5395 * 7600 132457 223866

3 1955 9700 * * * * * 5529 4779 * 6710 121744 212028

4 1956 10025 * * * * * 5905 5397 * 7618 134556 236214

5 1957 10419 * * * * * 5821 5560 * 7408 129632 233239

6 1958 10661 * * * * * 6043 4658 * 7120 124695 236103

7 1959 10712 * * * * * 6549 3774 * 6267 118205 233052

8 1960 10910 * * * * * 6024 3981 * 6263 114540 228842

9 1961 11188 * * * * * 6698 4213 * 6428 122605 232868

10 1962 11586 * * * * * 7119 4890 * 7551 134324 252453

11 1963 10754 * * * * * 6924 4997 * 7694 137025 242487

12 1964 11748 * * * * * 8050 5287 * 8336 153862 273676

13 1965 12310 * * * * * 7927 4955 * 8067 142015 273702

14 1966 12631 * * * * * 7854 4817 * 8585 150180 298701

15 1967 13398 * * * * * 8192 6300 * 10252 173575 339861

16 1968 13849 * * * * * 8830 6384 * 10194 156206 315546

17 1969 14732 * * * * * 8464 6049 * 9922 145429 300140

18 1970 15708 * * * * * 10111 9837 * 16958 166339 337211

19 1971 16180 * 2357 * 2487 * 9647 11193 * 18402 165807 335204

20 1972 15475 * 2196 * 2605 * 9402 10411 * 17054 167062 346382

21 1973 17072 * 2408 * 2919 * 10223 10627 * 18857 181433 379412

22 1974 18649 * 2514 * 2962 * 10543 13697 * 22286 199878 436918

23 1975 17563 * 2502 * 3376 * 11139 12506 * 21656 192854 421891

24 1976 16673 * 2584 * 3893 * 11250 10910 * 17974 168655 365138

25 1977 18376 * 2615 * 4058 * 12240 12599 * 22725 193622 432046

26 1978 19314 * 2728 * 4558 * 13616 13195 * 22923 183991 437187

27 1979 20349 * 3008 * 4300 * 13125 14028 * 22860 168574 430483

28 1980 22149 * 3032 * 5023 * 13595 15194 * 23493 166695 431036

29 1981 22727 * 3272 * 5409 * 13833 14626 * 22996 157540 422059

30 1982 23339 * 3427 * 5427 * 13341 12700 * 21938 142726 375240

# collection of data started in the revised proformae from 2014 * shows the data was not collected under this offence during that period ** sections of crime head have been revised from 2014

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Cheating Forgery # Counterfeiting** Arson Grievous Hurt**

Dowry Deaths

Assault on Women with

Intent to Outrage her

Modesty

Insult to the

Modesty of Women

Cruelty by Husband

or his Relatives

(1) (2) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26)

1 1953 * 20529 * * * * * * * * * *

2 1954 * 22777 15860 9934 * 815 * * * * * *

3 1955 * 23609 14644 9461 * 597 * * * * * *

4 1956 * 24700 15466 9519 * 596 * * * * * *

5 1957 * 23750 15362 9388 * 629 * * * * * *

6 1958 * 24942 16017 9503 * 555 * * * * * *

7 1959 * 26987 15878 9677 * 443 * * * * * *

8 1960 * 26890 15862 9207 * 554 * * * * * *

9 1961 * 27199 16895 9511 * 485 * * * * * *

10 1962 * 29096 18092 9738 * 423 * * * * * *

11 1963 * 28114 18438 8854 * 289 * * * * * *

12 1964 * 32693 21180 11670 * 317 * * * * * *

13 1965 * 32940 21354 11935 * 436 * * * * * *

14 1966 * 34696 22353 11606 * 655 * * * * * *

15 1967 * 42447 23950 12701 * 1413 * * * * * *

16 1968 * 45801 22408 12524 * 1425 * * * * * *

17 1969 * 55796 21118 12001 * 739 * * * * * *

18 1970 * 68331 22679 12331 * 650 * * * * * *

19 1971 * 64114 20270 11412 * 641 * * * * * *

20 1972 * 65781 21004 12646 * 670 * * * * * *

21 1973 * 73388 21837 14392 * 582 * * * * * *

22 1974 * 80547 22274 15380 * 718 * * * * * *

23 1975 * 67241 23287 17772 * 951 * * * * * *

24 1976 * 63675 23656 19588 * 887 * * * * * *

25 1977 * 80449 22868 19623 * 784 * * * * * *

26 1978 * 96488 23255 19821 * 636 * * * * * *

27 1979 * 98896 22016 18370 * 525 * * * * * *

28 1980 * 106957 20684 17416 * 830 * * * * * *

29 1981 * 110361 20579 17764 * 1004 * * * * * *

30 1982 * 106511 18259 17471 * 939 * * * * * *


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Offences against the

State #

Offences Promoting

Enmity Between Different

Groups #

Extortion # Disclosure of Identity of

Victims #

Causing injuries due to Negligent

Driving/Rash Driving #

Human Trafficking #

Unnatural Offences #

Other IPC Crimes**

Total Cognizable IPC Crimes

(1) (2) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35) (36) (37)

1 1953 * * * * * * * * * 148440 601964

2 1954 * * * * * * * * * 122929 556912

3 1955 * * * * * * * * * 126435 535236

4 1956 * * * * * * * * * 135221 585217

5 1957 * * * * * * * * * 140163 581371

6 1958 * * * * * * * * * 173887 614184

7 1959 * * * * * * * * * 188772 620326

8 1960 * * * * * * * * * 183294 606367

9 1961 * * * * * * * * * 187561 625651

10 1962 * * * * * * * * * 199194 674466

11 1963 * * * * * * * * * 193254 658830

12 1964 * * * * * * * * * 232194 759013

13 1965 * * * * * * * * * 235974 751615

14 1966 * * * * * * * * * 242655 794733

15 1967 * * * * * * * * * 249892 881981

16 1968 * * * * * * * * * 268795 861962

17 1969 * * * * * * * * * 270777 845167

18 1970 * * * * * * * * * 295267 955422

19 1971 * * * * * * * * * 299711 952581

20 1972 * * * * * * * * * 318886 984773

21 1973 * * * * * * * * * 349358 1077181

22 1974 * * * * * * * * * 371387 1192277

23 1975 * * * * * * * * * 373660 1160520

24 1976 * * * * * * * * * 395491 1093897

25 1977 * * * * * * * * * 451672 1267004

26 1978 * * * * * * * * * 514542 1344968

27 1979 * * * * * * * * * 526942 1336168

28 1980 * * * * * * * * * 550480 1368529

29 1981 * * * * * * * * * 582265 1385757

30 1982 * * * * * * * * * 612586 1353904


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Incidence of Cognizable Crimes (IPC) Under Different Crime Heads During 1953 to 2015 Sl.No. Year Murder Attempt

to Commit Murder

Culpable Homicide

not Amounting

to Murder

Attempt to

Commit Culpable

Homicide #

Rape Attempt to Commit Rape #

Kidnapping &

Abduction

Dacoity Making Preparation

and Assembly for Committing

Dacoity

Robbery Criminal Trespass/

Burglary

Theft

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)

31 1983 25112 * 3793 * 6019 * 13842 12382 * 21310 139103 353536

32 1984 25786 * 4093 * 6740 * 15141 12301 * 23204 136272 330669

33 1985 25970 * 3995 * 7289 * 16051 11254 * 22501 130354 330554

34 1986 27269 * 4195 * 7952 * 15667 10444 * 22395 128946 323533

35 1987 28513 * 3721 * 8559 * 15251 10036 * 22917 125466 310575

36 1988 28771 20689 3755 * 9099 * 15771 9306 931 21611 124304 319848

37 1989 31222 23748 4100 * 9752 * 17318 9896 1015 22480 129020 341240

38 1990 35045 27095 4281 * 10068 * 18474 11089 1286 25440 131331 353191

39 1991 39174 29778 4243 * 10410 * 20079 10831 1393 26428 132087 362928

40 1992 40105 31202 4621 * 11708 * 20518 11308 1297 26444 127281 350582

41 1993 38240 29725 3890 * 12218 * 19830 9357 1102 24354 123020 320434

42 1994 38577 30020 3946 * 13208 * 20983 9271 946 23933 121536 303564

43 1995 37464 29571 3830 * 13754 * 20426 8335 961 22443 116507 294306

44 1996 37671 29597 3728 * 14846 * 20848 8035 888 22705 115097 284985

45 1997 37543 29322 3869 * 15330 * 21898 7867 1049 22141 113319 277077

46 1998 38584 30577 3681 * 15151 * 23520 8091 1266 23603 119260 287967

47 1999 37170 29628 3912 * 15468 * 23236 7079 1501 21332 111296 271907

48 2000 37399 30743 3773 * 16496 * 22871 6825 1505 20926 105391 258588

49 2001 36202 31523 3367 * 16075 * 22487 6154 1614 19901 101182 252803

50 2002 35290 30380 3624 * 16373 * 21850 6101 1841 18764 96461 247462

51 2003 32716 25942 4029 * 15847 * 19992 5303 2302 17512 92827 245237

52 2004 33608 27890 3935 * 18233 * 23327 5311 2340 18458 92490 273045

53 2005 32719 28031 3578 * 18359 * 22832 5141 2834 17673 90108 273111

54 2006 32481 27230 3535 * 19348 * 23991 4747 3129 18456 91666 274354

55 2007 32318 27401 3644 * 20737 * 27561 4579 3205 19136 91218 285043

56 2008 32766 28598 3863 * 21467 * 30261 4530 3217 20522 93742 316761

57 2009 32369 29038 3930 * 21397 * 33860 4586 2850 22409 92070 324195

58 2010 33335 29421 3782 * 22172 * 38440 4358 2615 23393 90179 330312

59 2011 34305 31385 3707 * 24206 * 44664 4285 2895 24700 92504 340800

60 2012 34434 35138 3620 * 24923 * 47592 4314 3099 27343 92892 337407

61 2013 33201 35417 3380 * 33707 * 65461 4539 3159 31927 104401 372622

62 2014 33981 41791 3332 4358 36735 4234 77237 4395 2834 38071 114646 440915

63 2015 32127 46471 3176 6118 34651 4437 82999 3972 3163 36188 114123 467833


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Trust

Cheating Forgery # Counterfeiting Arson Grievous Hurt**

Dowry Deaths

Assault on Women with

Intent to Outrage her

Modesty

Insult to the

Modesty of

Women

Cruelty by Husband

or his Relatives

(1) (2) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26)

31 1983 * 108101 18514 19767 * 809 * * * * * *

32 1984 * 101460 18428 19077 * 1118 * * * * * *

33 1985 * 99757 18417 21016 * 1504 * * * * * *

34 1986 * 94197 19021 22579 * 1687 * * * * * *

35 1987 * 90789 17847 22115 * 1653 * * * * * *

36 1988 * 94587 17352 22705 * 1537 * * * * * *

37 1989 * 98943 17541 23691 * 2075 * * * * * *

38 1990 * 102846 16552 24466 * 2576 * * * * * *

39 1991 * 105309 17495 27466 * 4467 * * * * * *

40 1992 * 104749 17925 29397 * 5133 * * * * * *

41 1993 * 93838 17039 30079 * 3728 * * * * * *

42 1994 * 94344 16523 31207 * 2851 * * * * * *

43 1995 * 96520 15503 30678 * 2203 12028 203812 4648 26856 4689 28579

44 1996 * 92831 15368 33823 * 2796 12425 223977 5513 28939 5671 35246

45 1997 * 91812 15077 35228 * 2228 12363 228497 6006 30764 5796 36592

46 1998 * 90767 16157 38271 * 1353 12913 235870 6975 30959 8053 41375

47 1999 * 80838 15454 41403 * 1347 11218 236313 6699 32311 8858 43823

48 2000 * 80456 14581 41701 * 2299 10392 240580 6995 32940 11024 45778

49 2001 * 76222 14798 44727 * 1683 10534 271487 6851 34124 9746 49170

50 2002 * 68945 14027 46271 * 1522 11820 265025 6822 33943 10155 49237

51 2003 * 57334 13432 47478 * 2055 9365 261444 6208 32939 12325 50703

52 2004 * 59971 14176 51939 * 1529 8637 276868 7026 34567 10001 58121

53 2005 * 56235 13572 53625 * 2383 8451 270861 6787 34175 9984 58319

54 2006 * 56641 13636 58076 * 2169 8480 264748 7618 36617 9966 63128

55 2007 * 59915 15531 65326 * 2204 9024 273067 8093 38734 10950 75930

56 2008 * 66018 16487 66579 * 2991 9249 284969 8172 40413 12214 81344

57 2009 * 62942 16326 72718 * 2935 8736 279214 8383 38711 11009 89546

58 2010 * 67571 16678 78999 * 2589 8508 289022 8391 40613 9961 94041

59 2011 * 68500 17457 87656 * 2307 9064 302847 8618 42968 8570 99135

60 2012 * 74633 17901 94203 * 2351 11836 332324 8233 45351 9173 106527

61 2013 * 72126 19627 107330 * 2349 9357 334669 8083 70739 12589 118866

62 2014 9870 66042 19982 109354 11245 1979 9289 105201 8455 82235 9735 122877

63 2015 10876 65255 19218 115405 13846 1701 9710 92996 7634 82422 8685 113403


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Sl. No.

Year Importation of Girls from

Foreign Country

Causing Death by

Negligence**

Offences against the

State #

Offences Promoting

Enmity Between Different

Groups #

Extortion # Disclosure of Identity of

Victims #

Causing Injuries due

to Rash Driving/Road

Rage #

Human Trafficking #

Unnatural Offences #

Other IPC Crimes

Total Cognizable IPC

Crimes

(1) (2) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35) (36) (37)

31 1983 * * * * * * * * * 627578 1349866

32 1984 * * * * * * * * * 664371 1358660

33 1985 * * * * * * * * * 696069 1384731

34 1986 * * * * * * * * * 727950 1405835

35 1987 * * * * * * * * * 749550 1406992

36 1988 * * * * * * * * * 750090 1440356

37 1989 * * * * * * * * * 797803 1529844

38 1990 * * * * * * * * * 840709 1604449

39 1991 * * * * * * * * * 886287 1678375

40 1992 * * * * * * * * * 907071 1689341

41 1993 * * * * * * * * * 903082 1629936

42 1994 * * * * * * * * * 924342 1635251

43 1995 * * * * * * * * * 722583 1695696

44 1996 * * * * * * * * * 714587 1709576

45 1997 * * * * * * * * * 726042 1719820

46 1998 * * * * * * * * * 744422 1778815

47 1999 1 * * * * * * * * 763835 1764629

48 2000 64 * * * * * * * * 779757 1771084

49 2001 114 57182 * * * * * * * 701362 1769308

50 2002 76 64044 * * * * * * * 730297 1780330

51 2003 46 60672 * * * * * * * 700412 1716120

52 2004 89 69423 * * * * * * * 741031 1832015

53 2005 149 71698 * * * * * * * 741977 1822602

54 2006 67 78513 * * * * * * * 779697 1878293

55 2007 61 86790 * * * * * * * 829206 1989673

56 2008 67 92186 * * * * * * * 856963 2093379

57 2009 48 98532 * * * * * * * 865541 2121345

58 2010 36 106343 * * * * * * * 924072 2224831

59 2011 80 108890 * * * * * * * 966032 2325575

60 2012 59 107591 * * * * * * * 966244 2387188

61 2013 31 111517 * * * * * * * 1092625 2647722

62 2014 13 128771 176 336 8192 4 409899 720 1148 943511 2851563

63 2015 6 134384 147 424 10636 0 451069 1021 1347 973957 2949400


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Crime in India-2015 15

Chapter - 1

Executive Summary

Introduction

NCRB collects, collates, compiles and

publishes the police recorded criminal cases

only on annual basis. There could be

incidents in which the affected individuals

might not have reported the crime to police or

if reported police might not have registered

the case, such incidents are not captured in

the data. NCRB under overall supervision of

Ministry of Affairs and in consultation with

concerned Central Ministries and State

Governments has revised the data collection

proformae in 2014. Statistical data for this

annual report is collected using a set of 24

standardised proformae.

The Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.P.C.)

classifies all the crimes into two categories:

(i) Cognizable - Sec.2(c) Cr.P.C.

(ii) Non-cognizable - Sec.2(l) Cr.P.C.

Cognizable Crimes

A cognizable offence or case is defined as the one which an officer in-charge of a police station may investigate without the order of a magistrate and effect arrest without warrant. The police have a direct responsibility to take immediate action on the receipt of a complaint or of credible information relating to such crimes, visit the scene of the crime, investigate the facts, apprehend the offender and arraign him before a court of law having jurisdiction over the matter. Cognizable crimes are broadly categorised as those falling either under the ‘Indian Penal Code (IPC)’ or under the ‘Special and Local Laws (SLL)’.

Non-Cognizable Crimes

Non-Cognizable crimes are defined as those which cannot be investigated by police without the order of a competent magistrate. Police do not initiate investigation in non-cognizable crimes except with magisterial permission. First Schedule of the Cr.P.C. gives the classification of the offences of the

IPC into cognizable & non-cognizable categories. Broad Classification of Crimes under the Indian Penal Code (IPC)

i) IPC Crimes against Body: Murder,

Attempt to commit murder, Culpable

homicide not amounting to murder,

Attempt to commit Culpable Homicide,

Kidnapping & Abduction, Grievous hurt,

Causing death by negligence, Causing

injuries due to rash driving/road rage and

Human trafficking(under Section

370/370A IPC);

ii) IPC Crimes under Sexual Offences:

Rape, Attempt to commit rape, Assault

on women with intent to outrage her

modesty and Insult to modesty of women;

iii) IPC Crimes relating to Property

Offences: Dacoity, Making preparation

and assembly for committing dacoity,

Robbery, Criminal trespass/ Burglary and

Theft;

iv) IPC Crimes relating to Public Order:

Riots, Arson, Unlawful assembly and

Offences promoting enmity between

different groups;

v) IPC Crimes relating to Economic

Crimes: Criminal breach of trust,

Cheating, Forgery and Counterfeiting;

vi) Human Trafficking: Cases under section

370/370A of IPC, procuration of minors,

Importation of girls from foreign country,

Selling & Buying of minors for

prostitution.

vii) IPC Crimes relating to Offences

against the State: Offences against the

State under section 121, 124A IPC and

Promoting enmity between different

groups

viii) Crime against Children: Foeticide,

Infanticide, Procuration of minors,

Murder, Exposure and abandonment,


Offences under the POCSO Act, the

Prohibition of Child Marriage Act etc.

ix) Crime against Women: Rape, Assault

on women with intent to outrage her

modesty, Insult to the modesty of women,

Cruelty by husband or relatives etc.

x) Crime against SCs & STs: Cases under

Protection of Civil Rights Act, the

SC/ST(PoA) Act etc.

xi) Other Crimes

Crimes under the Special and Local Laws (SLL)

1. Arms Act, 1959;

2. Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic

Substances Act, 1985;

3. Gambling Act, 1867;

4. Excise Act, 1944;

5. Prohibition Act;

6. Explosives & Explosive Substances

Act, 1884 & 1908;

7. Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956;

8. Indian Railways Act, 1989;

9. The Foreigners Act, 1946;

10. Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955;

11. Indian Passport Act, 1967;

12. Essential Commodities Act, 1955;

13. Antiquities & Art Treasures Act, 1972;

14. Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961;

15. Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006;

16. Indecent Representation of Women

(Prohibition) Act, 1986;

17. Copyright Act, 1957;

18. Commission of Sati Prevention Act,

1987;

19. SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,

1989;

20. Forest Act, 1927;

21. Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939

22. Protection of Women from Domestic

Violence Act, 2005

23. Information Technology Act, 2000

24. Official Secret Act, 1923

25. Electricity Act, 2003

26. Wildlife Protection Act, 1972

27. Bonded Labour System(Abolition) Act,

1976

28. Environment (Protection) Act, 1986

29. Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution)

Act,1981

30. Water (Prevention & Control of

Pollution) Act, 1974

31. National Security Act, 1980

32. Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,

1967

33. Young Persons (Harmful Publication)

Act, 1956

34. Railways Property (Unlawful

Possession) Act, 1966

35. Prevention of Damage to Public

Property Act, 1984

36. Transplantation of Human Organ Act,

1994

37. Trade Marks Act, 1999

38. Prevention of Insult to National Honour

Act, 1971

39. State Emblem (Prevention of Improper

Use) Act, 2005

40. Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998

41. Citizenship Act, 1955

42. Place of Worship (Special Provision)

Act, 1991

43. Religious Institution (Prevention of

Misuse) Act, 1988

44. Representation of People Act, 1951

45. Emigration Act, 1983

46. Juveniles Justice (Care and Protection

of Children) Act, 2000

47. Infant Substitutes Regulation Act,

2003

48. Anti- Hijacking Act, 1982

49. Atomic Energy Act, 1962

50. Weapon of Mass Destruction

(Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act,

2005

51. Suppression of Unlawful Acts against

Safety of Civil Aviation Act, 1982

52. Safety of Maritime Navigation Act,

2002

53. Others.

Details of crime classification and

crime heads are given in ‘Crime in India’

proformae, available on website

http://ncrb.gov.in .

Complaints Received by Police

NCRB is collecting data on nature and

types of crime related complaints received by

police. The nature and number of crime

related complaints vis-à-vis actual number of

cognizable crimes registered by Police are

presented in Table-1.1.

A total of 1,68,25,687 complaints

were received by police in the country during

the year 2015 as compared to 1,30,27,600

complaints received during the year 2014

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showing an increase of 29.1% over 2014.

27.7%(46,66,983 out of 1,68,25,687) of these

were written complaints, 46.5%(78,32,797 out

of 1,68,25,687) were oral complaints

(including 39.3% complaints received vide

distress call over phone/dial 100) and

25.7%(43,25,907 out of 1,68,25,687)

complaints were of other kind of complaints

which include 21.4%(36,08,433) complaints

initiated suo-moto by Police.

Nearly, 25.1% (42,32,199 out of

1,68,25,687 complaints) of these complaints

were registered as non-cognizable offences.

Cognizable Crimes

The incidents of cognizable crimes in

the country during the decade from 2005 to

2015 are presented in Table-1.2. As many as

73,26,099 cognizable crimes were registered

in the country during 2015 comprising 29.5

lakh cases registered under the IPC and 43.8

lakh cases registered under the SLL. The ratio

of IPC to SLL crimes varied from 1:1.7 in 2005

to 1:1.5 in 2015. In terms of percentage,

59.7% of total cases (IPC + SLL) during 2015

were reported under Special & Local Laws


CASES REGISTERED UNDER IPC CRIMES DURING 2015 (All India 29,49,400)

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Table-1 (A)

Cognizable Crimes Registered during 2011-2015

Year Number of Cases Ratio

(IPC: SLL)

Rate per (1,00,000

Population) IPC SLL Total

2011 23,25,575 39,27,154 62,52,729 1:1.69 516.7

2012 23,87,188 36,54,371 60,41,559 1:1.53 497.9

2013 26,47,722 39,92,656 66,40,378 1:1.51 540.4

2014 28,51,563 43,77,630 72,29,193 1:1.54 581.1

2015 29,49,400 43,76,699 73,26,099 1:1.48 581.8

and rest of the cases (40.3%) under the

Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The rate of total cognizable crimes (IPC +

SLL) was reported as 581.8 in the year 2015

showing an increase of 12.6% over the year

2011(516.7) and an increase of 0.1% over

2014(581.1). However, it has shown a mixed

trend during 2005 – 2015 [Table- 1.2].

Population

For States/UTs, the population

figures of mid-year projected population as

on 1st July of respective year has been used

for years 2005 – 2015, except for the year

2011 (actual population figures of the

Population Census 2011 have been used for

the year 2011). The population of the country

in the decade (2005-2015) has increased by

14.2% with an annual compound growth rate

of 1.3% [Table-1.2].

Crime Incidence (IPC + SLL) (Incidence: 73,26,099)

Total number of crimes gives broad

crimes situation in the country or the

State/UT. Comparative figures over a period

of time help in analysis and knowing the

pattern of crime so that appropriate

preventive and detection strategies may be

applied for crime control by the State police.

The incidents of IPC & SLL crimes

during the decade (2005 - 2015) reported a

higher growth of 45.8% compared to 14.2%

population growth during the same decade

[Table-1.2].

Among various factors contributing to

recorded crimes, free registration is one of

the important factors. Hence high incidents

of crimes may also indicate responsive and

effective policing.

Crime Rate (IPC + SLL) (Crime rate: 581.8)

Population is one of the important

factors influencing occurrence of crimes. A

number of socio-economic factors, besides

population, could influence the crime

situation at a particular place. Highly

populous States generally have high

incidents of crimes compared to small size

States/UTs. Hence it is imperative to adjust

the impact of population size. ‘Crime Rate’ is

a standard yardstick for crime comparison

among various States/UTs. ‘Crime Rate’,

which is defined as number of crimes

registered per 1,00,000 population, is

universally taken as a realistic indicator since

it balances the effect of growth in population

and size of State.

Crime rate for women related crimes

has been calculated using female

population. Similarly crime rates for children

related crimes, crimes against SCs & STs

etc. are being calculated using population of

children SCs, STs etc. respectively.

The present analysis of crime rate is

restricted to the influence of population only.

Therefore, the crime rate of a particular

State/UT shouldn’t be taken as the sole

indicator for analysis of crime situation of that

particular State/UT in relation to others. As

occurrence of crimes also depend upon

socio-economic conditions etc.

The rate of total cognizable crimes in

the country which declined in 2006 in

comparison to 2005 (from 455.8 in the year

2005 to 455.7 in the year 2006), rose during

the period 2007 - 2009 (from 504.5 in the


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200.1 to 250.0

250.1 to 300.0

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year 2007 to 570.8 in the year 2009),

thereafter slightly decreased to 569.3 in the

year 2010 which further decreased to 516.7

in 2011 and 497.9 in 2012. It again rose to

540.4 in 2013. During last three years (2013

- 2015), it has shown a rising trend (from

540.4 in the year 2013 to 581.1 in the year

2014 and again rose to 581.8 in 2015). The

crime rate in respect of IPC crimes has

increased by 2.2% during 2015 over 2014,

from 229.2 in the year 2014 to 234.2 in the

year 2015 and for SLL crimes, a decrease of

1.2% was reported during 2015 over 2014

(from 351.9 in 2014 to 347.6 in 2015).

Cases Registered under IPC (Incidence: 29,49,400)

A total of 29,49,400 cases under

various sections of IPC were registered in

the country during the year 2015 against

28,51,563 in the year 2014 recording an

increase of 3.4% in the year 2015 over 2014.

The share of IPC crimes to total cognizable

crimes in percentage terms has increased to

37.2% in 2011 which further increased to

39.5% in 2012 and 39.9% in 2013, however,

it decreased to 39.4% in 2014 thereafter it

again increased to 40.3% in 2015. Thus

showing mixed trend during the five-year

period from 2011 to 2015.

Maharashtra has reported highest

percentage share of total such registered

cases (9.3%) followed by Madhya Pradesh

(9.1%), Kerala (8.7%), Uttar Pradesh (8.2%),

Rajasthan (6.7%), Delhi UT (6.5%), Tamil

Nadu (6.4%), West Bengal (6.1%) and Bihar

(6.0%) in the country during the year 2015.

State/UT-wise cases registered & crime rate

under IPC is presented in Table-1.4.

Crime Rate – IPC (Crime rate: 234.2)

The IPC crime rate has increased by

41.7% during the decade 2005-2015 from

165.3 in the year 2005 to 234.2 in the year

2015. It has increased by 14.7% during the

year 2015 as compared to quinquennial

average (during 2010-2014). An increase of

2.2% was reported in 2015 over 2014. Delhi

(916.8), Kerala (723.2), Madhya Pradesh

(348.4), Assam (321.8), Haryana (310.4),

Telangana (290.7), Rajasthan (273.9) and

Tamil Nadu (271.2) have reported high crime

rate as compared to the national average of

234.2 [Table-1.4].

Trend Analysis IPC Crimes relating Sexual Offences

(Incidence: 1,30,195 Rate: 21.4)

Sexual offences comprise rape,

attempt to commit rape, assault on women

with intent to outrage her modesty and insult

to the modesty of women, as defined in the

beginning of the chapter. A total of 1,30,195

such cases were registered under sexual

offences during 2015. The share of these

crimes to total IPC crimes at the national

level was 4.4% during the year 2015. The

percentage share of these crimes to total

IPC crimes was highest in Lakshadweep

(14.0%) followed by Tripura (13.0%) and

A & N Islands (11.4%) as compared to

national average of 4.4% of total IPC crimes.

Details are presented in Table-1.7. The

crime rate of sexual offences was highest in

Delhi (43.6) followed by Odisha (22.2)

compared to national rate of 21.4.

IPC Crimes against Body


Crimes against body comprise

murder, attempt to commit murder, culpable

homicide not amounting to murder, attempt

to commit culpable homicide, kidnapping &

abduction, grievous hurt, causing death by

negligence, causing injuries due to rash

driving/road rage, dowry deaths and human

trafficking (under section 370/370A IPC), as

defined in the beginning of the chapter.

A total of 8,57,995 cases were

registered under crimes against body during

2015. The share of these crimes to total IPC

crimes at the national level was 29.1%

during the year 2015. The share of these

crimes to total IPC crimes was highest in

Kerala (54.3%) as compared to national

average of 29.1% of total IPC crimes. Details

are presented in Table-1.8. The rate of

crimes against body also was highest in

Kerala (392.6) followed by Tamil Nadu

(111.4) and Delhi (103.7) compared to

national rate of 68.1.


CASES REGISTERED UNDER CRIME AGAINST BODY DURING 2015 (All India 8,57,995)

Number of Cases Registered

upto 500

2,001 to 20,000

Above 60,000

501 to 2,000

20,001 to 40,000

40,001 to 60,000

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RATE OF CRIME AGAINST BODY DURING 2015 (All India 68.1)

Rate of Crime

upto 30.0

40.1 to 50.0


30.1 to 40.0

50.1 to 60.0

60.1 to 70.0

Note:

Rate of Crime against Body means number of crimes

against body per 1,00,000 population.


IPC Crimes relating to Property Offences


These crimes comprise dacoity,

making preparation & assembly to commit

dacoity, robbery, criminal trespass/burglary

and theft. A total of 6,25,279 cases were

registered during the year 2015 compared to

6,00,861 such cases registered during the

year 2014, showing an increase of 4.1%.

The share of these crimes to total IPC crimes

at the national level was 21.2% during the

year 2015. The share of these crimes to total

IPC crimes was reported highest in Mizoram

(67.1%) followed by Delhi (65.2%) and

Nagaland (43.5%) compared to national

average of 21.2%. The share of such crimes

in the country shows an increase of 0.5% in

the year 2015 to 2014. Details are presented

in Table-1.9.

IPC Crimes relating to Public Order

(Incidence: 86,265 Rate: 6.9)

Riots, arson, unlawful assembly and

offences promoting enmity between different

groups are the major constituents of crimes

against public order which constitute 2.9% of

total IPC crimes. Number of crimes under

this head has increased by 0.8% (from

85,537 cases in the year 2014 to 86,265

cases in the year 2015) during 2015 over

2014. The rate of such crimes is 6.9 in the

year 2015. The rate of such crime was

reported highest in Kerala at 19.6 followed

by Assam (15.7) and Bihar (13.4) compared

to national average of 6.9. Table-1.10 may

be seen for details.

IPC Economic Crimes


These crimes comprise criminal

breach of trust, cheating, forgery and

counterfeiting. The rate of such crimes has

increased from 11.5 in the year 2014 to 11.9

in the year 2015. These crimes have

accounted for 5.1% of the total IPC crimes.

Rajasthan (13.7%) followed by Chandigarh

(11.5%) and Daman & Diu (11.3%) have

reported the highest share of these crimes in

total IPC crimes. Rajasthan has highest

crime rate of 37.4 followed by Delhi UT

(34.2) compared to national average of 11.9.

Table 1.12 may be seen for details.

Trend Analysis - Major IPC crimes

The components of violent crimes

such as murder, attempt to commit murder,

culpable homicide not amounting to murder,

rape, kidnapping & abduction, dacoity, its

preparation & assembly, robbery, riots, arson

and dowry death have been separately

analysed in the Chapter-3 on violent crimes.

The crime head-wise analysis indicating 5

and 10 year trends for remaining crimes are

discussed below.

Criminal Trespass/Burglary (Section 453

to 460 IPC)


Cases of criminal trespass/

burglary with 1,14,123 cases in 2015

showed a decrease of 0.5% as compared to

1,14,646 cases in 2014. The trend analysis

of criminal trespass/burglary cases

registered at the national level revealed that

there was an increase in such cases by

26.7% during 2015 as compared to the 2005

level and a rise of 15.4% as compared to the

average of quinquennial years (2010 - 2014)

[Table-1.3].

Maharashtra has reported the

maximum number of such cases among

States/UTs, accounting for 14.5%(16,581 out

of 1,14,123 cases) of such cases at the

national level. On an average, every one

lakh population in the country experienced

nearly 9.1 burglaries/house trespass cases

in the year 2015. The highest rate of 61.6

burglaries per lakh population was reported

from Delhi during the year 2015.

Theft (Sec. 379 to 382 IPC)


Theft cases have shown an increase

of 71.3% during the year 2015 in

comparison to the year 2005 and an

increase of 28.4% in the year 2015 as

compared to quinquennial years (2010 to

2014). This increase is 6.1% in the year

2015 compared to the year 2014.


CASES REGISTERED UNDER CRIME AGAINST PROPERTY DURING 2015

(All India 6,25,279)

Cases Registered (No. of Cases)

upto 1,000

5,001 to 15,000

Above 50,000


1,001 to 5,000

15,001 to 25,000

25,001 to 50,000


Delhi UT has registered highest

number of theft cases i.e. 1,04,432 cases

during the year 2015 which accounted for

22.3% of the total thefts cases registered in

the country. On an average, 37 theft cases

were registered for every 1,00,000

population in the country during 2015. Delhi

has reported highest rate of thefts cases at

500.3 followed by Mizoram (81.0) and

Haryana (75.7) during the year 2015.

‘Auto theft’ has accounted for 42.6%

(1,99,127 cases) of the total theft cases and

there was an increase of 7.3% in the year

2015 in comparison to the year 2014

(1,85,626 cases). Theft other than

automobile has shown an increase of 5.2%

(from 2,55,289 in 2014 to 2,68,706 in 2015)

during 2015 over 2014. The maximum auto

thefts were registered in Delhi UT (32,729

cases) followed by Uttar Pradesh (29,846

cases), Maharashtra (21,468 cases),

Rajasthan (18,141 cases) and Haryana

(14,331 cases), accounting for 16.4%,

15.0%, 10.8%, 9.1% and 7.2% of total such

cases registered at all India level

respectively. Delhi UT has reported much

higher rate at 156.8 as compared to the

national rate of 15.8 of auto thefts per

1,00,000 population.

Criminal Breach of Trust (Sec. 406-409

IPC) (Incidence: 19,218 Rate: 1.5)

A total of 19,218 cases of criminal

breach of trust were registered in the country

during the year 2015 which were 3.8% less

than those of the year 2014 (19,982 cases).

An increase of 41.6% from the 2005 level

and an increase of 4.9% from the average

of quinquennial years (2010 - 2014) were

reported as per 10-year & 5-year trend

analysis.

Uttar Pradesh has registered 3,656

such cases accounting for 19.0% of total

such cases at the national level. Haryana

has reported high rate of 3.8 followed by

Arunachal Pradesh at 3.2 as compared to

1.5 at the national level.

Cheating (Section 420 IPC)

(Incidence:1,15,405 Rate: 9.2)

A total of 1,15,405 cheating cases

were registered in the country during the

year 2015 showing an increase of 115.2%

from the 2005 level and an increase of

5.5% as compared to the previous year

2014 (1,09,354 cases). Rajasthan has

registered the highest number of cases i.e.

21,898 accounting for 19.0% of total such

crimes in the country. Rajasthan has also

reported the highest rate of such crimes

(30.3) in comparison to national rate of 9.2.

Forgery (Sec. 465, 468 & 471 IPC)


A total of 13,846 cases of forgery

were registered during the year 2015

showing an increase of 23.1% over 2014

(11,245 cases). Rajasthan has registered

the highest number of forgery cases

accounting for 33.3%(4,612 out of 13,846

cases) of total such crimes in the country.

Rajasthan has also reported the highest rate

of such crimes (6.4) in comparison to

national rate of 1.1.

Counterfeiting (Sec. 231-235,237-240 &

242-243, 255 and 489-A to 489-E IPC)


A total of 1,701 cases of

counterfeiting were registered during the

year 2015 showing a decline of 14.0% as

compared to previous year (1,979 cases).

Maximum cases of counterfeiting were

registered in West Bengal (415 cases)

followed by Maharashtra (190 cases)

accounting for 24.4% and 11.2% of total

such cases during 2015 respectively.

Grievous Hurt (Sections 325,326,326A &

326 B IPC)


A total of 92,996 cases of grievous

hurt were registered during 2015 showing a

decline of 11.6% over previous year 2014

(1,05,201). West Bengal (18,075 cases)

followed by Bihar (12,502 cases), Assam

(11,407 cases) and Uttar Pradesh (10,397)


CASES REGISTERED UNDER CRIME AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER DURING 2015

(All India 86,265)


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RATE OF CRIME AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER DURING 2015 (All India 6.9)

Rate of Crime

upto 2.5

3.6 to 5.0


2.6 to 3.5

5.1 to 8.0

8.1 to 13.0

Note:

Rate of Crime against Public Order means number of

crimes against Public Order per 1,00,000 population.


have accounted for 19.4%, 13.4%, 12.3%

and 11.2% of total such crimes registered at

all India level during 2015 respectively.

Assam has reported the highest rate of such

crimes (35.4) in comparison to national rate

of 7.4.

Assault on Woman with Intent to Outrage

her Modesty (Sec. 354, 354A, 354B, 354C

& 354D IPC)


A total of 82,422 cases of assault on

woman with intent to outrage her modesty

were registered in the country during the

year 2015, showing an increase of 0.2%

over the year 2014 (82,235 cases). An

increase of 141.2% from the 2005 level and

an increase of 46.2% from the average of

last 5 years (2010 - 2014) were reported as

per 10-year & 5-year trend analysis.

Maharashtra with 11,713 cases accounted

for 14.2% of total cases registered in the

country followed by Madhya Pradesh

(9.8%)(8,049 cases) and Uttar Pradesh

(9.6%)(7,885 cases). Delhi has reported the

highest rate (57.8) of such crimes in

comparison to the national average of 13.6.

Insult to the Modesty of Women (Sec. 509

IPC)


A total of 8,685 cases of insult to the

modesty of women were registered in the

country during the year 2015 showing a

decrease of 10.8% as compared to the

previous year (9,735 cases). 5-year trend

analysis also showed a decrease of 13.2%

over the average of quinquennial years

2010-2014.

This decrease may be due to

insertion of section 354A, 354C & 354D in

354 of IPC after the Criminal Amendment

Act 2013.

Andhra Pradesh (2,200 cases)

followed by Delhi UT (1,492 cases),

Telangana (1,288 cases) and Maharashtra

(1,119 cases) have accounted for 25.3%,

17.2%, 14.8% and 12.9% of total such cases

registered in the country during the year

2015 respectively. Delhi has reported

highest crime rate of 16.1 as compared to

1.4 at all India level.

Cruelty by Husband or His Relatives

(Section 498A IPC)


A total of 1,13,403 cases were

registered in the country during the year

2015 showing a decrease of 7.7% over 2014

(1,22,877 cases) and an increase of 4.7%

over the average of last 5 years (2010 -

2014). 17.8% of such crimes in the country

were registered in West Bengal (20,163

cases) followed by 12.7% in Rajasthan

(14,383 cases) and 9.9% in Assam (11,225

cases).

Assam has reported the highest crime

rate of 71.5 followed by West Bengal (44.6)

and Rajasthan (41.6) as compared to

national average of 18.7.

Importation of Girls from Foreign Country

(Sec. 366B IPC)

(Incidence: 6 Rate: negligible)

A total of 6 cases of importation of

girls from foreign country were registered in

the country during the year 2015 in

comparison to 13 cases in the year 2014,

showing a decrease of 53.8% during 2015

over 2014.

Causing Deaths by Negligence (Sec. 304A

IPC)


A total of 1,34,384 cases of causing

deaths by negligence were registered in the

country during the year 2015 thus showing

an increase of 4.4% over the year 2014

(1,28,771 cases). Uttar Pradesh has

reported the highest number of 15,995 such

cases followed by Tamil Nadu (15,138

cases) and Maharashtra (13,058 cases).

These three States together accounted for

32.9% of total such cases registered in the

country during 2015.

Besides above mentioned crime

heads, NCRB has published detailed data on

various other crime heads also, details may

be seen in tables.


ECONOMIC CRIMES REGISTERED UNDER IPC DURING 2015 (All India 1,50,170)


upto 500

2,001 to 3,000

Above 10,000

501 to 2,000

3,001 to 5,000

5,001 to 10,000



RATE OF ECONOMIC CRIMES UNDER IPC DURING 2015 (All India 11.9)


Rate of Crime

upto 5.0

7.1 to 10.0

Above 20.0

5.1 to 7.0

10.1 to 15.0

15.1 to 20.0

Note:

Rate of IPC Crime Economic Crimes means number of

cases related to economic crimes per 1,00,000

population.


Crimes under the Special & Local Laws (SLL) (Incidence: 43,76,699 Rate: 347.6)

Cases under these ‘Acts’ generally

represent preventive policing i.e. reporting of

crimes generally indicates better policing

efforts. Mostly the Central Acts on special

subjects which are applicable in the whole

country are considered for the purpose of

crimes registered under SLL. Local Acts and

Central Acts other than classified category

are clubbed together in ‘Other SLL’ crimes.

A total of 43,76,699 cases under SLL

crimes were registered in the country during

the year 2015 showing a decrease of 0.02%

over the year 2014 (43,77,630 cases). 10-

year and 5-year trend shows, 36.6%

increase from the 2005 level and 6.9%

increase over the average of last 5 years

(2010 – 2014). The rate of crime has

decreased from 351.9 in 2014 to 347.6 in the

year 2015. 10-year and 5-year trends for

each crime are presented in Table-1.12.

Trend Analysis

Arms Act, 1959


A total of 53,300 cases under the

Arms Act were registered in the country

during the year 2015 showing a decrease of

3.5% over the previous year (55,255 cases).

10-year and 5-year trend analysis shows,

28.2% decrease from the 2005 level and

12.0% decrease over the average of last 5

years (2010 – 2014). Uttar Pradesh has

reported the highest number of 24,702 cases

registered under the Arms Act which

accounted for 46.3% of total such cases

followed by Madhya Pradesh (18.3%).

Madhya Pradesh has reported the highest

crime rate at 12.7 followed by Uttar Pradesh

(11.4) compared to 4.2 at the national level.

Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic

Substances Act, 1985


A total of 50,796 cases under this Act

were registered in the year 2015 showing an

increase of 8.3% over previous year (46,923

cases). 10-year and 5-year trend show

72.7% increase from the year 2005 level and

52.8% increase from the average of last 5

years (2010 – 2014). Maharashtra (18,979

cases) and Punjab (10,159 cases) have

registered 37.4% and 20.0% of the total such

cases respectively during 2015. Punjab has

registered highest crime rate of 35.1

compared to the national average of 4.0.

Gambling Act, 1867

(Incidence: 1,30,134 Rate:10.3)

The number of cases registered

under this Act showed an increase of 3.7%

over the previous year (1,25,494 cases). 10-

year and 5-year trend analysis shows, 31.3%

decrease from the 2005 level and 8.3%

decrease over the average of quinquennial

years (2010 – 2014). In percentage terms,

17.4% of the total cases registered in the

country were reported from Madhya Pradesh

(22,618 cases). The crime rate was reported

highest in Goa (63.7) compared to 10.3 at

the national level.

Excise Act, 1944

(Incidence: 2,06,069 Rate:16.4)

The cases under the Excise Act

showed an increase of 36.8% over the year

2005 and decrease of 10.8% over the

previous year. Uttar Pradesh has reported

the maximum cases accounting for

25.0%(51,491 out of 2,06,069 cases) of the

total cases registered under this Act. Among

the States, highest crime rate was reported

from Madhya Pradesh (66.7) followed by

Chhattisgarh (62.0) and Haryana (60.1).

Among the UTs, A & N Islands (383.5) has

reported highest crime rate among UTs

compared to national average of 16.4.

Prohibition Act


The cases registered under this Act

have accounted for 11.4% of total SLL

crimes in the country and shows an increase

of 7.2% over the previous year (4,67,111

cases). The cases under this Act have risen

by 53.5% over the year 2005


CASES REGISTERED UNDER SLL CRIMES DURING 2015 (All India 43,76,699)


upto 500

5,001 to 25,000

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25,001 to 1,00,000

1,00,001 to 3,00,000


and increased by 19.9% over the average of

quinquennial years (2010 - 2014). The

maximum of cases under this Act were

reported from Gujarat (2,54,212 cases)

followed by Tamil Nadu (1,16,810 cases),

Maharashtra (65,128 cases) and Kerala

(58,197 cases). These four States together

accounted for 98.7% of the total such cases

registered in the country. The crime rate was

highest in Gujarat (407.8) followed by 168.9

in Tamil Nadu and 163.7 in Kerala as against

the national average of 39.8

Explosives & Explosive Substances Act,

1884 & 1908

(Incidence: 4,368 Rate:0.3)

The cases under the Explosives &

Explosive Substances Act showed an

increase of 2.7% from the year 2005 level

and increase of 12.4% over the average of

quinquennial years (2010 - 2014). An

increase of 13.7% in such cases was also

observed in 2015 over 2014 (3,843).

Rajasthan has registered 824 cases under

the Act accounting for 18.9% of the total

such cases followed by Tamil Nadu (12.5%)

(545 cases). The crime rate of 1.1 was

reported in Nagaland and Rajasthan each

against the national average of 0.3.

Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956


The cases under the Immoral Traffic

(Prevention) Act have declined by 55.3%

during 2015 over the year 2005 level and

increased by 4.0% during 2015 over average

of last 5 years (2010 - 2014). An increase of

0.9% was observed during 2015 as

compared to 2014. Tamil Nadu reported

19.3% (511 out of 2,641 cases) of total such

cases in the country during 2015. Telangana

reported the highest crime rate at 0.8 against

the national average of 0.2.

Indian Railways Act, 1989

(Incidence: 346 Rate: Negligible)

The cases under the Indian Railways

Act have increased by 54.5% during 2015

over the year 2005 level and increased by

92.0% during 2015 over average of

quinquennial years (2010 - 2014). An

increase of 20.6% was reported during 2015

as compared to 2014. Uttar Pradesh

reported 64.2% (222 out of 346 cases) of

total such cases in the country during 2015.

Registration of Foreigners Act, 1930


A total of 74 cases under the

Registration of Foreigners Act were

registered in the country during 2015. Tamil

Nadu has reported 23.0% (17 out of 74

cases) of total such cases followed by Kerala

with 16.2% (12 out of 74 cases) of the total

cases registered at the national level.

Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955


The cases registered under the

Protection of Civil Rights Act have shown a

decline of 74.2% over the 2005 level, an

increase of 19.9% over the average

quinquennial years (2010 - 2014) and an

increase of 1.7% over the year 2014 (115

cases). Bihar reported 63.2% (74 out of 117

cases) of total such cases in the country

during 2015.

Indian Passport Act, 1967

(Incidence: 703 Rate: 0.1)


Indian Passport Act have decreased by

37.2% over the year 2005, decreased by

19.4% over the quinquennial average of

2010 - 2014, and an increase of 5.4% over

the previous year (667 cases). The highest

cases under this Act were registered in Tamil

Nadu accounting for 42.2%(297 out of 703

cases) of the total cases in the country while

the highest crime rate of 1.0 was reported in

Tripura against the national average of 0.1.

Essential Commodities Act, 1955



Essential Commodities Act have decreased

by 37.6% over the year 2005. It decreased

by 33.6% over the quinquennial


CRIME RATE OF CASES UNDER SLL CRIMES DURING 2015 (All India 347.6)

Rate of SLL Crime

upto 15.0

35.1 to 50.0


15.1 to 35.0

50.1 to 125.0

125.1 to 500.0

Note:

Rate of SLL Crime means number of cases under SLL

crimes per 1,00,0000 population.


average during the years 2010 - 2014 and

decreased by 16.9% over previous year

(5,418 cases). The highest number of cases

accounting for 16.0% of the total cases were

reported from Maharashtra (722 cases)

followed by Uttar Pradesh (645 cases)

representing 14.3% of the total such cases.

However, the crime rate was highest in

Jammu & Kashmir (1.1) as compared to the


Antiquities & Art Treasures Act, 1972


A total of 37 cases under this crime

had registered during the year 2015

showing a decrease of 7.5% over previous

year (40 cases). 27.0%(10 out of 37 cases)

of total such cases were reported in Bihar

during 2015.

Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961



Dowry Prohibition Act have shown an

increase of 208.8% over 2005, an increase

of 18.9% over the quinquennial average of

2010 - 2014 and a decrease of 1.6% over

the year 2014 (10,050 cases). Uttar Pradesh

reported highest number of such cases

(2,766 cases) followed by Bihar (1,867

cases), Jharkhand (1,552 cases) and

Karnataka (1,541 cases) which together

have accounted for 78.1% of the total such

cases registered in the country. Jharkhand

reported the highest crime rate (9.6) against


Indecent Representation of Women

(Prohibition) Act, 1986


The number of cases registered

under the Indecent Representation of

Women (Prohibition) Act has shown a

decline of 98.6% over 2005 and a decline of

89.5% over the average of quinquennial

years (2010 - 2014) and a decline of 14.9%

over the year 2014. Andhra Pradesh (12

cases) followed by Rajasthan (9 cases)

accounted for 30.0% and 22.5% of total such

cases registered in the country during 2015

respectively.

Copyright Act, 1957



Copyright Act have shown a declining trend

during 2005-2015. A decrease of 23.4% in

2015 over the 2005 level, a decrease of

19.0% over the 5 year average (2010 - 2014)

and 0.1% increase in 2015 over 2014 (5,236

cases). Tamil Nadu with 2,024 cases has

registered 38.6% of the total such cases

registered in the country.

Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes

(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989


Data under the SC/ST (Prevention of

Atrocities) Act excludes the cases of IPC

crimes registered along with this Act.

A total of 6,837 cases under this Act

were registered in the country during 2015.

Majority of cases under this Act were

reported in Karnataka (1,832 cases) followed

by Uttar Pradesh (1,473 cases) and

Jharkhand (856 cases) during 2015.

Forest Act, 1927


The cases registered under this Act

have shown a decrease of 19.0% over the

previous year (4,901 cases). Two States

namely Rajasthan (1,828 cases) and Uttar

Pradesh (1,311 cases) have accounted for

79.1% of the total such cases registered in

the country during the year 2015. Rajasthan

has reported highest crime rate of 2.5 as

against the national crime rate of 0.3.

Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006


A total of 293 cases were registered

under this Act during 2015. The State of

Tamil Nadu (77 cases), West Bengal (40

cases) and Karnataka (35 cases) have

accounted for 51.9% of the total cases

registered under this Act in the country

during the year 2015.

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Protection of Women from Domestic

Violence Act, 2005



under the Protection of Women from

Domestic Violence Act during 2015.

Maximum cases under this Act were

reported in Bihar (161 cases) followed by

Kerala (132 cases).

Information Technology Act, 2000


A total of 8,045 cases were

registered under this Act during 2015. The

State of Uttar Pradesh (2,161 cases) and

Karnataka (1,414 cases) have accounted for

44.4% of the total such cases registered in

the country during the year 2015.

Official Secret Act, 1923



under this Act during 2015. These 9 cases

were reported by Haryana, Tamil Nadu &

Delhi UT (2 cases each) and Punjab,

Uttarakhand & West Bengal (1 case each)

during 2015.

Electricity Act


Out of 97,591 cases registered under

the Electricity Act, majority of such cases

were reported in Uttar Pradesh (57,193

cases) and Haryana (18,598 cases). These

two States together accounted for 77.7% of

total such cases reported during the year

2015. Highest crime rate under this Act was

reported in Haryana (68.3) followed by Uttar

Pradesh (26.5) compared to all India

average rate of 7.8.

Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act,

1976


Out of total 92 cases registered

under this Act, 15 cases against SCs and 5

cases against STs were registered during

2015. Uttar Pradesh (31 cases) and Tamil

Nadu (15 cases) together accounted for

50.0% of total such cases during 2015.

National Security Act, 1980



under this Act during 2015. Uttar Pradesh

(253 cases) and Madhya Pradesh (155

cases) together contributed 99.0%(408 out

of 412 cases) of total such cases during

2015.

Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967



under this Act during 2015. Manipur (544

cases) and Assam (103 cases) together

contributed 72.1% (647 out of 897 cases) of

total such cases during 2015.

Prevention of Damage to Public Property

Act, 1984



registered under this Act during 2015. Tamil

Nadu (1,671 cases) and Uttar Pradesh

(1,331 cases) together contributed 60.7%

(3,002 out of 4,941 cases) of total such

cases during 2015.

Prevention of Insult to National Honour

Act, 1971



under this Act during 2015. Kerala (21

cases) and Maharashtra (11 cases) together

contributed 52.4%(32 out of 61 cases) of

total such cases during 2015.

Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998




maximum cases under the Lotteries

(Regulation) Act were reported in Tamil

Nadu (3,084 cases) contributing 91.0% of

total such cases registered at all India level.

Representation of People Act, 1951




maximum cases under the Representation of


People Act, 1951 were reported in Uttar

Pradesh contributing 60.4% (634 out of

1,049 cases) of total such cases registered

at all India level.

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of

Children) Act, 2000



registered under this Act during 2015.

Maharashtra (251 cases), Rajasthan (216

cases), Kerala (201 cases) and Telangana

(126 cases) together contributed 54.5%

(794 out of 1,457 cases) of total such cases

during 2015.

Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques

(Regulation and Prevention of Misuse)

Act, 1994



under this Act during 2015. The maximum

cases under the Pre-Natal Diagnostic

Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of

Misuse) Act were reported in Haryana

contributing 94.1%(32 out of 34 cases) of

total such cases registered at all India level.

Incidence of IPC crimes in Districts

There were 815 police districts in the

country (including railway police & special

police cell) during the year 2015.

Out of 815 police districts, 597

districts have reported more than 1,000

cases of IPC crimes during 2015. District-

wise number of cases reported under

various IPC crimes is presented in

‘Additional Table for CII’ on our website

http://ncrb.gov.in .

A total of 48 districts have registered

more than 10,000 cases of IPC crimes

during 2015, while 112 districts have

reported IPC crimes between 5,000 and

10,000 and a bulk of them i.e. 645 of these

districts have reported less than 5,000

crimes (including nil case) during 2015.

The police districts which have

registered more than 15,000 IPC crimes

during 2015 are: Mumbai Commissionerate

Table-1(B) Police Districts Registering above

15,000 IPC cases during 2015

SL State/UT Police District No. of Cases

1 Maharashtra Mumbai Commr. 42,940 2 Karnataka Bengaluru City 35,576 3 Kerala Malappuram 24,447 4 West Bengal Kolkata 23,990 5 Delhi UT West District 23,839 6 Delhi UT South District 23,379 7 Madhya Pradesh Indore 23,195 8 Kerala Kottayam 23,000 9 Delhi UT Outer District 22,754 10 Delhi UT East District 21,963 11 Kerala Ernakulam Rural 21,585 12 Telangana Cyberabad 20,872 13 Bihar Patna 20,112 14 West Bengal South 24 Parganas 19,649 15 Delhi UT North-East District 18,831 16 Delhi UT South-East 18,148 17 Kerala Thrissur Rural District 18,023 18 Kerala Palakkad 17,989 19 Kerala Alapuzha 17,800 20 Telangana Hyderabad City 16,965 21 Delhi UT North-West District 16,621 22 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal 16,514 23 Gujarat Ahmedabad City 15,964 24 Kerala Trivandrum Commr. 15,415 25 Maharashtra Pune Commr. 15,349 26 Maharashtra Thane Commr. 15,204 27 Kerala Pathanamthitta 15,011

has reported the highest incidence of IPC

crimes (42,940 cases) followed by Bengaluru

city (35,576 cases), Malappuram (24,447

cases), Kolkata (23,990 cases), West

District of Delhi (23,839 cases), South

District of Delhi (23,379 cases), Indore

(23,195 cases) and Kottayam (23,000 cases)


District-wise analysis of crimes

reveals:-Patna of Bihar has reported the

highest incidents of murder (314 cases),

dowry deaths(104 cases) and grievous hurt

(4,612 cases); Mumbai Commissionerate of

Maharashtra has reported highest incidents of

rape (712 cases), robbery (1,708 cases),

criminal trespass/burglary (3,010 cases),

assault on women with intent to outrage her

modesty (2,008 cases) and kidnapping &

abduction (1,583 cases); West District of Delhi

has reported highest incidents of theft (13,797

cases); South 24 Pargana of West Bengal has

reported highest incidents of riots (1,335).

http://ncrb.gov.in/


Chapter - 2

Crime in Mega Cities

The term ‘Mega City’ in context of this

chapter refers to city having population of 10

lakh (1 million) or more. List of mega city is

provided by Population Census & Registrar

General of India which is based on last

population census. The numbers of such cities

have increased from 35 in the year 2001 to 53

in the year 2011.NCRB has been collecting

data for these 53 mega cities since 2012.

Crimes are much higher in mega cities

compared to either small cities or rural areas.

High incidents of crimes in mega cities may be

due to various factors like high density of

population, greater information availability/flow,

greater degree of anonymity in big cities, social

milieu of urban slums etc. This chapter deals

with crime analysis reported in 53 mega cities.

The present analysis does not aim at

complete urban crime pattern in the country but

is restricted to only 53 mega cities having urban

population of only 1,607.24 lakh as per The

Population Census 2011.

The population of cities from The Population Census 2011 are used for calculating the Crime Rate for these cities, as mid-year population projection for these cities is not available.

Various Forms of Crime The present analysis on mega cities is

restricted to 34 major specified crimes under

IPC and 56 specified crimes under SLL. The

city-wise details of these crimes for 53 mega

cities are presented in this chapter.

Cognizable Crimes

The incidents of cognizable crimes in

the mega cities during 2015 are presented in

Table-2.1 and 2.3. As many as 20,56,129

cognizable crimes were reported in these 53

mega cities during 2015 comprising 6,76,086

cases registered under the IPC and 13,80,043

cases registered under the SLL. In terms of

percentage, 67.1% of total cases (IPC + SLL)

during 2015 were reported under Special &

Local Laws (SLL) and remaining 32.9% under

Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Crime rate of 1,279.3 was observed in

these mega cities as compared to crime rate of

581.8 at all India level, showing much higher

crime rate compared to all India average.

Trend Analysis - Major IPC Crimes

Murder


The offences of murder with 3,401

cases in 2015 showed a decline of 3.9% in

comparison to 3,538 cases in 2014.

Delhi City has registered the maximum

cases of murder (464 cases) followed by Patna

(232 cases) and Bengaluru (188 cases) during

2015. Crime rate of 2.1 was reported under

murder cases in these 53 mega cities during the

year 2015. The highest rate of 11.3 murders per

lakh population was reported from Patna

compared to all India average rate of 2.1 during

the year 2015.

Attempt to Commit Murder


The offence of attempt to commit

murder with 4,697 cases in 2015 showed a rise

of 2.0% in comparison to 4,603 cases in 2014.

Delhi City has registered the maximum

number of cases of attempt to murder (674

cases) followed by Bengaluru (464 cases) and

Mumbai city (231 cases) during 2015. Crime

rate of 2.9 was reported under attempt to

commit murder cases in these 53 mega cities

during the year 2015. The highest crime rate

(13.7) of attempt to commit murder per lakh

population was reported from Jodhpur

compared to all India average rate of 2.9 during

the year 2015.


Culpable Homicide not Amounting to Murder


A total of 352 cases of culpable

homicides not amounting to murder were

registered in 53 mega cities during 2015. Delhi

City has reported the maximum number of

cases of culpable homicide not amounting to

murder (53 cases) followed by Agra (32 cases),

Bengaluru (23 cases) and Kolkata (19 cases)

during 2015.

Attempt to Commit Culpable Homicide


A total of 1,546 cases of attempt to

commit culpable homicide were registered in 53

mega cities during 2015. Delhi City has reported

the maximum number of cases of attempt to

culpable homicides (897 cases) followed by

Thiruvananthapuram (107 cases) during 2015.

Rape


The offence of rape with 6,016 cases in

2015 showed a rise of 4.4% in comparison to

5,761 cases in 2014.

Incidents of rape were highest in Delhi

City (1,893 cases) followed by Mumbai (712

cases) during 2015. 4.4% more registration in

rape cases were there in Delhi city during 2015

(1,893 cases) over 2014 (1,813 cases). Crime

rate of 3.7 was reported under rape cases in

these 53 mega cities during the year 2015. The

highest rate of 13.4 rape per lakh population

was reported from Jodhpur followed by Delhi

City at 11.6 as compared to 5.7 at average

cities level during the year 2015.

Attempt to Commit Rape


A total of 266 cases of attempt to

commit rape were reported in 53 mega cities

during 2015. Delhi City has registered the

maximum cases of attempt to commit rape (39

cases) during 2015.

Kidnapping & Abduction


The offence of kidnapping & abduction

with 19,455 cases in 2015 showed a rise of

23.2% in comparison to 15,787 cases in 2014.

Delhi City has reported the maximum

cases of kidnapping & abduction (6,630 cases)

followed by Mumbai (1583 cases), Patna (869

cases) and Bengaluru (777 cases) during 2015.

Crime rate of 12.1 was reported under

kidnapping & abduction cases in these 53 mega

cities during the year 2015. The highest rate

(42.5) of kidnappings & abductions per one lakh

population was reported from Patna compared

to 12.1 in these 53 mega during the year 2015.

Dacoity


The crime under head dacoity with 485 cases in 2015 showed a decline of 6.2% in

comparison to 517 cases in 2014.


cases of dacoity (61 cases) followed by Mumbai

(48 cases) and Bengaluru (45 cases) during

2015. The highest crime rate of dacoity (2.3) per

one lakh population was reported from

Aurangabad in comparison to 0.3 in these 53

mega during the year 2015.

Making Preparation and Assembly for

Committing Dacoity


The offence of making preparation &

assembly to commit dacoity with 705 cases in

2015 showed a rise of 4.6% in comparison to

674 cases in 2014.

Bengaluru has reported the maximum

cases of making preparation and assembly for

committing dacoity (320 cases) accounting for

45.4% of total such cases reported during 2015.

The highest crime rate under this head was

reported from Asansol (4.2) in comparison to

0.3 at average cities level during the year 2015.

Robbery


The offence of robbery with 14,214 cases in 2015 showed a decline of 1.8% in

comparison to 14,475 cases in 2014.


cases of robbery (6,766 cases) followed by

Mumbai (1,708 cases) and Pune (731 cases)

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during 2015. Every one lakh population in these

53 mega cities experienced, on average, nearly

9 robbery cases in the year 2015. The highest

rate of 41.5 robberies per lakh population was

reported from Delhi city compared to 2.9 at all

India level.

Criminal Trespass/Burglary

(Incidence: 32,507 Rates: 20.2)

The offences of criminal

trespass/burglary with 32,507 cases in 2015

showed a rise of 6.3% in comparison to 30,574

cases in 2014.


number of cases criminal trespass/burglary

(11,121 cases) followed by Mumbai (3,010

cases) among mega cities. Every one lakh

population in these 53 mega cities experienced,

on average, nearly 20 criminal

trespass/burglaries in the year 2015. The highest

rate of 68.2 burglaries per lakh population was

reported from Delhi City during the year 2015.

Theft

(Incidence: 2,00,348 Rate: 124.7)

Theft cases have shown an increase of

14.3% during the year 2015 compared to the

year 2014 (1,75,328 cases).

Delhi city has reported highest

number of 96,924 theft cases during the year

2015 which accounted for 48.4% of the total

thefts cases registered in the mega cities. On

an average, 125 theft cases were registered for

every one lakh population in the mega cities

during 2015. Delhi has reported highest rate of

thefts cases at 594.1 followed by Indore (251.7)


‘Auto theft’ has accounted for 44.4%

(89,059 cases) of the total theft cases. Theft

other than automobile has shown an increase of

15.0% in 2015. The maximum auto thefts were

reported in Delhi city (31,302 cases) followed by

Jaipur (5,450 cases) and Bengaluru (5,346

cases), these three cities together accounted

for 47.3% of total such cases registered. Delhi

has reported much higher rate (191.9) as

compared to the national rate of 15.8 of auto

thefts per one lakh population.

Unlawful Assembly


A total of 1,068 cases of unlawful

assembly were registered in 53 mega cities

during 2015. Jaipur (278 cases) followed by

Chennai (230 cases), Kochi (117 cases) and

Kolkata (103 cases) have reported the maximum

cases of unlawful assembly during 2015.

Riots


A total of 6,270 cases of riots were

registered in 53 mega cities during 2015. Patna

(725 cases) followed by Mumbai (396 cases),

Bengaluru (373 cases), Kolkata (293 cases) and

Pune (259 cases) have reported the maximum

cases of riots during 2015. A total 201 cases of

communal riots in Faridabad were registered

during 2015. A total of 18 cases in Jamshedpur

and 12 cases in Agra were registered under

caste conflict related riots during 2015. A total of

47 cases in Agra and 25 cases in Jamshedpur

were student related riots cases during 2015.

Criminal Breach of Trust (Incidence: 4,564 Rate: 2.8)

A total of 4,564 cases of criminal breach

of trust were registered in 53 mega cities during

the year 2015 which were 3.0% less than 4,707

cases as registered in 2014.

Mumbai followed by Delhi city has

reported 761 and 543 cases of total such cases

reported in 53 mega cities during 2015

respectively. Faridabad has reported high rate of

16.4 followed by Lucknow at 11.3 as compared

to 2.8 at average cities level.

Cheating


A total of 35,854 cases under cheating

were registered in these 53 mega cities during

the year 2015, showing an increase of 13.3% in

2015 over 2014 (33,111 cases). Jaipur has

reported the highest number of cheating cases

(5,424 cases) accounting for 15.1% of total

such crimes. The highest rate of such crimes

(176.5) in comparison to 22.3 in 53 mega cities

was reported also from Jaipur.

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Forgery


A total of 3,445 cases of forgery were

registered in 53 mega cities during the year

2015 which were 33.4% more than 2,583

cases registered in 2014.

Jodhpur with 1,196 cases has reported

the highest number of forgery cases,

accounting for 34.7% of total such crimes.

Jodhpur has also reported the highest rate of

such crimes (105.1) in comparison to cities

average rate of 2.1.

Counterfeiting


A total of 477 cases of counterfeiting

were registered during the year 2015, showing

a decline of 6.5% in comparision to previous

year (510 cases). Maximum number of cases of

counterfeiting were reported in Chennai (70

cases) followed by Delhi city (67 cases), these

two cities together accounted for 28.7% of total

such cases registered in these 53 mega cities

during 2015.

Grievous Hurt


Offences of grievous hurt with 10,424

cases registered in 2015 showed a decline of

3.6% in comparison to 10,811 cases registered

in 2014.

Patna (3,112 cases) followed by

Mumbai (1,512 cases) have together accounted

for 44.3% of total such crimes registered during

2015. A total of 41 cases of acid attacks were

also reported, Delhi city has reported highest

cases (19) of acid attacks during 2015. Patna

has reported the highest rate under grievous

hurt (150.2) in comparison to cities average rate

of 6.5.

Dowry Deaths


A total of 689 cases of dowry deaths

were registered during the year 2015, showing

a decrease of 8.0% over the year 2014 (749

cases). Delhi city with 100 cases has reported

the highest number of incidents of such cases.

Patna has reported the highest rate (3.6) of

such crimes in comparison to the cities average

rate of 0.4.

Assault on Woman with Intent to Outrage

her Modesty


A total of 15,428 cases of assault on

woman with intent to outrage her modesty were

registered during 2015, showing an increase of

8.0% over 2014 (14,277 cases). Delhi city with

4,563 cases accounted for 29.6% of total such

cases followed by Mumbai (2,008 cases).

Jodhpur has reported the highest rate (38.7) of

such crimes in comparison to the cities average

rate of 9.6.

Insult to the Modesty of Women


A total of 2,728 cases of insult to the

modesty of women were registered during the

year 2015, showing a decrease of 5.7% in

comparison to the previous year (2,894 cases).

Delhi city (1,262 cases) followed by Mumbai

(412 cases) have accounted for 46.3% and

15.1% of total such cases reported during the

year 2015 respectively. Vijayawada has

reported highest crime rate of 8.2 as compared

to 1.7 at cities average level.


(Incidence: 19,076 Rate: 11.9) A total of 19,076 cases of cruelty by

husband or his relatives were registered which

is 3.1% less in comparison to the previous year

(19,687 cases). Delhi city (3,190 cases)

followed by Hyderabad (1,606 cases) have


cases respectively. Jodhpur has reported

highest crime rate of 70.7 as compared to 11.9

at cities average level.



Only 2 such cases (in Kolkata) were

registered during the year 2015 showing a

decrease of 50.0% in comparison to 4 cases

registered in 2014.

Causing Death by Negligence


A total of 14,454 cases of causing death

by negligence were registered in 53 mega cities

during the year 2015, showing an increase of

3.5% in comparison to the previous year

(13,960 cases). Delhi city (1,438 cases)

registered highest number of such cases

followed by Bengaluru (979 cases),accounting


for 9.9% and 6.8% of total such cases during

the year 2015 respectively. Jodhpur has

reported highest crime rate of 45.3 compared to

9.0 at cities average level.

Most of the deaths due to negligence

were due to rash/negligent driving which

accounted for 93.5%(13,518 out of 14,454) of

total such deaths in 53 mega cities during 2015.

Crimes under the Special & Local Laws

(SLL)

(Incidence: 13,80,043 Rate: 858.6)

A total of 13,80,043 SLL crimes were

registered during the year 2015, showing an

increase of 12.4% over the year 2014

(12,27,223 cases).

Trend Analysis

Arms Act, 1959

(Incidence : 9,054 Rate : 5.6 )

A total of 9,054 cases under the Arms

Act were registered in these 53 mega cities

during the year 2015, showing a decrease of

4.7% in comparison to the previous year (9,498

cases). Ghaziabad (with 980 cases) recorded

highest cases followed by Bhopal (with 934

cases), they accounted for 10.8% and 10.3% of

total such cases during the year 2015

respectively. Kota has reported highest crime

rate of 78.5 compared to 5.6 at cities average

rate.

Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances

Act, 1985



Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act

were registered in these 53 mega cities during

the year 2015, showing an increase of 20.8% in

comparison to the previous year (19,874

cases). Mumbai (18,628 cases) registered

highest number of cases followed by Kochi (654

cases) accounting for 77.6% and 2.7% of total

such case registered during the year 2015

respectively. Mumbai has reported highest

crime rate of 101.2 compared to 14.9 at cities

average rate.

Gambling Act, 1867



Gambling Act were registered in these 53 mega

cities during the year 2015, showing an

increase of 8.9% in comparison to the previous

year (17,900 cases). Bhopal (1,369 cases)

recorded highest number of cases followed by

Jaipur (1,357 cases) and togather have

accounted for 7.0% each of total such cases

registered during the year 2015. Kota has

reported highest crime rate of 112.3 compared

to 12.1 crime rate at cities average level.

Excise Act, 1944


A total of 17,409 cases under the Excise Act were registered in these 53 mega cities

during the year 2015 showing an increase of

16.2% in comparison to the previous year

(14,980 cases). Bhopal (2,498 cases)


followed by Faridabad (2,060 cases), these two

cities have accounted for 14.3% and 11.8% of

total such cases registered in 53 mega cities

respectively. Faridabad has reported highest

crime rate of 146.6 compared to 10.8 of cities

average rate.

Prohibition Act


A total of 1,08,251 cases under the

Prohibition Act were registered in these 53

mega cities during the year 2015, showing an

increase of 13.2% in comparison to the

previous year (95,631 cases). Surat (41,444

cases) recorded highest cases under the

Prohibition Act followed by Vadodara (13,646

cases), accounting for 38.3% and 12.6% of total

such cases respectively. Surat has also

reported highest crime rate of 903.9 as

compared to crime rate of 67.4 at cities average

level.

Explosives & Explosive Substances Act, 1884

& 1908



Explosives & Explosive Substances Act were

registered in 53 mega cities during the year

2015 showing an increase of 3.0% compared to

the previous year (423 cases). Allahabad (151

cases) registered highest number of cases

followed by Ahmedabad (58 cases), accounting

for 27.4% and 10.5% of total such cases

registered during the year 2015 respectively.

Allahabad has also reported highest crime rate

of 12.4 as compared to crime rate of 0.3 at

cities average level.




A total of 1,203 cases under Immoral

Traffic (Prevention) Act were registered in 53

mega cities during the year 2015, showing a

decrease of 3.3% in comparison to the previous

year (1,245 cases). Bengaluru (236 cases)

registered highest cases followed by Chennai

(201 cases), they accounted for 19.6% and

16.7% of total such cases respectively during

the year 2015. Nagpur has reported highest

crime rate of 5.4 as compared to crime rate of

0.7 at average cities level.

Indian Railways Act, 1989


A total of 11 cases under the Indian

Railways Act were registered in these 53 mega

cities during the year 2015, showing an

increase of 37.5% as compared to the previous

year (8 cases).

Registration of Foreigners Act, 1930



Registration of Foreigners Act were registered

in these 53 mega cities during the year 2015

showing a decrease of 9.1% in comparison to

the previous year (22 cases). Jodhpur (6

cases) recorded highest such cases registered


Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955


A total of 13 cases under the Protection

of Civil Rights Act were registered in these 53

mega cities during the year 2015 showing an

increase of 62.5% in comparison to the

previous year (8 cases). Pune (10 cases with

rate of 0.2%) recorded highest cases registered


Indian Passport Act, 1967


A total of 271 cases under Indian

Passport Act were registered in these 53 mega

cities during 2015 showing an increase of 8.0%

in comparison to the previous year (251 cases).

Chennai (67 cases) recorded highest number of

cases followed by Tiruchirapalli (45 cases), they


cases respectively during the year 2015.

Tiruchirapalli has reported highest crime rate of

4.4 in comparison to 0.2 at cities average level.

Essential Commodities Act, 1955


A total of 702 cases under the Essential

Commodities Act were registered during the

year 2015 showing a decrease of 26.9% in

comparison to the previous year (960 cases).

Kolkata (117 cases) recorded highest cases

followed by Mumbai (88 cases) have accounted

for 16.7% and 12.5% of total such cases

reported during the year 2015 respectively.

Srinagar has reported highest crime rate of 5.0

as compared to 0.4 at cities average level.

Antiquities & Art Treasures Act, 1972


A total of 6 cases (3 cases each in

Bengaluru & Hyderabad) under the Antiquities

& Art Treasures Act were registered in 53 mega

cities during the year 2015 as against 2 cases in

the previous year.



A total of 1,188 cases under the Dowry

Prohibition Act were registered in 53 mega

cities during the year 2015 showing a decrease

of 3.8% in comparison to the previous year

(1,235 cases). Bengaluru (714 cases)


followed by Jamshedpur (157 cases), they


cases registered during the year 2015

respectively. Jamshedpur has reported highest

crime rate of 11.7 in comparison to crime rate of

0.7 at cities average level.




Only 4 cases under the Indecent

Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act

were registered during 2015, showing a

decrease of 80.9% in comparison to the

previous year (21 cases). Hyderabad reported

2 such cases followed by Coimbatore & Kannur

(1 case each) during the year 2015.

Copyright Act, 1957



Copyright Act were registered during the year

2015, showing a decrease of 15.7% in


comparison to the previous year (1,977 cases).

Chennai (421 cases) recorded highest number

of cases followed by Bengaluru (155

cases),accounting for 25.3% and 9.3% of total

such cases respectively during the year 2015.

Coimbatore has reported highest crime rate of

6.2 in comparison to crime rate of 1.0 at cities

average level.

SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989


Data refers to cases registered under

the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act only i.e.

the cases of IPC crimes registered along with

the SC/ST (POA) Act are excluded.

A total of 680 cases under this Act were

registered in these 53 mega cities. Maximum

number of cases were reported in Bengaluru

(139 cases) followed by Vishakhapatnam (137

cases) during 2015.

Forest Act, 1927


Crime under the head with 146 cases

registered under this Act has shown a decrease

of 15.1% over the previous year (172 cases).

Two cities namely Bengaluru (48 cases) and

Kota (18 cases) have accounted for majority of

cases under this Act during the year 2015. Kota

has reported highest crime rate of 1.8 as

against average rate of 0.1 in 53 mega cities.

Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006



under this Act in these 53 mega cities during

2015 as against 18 cases registered in the

previous year 2014. Ahmedabad, Aurangabad,

Durg-Bhilainagar, Ludhiana have reported 2

cases each during the year 2015.

Protection of Women from Domestic Violence

Act, 2005



under this Act during 2015. Maximum cases of

the Protection of Women from Domestic

Violence Act were reported in

Thiruvananthapuram (29 cases) followed by

Kollam (22 cases).

Information Technology Act, 2000


A total of 4,167 cases were registered

under this Act during 2015. Maximum cases

under the Information Technology Act were

registered in Bengaluru (1041 cases) followed

by Jaipur (459 cases) during the year 2015.

Official Secret Act, 1923


A total of 5 cases were registered under

this Act during 2015. Chennai and Delhi City

have reported 2 cases each under this Act

during 2015.

Electricity Act, 2003



under the Electricity Act with highest registration

reported from Agra (2,182 cases) followed by

Kanpur (1,409 cases). These two cities together

accounted for 37.5% of total such cases

registered during the year 2015. Highest crime

rate under this Act was observed in Agra

(125.0) followed by Ghaziabad (55.4) compared

to average cities crime rate of 6.0.

Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976


A total of 21 cases registered under this

Act in these 53 mega cities during 2015.

Wildlife Protection Act, 1972


A total of 59 cases registered under this

Act. Majority of cases under the Wildlife

Protection Act were reported in Bengaluru (20

Cases) followed by Pune (7 cases) during 2015.

National Security Act, 1980




2015. Indore (26 cases) followed by Kanpur (10

cases) reported maximum number of cases

under this Act during 2015.


Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967



under this Act during 2015. Srinagar (14 cases)

and Kolkata (12 cases) together contributed

60.5% of total such cases (26 out of 43 cases)

during 2015.

Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act,

1984



under this Act during 2015. Kanpur (68 cases)

and Lucknow (52 cases) together contributed

21.2%(119 out of 416 cases) of total such

cases under this Act during 2015.

Trade Marks Act, 1999

(Incidence: 155 Rate:0.1)



2015. Lucknow (55 cases) reported maximum

number of cases under the Act accounting for

34.2% of total such cases under this Act during

2015.

Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998




2015. The maximum cases under the Lotteries

(Regulation) Act were registered in Coimbatore

(334 cases) followed by Chennai (262 cases).

Tiruchirapalli had highest rate at 15.9 compared

to all cities average of 0.5 during 2015.

Foreigners Act, 1946




2015. The maximum cases under the

Foreigners Act were reported in Bengaluru (25

cases) followed by Delhi city (20 cases)

contributing 50.0% of total such cases under

this Act reported in 53 mega cities during 2015.

Representation of People Act, 1946



under this Act during 2015. The majority of

cases under the Representation of People Act,

1951 were reported in Bengaluru (32 cases)

followed by Aurangabad (7 cases) contributing

83.0% of total such cases registered in 53

mega cities during 2015.

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of

Children) Act, 2000




2015. Mumbai (231 cases) followed by Jaipur

(164 cases) together contributed 54.8% (395

out of 721 cases) of total such cases during

2015.

Emigration Act, 1983




2015. Majority of such cases were reported

from Kochi (16 cases) accounting for 51.6%

(16 out of 31 cases) of total such cases during

2015.

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences

Act 2012




2015. Majority of such cases were reported by

Bengaluru (273 cases) followed by

Ahmedabad (191 cases) and Indore (189

cases) accounting for 11.6%, 8.1% and 8.0%

of total such cases registered during 2015

respectively. Durg-Bhilainagar at 12.8, Raipur

at 10.8 and Jabalpur at 10.7 reported highest

rate under this Act compared to average cities

rate of 1.5 during 2015.

Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation

and Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994


Only 1 case in Ahmedabad was

registered under this Act during 2015.


Table-3(A)

Violent Crimes Registered during 2011 – 2015

Sl.

No. Crimes

Years

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

1. Total Violent crimes 2,56,329

[11.0]

2,75,165

[11.5]

3,00,357

[11.3]

3,30,754

[11.6]

3,35,901

[11.4]

1.1 Affecting Body 1,22,679

(47.9)

1,29,017

(46.9)

1,45,542

(48.5)

1,69,154

(51.1)

1,78,525

(53.1)

1.2 Affecting Property 31,880

(12.4)

34,756

(12.6)

39,625

(13.2)

45,300

(13.7)

43,323

(12.9)

1.3 Affecting Public Safety 77,564

(30.3)

86,469

(31.4)

81,483

(27.1)

75,331

(22.5)

74,965

(22.3)

1.4 Affecting Women 24,206

(9.4)

24,206

(9.1)

33,707

(11.2)

40,969

(12.4)

39,088

(11.6)

Note: 1. [ ] Bracketed figures represent the percentage share of crimes to total IPC crimes

2. ( ) Bracketed figures represent the percentage share of crimes to total violent crimes

Chapter-3

Violent Crimes

Violent crimes induce a sense of

insecurity and fear in the community. The

frequency and the magnitude of such crimes

also affect the public peace.

The following IPC crimes reported to

the Police authorities have been grouped as

‘Violent Crimes’ for the purpose of crime

analysis in this chapter.

I. Violent Crimes Affecting Body

Murder, Attempt to commit murder,

Culpable Homicide not amounting to murder,

Attempt to commit culpable homicide, Dowry

deaths and Kidnapping & Abduction;

II. Violent Crimes Affecting Property

Dacoity, Making preparation &

assembly for committing dacoity and Robbery;

III. Violent Crimes Affecting Public Safety

Riots and Arson;

IV. Violent Crimes Affecting Women

Rape and Attempt to commit rape.

Besides violent crimes, this chapter also

contains information on number of unidentified

dead bodies recovered and inquest conducted

during 2015.

Percentage Distribution of Violent Crimes

during 2011 -2015

The percentage share of violent crimes

to total cognizable crimes under IPC decreased

from 11.6% in 2014 to 11.4% in 2015. Out of

the total 3,35,901 violent crimes registered in

the country during the year 2015, 53.1% crimes

were violent crimes affecting body (1,78,525

cases). During the year 2015, violent crimes

affecting the property were 12.9% (43,323

cases); those affecting the public safety were

22.3% (74,965 cases) and violent crimes

against women (Rape and Attempt to commit

rape) were 11.6% (39,088 cases) of the total

violent crimes.

Trend of Violent Crimes (2011 – 2015)

Number of cases reported under the

violent crimes is continuously increasing from

2011 to 2015. However, the share of violent

crimes in total IPC crimes reported at 11.0% in

2011, thereafter it rose to 11.5% in 2012, but it

marginally declined to 11.3% in 2013. It rose

again to 11.6% in 2014 but decline to 11.4% in

2015. The share of violent crimes affecting

body showed a mixed trend during 2011-2015.


CASES REGISTERED UNDER VIOLENT CRIMES DURING 2015 (All India 3,35,901)


upto 500

1,001 to 5,000


501 to 1,000

5,001 to 10,000

10,001 to 20,000


The share of violent crimes affecting women

has decreased from 9.4% in 2011 to 9.1% in

2012, thereafter increased to 11.2% in 2013

and further increased to 12.4% in 2014 but

declined to 11.6% in 2015. The pattern of

violent crimes affecting public safety and

affecting property has also shown a mixed

trend during this period.

Incidence of Violent Crimes (Incidence- 3,35,901 Rate- 26.7)

A total of 3,35,901 cases of violent

crimes were registered in the country during

the year 2015 compared to 3,30,754 cases in

2014, showing an increase of 1.6% during

2015 over 2014. The share of violent crimes

to the total IPC crimes during the year 2015 is

11.4%. Details can be seen in Table-3(A).

Trend of Violent Crimes

The State and UT-wise incidents of

violent crimes and their rate during 2015 are

presented in Table-3.1. During the year 2015,

Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bihar have

reported maximum number of 40,613 cases,

37,290 cases and 35,754 cases respectively

contributing 12.1%, 11.1% and 10.6% of the

total violent crimes reported in the country

respectively.

The crime rate (26.7) of total violent

crimes in the country has shown an increase of

0.3% during the year 2015 over the year 2014

(26.6). The crime rates recorded for various

categories of violent crimes for the years 2011 -

2015 at the All-India level are given in Table-

3(B). The rate of total violent crimes has shown

an increasing trend from 2011 to 2015.

The highest crime rate of violent

crimes was reported in Delhi UT (97.4)

followed by Assam (47.1), Arunachal Pradesh

(39.9), Haryana (37.5) and Bihar & Odisha

(34.7 each). The lowest crime rate was

reported in Puducherry (7.1), Lakshdweep

(7.5), Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Nagaland

(12.7 each) as compared to 26.7 at the

national level.

Share of Violent Crimes to Total IPC Crimes

The violent crimes constituted 11.0% of

total IPC crimes registered in 2011. The share

of violent crime marginally increased to 11.5%

in 2012 and decreased to 11.3% in 2013 and in

2014, it increased to 11.6% it declined to

11.4% in 2015.

The share of violent crimes to total IPC

crimes was highest in Nagaland (23.0%)

followed by Uttarakhand (21.1%), Daman & Diu

(20.9%), Bihar (20.2%) and Dadra & Nagar

Haveli (19.7%) against the national average of

11.4%. The comparative national level details

are presented in Table-3.1.

Trend Analysis of Various Violent Crimes

Murder

(Incidence… 32,127 Rate…2.5)

The incidence of murder has

decreased by 5.4% in 2015 (32,127 cases)

compared to the previous year (33,981

cases). The highest cases (4,732 cases) of

murder, accounting for 14.7% of total cases

were registered from Uttar Pradesh. Bihar has

registered 3,178 cases accounting for 9.9% of

total murder cases. The rate of crime was

highest in Meghalaya (5.4) followed by

Jharkhand (4.6) and Arunachal Pradesh (4.4)

in comparison to the national average rate of

2.6 (See Table 1.6).

Table-3 (B)

Crime Rate of Violent Crimes during 2011 - 2015

SL Crime Head 2011 2012 2013 2014* 2015*

1. Affecting Body 10.1 10.6 11.9 13.6 14.2

2. Affecting Property 2.6 2.9 3.1 3.6 3.4

3. Affecting Public Safety 6.4 7.1 6.7 6.1 5.9

4. Affecting Women 2.0 2.1 2.7 3.3 3.1

Total Crimes 21.2 22.7 24.4 26.6 26.7 ‘*’Some additions and modifications in crime heads have been done since 2014 as data collected in the revised

proformae.


RATE OF VIOLENT CRIMES DURING 2015 (All India 26.7)

Rate of Crime

upto 15.0

20.1 to 25.0


15.1 to 20.0

25.1 to 30.0

30.1 to 35.0

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Motives of Murder

The prominent motives behind murders

were 'personal vendetta or enmity' and

'property dispute', which accounted for 14.8%

and 11.0% of total murder cases respectively.

The other significant causes were: ‘gain’

(7.5%), ‘Illicit relationship/ sexual causes’

(4.9%) and ‘love affairs’ (4.3%). Jharkhand has

accounted for 27.6% of murders (664 out of

2,408 cases registered at All-India level) for

‘gain’. Bihar has accounted for 27.4% (971 out

of 3,540 cases) of total murder cases due to

‘property dispute’. Uttar Pradesh has reported

17.1% (812 out of 4,758 cases) of total murder

cases due to personal vendetta or enmity.

27.7% (337 out of 1,218 cases) of murders due

to dowry were reported from West Bengal.

31.7% (13 out of 41 cases) of murders due to

lunacy were reported from Uttar Pradesh.


witchcraft were reported from Jharkhand.

Jharkhand (8), Uttar Pradesh (7), Andhra

Pradesh (4) & Chhattisgarh, Karnataka,

Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Telangana

(1 case each) reported murders due to

child/human sacrifice.

Uttar Pradesh (7 cases), Nagaland &

Karnataka (4 cases each), Madhya Pradesh &

Maharashtra (3 cases each) and Jharkhand &

Gujarat (2 cases each) together accounted for

92.6% of total murder cases due to communal

clashes. Jharkhand accounted for 42.9% (24

out of 56 cases) and Uttar Pradesh accounted

for 95.2% (788 out of 828 cases) of murders

due to caste related issues and class conflict

respectively. Uttar Pradesh accounted for


political reasons. 68.2% (131 out of 192 cases)

of murders due to honour killing were reported

from Uttar Pradesh. 18.7% (31 out of 166

cases) of murders were during committing rape

and 27.8% (383 out of 1,379 cases) of murders

due to love affairs were reported from Uttar

Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh (7 cases),

Chhattisgarh & Karnataka (3 cases each)

together accounted for 68.4% of murders after

gang rapes. Maharashtra accounted for 13.6%

(214 out of 1,568 cases) of murders due to

illicit relation. Uttar Pradesh accounting for

27.8% (50 out of 180 cases) of murders in

kidnapping and abduction.


Attempt to Commit Murder

(Incidence… 46,471 Rate… 3.7)

During 2015, the cases of attempt to

commit murder (46,471 cases) have increased

by 11.2% over the previous year (41,791). West

Bengal has registered the highest (9,918 cases)

incidents of attempt to commit murder cases

followed by Bihar with 5,981 cases. The crime

rate was the highest in West Bengal (10.7)

against the national average of 3.7 in 2015.

Culpable Homicide not Amounting to Murder

(Incidence......3,176 Rate… 0.3)

The cases of culpable homicide not

amounting to murder have declined by 4.7%

during 2015 (3,176 cases) over previous year

(3,332). Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest

number of culpable homicide not amounting to

murder cases accounting for 42.1%(1,338 out of

3,176 cases) of such cases registered at the

national level during 2015.

Motives of Culpable Homicide (C.H.) not

Amounting to Murder

‘Personal vendetta or enmity’, ‘ Class

conflict’ and ‘Property dispute’ were the major

motives reported under culpable homicide not

amounting to murder accounting for 11.7%,

9.7% and 8.0% of total such cases during 2015

respectively. Uttar Pradesh has accounted for

the highest number of culpable homicide not

amounting to murder cases for 'gain' (35.1%) &

‘property dispute’ (78.8%). Uttar Pradesh

accounted for (247 cases out of 372 cases) of

culpable homicide not amounting to murder

(66.4%) due to ‘personal vendetta or enmity’’.

A total of 1,993 cases of culpable

homicide not amounting to murder, which

accounted for 62.8% of total cases, could not be

classified under the specified category of

motives.

Attempt to Commit Culpable Homicide


The cases of attempt to commit

Culpable Homicide (C.H.) not amounting to

murder accounted for 1.8% (6,118 out of

3,35,901 cases) of total violent crimes during

2015. Kerala has registered the highest number

of 2,059 cases accounting for 33.7% of such

cases registered at national level during 2015.

Rape

(Incidence…34,651 Rate… 5.7) (It excludes cases registered under the Protection of Children from

Sexual Offence Act 2012)

The number of rape cases showed a

significant increase of 88.7% over the year 2005

level, an increase of 22.2% over the

quinquennial average of 2010 - 2014 and a

decline of 5.7% over the previous year (36,735

cases). Madhya Pradesh has recorded the

highest incidents of rape (4,391 cases)

accounting for 12.7% of all the rape cases

registered in the country, followed by

Maharashtra 12.0%. Delhi followed by Andaman

& Nicobar has reported the highest crime rate of

23.7 and 13.5 per one lakh female population

respectively against the national average of 5.7



(Incidence…4,437 Rate… 0.7)

The cases of attempt to commit rape

accounted for 1.3% (4,437 out of 3,35,901

cases) of total violent crimes during 2015. West

Bengal has reported the highest number of

1,551 cases accounting for 35.0% of such cases

registered at national level during 2015. Kidnapping & Abduction


A total of 82,999 cases of ‘kidnapping &

abduction' were registered during the year 2015

showing an increase of 263.5% over the 2005

level (22,832 cases), an increase of 51.8% over

the quinquennial average of 2010 - 2014 and an

increase of 7.5% over the previous year (77,237

cases). The highest incidents of kidnapping &

abduction were reported from Uttar Pradesh

(11,999 cases) accounting for 14.5% of the total

cases registered in the country.

Dacoity


The incidents of dacoity showed a

decline of 22.7% over the 2005 level (5,141

cases), decline of 9.3% over the quinquennial

average of 2010 - 2014 and a decrease of 9.6%

over the previous year (4,395 cases).

Maharashtra has reported the highest number of

dacoities (784 cases) accounting for 19.7% of


the total such cases registered in the country.

Bihar with 426 cases has accounted for 10.7%

of the total cases in the country. The crime rate

was highest in Meghalaya (1.5) against the


Making Preparation & Assembly for

Committing Dacoity


The incidents of making preparation &

assembly for committing dacoity (3,163 cases)

during the year 2015 registered an increase of

11.6% over 2005 level (2,834 cases), an

increase of 8.3% over the quinquennial average

of 2010 – 2014 and an increase of 11.6% over

the previous year (2,834 cases). West Bengal

has reported the highest number (1,424 cases)

of such incidence accounting for 45.0% of total

such cases at the national level. The crime rate

of 1.5 was reported in West Bengal against the


Robbery


The incidence of robbery (36,188)

showed an increase of 104.8% during 2015

over the 2005 level (17,673 cases), an

increase of 24.4% over the quinquennial

average of 2010 - 2014 and however a decline

of 4.9% over the previous year (38,071 cases).

The highest number of cases was reported

from Maharashtra accounting for 23.7% (8,561

out of 36,188 cases) of total robbery cases.

Delhi UT has also reported the highest crime

rate of 35.5 against the national average of 2.9.

Riots

(Incidence…65,255 Rate… 5.2)

The incidents of rioting (65,255 cases)

have increased by 16.0% during the year 2015

over the year 2005 level, declined by 6.5% over

the quinquennial average of 2010 – 2014 and

decreased by 1.2% over the previous year

(66,042 cases). The highest numbers of such

incidents were reported from Bihar accounting

for 20.4%(13,311 out of 65,255 cases) of total

riots cases followed by Maharashtra accounting

for 12.8% (8,336 cases) of total such cases

registered in the country. The crime rate was

highest in Kerala (16.4) against the national

average of 5.2.

Arson

(Incidence… 9,710 Rate…..0.8)

The cases of arson during the year 2015

have shown an increase of 14.9% over the 2005

level; an increase of 1.0% over the quinquennial

average of 2010 – 2014 and an increase of

4.5% over the year 2014 (9,289 cases).

Maharashtra (1,299 cases) has reported the

highest number of cases accounting for 13.4%

followed by Madhya Pradesh at 8.6% of the total

such cases at the national level. The highest

crime rate was reported in Lakshadweep (6.3)

against the national average of 0.8.

Dowry Death


The incidents of dowry death during the

year 2015 (7,634 cases) have increased by

12.5% over the 2005 level, decreased by 8.6%

over quinquennial average of 2010 - 2014 and

decreased by 9.7% over previous year (8,455

cases). Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest

number of such cases (2,335 cases) followed by

Bihar (1,154 cases). The crime rate for dowry

deaths was highest in Bihar & Uttar Pradesh

with (2.3 each) per one lakh female population

against the national rate of 1.3 during 2015.

Victims of Various Crimes under IPC

So far information on victims of violent

crimes viz. murder, C.H. not amounting to

murder, kidnapping & abduction and rape was

concerned it was being collected and published

in the Crime in India report every year.

However, it felt requirement to enhance the

scope & coverage of information on victims

reported under various IPC crimes and Special

and Local Law. Accordingly collection of

gender-wise information was started on all

important heads of IPC crimes as well as

Special & Local Act especially bodily affected

crimes since 2014 in the revised proformae.

Detailed information on number of victims

under the crime heads of IPC and SLL can be

seen in Table 1.6 and 1.13 respectively. Age-

wise and gender-wise detailed information on

victims of murder, C.H. not amounting to

murder and rape is collected separately. A

detailed analysis on these three heads is as

under:


Victims of Murder

The age-wise and gender-wise profile of

victims of murder for the year 2015 at all-India

level can be seen in Table-3(C). The State/UT-

wise such details are presented in Table-3.3.

Highest victims in the age group of

below 6 yrs. were reported from Maharashtra

accounting for 16.9% (100 victims out of 593) of

total such murders. In the age group of 6 years -

12 years and age group of 12 years-16 years,

maximum victims were reported from Uttar

Pradesh accounting for 22.3% (91 victims out of

408) and 33.4% (149 victims out of 446) of total

murders in that age group respectively. Uttar

Pradesh also reported maximum murders of

persons falling under the age group 16 of years-

18 years accounting for 39.4%(193 out of 490

victims) of total such victims. Victims of age

group 18 years - 30 years (1,936 out of 12,616

victims, 15.3%), 30 years - 45 years (1,631 out

of 12,487 victims, 13.1%) & 45 years - 60 years

(651 out of 4,950 victims, 13.1%) were also

reported in Uttar Pradesh during 2015. In 60 yrs.

& above of age group, Maharashtra accounted

for 15.8% (173 out of 1092 victims) of total such

victims. In the same age groups, Uttar Pradesh

reported 14.7% (4,860 out of 33,082 victims) of

such victims under murder during 2015.

The number of murder victims has

decreased by 5.9% during the year 2015 (from

35,139 victims in 2014 to 33,082 victims in

2015). The share of female victims was 26.7%

of the total murder victims (8,828 out of

33,082) during the year 2015. The share of

victims in the young age-group (18 yrs - below

30 years) was maximum at 38.1% (12,616 out

of 33,082 victims) followed by those in the age-

group of 30 yrs. - below 45 years (37.8%)

(12,487 out of 33,082 victims).

Table-3 (C)

Age & Gender-wise Profile of Victims of Murder during the year 2015

Sl.

No. Age groups

2015 % Share (2015)

Male Female Total

1. Below 6 years 299 294 593 1.8

2. 6 yrs. – below 12 years 233 175 408 1.2

3. 12 yrs.-below 16 years 282 164 446 1.3

4. 16 yrs.-below 18 years 297 193 490 1.5

5. 18 yrs.-below 30 years 8,953 3,663 12,616 38.1

6. 30 yrs.-below 45 years 9,538 2,949 12,487 37.7

7. 45 yrs.-below 60 years 3,882 1,068 4,950 15.0

6. 60 Years & Above 770 332 1,092 3.3

Total 24,254 8,828 33,082 100.0

Table-3(D)

Age & Gender-wise Profile of Victims of C.H. not Amounting to Murder during 2015

Sl.

No.

Age groups 2015

% Share (2015) Male Female Total

1. Below 6 years 33 25 58 1.6

2. 6 yrs. – below 12 years 40 17 57 1.6

3. 12 yrs.-below 16 years 46 18 64 1.7

4. 16 yrs.-below 18 years 78 23 101 2.8

5. 18 yrs.-below 30 years 1,031 205 1,236 33.8

6. 30 yrs.-below 45 years 1,244 235 1,479 40.4

7. 45 yrs.-below 60 years 492 89 581 15.9

6. 60 Years & Above 66 15 81 2.2

Total 3,030 627 3,657 100.0


Victims of Culpable Homicide not Amounting

to Murder

The age-wise and gender-wise profiles

of the victims of culpable homicide not

amounting to murder for the year 2015 at all

India level are presented in Table 3(D).

The share of female victims (627) of

culpable homicide not amounting to murder was

17.1% of the total 3,657 victims during the year

2015. The victims in the age group 30 years - 45

years and 18 years - 30 years accounted for

40.4% and 33.8% of total victims under culpable

homicide not amounting to murder respectively

during 2015. The State/UT - wise details are

presented in Table 3.4.

Use of Fire Arms in Murder Cases

Information on the use of fire-arms for

murder has also been collected from States/UTs

since the year 1999. The State/UT- wise details


The proportion of murder victims by use

of fire-arms showed a mixed trend during 2011-

2015 (Table 3(E)). A total of 3,722 victims out

of 33,082 victims murdered using fire-arms. Out

Table-3 (E)

Victims of Murder by Fire-Arms during 2011 to 2015

Year

Number of Victims Murdered Proportion of

Victims by Fire-

Arms Total Victims By Licensed

Fire-Arms

By Un-

licensed/Improvised/Crude/Country

Made Fire-Arms

Total Victims

2011 35,123 404 2,964 3,368 9.6

2012 35,122 323 3,458 3,781 10.8

2013 33,901 324 3,297 3,621 10.7

2014 35,139 540 3,115 3,655 10.4

2015 33,082 356 3,366 3,722 11.3


of these 3,722 victims, 356 victims were

murdered by licensed firearms and 3,366 victims

were murdered by Un-licensed/Improvised/

Crude/Country Made fire- arms. The States of

Uttar Pradesh (1,617 victims), Bihar (685

victims) and Jharkhand (638 victims) have

reported significant number of victims murdered

by use of fire-arms. These three States

accounted for 79.0%(2,940 out of 3,722 victims)

of the total victims killed using fire-arms in the

year 2015.

On an average nearly 10 persons per

day were murdered using fire-arms during the

year 2015. Uttar Pradesh which reported 14.7%

of total murder cases represented almost one-

third (43.4%) of the victims of murder by use of

fire arms at the national level (1,617 out of 3,722

victims killed by fire-arms).

Unidentified Dead Bodies

The investigating Officers (IOs) often

spend considerable time in identification of un-

identified dead bodies for which inquest and

detailed enquiries are made for solving such

cases. Such cases are subsequently registered

on detection under other crime heads such as

murder, C.H. not amounting to murder etc., as

per the evidence collected by the police.

The number of unidentified dead bodies

recovered and for which inquests had been

conducted during the last five years showed a

mixed trend during the period 2011 – 2015

(Table 3(F)).

Table - 3 (F)

Unidentified Dead Bodies Recovered and Inquest

Conducted during

2011 to 2015

SL Year

No. of Un-identified

Dead Bodies

Recovered and

Inquest Conducted

1. 2011 37,193

2. 2012 37,838

3. 2013 38,821

4. 2014 35,215

5. 2015 34,592

A total of 34,592 unidentified dead

bodies were recovered at all India level and

necessary inquests as per the law were

conducted by the police. Thus, the police had to

conduct inquest for around 95 such cases

everyday on an average at all India level.

Some States reported higher recovery of

un-identified dead bodies, these State were

Maharashtra (6,187 victims), Tamil Nadu (3,739

victims), Karnataka (3,533 victims) Uttar

Pradesh (3,409 victims), West Bengal (3,086

victims) and Delhi UT (3,063 victims). The

State/UT-wise details are presented in

Table-3.6.


Chapter - 4

Disposal of cases by Police and Courts

In this chapter it is intended to analyse

effectiveness of police in detection &

investigation of crimes and to understand the

patterns of cases disposed of by various trials

courts. The disposal of cases registered under

various sections of IPC and SLL by police and

courts have been further categorised in order to

collect detail data on disposal of cases by

police and courts. The cases investigated by

police have been further sub-categorized as

final reports submitted declaring case as false,

cases as mistake of fact or of law, or as non-

cognizable and cases in which charge-sheets

not laid but final reports were submitted as true

cases. Besides, data on cases in which

charge-sheets have been submitted, out of

cases registered during the same year and out

of cases registered during previous years have

also been collected.

Similarly, cases disposal at various

stages of trials by courts have further been

categorised as cases withdrawn by

Government, cases compounded/withdrawn,

cases convicted and cases

acquitted/discharged during the year. Cases

convicted and cases acquitted/discharged

during the year have sub-categorised as, cases

convicted or acquitted/discharged out of cases

registered during the same year and out of

cases registered in previous years.

Disposal by Police (Decadal Variations)

The quantum of work-load relating to

IPC cases investigated and cases disposed of

by police during the last four decades are

presented in Table 4(A). It is observed that the

cases charge-sheeted to total true cases

investigated increased considerably from

67.9% in the year 1984 to 77.7% in the year

2015 although the percentage of cases in

which investigation was completed to total

cases for investigation has declined from

81.0% in the year 1984 to 71.6% in 2015.

Table 4(A)

Disposal of IPC Crime Cases by Police-Decadal Picture

S. No. Year Total No. of

Cases for

Investigation

(including

Previous

Year Pending

Cases)

No. of Cases Investigated Percentage of

Cases

Found

F/NC/MF#

Charge-

Sheeted

Total True

cases@

Total*

(Col. 4+6)

Investi-

gated

Col.(7/3)

x100

Charge-

sheeted

Col.(5/6)

X100

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)

1 1984 16,62,723 1,28,811 8,26,756 12,17,800 13,46,611 81.0 67.9

2 1994 20,77,631 1,14,877 11,09,030 14,97,368 16,12,245 77.6 74.1

3 2004 23,03,354 1,03,249 13,17,632 16,51,944 17,55,193 76.2 79.8

4 2005 23,65,658 1,00,183 13,67,268 16,93,652 17,93,835 75.8 80.7

5 2006 24,47,063 1,01,372 13,74,282 17,04,802 18,06,174 73.8 80.6

6 2007 26,26,687 1,23,434 14,75,711 18,41,411 19,64,845 74.8 80.1

7 2008 27,52,687 1,22,211 15,47,188 19,39,738 20,61,949 74.9 79.8

8 2009 28,08,468 1,26,677 15,05,951 19,20,143 20,46,820 72.9 78.4

9 2010 29,85,719 1,34,997 15,98,272 20,21,260 21,56,257 72.2 79.1

10 2011 31,46,326 1,42,804 16,89,881 21,44,193 22,86,997 72.7 78.8

11 2012 32,43,783 1,44,539 17,74,150 22,50,497 23,95,036 73.8 78.8

12 2013 34,94,804 1,54,798 18,99,576 23,89,963 25,44,761 72.8 79.5

13 2014 37,93,771 2,20,098 19,97,540 25,07,945 27,28,043 71.9 79.2

14 2015 40,10,195 2,20,786 20,56,716 26,48,609 28,69,395 71.6 77.7

# F/NC/MF - False / Non Cognizable / Mistake of fact.

@ Including cases charge-sheeted + final report submitted.

* Excluding cases where investigation was refused.


DISPOSAL PERCENTAGE OF IPC CRIME CASES BY POLICE DURING 2015

(All India 71.6)

Disposal Percentage

upto 50.0

60.1 to 70.0

Above 90.0


50.1 to 60.0

70.1 to 80.0

80.1 to 90.0

Note:

Disposal Percentage of IPC cases by police means

percentage of cases investigated and cases in which

investigation was not done by police out of the total

cases for investigation (including pending cases of

previous year) under IPC.


CHARGESHEETING RATE OF IPC CRIMES DURING 2015 (All India 77.7)

Chargesheeting Rate

upto 60.0

70.1 to 80.0

Above 90.0


60.1 to 70.0

80.1 to 85.0

85.1 to 90.0

Note:

Chargesheeting Rate means percentage of cases

chargesheeted out of total true cases (cases in which

chargesheet not laid but final report submitted as true +

cases chargesheeted) under IPC.

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Disposal of IPC Cases by Police during the Year

There were 40,10,195 cases (including

of 10,67,102 cases pending from previous

years and 29,49,400 cases reported during the

year) for investigation during the year 2015.

Out of these 40,10,195 cases, in

1,13,388 cases police submitted final report

declaring the cases as false, in 89,549 cases

final report were submitted as mistake of fact or

of law during 2015. A total of 20,56,716 cases

were charge-sheeted by police and in 5,91,893

cases charge-sheets were not laid but final

reports as true cases were submitted. At the

end of 2015, a total of 11,40,800 cases under

various sections of IPC were pending for

investigation. The details of crime head-wise

disposal may be seen in Table 4.1.

Out of 20,56,716 IPC crime cases in

which charge-sheets were submitted during

2015, 16,13,268 cases were registered in

same year i.e. in 2015 whereas 4,43,448

chargesheeted cases were registered in

previous years, accounting for 78.4% and

21.6% of total charge-sheeted cases

respectively.

A chargesheet rate of 77.7% was

reported under total IPC crimes during 2015.

The highest charge-sheeting rate of IPC cases

during 2015 was observed in Lakshadweep

(100.0%) followed by Kerala (97.8%), Madhya

Pradesh (93.3%), Andhra Pradesh (91.9%),

Mizoram (91.0%) and Tripura (88.0%). Delhi

UT submitted charge-sheets in only 26.7% of

cases investigated. The State/UT-wise details

may be seen in Table 4.2.

Disposal of SLL Cases by Police during the Year

A total of 46,46,419 cases (including of

2,78,746 cases pending from previous years

and 43,76,699 cases reported during the year)

under SLL were for investigation during 2015.

After investigation by police, in 4,564 cases

final reports were submitted declaring these

cases as false, in 6,069 cases final reports

were submitted as mistake of fact or of law and

in 649 cases final reports as non-cognizable

were submitted by police. A total of 42,52,670

cases charge-sheets were submitted by police

and in 82,051 cases charge-sheets were not

laid but final reports as true cases were

submitted during 2015. A total of 3,00,416

cases were pending for investigation at the end

of 2015. The charge-sheeting rate was 98.1%

and only 6.5% cases were pending for

investigation in respect of SLL crimes. The

details may be seen in Table 4.3.

Out of 42,52,670 SLL crime cases in

which charge-sheets were submitted during

2015, 41,02,389 cases were registered in

same year i.e. 2015 whereas 1,50,281 charge-

sheeted cases were registered in previous

years, accounting for 96.5% and 3.5% of total

charge-sheeted cases respectively.

It is noteworthy that in general, States

have reported much higher charge-sheeting

rate of SLL crime cases in comparison to IPC

cases.

Chhattisgarh (100.0%), Dadra & Nagar

Haveli (100.0%), Daman & Diu (100.0%),

Lakshadweep (100.0%), Madhya Pradesh

(99.9%), Gujarat (99.8%), A & N Islands

(99.8%), Odisha (99.4%), Uttarakhand (99.2%),

Kerala (99.1%) and Maharashtra (98.8%) have

reported higher charge-sheet rate compared to

national average chargesheet rate of 98.1%

during 2015. Disposal of SLL crimes by police

can be seen in Table 4.4.

Disposal by Courts (Decadal Variations)

Time series comparative table on

quantum of IPC cases for trial before courts

and the number of cases tried by courts

resulting in conviction etc. during last four

decades are presented in Table 4(B).

The percentage of cases tried by courts

to total cases for trial during 2012 to 2015 was

around 12.6% whereas four decades ago i.e. in

1984 this percentage was 29.9%. Hence

percentage disposal of cases has decreased

during the said period. The percentage of

cases convicted to total cases in which trials

completed by courts (conviction rate) during

1985 was as high as 62.7%. The conviction

rate has declined in subsequent years and in

2013 it stood at 40.2%. However, the

conviction rate has thereafter improved

significantly and stood at 46.9% in 2015.


DISPOSAL PERCENTAGE OF IPC CRIME CASES BY COURTS DURING 2015 (All India 14.2)

Disposal Percentage

upto 5.0

10.1 to 15.0

Above 30.0


5.1 to 10.0

15.1 to 20.0

20.1 to 30.0

Note:

Disposal Percentage of IPC crime cases by courts is the

number of cases compounded/withdrawn or in which trial

was completed expressed as a percentage of total number

of cases for trial (including cases pending trial from

previous year) under IPC.

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Table 4(B)

Disposal of IPC Crime Cases by Courts (Decadal Picture)

Sl.

No.

Year Total No. of Cases

for Trial (Including

Cases Pending

from Previous

Years)

No. of Cases Percentage of

Tried* Convicted

Trial Completed

[(Col. 4 /

Col.3) X 100]

Conviction

[(Col. 5 /

Col. 4) X

100]

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

1 1974 13,07,933 3,63,565 2,27,800 27.8 62.7

2 1984 26,02,593 5,95,257 2,94,221 22.9 49.4

3 1994 47,59,521 7,36,797 3,16,245 15.5 42.9

4 2004 67,68,713 9,57,311 4,06,621 14.1 42.5

5 2005 69,91,508 10,13,240 4,30,091 14.5 42.4

6 2006 71,92,451 10,44,120 4,47,516 14.5 42.9

7 2007 74,73,521 10,25,689 4,33,929 13.7 42.3

8 2008 78,33,842 10,52,623 4,48,475 13.4 42.6

9 2009 81,30,053 10,25,781 4,27,655 12.6 41.7

10 2010 85,49,655 11,41,031 4,64,128 13.3 40.7

11 2011 89,39,161 12,11,225 4,97,996 15.4 41.1

12 2012 93,28,085 12,52,138 4,82,260 13.4 38.5

13 2013 97,81,426 12,90,148 5,18,126 13.2 40.2

14

15

2014

2015

99,30,625

1,05,02,256

13,41,386

13,25,989

6,05,144

6,21,320

13.5

12.6

45.1

46.9

* Excluding withdrawn/compounded cases.

Disposal of IPC Cases by Courts during

2015

A total of 1,05,02,256 IPC cases

(which include 84,53,784 cases pending from

previous years and 20,56,716 cases sent for

trial during the year) were for trial in the

country during 2015. In 13,25,989 cases trials

were completed, out of which 6,21,320 cases

ended in convictions and 7,04,669 cases

ended as acquittal or discharge of accused

persons during 2015. A total of 90,13,983

cases were pending for trial at the end of

2015. The conviction rate achieved under IPC

crime cases was 46.9% and 85.8% cases

reported under IPC were remained pending

trial. Crime head-wise such details may be

seen in Table 4.5.

Out of 6,21,320 IPC crime cases

ended in conviction during 2015, 2,33,765

such convicted cases were registered in same

year i.e. 2015 whereas 3,87,555 convicted

cases were registered in previous years,


convicted cases respectively. Hence in IPC

related crimes more than half of cases (62.4%)

ended in conviction were cases registered in

previous years.

The highest conviction rate of IPC

cases was reported from Mizoram (93.8%)

followed by Puducherry (86.0%), Kerala

(82.3%), Lakshadweep (71.4%) and Nagaland

(69.6%). The less conviction rates were

reported from Daman & Diu (5.4%), D & N

Haveli (7.8%) and Odisha (9.5%). The

State/UT-wise such details may be seen in

Table 4.6.

Disposal of SLL Cases by Courts during

2015

A total of 1,00,74,819 SLL cases were

for trial in the country during 2015. In

35,55,630 cases trials were completed.

32,84,771 cases ended in conviction and

2,70,859 cases ended in acquittal or discharge

of accused persons. At the end of 2015,

64,98,999 SLL cases were pending for trial.

The conviction rate of SLL cases at all India

level was 92.4% which is almost double of the

conviction rate of IPC cases (46.9%). 64.5%

cases were pending trial at the end of 2015.

Crime head-wise such details may be seen in

Table 4.7.

Out of 32,84,771 SLL crime cases

convicted by courts during 2015, 26,97,106

convicted cases were registered in same year

i.e. 2015 whereas 5,87,665 convicted cases

were registered in previous years, accounting

for 82.1% and 17.9% of total convicted cases

respectively. The details may be seen in Table

4.7.


CONVICTION RATE OF IPC CRIME CASES DURING 2015 (All India 46.9)

Conviction Rate

upto 20.0

30.1 to 40.0


20.1 to 30.0

40.1 to 50.0

50.1 to 60.0

Note:

Conviction Rate means percentage of cases convicted out

of cases in which trials completed under IPC

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Majority of SLL cases (82.1%) which

ended in conviction were of current year i.e.

cases registered in 2015 only.

The higher conviction rates of SLL

cases were reported from Lakshadweep

(100.0%), Uttar Pradesh (98.8%), Andaman &

Nicobar Island (98.5%), Chhattisgarh (97.6%),

Kerala (97.4%) and Uttarakhand (93.4%). The

less conviction rates were reported from

Daman & Diu (0.0%), Odisha (5.7%), Goa

(10.1%) and Assam (19.4%). The State/UT-

wise such details may be seen in Table 4.8.

Duration of Completion of Trials by Various

Courts during 2015

The trials were completed in 13.7%

cases (1,81,806 out of 13,25,989 cases) in less

than 6 months. Time taken for completion of

trials in respect of 2,78,314 cases was 6

months to less than 12 months, accounting for

21.0% of total cases in which trials completed.

4,10,490 cases took 1 year to 3 years for

completion of trials which accounted for 30.9%

of total tried. In 2,81,580 cases , it took 5 years

– less than 10 years constituting and in 36,097

cases, it took 10 years or more for completion

of trials, accounting for 10.4% and 2.7% of total

cases in which trials completed. Such details



Chapter - 5

Crime against Women The principle of gender equality is

enshrined in the Constitution of India. In order

uphold and implement the Constitutional

Mandate, the State has enacted various laws

and taken measures intended to ensure equal

rights, check social discrimination & various

forms of violence and atrocities. Although

women may be victims of any of the general

crimes such as ‘murder’, ‘robbery’, ‘cheating’,

etc. only the crimes which are directed

specifically against women i.e. gender specific

crimes are characterised as ‘Crimes against

Women’. Various new legislations have been

brought and amendments have been made in

existing laws with a view to handle these

crimes effectively. These are broadly classified

under two categories.

(1) Crime Heads under the Indian Penal Code (IPC)

1. Rape (Sec. 376 IPC)$

2. Attempt to commit Rape(Sec 376/511

IPC)*

3. Kidnapping & Abduction of Women

(Section 363, 364, 364A, 365, 366 to 369

IPC)

3.1 K&A under section 363 IPC*

3.2 K&A in Order to Murder*

3.3 K&A for Ransom*

3.4 K&A of Women to Compel Her for

Marriage*

3.5 K&A for Other Purposes*

4. Dowry Deaths (Section 304B IPC)

5. Assault on Woman with Intent to Outrage

Her Modesty (Sec. 354 IPC)

5.1 Sexual Harassment (Sec.354A IPC)*

5.2 Assault on Woman with Intent to

Outrage her Modesty (Sec. 354C IPC)*

5.3 Voyeurism (Sec. 354D IPC)*

5.4 Others *

6. Insult to the Modesty of women (Sec.

509 IPC)

6.1 at Office Premises*

6.2 at Places Related to Work*

6.3 in Public Transport*

6.4 in Other Places*

7. Cruelty by husband or his relatives

(Sec. 498A IPC)

8. Importation of Girl from Foreign Country

(up to 21 years of age) (Sec. 366 B IPC)

9. Abetment of Suicide of Women (Sec. 306

IPC)* ‘$’- Excludes child rapes registered under the

section 4 & 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual

Offence Act 2012 which published separately in

Chapter-6.

(2) Crime Heads under the Special & Local Laws (SLL)

Special Acts enacted for protection and

safety of women have been clubbed under SLL

These gender specific laws in which criminal

cases recorded by police throughout the

country are –

(i) The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961

(ii) The Indecent Representation of Women


(iii) The Commission of Sati Prevention Act,

1987

(iv) The Protection of women from domestic

Violence Act, 2005*

(v) The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956#

‘#’ women related crimes only.

‘*’ - Started collecting since in 2014 in the revised

proformae.

Apart from above crime heads which

are considered as crime against women, some

general crimes in which women are victims

have also been collected under the revised

proformae. Data of the same is published on

our website in ‘Additional Tables for CII’.

‘Crime rate’ for crimes committed

against women has been calculated using only

female population which is based on mid-year

projected female population for the year 2015,

as supplied by Registrar General of

India/Population Commissioner, MHA. Mid-year

projected population figures in respect of newly

created States of Andhra Pradesh and

Telangana has been arrived using district

population ratio of the Population Census 2011.


CASES REGISTERED UNDER CRIME AGAINST WOMEN DURING 2015 (All India 3,27,394)


upto 1,000

5,001 to 10,000


1,001 to 5,000

10,001 to 20,000

20,001 to 30,000


Incidence of Crimes

A total of 3,27,394 cases of crime

against women (both under various sections of

IPC and SLL) were reported in the country

during the year 2015 as compared to 3,37,922

in the year 2014, thus showing a decline of

3.1% during the year 2015. These crimes have

continuously increased during 2011 - 2014 with

2,28,650 cases in 2011, which further

increased to 2,44,270 cases 2012 and

3,09,546 cases in 2013, to 3,37,922 cases in

2014. It declined to 3,27,394 in 2015.

Uttar Pradesh with 16.8% share of

country’s female population has reported nearly

10.9% of total crimes committed against

women at all India level, by registering 35,527

cases and West Bengal accounting for nearly

7.4% of the country’s female population, has

accounted for 10.1% of total cases of crimes

against women in the country by registering

33,218 cases during the year 2015.

Crime Rate (Crime rate- 53.9)

The crime rate under crimes against

women was reported as 53.9 in 2015. Delhi UT

has reported the highest crime rate (184.3)

compared to 56.3 at all India level during the

year 2015, followed by Assam (148.2),

Telangana (83.1), Odisha (81.9), Rajasthan

(81.5), Haryana (75.7) and West Bengal (73.4).

Trend Analysis

The crime head-wise details of cases

reported under crimes against women during

the year 2011 to year 2015 along with

percentage variation are presented in Table-

5(A). The cases of crimes against women

during the year 2015 have decreased by 3.1%

over the year 2014 and increased by 43.2%

over the year 2011. The IPC component of

crimes against women has accounted for

96.1% of total crimes and the remaining 3.9%

were SLL crimes against women.

Table – 5(A) Crime Head-wise Cases Registered under Crime against Women during 2011 - 2015 and Percentage

Variation in 2015 over 2014 Sl.

No

.

Crime head Year

Percentage

variation in

2015 over

2014

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

1 Rape# 24,206 24,923 33,707 36,735 34,651 -5.7

2 Attempt to Commit Rape* - - - 4,232 4,434 4.8

3 Kidnapping & Abduction of Women 35,565 38,262 51,881 57,311 59,277 3.4

4 Dowry Deaths 8,618 8,233 8,083 8,455 7,634 -9.7

5 Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her/their Modesty 42,968 45,351 70,739 82,235 82,422 0.2

6 Insult to the Modesty of Women 8,570 9,173 12,589 9,735 8,685 -10.8

7 Cruelty by Husband or His Relatives 99,135 1,06,527 1,18,866 1,22,877 1,13,403 -7.7

8 Importation of Girl from Foreign Country 80 59 31 13 6 -53.8

9 Abetment of Suicide of Women - - - 3,734 4,060 8.7

A. Total IPC Crime against Women 2,19,142 2,32,528 2,95,896 3,25,327 3,14,575 -3.3

10 Commission of Sati Prevention Act 0 0 0 0 0 0

11 Indecent Representation of Women (P) Act 453 141 362 47 40 -14.9

12 The Dowry Prohibition Act 6,619 9,038 10,709 10,050 9,894 -1.5

13 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act - - - 426 461 8.2

14 Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 2,436 2,563 2,579 2,070# 2,424 17.1

B. Total SLL Crime against Women 9,508 11,742 13,650 12,593 12,819 1.8

Total(A+B) 2,28,650 2,44,270 3,09,546 3,37,922 3,27,394 -3.1

‘*’Newly included crime head; ‘#’ Exclude child rapes registered under the section 4 & 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual

Offence Act 2012 which published separately in Chapter-6.


RATE OF CRIME AGAINST WOMEN DURING 2015 (All India 53.9)

Rate of Crime

upto 20.0

40.1 to 50.0

Above 90.0


20.1 to 40.0

50.1 to 70.0

70.1 to 90.0

Note:

Rate of Crime against Women means number of cases

registered under crimes against women per 1,00,000

female population.


The proportion of IPC crimes

committed against women in total IPC crimes

has increased during last 5 years from 9.4% in

the year 2011 to 10.7% during the year 2015

[Table 5(B)].

Crime Head-wise Analysis (IPC)

Rape (Sec. 376 IPC)

(Incidence- 34,651 Rate- 5.7)

A total of 34,651 cases of rape under

section 376 IPC were registered during 2015

(excluding cases under the Protection of

Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012). An

increasing trend in the incidence of rape has

been observed during the periods 2011 - 2014.

These cases have shown an increase of 9.2%

in the year 2011(24,206 cases) over the year

2010 (22,172 cases), an increase of 3.0% in

the year 2012 (24,923 cases) over 2011, with

further increase of 35.2% in the year 2013

(33,707 cases) over 2012 and 9.0% in 2014

(36,735 cases) over 2013. A decrease of 5.7%

was reported in 2015 (34,651 cases) over 2014

(36,735 cases). 12.7% (4,391 out of 34,651

cases) of rape cases were reported in Madhya

Prades followed by Maharashtra (4,144 cases),

Rajasthan (3,644 cases), Uttar Pradesh (3,025

cases) and Odisha (2,251 cases) accounting

for 11.9%, 10.5%, 8.7% and 6.5% of total

cases respectively. Delhi UT reported highest

crime rate of 23.7 followed by A & N Islands at

13.5 as compared to national average at 5.7.

Incest Rape

(Incidence: 557 Victims 561)

Incidents of incest rape (rape by blood

relation like father, brother etc.) in the country

have declined by 17.4% during 2015 over the

previous year (from 674 cases in 2014 to 557

cases in 2015). Maharashtra (139 cases with

141 victims) has reported the highest such

incidence followed by Rajasthan (98 cases

with 98 victims), Delhi (80 cases with 80

victims) and Kerala (70 cases with 71 victims).

There were 561 victims in 557 reported incest

rape cases in the country during the year

2015.

34.9% of the total victims of incest

were in the age group of 18 – 30 years (196

victims) followed by 23.9% in age group 12-16

years (134 victims), 19.3% in age group 16 -

below 18 years (108 victims), 9.8% in age

group 6 - below 12 years (55 victims) and

9.4% in age group 30 - below 45 years (53

victims). Thus 54.5% of total incest rape

victims were children (below 18 years) (306

out of 561 victims). Some States have not

furnished data on children rape reported

under the Protection of Children from Sexual

Offences Act, 2012, the figures of the same

have been given in Chapter-6 separately.


registered for 34,210 victims under ‘other than

incest rapes’ during 2015. Madhya Pradesh

has registered maximum such cases (4,365

cases) followed by Maharashtra (4,005 cases)

and Rajasthan (3,546 cases) during 2015.

Maximum such victims were from the age

group of 18-30 years (16,770 victims). Age

group-wise detail on victims of rape including

incest rape is given in Table-5.3.

Out of 34,651 rape cases, in 33,098

cases the offenders were known to the victims

accounting for 95.5% of total rape cases

Table - 5(B)

Proportion of Crime against Women (IPC) towards Total IPC Crimes

Sl. No. Year Total IPC Crimes Crime against Women

(IPC cases)

Percentage to

Total IPC Crimes

1 2011 23,25,575 2,19,142 9.4%

2 2012 23,87,188 2,44,270 10.2%

3 2013 26,47,722 2,95,896 11.2%

4 2014* 28,51,563 3,25,327 11.4%

5 2015* 29,49,400 3,14,575 10.7%

‘*’Number of crime heads have also increased from 11 to 14 in 2014 & 2015 in the revised proformae.

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during 2015. 33 out of 36 States/UTs have

reported more than 90% of such rape cases

during 2015. Apart from 557 incest rape cases

(i.e. rapes by blood relatives), in 891 cases

victims were raped by close family members

and in 1,788 cases victims were raped by

other relatives. A total of 9,508 cases were

reported in which victims were raped by her

neighbours, maximum such cases were

reported in Assam (1,098 cases), Uttar

Pradesh (1,083 cases), Madhya Pradesh (883

cases) and Rajasthan (865 cases) and these

four States together accounted for 41.3% of

total such rape cases. In 557 cases,

employers/ co-workers have raped their

female employees or colleagues [Table-5.4].

During 2015, majority of rapes were

committed by unknown persons in Odisha

(327) followed by West Bengal (316).

Custodial Rape

(Incidence: 95 Rate- Negligible)

Custodial rape refers to cases of rape

under custody of police, of hospital, judicial

custody etc., earlier data on rape under police

custody only was collected. It has been further

sub categorized as custodial gang rape and

other than custodial rape & gang rape.

Out of 34,651 total rape cases

registered in the country, 95 cases were

registered as custodial rapes during the year

2015. Highest number of custodial rape cases

were reported in Uttar Pradesh (91 cases

consisting of 4 cases of gang rape and 87

cases of other custodial rapes) followed by

Uttarakhand (2 cases of custodial rape other

than gang rape), one case each in Andhra

Pradesh and West Bengal of custodial rape

other than gang rape were also registered in

2015 [Table 5.2].

Rape Other Than Custodial Rape

(Incidence: 34,556 Rate- 5.7)

Out of 34,651 total rape cases in the

country, 34,556 cases were registered as

other than custodial rape cases during the

year 2015. Rape other than custodial rape has

been further sub-categorized as gang rape

and other rape. Out of 34,556 rape cases

(other than custodial rape cases) in the

country, 2,113 cases were registered as gang

rape cases and 32,443 cases were registered

under other rape cases.

Maximum rape cases (other than

custodial rape cases) were reported in

Madhya Pradesh (4,391 cases, consisting of

270 gang rape cases and 4,121 other than

gang rape cases), followed by Maharashtra

with 4,144 such cases (consisting of 141 gang

rape cases and 4,003 other than gang rape

cases) and Rajasthan 3,644 (consisting of 411

gang rape cases and 3,233 other than gang

rape cases).

Maximum number of gang rape cases

were reported in Uttar Pradesh with 462 cases

(consisting of 4 custodial gang rape cases

and 458 other than custodial gang rape

cases) followed by Rajasthan with 411 cases

(all 411 cases other than custodial gang rape

cases) [Table 5.2].




under attempt to commit rape during 2015.

Maximum number of such cases were

reported from West Bengal (1,551 cases)

followed by Assam (499 cases), Uttar Pradesh

(422 cases) and Rajasthan (407 cases)

[Table 5.2].

Kidnapping & Abduction of Women



under kidnapping & abduction of women

during 2015. These cases have shown an

increase of 3.4% during 2015 over the

previous year 2014 (from 57,311 cases). Uttar

Pradesh with 10,135 cases of kidnapping &

abduction has accounted for 17.1% of the

total such cases. Delhi UT has reported the

highest crime rate at 46.3 compared to the


Out of 59,277 cases of kidnapping &

abduction, maximum number of cases of

kidnapping & abduction of women were

registered for marriage purposes (31,778

cases)

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which accounted for 53.6% of total such cases

during 2015. A total of 59,277 cases of

kidnapping & abduction with 60,652 victims

were registered in the country during the year

2015. Maximum number of cases of kidnapping

& abduction of women for marriage purposes

were reported in Uttar Pradesh (8,290 cases)

followed by Bihar (4,444 cases) and Assam

(4,141 cases) during 2015.

Dowry Deaths


The cases of dowry deaths have declined

by 9.7% during the year 2015(7,634 cases)

over the previous year (8,455 cases). A total of

7,646 victims were reported under 7,634 dowry

deaths cases in the country during the year

2015.

30.6% of the total cases of dowry

deaths were reported in Uttar Pradesh (2,335

cases) alone followed by Bihar (1,154 cases).

The highest crime rate in respect of dowry

deaths was reported in Bihar and Uttar

Pradesh (2.3 each) as compared to the


Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage

her Modesty


Incidents of assault on women with

intent to outrage her modesty in the country

have increased by 0.2% (from 82,235 cases in

2014 to 82,422 cases in 2015) during 2015

over the previous year. Maharashtra (11,713

cases) has reported the highest number of

such crimes followed by Madhya Pradesh

(8,049 cases) and Uttar Pradesh (7,885 cases).

Delhi UT has reported the highest crime rate of

assault on women with intent to outrage her

modesty cases (57.8) compared to the national

average of 13.6. A total of 82,800 victims were

reported under 82,422 cases of assault on

woman with intent to outrage her modesty

cases in the country during the year 2015.

Out of 82,422 cases of assault on

women with intent to outrage her modesty,

24,041 cases were registered under sexual

harassment (sec.354A IPC) during 2015.

Maximum such cases were registered in Uttar

Pradesh (5,925 cases) followed by

Maharashtra (4,751 cases) in 2015.


Out of 82,422 cases of assault on

women with intent to outrage her modesty, a

total of 8,613 cases were registered under

assault or use of criminal force to women with

intent to disrobe (section 354B IPC). Maximum

cases under assault or use of criminal force to

women with intent to disrobe were registered in

Odisha (1,957 cases) followed by Uttar

Pradesh (1,093 cases) in 2015.

Chart 5(A): Distribution of Sub-Crime Heads of Assault on

Women with Intent to Outrage Her Modesty during 2015

A total of 838 cases of voyeurism

(section 354C IPC) and 6,266 cases of stalking

(section 354D IPC) were also reported in the

country during the year 2015.

Insult to the Modesty of Women


The incidents of insult to the modesty of

women have decreased by 10.8% during 2015

over the previous year (9,735 cases). Andhra

Pradesh has highest cases of insult to the

modesty of women (2,200 cases) followed by

Delhi (1,492 cases) during the year 2015. Delhi

UT has reported the highest crime rate at 16.1

followed by Andhra Pradesh (8.6) compared to


Out of 8,685 cases of insult to the

modesty of women, 119 such cases occurred

at office premises, 714 such cases at other

places related to work, 315 such cases in

public transports and 7,537 such cases at other

places during 2015. Most of the cases of insult

to the modesty of women at office premises

were reported in Delhi (36 cases) and

Telangana (32 cases). Telangana (179 cases)

followed by Maharashtra (28 cases) and

Andhra Pradesh (24 cases) have reported

maximum incidents of insult to the modesty of

women in public transport during 2015.


(Incidence: 1,13,403 Rate-18.7)

The cases of cruelty by husband or his

relatives in the country have decreased by

7.7% during 2015 over the previous year

(1,22,877 cases). Most of these cases were

reported in West Bengal (20,163 cases)

followed by Rajasthan (14,383 cases), Assam

(11,255 cases) and Uttar Pradesh (8,660

cases), these four States together accounted

for 48.0% of total such cases (54,461 out of

1,13,403 cases). The highest crime rate (71.5)

was reported from Assam as compared to the

national rate at 18.7.



A decline of 53.8% has been observed

in cases registered under this crime head in

2015 over 2014 (13 cases). West Bengal (4

cases) and Uttarakhand (2 cases) reported all

such cases during 2015.

Abetment of Suicide of Women


A total of 4,060 cases of abetment of

suicides of women were registered during the

year 2015, showing an increase of 8.7% (from

3,734 cases in 2014 to 4,060 cases in 2015).

Maximum such cases were registered in

Maharashtra (702 cases) followed by

Telangana (590 cases) and Madhya Pradesh

(577 cases) during 2015.

SLL Crime Head - wise Analysis


(Incidence: 9,894 Rate-1.6)

The cases registered under the Dowry

Prohibition Act have decreased by 1.6% during

the year 2015 as compared to the previous

year (10,050 cases). Maximum such cases

were reported in Uttar Pradesh (2,766 cases)

followed by Bihar (1,867 cases), Jharkhand

(1,552 cases) and Karnataka (1,541 cases).

The highest crime rate (2.7) was reported from

Uttar Pradesh as compared to 1.6 at the

national level.





A decline of 14.9% was registered in

this crime head during the year 2015 as

compared to the previous year (47 cases).

Andhra Pradesh reported maximum such

cases accounting for 30.0% (12 cases out of

40 cases) of total such cases during 2015.

Commission of Sati Prevention Act, 1987

Like previous years, this year also no

case under the Commission of Sati Prevention

Act was registered across the country during

the year 2015.

Protection of Women from Domestic Violence

Act, 2005

(Incidence: 461 Rate- 0.1)


under this Act during 2015, showing an

increase of 8.2% (from 426 cases in 2014 to

461 cases in 2015) during 2015 over 2014.

Bihar (161 cases) followed by Kerala (132

cases), Madhya Pradesh (91 cases). Himachal

Pradesh (15 cases), Rajasthan (14 cases) and

Haryana (11 cases) have reported the

maximum such cases during 2015, these six

States together accounted for 92.0% of total

such cases reported in the country during

2015.


(Incidence-2,424 Rate- 0.4)

The cases refer to crimes perpetrated

on women only registered under the Immoral

Traffic (P) Act.

The highest number of cases under the

Immoral Traffic (P) Act were reported in Tamil

Nadu (491 cases out of 2,424 cases)

accounting for 20.3% of total such cases

followed by Karnataka (420 cases),

Maharashtra (381 cases), Telangana (252) and

Andhra Pradesh (204). Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

and Telangana have reported the highest crime

rate of 1.4 each as compared to the national

average of 0.4.

Out of 2,424 cases registered under the

Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1,193 cases

under section 5 (procuring, inducing or taking

persons for prostitution), 79 cases under

section 6 (detaining of persons in premises

where prostitution carries on), 176 cases under

section 7 (prostitution in vicinity of public

places), 288 cases under section 8 (seducing

or soliciting for the purposes of prostitution) and

688 cases under other sections of the Immoral

Traffic (P) Act were reported during 2015.

Maharashtra (133 cases), Kerala (63 cases)

and Karnataka (48 cases) have reported

maximum cases of seducing or soliciting for the

purposes of prostitution, these three States

together accounted for 84.7% of total such

cases reported in the country (244 out of 288

cases) during 2015.

Disposal of Crimes Reported under Crime

against Women by Police


3,27,394 cases registered during 2015 and

1,44,914 cases pending investigation from

previous years) for investigation during the year

2015. Out of these cases, police completed

investigation in 3,14,078 cases during 2015. A

total of 8,765 cases of kidnapping & abduction

of women, 7,458 cases of cruelty by husband

or his relatives, 4,583 cases of assault on

women with intent to outrage her modesty and

2,624 cases of rape were such cases in which

final report were submitted by police declaring

the cases as false. In 29,228 cases charge-

sheets were not laid but final reports were

submitted showing as true cases by police

during 2015.

Out of 3,14,078 cases disposed of by

police, charge-sheets were submitted in

2,45,341 cases showing charge-sheeting rate

of 89.4%. Chargesheets (100%) were

submitted in all cases of custodial gang rape,

however low chargesheet rate was observed in

cases of kidnapping & abduction of women

(70.4%). A total of 1,57,249 cases under

crimes against women remained pending for

investigation at the end of the year 2015,

showing pendency rate of 33.3% at the end of

the year 2015 [Table 5.5].

Disposal of Crimes Reported under Crime

against Women by Courts


9,82,582 cases pending trials from previous


years and 2,45,341 cases sent for trial during

the year) were for trial during the year.

A total of 27,844 cases ended in

conviction during the year 2015, showing a

conviction rate of 21.7%. Highest conviction

rate was observed under the Immoral Traffic

(P) Act (49.1%) followed by the Protection of

Women from Domestic Violence Act (47.8%)

whereas low conviction rate was observed in

case under the abetment to suicide of women

(14.4%) and cruelty by husband or his relatives

(14.2%). A total of 10,80,144 cases under

crimes against women remained pending for

trial at the end of the year 2015 [Table 5.6].

Disposal Person Arrested by Police & Court

A total 4,54,531 persons (consisting of

4,00,768 males and 53,763 females) were

arrested under crime against women during the

year. A total of 46,040 persons were released

by police or transferred to other police stations.

A total of 3,98,817 persons (consisting of

3,53,383 males and 45,434 females) were

charge-sheeted during the year 2015.

Maximum persons were chargesheeted for

offences of cruelty by husband or his relatives

(1,71,605 persons) and assault on women with

intent to outrage her modesty (90,897 persons) [Table 5.7].

A total of 20,92,799 persons (consisting

of 18,86,029 males and 2,06,770 females)

were either under custody or on bail for trial,

out of which 49,889 persons were convicted by

courts. A total of 1,80,428 persons were

acquitted from all charges by courts and 4,068

persons were discharged by court for want of

evidences or otherwise during 2015.

Out of 24,486 persons in whose cases

trials completed by courts, 7,185 persons were

convicted, 16,849 persons were acquitted and

452 persons were discharged by courts in rape

cases during 2015. Similar patterns are also

observed in other crime heads under crime

against women [Table 5.8].

District-wise Incidents of Crime against Women

Out of 815 police districts, 65 districts

have registered more than 1,000 cases of

crimes against women, while 159 districts have

reported such crimes between 500 to 1,000

and a bulk of them i.e. 591 of these districts

have reported less than 500 cases (including

nil case) during 2015.

Table-5(C) Police Districts Registering above

2,000 cases under Crime against Women

during 2015


1 Maharashtra Mumbai Commr. 4,803 2 West Bengal South 24 Parganas 4,073 3 Karnataka Bengaluru City 3,079 4 Telangana Cyberabad 2,994 5 West Bengal Murshidabad 2,984 6 Delhi UT South 2,712 7 West Bengal North 24 Parganas 2,690 8 Assam Barpeta 2,682 9 Telangana Hyderabad City 2,405

10 West Bengal Nadia 2,331 11 Delhi UT Outer District 2,284 12 Assam Dhubri 2,021


recorded more than 2,000 cases under crime

against women during 2015 are: Mumbai

Commissionerate which has reported the

highest incidence of such crimes (4,803 cases)

followed by South 24 Parganas of West Bengal

(4,073 cases), Bengaluru of Karnataka (3,079

cases), Cyberabad of Telangana (2,994

cases), Murshidabad of West Bengal(2,984

cases), South District of Delhi (2,712 cases),

North 24 Parganas of West Bengal (2,690

cases), Barpeta of Assam (2,682 cases),

Hyderabad city of Telangana (2,405 cases),

Nadia of West Bengal (2,331 cases), Outer City

of Delhi (2,284 cases) and Dhubri of Assam

(2,021 cases) during the year 2015. District-wise & Crime head–wise details

are given on ‘Additional Table for CII’.


Chapter - 6

Crime against Children

Crimes against children include physical and emotional abuse, neglect and exploitation, such as through child pornography or sex trafficking of minors. Indian penal code and the various protective and preventive special and local laws specifically mention the offences wherein children are victims. The age of child varies as per the definition given in the concerned Acts but age of child has been defined to be below 18 years as per The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 Amended. Therefore an offence committed on a victim under the age of 18 years is considered as crime against children for the purpose of analysis in this chapter. It is also to be borne in mind that the offences that are analysed in this chapter do not form an exclusive block of offences that are reported in the country. They are included in the IPC/SLL cases already discussed in other relevant chapters. The offences dealt in this chapter have been culled out from various reported crimes in the country wherein the victims of the offences were children. The list of offences under the two broadly categorised offences under the IPC and the Special and Local Acts is as follows: 1) Crime against Children under Indian Penal Code.

(i) Murder (Section 302 IPC)

(ii) Attempt to commit murder (Section 307

IPC)*

(iii) Infanticide (Section 315 IPC)

(iv) Rape (Section 376 IPC)

(v) Unnatural Offence (Section 377 IPC)*

(vi) Assault on Women (Girl Child) with Intent

to Outrage her Modesty (section 354 IPC)*

6.1 Sexual Harassment (Section 354A

IPC)*

6.2 Assault or Use of Criminal Force to

Women (Girl Child) with Intent to

Disrobes (Section 354B IPC*)

6.3 Voyeurism (Section 354C IPC)*

6.4 Stalking (Section 354D IPC)*

(vii) Insult to the Modesty of Women (Girl

Child) (Section 509 IPC*)

(viii) Kidnapping & Abduction (Section 363,

364,364A, 365, 366, 367, 368 & 369 IPC).

(ix) Foeticide (Section 315 and 316 IPC).

(x) Abetment of Suicide of Child (Section 305

IPC)

(xi) Exposure and Abandonment (section 317

IPC)

(xii) Procuration of Minor Girls (section 366-A

IPC)

(xiii) Importation of Girls from Foreign Country

(Section 366-B IPC) (under 18 years of

age)

(xiv) Buying of Minors for Prostitution (Section

373 IPC)

(xv) Selling of Minors for Prostitution (Section

372 IPC)

2) Crime against Children under

Special and Local Laws(SLL)

i) Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006

ii) Transplantation of Human Organs Act

1994*(for persons below 18 years of age)

iii) Child labour (Prohibition & Regulation)

Act, 1986*

iv) Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956*

v) Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of

Children) Act, 2000*

vi) Protection of Children from Sexual

Offences Act, 2012*

‘*’ Data has been collected since 2014 in the revised proformae.

Note:- In order to avoid the duplicity of data, cases registered under section 376 of IPC exclude the cases registered under sections 4 & 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act 2012. Similarly cases reported under different sections of IPC like 354, 509 etc. exclude related section of the POCSO Act.


CASES REGISTERED UNDER CRIME AGAINST CHILDREN DURING 2015 (All India 94,172)


upto 100

1,001 to 2,000


101 to 1,000

2,001 to 4,000

4,001 to 6,000


RATE OF CRIME AGAINST CHILDREN DURING 2015 (All India 21.1)

Rate of Crime

upto 10.0

15.1 to 20.0


10.1 to 15.0

20.1 to 30.0

30.1 to 50.0

Note:

Rate of Crime against Children means number of crimes

against children per 1,00,000 population of Children.

Estimated population of Children of the year 2014 is used

for calculation of Crime Rate due to absence of such

figures for the year 2015.

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Incidence of Crime against Children (Incidence: 94,172)

A total of 94,172 cases of crimes against children were registered in the country during 2015 as compared to 89,423 cases during 2014, showing an increase of 5.3%. Maharashtra accounted for 14.8% of total crimes committed against children registered in the country. The next in order was Madhya Pradesh (13.7%), Uttar Pradesh (12.1%) and Delhi (10.1%).

Crime Rate (Rate: 21.1)

The crime rate i.e. number of cases reported under crimes against children per 1,00,000 population of children (below 18 years of age) was observed as 21.1 at all India level during 2015. The crime rate was highest in Delhi (169.4) followed by A&N Islands (75.0), Chandigarh (67.8), Mizoram (50.1) and Goa (46.5) in comparison to the national average of 21.1.

Crime Head-wise Analysis

The State/UT-wise and crime head-

wise incidents of crimes are presented in Table-6.2.

Murder (excluding Infanticide) (Incidence: 1,758 Rate: 0.4)

A total of 1,758 cases of ‘murder’ of children (excluding infanticides) were registered in the country against 1,817 cases in 2014 showing a decrease of 3.2% during 2015 over 2014. Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest number of such cases (474 cases) accounting for 27.0% of the total cases registered in the country. Sikkim, Lakshadweep and Puducherry did not report any case of intentional homicide of children during the year 2015. Total numbers of victims were 1,937 in 1,758 cases. D & N Haveli (1.6) followed by Arunachal Pradesh (1.3) have reported high crime rate compared to crime rate of 0.4 at all India level during 2015. Infanticide (Sec. 315 IPC) (Incidence: 91 Rate: Negligible)

A total of 91 cases of ‘Infanticide’ were registered in the country during the 2015. The incidents declined by 24.8% in the year 2015 over 2014 (from 121 cases in 2014 to 91


cases in 2015). Maximum of infanticides were reported in Madhya Pradesh (25 cases) followed by Rajasthan (18 cases) and Uttar Pradesh (9 cases). Crime rate in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi was 0.1 each during 2015. Rape (Sec. 376 IPC) (Incidence: 10,854 Rate: 2.4) A total of 10,854 cases of child rapes under section 376 of IPC were registered in the country during 2015 in comparison to 13,766 cases in 2014 with a decrease of 21.1% during 2015 over 2014. Maximum number of child rape cases were reported in Maharashtra (2,231 cases) followed by Madhya Pradesh (1,568) and Odisha (1,052 cases). Crime rate was 2.4 under rape cases

at all India level during 2015. The highest crime rate was reported in A & N Islands (19.1) followed by Delhi UT (16.6). Assault on Women (Girl Child) with Intent to Outrage her Modesty (sec.

354 IPC) (Incidence: 8,390 Rate: 1.9)

A total of 8,390 cases of ‘Assault on Women (Girl Child) with Intent to Outrage her Modesty’ were reported during the year 2015. Maharashtra (2,468 cases) followed by Madhya Pradesh (1,332 cases) have accounted for highest number of such cases in the country. Crime rate was 1.9 at all India level under this head with highest in UT of Delhi (15.6) and A & N Islands (8.8).


Sexual Harassment (Sec. 354A IPC) (Incidence: 3,350 Rate: 0.8)

A total of 3,350 cases of ‘Sexual Harassment’ of children were registered during the year 2015. Maharashtra (1,043 cases), Uttar Pradesh (729 cases) and Madhya Pradesh (471 cases) have reported high number of such cases in the country. Crime rate was 0.8 at all India level under this head with highest in Mizoram (5.7) and Delhi (4.8).

Assault or Use of Criminal Force to Women (Girl Child) with Intent to Disrobe (Section 354B IPC) (Incidence: 540 Rate: 0.1)

A total of 540 cases under ‘Assault or uses of criminal force to women (girl child) with

intent to disrobe’ were registered during the year 2015. Uttar Pradesh (104 cases), UT of Delhi (82 cases) and Maharashtra (77 cases) have reported high number of such cases in the country. Crime rate was 0.1 at all India level under this head wherein the highest such crime rate was in Delhi (1.5) and followed by Tripura (1.0). Voyeurism (Section 354C IPC) (Incidence: 51 Rate: Negligible)

A total of 51 cases of ‘Voyeurism’ were registered during the year 2015. Maharashtra (12 cases), Delhi UT & Telangana (6 cases each) have reported high number of cases in the country. Total numbers of victims were 56 in 51 cases.

Table-6 (A)

Incidents of Crimes against Children and % change in 2015 over 2014

Sl. No.

Crime Head

Year % Variation in 2015 over

2014 2013 2014 2015

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

1. Murder 1657 1817 1758 -3.2

2. Attempt to Commit Murder* - 840 276 -67.1

3. Infanticide 82 121 91 -24.8

4. Rape 12363 13766 10854 -21.2

5. Assault on Women(Girls Children) with Intent to Outrage their Modesty*

- 11335 8390 -26.0

6. Insult to the Modesty of Women (Girls Children)* - 444 348 -0.3

7. Kidnapping & Abduction 28167 37854 41893 10.7

8. Foeticide 221 107 97 -9.3

9. Abetment of Suicide 215 56 51 -8.9

10. Exposure & Abandonment 930 983 885 -10.0

11. Procuration of minor girls 1224 2020 3087 52.8

12. Importation of girls from foreign country (below 18 years)*

- 2 2 0.0

13. Buying of girls for prostitution 6 14# 11# -21.4

14. Selling of girls for prostitution 100 82# 111# 35.4

15. Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 222 280 293 4.6

16. Transplantation of Human Organs Act* - 1 0 -100.0

17. Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act* 147 251 70.7

18. Immoral Trafficking (P) Act* - 86 58 -32.6

19. Juveniles Justice(C&P of Children) Act * - 1,315 1457 10.8

20. Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act* - 8904 14913 67.5

21. Un-natural Offences* - 765 814 6.4

22. Human Trafficking (section 370 & 370A IPC)* - - 221~ -

23. Other Crimes 13037 8484 8311 -2.0

24. Total 58224 89423 94172 5.3

‘*’Collecting since 2014 in the revised proformae; ‘#’ data collected under minor in place of girls only; ‘~’ included for

the first time in 2015


Stalking (Section 354D IPC) (Incidence-1,020 Rate-0.2)

A total of 1,020 cases of ‘Stalking’ of children were registered during the year 2015. Maharashtra (422 cases), Delhi UT (169 cases) and Telangana (135 cases) have reported high number of such cases in the country. Crime rate was 0.2 at all India level under this head with highest in Delhi UT (3.0) and followed by A&N Island (1.5). Insult to the Modesty of Women (Girl Child)(Sec. 509 IPC)

(Incidence-348 Rate-0.1)

A total of 348 cases of ‘Insult to the modesty of women’ (girl child) were registered during the year 2015. Maharashtra (91 cases) and Telangana (59 cases) have reported high number of such cases in the country. Crime rate was 0.1 at all India level under this head with highest in Delhi (0.9) followed by Andhra Pradesh (0.3).

Kidnapping & Abduction of Children (Incidence-41,893 Rate-9.4)

A total of 41,893 cases of ‘kidnapping & abduction’ of children were registered during the year 2015 as compared to 37,854 cases in the previous year showing an increase of 10.7%. Maharashtra (6,960 cases) followed by Delhi (6,881 cases) have reported high number of such cases in the country. Crime rate was 9.4 at all India level under this head with highest in UT of Delhi (122.9) and followed by Chandigarh (41.0).

A total of 23,462 cases of ‘kidnapping & abduction’ of children were registered under Section 363 IPC, with 24,304 victims. Maximum numbers of such victims were from UT of Delhi (7,257 victims).

A total of 12,516 cases of ‘kidnapping & abduction of women(girls children) to compel her for marriage’ were registered with crime rate of 2.8 at all India level. Maximum such victims were reported from Uttar Pradesh (4,462 victims).

A total of 192 cases of ‘kidnapping & abduction in order to Murder’ were registered under Section 364 IPC, with 192 victims. Maximum such victims were from Uttar Pradesh (129 victims). A total of 142 cases of kidnapping or abduction for ransom etc. were

registered under section 364A IPC, with 147 victims. Maximum such victims were from Uttar Pradesh (29 victims).

Foeticide (Sec. 315 & 316 IPC) (Incidence-97 Rate-Negligible)

A total of 97 cases of ‘foeticide’ were registered in the country during 2015 as compared to 107 cases in the year 2014 indicating a decline of 9.3%. Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have reported 17 cases, 14 cases, 13 cases and 12 cases respectively. Crime rate was negligible at all India level under this head with Haryana (0.2), Delhi, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh with 0.1 crime rate each. Abetment to Suicide of Child (Sec. 305 IPC)

(Incidence- 51 Rate-Negligible)

A total of 51 cases of ‘abetment to suicide’ of children were registered during the year 2015 as compared to 56 cases in the year 2014 showing a decline of 8.9% during 2015. Crime rate was negligible at all India level under this head with Tripura and Chhattisgarh (0.1 each).

Exposure & Abandonment (Sec. 317 IPC) (Incidence-885 Rate- 0.2)

A total of 885 such cases were registered during 2015 as compared to 983 cases during 2014 showing an increase of 10.0% during the year 2015. Maharashtra has reported the highest number of such cases (219 cases), followed by Madhya Pradesh (145 cases). Crime rate was 0.2 at all India level under this head with highest in D&N Haveli (1.6) and followed by Chandigarh and A&N Islands (1.5 each).

Procuration of Minor Girls, Sec.

366A IPC (Incidence-3,087 Rate 0.7)

3,087 such cases were registered in the year 2015 as compared to 2,020 cases in the year 2014, showing an increase of 52.8% during 2015 over 2014. Assam has reported 1,303 such cases followed by West Bengal (1,003 cases) and Bihar (305 cases). Crime rate was 0.7 at all India level under this head with highest in Assam (11.0) followed by West Bengal (3.4).


Importation of Girls from Foreign

Country (Section 366B IPC) (Incidence-2 Rate-Negligible)

Two cases of ‘Importation of girls from foreign country’ (under 18 years of age) were registered during the year 2015 in the country. These 2 cases were reported from Uttarakhand and West Bengal with 1 case each.

Buying/Selling of Minors for

prostitution, Sec. 373/372 IPC

(Incidence…11/111 Rate-Negligible)

11 cases of ‘buying of minor for prostitution(under section 373 of IPC)’ and 111 cases of ‘selling of minors for prostitution (under section 372 of IPC)’ were registered in the country during the year 2015 against 14 and 122 such cases registered in the year 2014 respectively. Only Maharashtra, Haryana, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh reported cases of ‘buying of minors for prostitution'.

Five States/UT namely Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal registered cases of ‘selling of minors for prostitution' during 2015.

Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 (Incidence-293 Rate-0.1)

A total of 293 cases under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 were registered during the year 2015. Tamil Nadu (77 cases) followed by West Bengal (40 cases) have reported high number of such cases in the country. Crime rate was 0.1 at all India level under this head with highest in A&N Islands (0.7) followed by Tamil Nadu (0.4).

Transplantation of Human Organs

Act, 1994 (for persons below 18 years of age) (Incidence- Nil Rate-Negligible)

No case of ‘the Transplantation of Human Organs Act’ 1994 (for persons below 18 years of age) was registered in the country during the year 2015.

Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986

(Incidence- 251 Rate-0.1)

A total of 251 cases under the ‘Child Labour’ (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986

were registered during the year 2015.

Maharashtra (96 cases) followed by Delhi (57 cases), Karnataka (34 cases) have registered high number of such cases in the country.

Out of 251 cases under the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986, 53 cases were related to crimes committed against migrants, 198 cases related to offences committed against locals.


(Incidence- 58 Rate-Negligible)

A total of 58 cases under the ‘Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act’, 1956 were

registered during the year 2015. Maharashtra (18 cases) and Karnataka (10 cases) have registered high number of such cases in the country.

Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act, 2000 (Amended) (Incidence- 1,457 Rate- 0.3)

A total of 1,457 cases under the ‘Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act’, were registered during the year 2015. Maharashtra (251 cases) and Rajasthan (216 cases) have registered high number of such cases in the country. Crime rate was 0.3 at all India level under this head with highest in Chandigarh (3.8 each) followed by Sikkim (3.0).

Unnatural Offences, Sec. 377 IPC (Incidence- 814 Rate-0.2 )

814 cases of ‘unnatural offences’ under crime against children were registered during 2015. Uttar Pradesh (179 cases), Kerala (142 cases) and Maharashtra (116 cases) have registered high number of such cases in the country. Crime rate was 0.2 at all India level under this head with highest in UT of Chandigarh (2.8), followed by Delhi (2.0).

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (Incidence- 14,913 Rate-3.3)

A total of 14,913 cases under the ‘Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act’, 2012 were registered during the year 2015. Uttar Pradesh (3,078 cases), Madhya Pradesh (1,687 cases) and Tamil Nadu (1,544 cases) have accounted for majority of such cases in the country. Crime rate was 3.3 at all


India level under this head with highest in Mizoram (30.7 each) followed by Sikkim (26.6).

Attempt to Commit Murder (Sec. 307 IPC) (Incidence- 276 Rate-0.1 )

A total of 276 cases of ‘Attempt to

commit murder’ were registered during the

year 2015. Assam (66 cases), Maharashtra (44 cases) and Madhya Pradesh (27 cases) have accounted for majority of such cases in the country. Crime rate was 0.1 at all India level under this head with highest in Assam (0.6) and Chandigarh (0.3 each).

Disposal of Cases under Crime against Children by Police & Courts

The general trend of disposal of IPC and SLL crimes by police & courts has been dealt in detail in Chapter-4. A total of 84,440 cases reported under crime against Children were disposed of by police during 2015. The charge-sheeting rate under overall crimes against children (IPC & SLL) is 85.6% in 2015, which is lesser than charge-sheeting rate of 2014 (87.6%). The lowest charge sheet rate was found in cases of ‘Exposure and Abandonment’ (14.2%). Crime head-wise details of cases disposed of by police are presented in Table-6.3.

Out of 21,604 cases in which trials were completed, 7,690 cases ended in conviction. Thus the conviction rate under crime against children at the national level stood at 35.6%. The conviction rate under crime head ‘buying of minor for prostitution’ (100.0%) and juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 (54.5%) were highest during the year 2015. Crime head-wise details of cases disposed of by courts are presented in Table-6.4.

Disposal of Persons Arrested under Crime against Children by Police &

Courts

The details of disposal of arrested persons for committing crimes against children are presented in Table-6.5 and Table-6.6. 86,467 male and 2,482 female persons were arrested for these crimes and 75,077 males and 2,100 females were

charge-sheeted by the police and correspondingly, only 9,930 males and 161 females were convicted, 18,258 males and 422 females were acquitted during 2015.

District-wise Incidents of Crime against

Children

Out of 815 police districts, 8 districts have registered more than 1,000 cases of crimes against children, 17 districts have registered such crimes between 500 to 1,000, while 278 districts have registered such crimes between 100 to 500 and a bulk of them i.e. 512 of these districts have reported less than 100 cases (including nil case) during 2015.

Table-6(B) Police Districts Registering above

1,000 cases under Crime against Children

during 2015


1 Maharashtra Mumbai Commr. 3,187

2 Delhi UT Outer District 1,514

3 Delhi UT North-East District 1,174

4 Delhi UT West District 1,098

5 Maharashtra Pune Commr. 1,095

6 Karnataka Bengaluru City 1,086

7 Delhi UT South-East District 1,068

8 Maharashtra Thane Commr. 1,066

The police districts which have recorded more than 1,000 cases of crime against Children during 2015 are: Mumbai Commissionerate of Maharashtra has reported the highest incidence of such crimes (3,187 cases) followed by District of Outer Delhi (1,514 cases), North-East District of Delhi (1,174 cases), West District of Delhi (1,098 cases), Pune Commissionerate of Maharashtra (1,095 cases), Bengaluru of Karnataka (1,086 cases), South-East District of Delhi (1,068 cases) and Thane Commissionerate of Maharashtra (1,066 cases) during the year 2015. District-wise & Crime head–wise details on crime against children are given on ‘Additional Table for CII’ on our website http://ncrb.gov.in .

http://ncrb.gov.in/


Chapter - 6A

Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is a group of crimes

involving trafficking in person of men, women

and children for sexual exploitation or for

financial gains or other exploitation of trafficked

persons. Victims are lured or abducted from

their homes and subsequently forced to work

against their wish through various means in

various establishments, indulge in prostitution

or subjected to various types of indignities and

even killed or incapacitated for the purposes of

begging and trade in human organs.

The Bureau is collecting data under the

following heads of crime which are related to

human trafficking.

i) Importation of girls from foreign country

(Sec. 366B IPC)

ii) Procuration of minor girls (section 366A

IPC)

iii) Buying of minors for prostitution (section

373 IPC) (in previous editions, data was

collected under buying of girls for

prostitution)

iv) Selling of minors for prostitution (Section

372 IPC) (in previous editions, data was

collected under buying of girls for

prostitution)

v) Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1956

vi) Human trafficking (section 370 & 370A

IPC), after creation of specific section in

IPC by the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act

2013, the Bureau has also started

collecting data under these sections.

Incidents of Human Trafficking

(Incidence: 6,877)

A total of 6,877 cases of crime relating

to human trafficking were registered in the

country during the year 2015 as compared to

5,466 cases during the year 2014, showing an

increase of 25.8% during 2015 over 2014.

Crime Rate (Crime Rate: 0.5)

Crime rate under the crimes relating to

human trafficking increased from 0.4 in 2014 to

0.5 during the year 2015.

Incidents of human trafficking is

showing a rising trend during the period from

2011 – 2015. A total of 3,517 cases were

registered in 2011, which rose to 3,554 cases

in 2012,to 3,940 cases in 2013, to 5,466 cases

in 2014 and to 6,877 cases in 2015.

Trend Analysis

The crime head-wise details of

registered crimes during 2011 to 2015 along

with percentage variation in the year 2015 over

2014 are presented in Table-6A(A). The crime

under human trafficking during the year 2015

has increased by 95.5% over 2011.


(Incidence: 6 Rate : Negligible)

A total of 6 cases of importation of girls

from foreign country were registered during

2015 compared to 13 cases in 2014 showing a

decline of 53.8% over the previous year.

These were registered in West Bengal (4

cases) and Uttarakhand (2 cases) during 2015.




Cases under this Act have registered

an increase of 0.9% during the year 2015 as

compared to the previous year (2,617 cases).

A total of 511 cases were registered in

Tamil Nadu followed by Karnataka (423).

Under the Immoral Traffic (P) Act, maximum

cases were registered under section 5 of IT(P)

Act (1,287 cases) followed by section 8 of IT(P)

Act (300 cases), section 7 of IT(P) Act (182

cases) and section 6 of IT(P) Act (85 cases).

Out of 300 cases registered under section 8 of

the IT(P) Act (relating to seducing or soliciting

for the purposes of prostitution), maximum

such cases were reported in Maharashtra (140

cases) followed by Kerala (63 cases) and

Karnataka (48 cases), these three States


cases. Out of 1,287 cases registered under

section 5 of the IT(P)Act (relating to procuring

or inducing or taking persons for purpose of

prostitution), maximum such cases were

reported in Tamil Nadu (351 cases) followed by

Telangana (224 cases), Karnataka (207 cases)

and Maharashtra (126 cases), these four

States together accounted for 70.5% total such

cases.

Procuration of Minor Girls (Sec. 366A IPC)

(Incidence: 3,087 Rate : 0.2)

Cases under this head have increased

by 52.8% during the year 2015 as compared to

the previous year (2,020 cases). A total of

1,303 cases were reported in Assam followed

by West Bengal (1,003 cases). Maximum

cases of procuration of minor girls were

reported in Assam (1,303 cases) followed by

West Bengal (1,003 cases), Bihar (305 cases)

and Haryana (190 cases) during 2015.

Buying of Minors for Prostitution (Sec. 373

IPC)


Cases of buying of minor for prostitution

have decreased by 21.4% during the year 2015

in comparison to the previous year (14 cases).

Since 2014, data is collected under ‘Buying of

minor for prostitution’ whereas in previous

edition it was collected under ‘Buying of girls for

prostitution’.

A total of 7 cases in Maharashtra

followed by 2 cases in Uttar Pradesh and 1

case each in Haryana & Telangana were

registered under this crime head during 2015.

Selling of Minors for Prostitution (Sec. 372

IPC)


A total of 111 cases of selling of

minors for prostitution were registered in the

country during 2015 as against 82 such cases

in 2014, thus indicating an increase of 35.4%

during 2015 over 2014. West Bengal has

reported 91 such cases accounting for 82.0%

of total such cases registered during 2015.

Table-6A(A)

Crime Head-wise Incidence of Various Crimes under Human Trafficking during 2011 - 2015

and Percentage Variation in 2015 over 2014

Sl.

No Crime Head

Year Percentage

Variation in

2015 Over

2014 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

1 Procuration of Minor Girls (Sec. 366-A IPC) 862 809 1,224 2,020 3,087 52.8

2 Importation of Girls from Foreign Country (Sec.366B IPC) 80 59 31 13 6 -53.8

3 Selling of Minors for Prostitution (Sec. 372 IPC)# 113 108 100 82 111 35.4

4 Buying of Minor for Prostitution (Sec. 373 IPC)# 27 15 6 14 11 -21.4

5 Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act 1956 2,435 2,563 2,579 2,617 2,641 0.9

6 Human Trafficking (Sec. 370 & 370 A IPC) * - - - 720 1,021 41.8

Total Cases of Human Trafficking 3,517 3,554 3,940 5,466 6,877 25.8

‘*’Data collection since 2014 & ‘#’ Modified since 2014 in the revised proformae, earlier data were collected for girls only


Human Trafficking (Sec. 370 & 370 A IPC)


A total of 1,021 cases of human

trafficking under section 370 & 370A of IPC

were registered in the country during 2015

showing an increase of 41.8% over previous

year (720 cases). Telangana has reported 226

such cases followed by Assam with 137

cases, Jharkhand (126 cases), Delhi UT (78

cases) and Chhattisgarh (61 cases).

However, maximum numbers of victims (620

persons) under human trafficking (sec. 370 &

370A IPC) were recovered/reported in Kerala

during 2015.

Disposal of Crimes Relating to Human

Trafficking by Police

Out of 10,424 registered cases under

various crimes relating to human trafficking for

investigation, 5,432 cases were disposed of

by police (investigation completed). Charge-

sheets were submitted in 4,573 cases

resulting in 89.0% charge-sheet rate under

crimes related to human trafficking during

2015. 100% detection by police (i.e. charge-

sheet rate) was made in cases under section

7 of the Immoral Traffic (P) Act during 2015. A

total of 5,073 cases remained pending for

investigation at the end of the year 2015

[Table-6A.3].

Disposal of Crimes Relating to Human

Trafficking by Courts

Out of 19,717 cases relating to human

trafficking, trials have been completed in

2,075 cases during 2015. A total of 824 cases

under human trafficking ended in conviction,

showing a conviction rate of 39.7%. Maximum

conviction rates were observed in cases

under buying of minors for prostitution

(100.0%) whereas lowest conviction rate was

reported under procuration of minor girls

(11.1%) during 2015. A total of 17,612 such

cases remained pending for trial at the end of

the year, showing pendency rate of 89.3%.

A total of 1,251 cases were either

acquitted or discharged by various courts

during 2015. All crime heads under human

trafficking have higher acquittals during 2015

[Table-6A.4].

Disposal of Person Arrested under Crimes

Relating to Human Trafficking by Police

Out of 17,938 persons (including

11,720 persons arrested), 10,801 persons

were charge-sheeted under various crime

heads relating to human trafficking during

2015. A total of 1,497 persons (consisting of

1,331 males and 166 females) and 7,601

persons (consisting of 5,380 males and 2,221

females) were charge-sheeted under sections

370 & 370A of IPC and the Immoral Traffic

(Prevention) Act respectively during 2015.

A total of 449 persons (consisting of

430 males and 19 females) were released by

police or transferred to other police stations.

Investigation in respect of 6,688 accused

persons remained pending at the end of the

year 2015 [Table 6A.5].


Relating to Human Trafficking by Court

Out of 57,366 persons (including

10,801 persons sent for trial during 2015),

trials have been completed for 5,439 persons.

A total of 2,139 persons have been convicted

under various crime heads relating to human

trafficking during 2015, maximum such

convictions were under the Immoral Traffic

(P) Act (1,990 persons) during 2015.

A total of 3,281 persons were

acquitted from all charges of offences relating

to human trafficking and 19 persons were

discharged for either want of evidence or

otherwise by courts during 2015. Trials of

51,875 persons remained pending in different

courts at the end of the year 2015 [Table-

6A.6].

Incidents of Child Trafficking


Since 2015, information on child

trafficking is also published separately in order

to understand and analyse the patterns of child

trafficking in the country. Following crime heads

have been clubbed under child trafficking:

i) Importation of girls from foreign country

(Sec. 366B IPC)(Below 18 years)

ii) Procuration of minor girls (section 366A

IPC)


iii) Buying of minors for prostitution

(section 373 IPC)

iv) Selling of minors for prostitution

(Section 372 IPC)

v) Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1956

vi) Human trafficking (section 370 & 370A

IPC)

In above mentioned crime heads victims are

below 18 years of age.

A total of 3,490 cases of crimes relating

to child trafficking were registered in the

country during the year 2015.



A total of 2 cases of importation of girls

from foreign country were registered during

2015. Uttarakhand and West Bengal has

reported 1 case each during 2015.



A total of 58 cases under the Immoral

Traffic (P) Act were registered in the country.

Majority of these cases were reported in

Maharashtra (18 cases) and Karnataka (10

cases) and West Bengal (9 cases) during

2015. These States together accounted for

63.8%(37 out of 58 cases) of total child

trafficking under this Act during 2015.

Human Trafficking (Sec. 370 & 370 A IPC)


A total of 221 cases of child trafficking

under section 370 & 370A of IPC were

registered in the country during 2015. Majority

of such cases were reported in Delhi (57

cases) followed by Bihar (27 cases), Madhya

Pradesh (22 cases), Odisha (20 cases), West

Bengal (15 cases), Chhattisgarh (12 cases)

and Telangana(11 cases), These States


crimes during 2015.

Disposal of Crimes Relating to Child

Trafficking by Police

Out of 5,026 cases relating to child

trafficking for investigation, 2,348 cases were

disposed of by police (investigation

completed). Charge-sheets were submitted in

1,658 cases resulting in 79.2% charge-sheet

rate during 2015 [Table-6A.9].

Disposal of Crimes Relating to Child

Trafficking by Courts

Out of 5,003 cases relating to child

trafficking, trials have been completed in 384

cases during 2015. A total of 55 cases under

child trafficking ended in conviction, showing a

conviction rate of 14.3%. A total of 4,602 such

cases remained pending for trial at the end of

the year, showing pendency rate of 92.0%

[Table-6A.10].


Relating to Child Trafficking by Police

Out of 4,376 persons (including 3,078

persons arrested), 2,117 persons were

charge-sheeted under various crime heads

relating to child trafficking during 2015 [Table

6A.11].


Relating to Human Trafficking by Court

Out of 7,145 persons (including 2,117

persons sent for trial during 2015), trials have

been completed for 633 persons. A total of 95

persons have been convicted under various

crime heads relating to child trafficking while

538 persons were acquitted by courts during

2015 [Table-6A.12].


CHILD TRAFFICKING CASES REGISTERED DURING 2015 (All India 3,490)


NIL

51 – 100


1 – 50

Above 100


Chapter - 7

Crime against Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes

India is committed to the welfare and

development of its people in general and of

vulnerable sections of society in particular.

Equality of status and opportunity to all citizens

of the country is guaranteed by the Constitution

of India, which also provides that no individual

shall be discriminated against on the grounds of

religion, caste or sex, etc. Fundamental rights

and other specific provisions, namely, Articles

38, 39 and 46 in the Constitution of India stand

testimony to the commitment of the State

towards its people. The strategy of the State is

to secure distributive justice and allocation of

resources to support programmes for social,

economic and educational advancement of the

weaker sections in general and persons

belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled

Tribes in particular.

Constitutional Rights

The Indian Constitution vide Article 15

lays down that no citizen shall be subjected to

any disability or restriction on the grounds of

religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth. It

also guarantees that every citizen shall have

equality of status and opportunity.

The problems of social inequality and

class divide in a country like India with

heterogeneous groups and sub-groups needs

to be recognised and resolved by all available

democratic measures including special

legislations to deal with particular acts

constituting offences against such weaker

sections of the society. `Scheduled Castes' and

`Scheduled Tribes' are two such identified

social groups. Article 46 of the constitution of

India expressly provides that the State shall

promote the educational and economic

upliftment of the weaker sections of the society,

in particular of SCs & STs with special care and

shall protect them from injustice and all forms of

exploitation.

Legal Rights

Special social enactments have come

into force from time to time for SCs and STs in

order to uphold the constitutional mandate and

safeguard the interests of these sections of the

society.

The major legal enactments at the

national level are:

(i) The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955

(ii) The Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe

(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989

The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955

was enacted in furtherance of Article 17 of the

Constitution to abolish untouchability and its

practice in any form.

The Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled

Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 was

brought into force from 30th January 1990 in

order to check and deter crimes against

persons belonging to SCs/STs by persons

belonging to other communities. These

enactments have extended the positive

discrimination in favour of SCs and STs to the

field of criminal law in as much as they

prescribe penalties that are more stringent than

the corresponding offences under Indian Penal

Code (IPC) and other laws. Special Courts have

been established in major states for speedy trial

of cases registered exclusively under these

Acts.

Classification of Crimes

Considering the data requirements of

various stakeholders, the classifications of

crimes have been revised recently for collection

of comprehensive data on crime committed

against SCs and STs.

The new classification of crimes against

persons belonging to SCs & STs broadly

categorized under three major crime heads,

namely:-

(i) the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955

for measuring incidents of

discriminations against persons

belonging to SCs & STs by Non-

SCs/STs.


(ii) Atrocities committed against persons

belonging to SCs and STs by Non-SCs

and STs i.e. where SC/ST (Prevention

of Atrocities) Act has been applied along

with various sections of IPC. Incidents of

various sections of IPC viz. murder,

grievous hurt, rape etc. along with the

SC/ST (PoA) Act.

(iii) Crime committed against SCs and STs

where SC/ST (PoA) Act has not been

applied and only IPC sections have

been involved.

Besides these three major heads, data on

following crime heads have also been

collected:-

(iv) The Employment of Manual Scavengers

and Construction of Dry Latrines


(v) Other SLL crimes

In the revised proformae of Crime in

India, comprehensive information on crimes

committed against SC/ST women under various

crime heads namely assault on SC/ST women

with intent to outrage her modesty (section 354

IPC) along with further breakup of sub-section

354A IPC (sexual harassment), section 354B

IPC (assault or use of criminal force to women

with intent to disrobe), section 354C IPC

(voyeurism) & section 354D IPC (stalking);

insult to modesty of SC/ST women (under

section 509IPC) took place in office premises or

at public transport or other places related to

works; etc. have been collected.

The ‘Crime Rate’ for crimes committed

against SCs and STs has been calculated using

the population of SC and ST respectively only,

based on The Population Census 2011. Since

mid-year projection in respect of SCs & STs

population is not available.

Crime against Persons belonging to Scheduled Caste

Incidence of Crime – National (Incidence: 45,003 Rate: 22.3)

A total of 45,003 cases of total crimes

committed against SCs(which include atrocities

as well as non-atrocities cases) were registered

in the country as compared to 47,064 cases

registered in 2014, showing a decrease of 4.4%

in 2015 over 2014. It may be mentioned that

during 2015, out of 45,003 cases of crime

against SCs 38,564 cases under various

section of IPC along with the SC/ST(POA) Act

(atrocities cases i.e. where SC/ST(POA) Act

applied), 6,009 cases under various section of

IPC wherein the SC/ST (POA) Act was not

applied, 324 cases under other SLL crimes.

The highest incidents of crime against SCs

were reported from Uttar Pradesh (8,358 cases)

followed by Rajasthan (6,998 cases), Bihar

(6,438 cases) and Andhra Pradesh (4,415

cases), they accounted for 18.6%, 15.5%,

14.3% and 9.8% of total such crimes registered

during 2015 respectively. During 2015, crimes

rate of 22.3 was reported under crimes

committed on persons belonging to SCs.

Protection of Civil Rights Act


A total of 106 cases under this Act were

registered during 2015. Maximum cases under

this Act were reported in Bihar (74 cases)

followed by Karnataka (11 cases), Maharashtra

(9 cases), Himachal Pradesh (3 cases) and

Odisha & Delhi UT (2 cases each) during 2015.

Incidence of Atrocities against SCs (Incidence: 38,564 Rate: 19.2)

A total of 38,564 cases of atrocities

against SCs (in which SC/ST(POA) Act applied)

were registered in the country during 2015. The

highest incidents of atrocities against SCs were

reported from Uttar Pradesh (8,357 cases)

followed by Bihar (6,293 cases), Rajasthan

(5,911 cases) and Madhya Pradesh (3,546

cases). Majority of victims under atrocities

against SCs were also reported from Uttar

Pradesh (8,459 persons) followed by Bihar

(6,552 persons), Rajasthan (5,979 persons) and

Madhya Pradesh (3,693 persons).

The highest rate of atrocities against

SCs was reported from Goa (51.1) followed by

Rajasthan (48.4), Bihar (38.0) and Daman &

Diu (32.7) compared to 19.2 at all India level

during 2015.


Incidence of IPC Crimes against SCs(in

which the SC/ST(PoA) Act not applied i.e.

Non-atrocities Cases) (Incidence: 6,009 Rate: 3.0)

A total of 6,009 cases of IPC without the

SC/ST(POA) Act (in which SC/ST(POA) Act not

applied i.e. non-atrocities) were also registered

in the country during 2015. The highest number

of such cases were reported from Andhra

Pradesh (2,050 cases) followed by Rajasthan

(1,040 cases), Chhattisgarh (790 cases),

Madhya Pradesh (638 cases) and Odisha (482

cases). The highest number of victims in such

cases were also reported from Andhra Pradesh

(2,062 persons) followed by Rajasthan (1,048

persons), Chhattisgarh (790 persons), Madhya

Pradesh (671 persons) and Odisha (530

persons). Among the above States, the highest

rate of crime was reported from Andhra

Pradesh (24.3) followed by Chhattisgarh (24.1),

Rajasthan (8.5), Odisha (6.7) and Madhya

Pradesh (5.6). Table 7.2 contains State/UT-

wise details on IPC cases where the SC/ST

(POA) Act has been applied, as well as cases

where this Act was not applied & number of

victims in above two categories of cases and

crime rate during 2015.

Disposal of Crimes Committed against SCs

by Police

Out of 59,834 cases of crime against

SCs for investigation (including 45,003 cases

registered during 2015), 42,459 cases were

disposed of by police during 2015. Of these

cases, the charge-sheets were submitted in

31,852 cases and in 2,028 cases charge-sheets

were not laid but final reports were submitted as

true, thus showing charge-sheet rate of 94.0%.

A charge-sheet rate of 97.5% and 93.5% were

reported under the Protection Civil Rights Act

and atrocities against SCs respectively. A total

of 17,375 cases were remained pending for

investigation at the end of 2015. The details


Disposal of Crimes Committed against

Scheduled Castes by Courts

A total of 1,40,340 cases of crimes

committed against persons belonging to

Scheduled Castes were for trial in the country

during 2015. Trials were completed in 17,012

during 2015 out of which 4,702 cases ended in

conviction and in 12,310 cases accused

persons were acquitted or discharged. At the

end of 2015, a total of 1,22,083 cases remained

pending for trial. The conviction rate of 27.6%

and pendency rate of 86.9% under crime

against SCs were reported during 2015. The

details may be seen in Table 7.4.

Disposal of Persons Arrested for

Committing Crime against Scheduled

Castes by Police

Out of 97,786 persons (consisting of

21,932 persons either in the custody or on bail

at the beginning of the year and 75,854 persons

arrested during 2015), charge-sheets were

submitted against 66,880 persons (consisting of

65,244 males and 1,636 females) during the

year 2015. Investigation by police was pending

in respect of 24,280 persons at the end of 2015.

The details may be seen in Table 7.5.


Committing Crime against Scheduled

Castes by Courts.

A total of 3,03,605 persons were under

trial for committing crimes against SCs in the

country during 2015.

A total of 9,656 persons (consisting of

9,557 males and 99 females) were convicted

and 25,385 persons (consisting of 24,716 males

and 669 females) were acquitted. 500 persons

were also discharged by courts for want of

evidence or otherwise during 2015. The trials in

respect of 2,65,905 persons were remained

pending at the end of 2015. The details may be

seen in Table 7.6.

District-wise Incidents of Total Crimes

against SCs


more than 300 cases of crimes against SCs

during 2015, while 34 districts have reported

IPC crimes between 200 and 300 and a bulk of

them i.e. 765 of these districts have reported

less than 200 such cases (including nil case)

during 2015.


registered more than 300 cases of crimes

against SCs during 2015 are:


CASES REGISTERED UNDER CRIME AGAINST SCHEDULED CASTES DURING 2015 (All India 45,003)


upto 10

101 to 1,000


11 to 100

1,001 to 2,000

2,001 to 5,000


RATE OF CRIME AGAINST SCHEDULED CASTES DURING 2015 (All India 22.3)

Rate of Crime

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5.1 to 15.0

above 40.0 Map Powered by DevInfo, UNICEF

0.1 to 5.0

15.1 to 30.0

30.1 to 40.0

Note:

Rate of Crime against Scheduled Castes means number of

crimes against Scheduled Castes per 1,00,000 population of

SCs. Population of SCs is based on the Population Census

2011 as mid-year projection population is not available.


Table-7(A)

Police Districts Registering above 250 Cases

under Total Crime against SCs during 2015


1 Andhra Pradesh Vijayawada City 1031 2 Andhra Pradesh West Godavari 883 3 Rajasthan Jhalawar 490 4 Rajasthan Bharatpur 479 5 Rajasthan Chittorgarh 452 6 Bihar Patna 446 7 Rajasthan Hanumangarh 441 8 Rajasthan Ganganagar 399 9 Chhattisgarh Bilaspur 375 10 Rajasthan Alwar 371 11 Bihar Nalanda 350 12 Telangana Cyberabad 344 13 Uttar Pradesh Pratapgarh 334 14 Andhra Pradesh Prakasham 306 15 Rajasthan Nagaur 304 16 Rajasthan Barmer 301

Vijayawada city (1,031 cases) & West Godavari

(883 cases) of Andhra Pradesh has reported

the highest incidence of crimes against SCs

followed by Jhalawar (490 cases),

Bharatpur(479 cases) & Chittorgarh (452 cases)

of Rajasthan, Patna of Bihar (446 cases),

Ganganagar (384 cases) & Alwar (371 cases)

of Rajasthan, Nalanda of Bihar (350 cases),

Cyberabad of Telangana (344 cases),

Pratapgarh of Uttar Pradesh (334 cases),

Prakashan of Andhra Pradesh (306 cases),

Nagaur (304 cases) & Barmer (301 cases) of

Rajasthan during the year 2015. Crime against Scheduled Tribes

Incidence of Crimes – National (Incidence: 10,914 Rate: 10.5)

A total of 10,914 cases of crimes

committed on persons belonging to Scheduled

Tribes(include atrocities as well as non-

atrocities cases) were registered in the country

during 2015 against 11,451 cases registered in

2014, indicating a decrease of 4.7% during

2015 in comparison to 2014. It may be

mentioned that during 2015, out of 10,914

cases of crime against STs, 6,275 cases under

various section of IPC along with the

SC/ST(POA) Act (atrocities cases i.e. where

SC/ST(POA) Act applied), 4,203 cases under

various section of IPC wherein the SC/ST

(POA) Act was not applied, 435 cases under

other SLL crimes and 1 case of the Protection of

Civil Rights Act was registered during 2015.

Rajasthan has reported the highest

number of such cases 3,207 which accounted

for 29.4% of the total such cases (10,914 cases)

reported in the country. Madhya Pradesh (1,531

cases) and Chhattisgarh (1,518 cases) also had

significant share of 14.0% and 13.9% of total

such crimes respectively. The details may be

seen in Table 7.7 & 7.8.

Incidence of Atrocities against STs (Incidence: 6,275 Rate:6.0)

A total of 6,275 cases of atrocities

against person belonging to Scheduled Tribe (in

which SC/ST(POA) Act applied) were registered

in the country during 2015, showing a decrease

of 8.1% (from 6,826 cases in 2014 to 6,375

cases in 2015) during 2015 over 2014. The

highest incidents of atrocities against STs were

reported from Rajasthan (1,409 cases) followed

by Madhya Pradesh (1,358 cases) during 2015.

The highest rate of atrocities against STs was

reported from Kerala (34.0) followed by

Rajasthan (15.3), Andhra Pradesh (13.8),

Telangana (11.7) and A & N Island (10.5)

compared to 6.0 at all India level during 2015.

Incidence of IPC Crimes against STs(in

which the SC/ST(PoA) Act not applied i.e.

Non-atrocities Cases) (Incidence: 4,203 Rate: 4.0)

A total of 4,203 cases of IPC without the

SC/ST(POA) Act (in which SC/ST(POA) Act not

applied i.e. non-atrocities) were also registered

in the country during 2015. The highest number

of such cases were reported from Rajasthan

(1,746 cases) followed by Chhattisgarh (816

cases), Odisha (696 cases), Andhra Pradesh

(352 cases) and Telangana (302 cases).

Among the above States, the highest rate of

crime was reported from Rajasthan (18.9)

followed by Andhra Pradesh (13.4) and

Chhattisgarh (10.4) compared to all India level

of 4.0. Table 7.8 contains State/UT-wise details

on IPC cases where the SC/ST (POA) Act has

been applied, as well as cases where this Act

was not applied & number of victims in above

two categories of cases and crime rate during

2015.


CASES REGISTERED UNDER CRIME AGAINST SCHEDULED TRIBES DURING 2015 (All India 10,914)


NIL

11 to 100


1 to 10

101 to 500

501 to 1,000


RATE OF CRIME AGAINST SCHEDULED TRIBES DURING 2015 (All India 10.5)

Rate of Crime

NIL

2.1 to 5.0


0.1 to 2.0

5.1 to 12.0

12.1 to 20.0

Note:

Rate of Crime against Scheduled Tribes means number of

crimes against Scheduled Tribes per 1,00,00 population of

STs. Population of Census 2011 is used for ST population

as mid-year population projection for STs is not

available.


Disposal of Cases under Crimes Committed

against STs by Police

A total of 13,655 cases of crime against

STs were for investigation in the country during

2015. Of these cases, charge-sheets were

summited in 8,050 cases, in 204 cases charge-

sheets were not laid but final report as true

submitted. 3,242 cases were remained pending

for investigation at the end of 2015. The charge-

sheeting rate at all India level was 97.5%. The

details are given in Table 7.9.

Disposal of crimes committed against

scheduled tribes by courts during 2015

30,489 cases of crime against STs were

for trial in the country during 2015. In 4,894

cases trials were completed. 1,349 cases ended

in conviction and in 3,545 cases accused

persons were acquitted or discharged. At the

end of 2015, 25,321 cases were remained

pending for trial. The conviction rate of 27.6%

and pendency rate of 82.8% were reported

under crimes against STs during 2015. The

details are given in Table 7.10.


Committing Crime against Scheduled Tribes

by Police & Courts

Out of 17,141 persons under

investigation, charge sheets were laid against

14,047 persons [Table 7.11]. Out of 58,161

persons under-trial, trials were completed in

respect of 8,379 persons and 2,265 persons

were convicted & 6,027 persons were acquitted.

Details may be seen in Table 7.12.

District-wise Incidents of Total Crimes

against STs


more than 100 cases of crimes against STs

during 2015, while 31 districts have reported

IPC crimes between 51 and 100 and a bulk of

them i.e. 770 of these districts have reported

less than 50 such cases (including nil case)

during 2015.


registered more than 100 cases of crimes

against STs during 2015 are:

Table-7(B)

Police Districts Registering above 100 Cases of

Total Crime against STs during 2015


1 Rajasthan Udaipur 1338 2 Odisha Sundargarh 482 3 Chhattisgarh Surajpur 445 4 Rajasthan Jhalawar 379 5 Chhattisgarh Balrampur 317 6 Telangana Nizamabad 250 7 Andhra Pradesh Vijayawada City 232 8 Chhattisgarh Bilaspur 222 9 Odisha Bolangir 198 10 Odisha Mayurbhanj 177 11 Rajasthan Chittorgarh 141 12 Rajasthan Barmer 111 13 Chhattisgarh Raipur 106 14 Telangana Cyberabad 105

Udaipur of Rajasthan has reported the highest

incidence of crimes against STs (1,338 cases)

followed by Sundargarh of Odisha (482 cases),

Surajpur of Chhattisgarh (445 cases), Jhalawar

of Rajasthan (379 cases), Balrampur of

Chhattisgarh (317 cases), Nizamabad of

Telangana (250 cases), Vijaywada City of

Andhra Pradesh (232 cases), Bilashpur of

Chhattisgarh (222 cases), Bolangir(198 cases)

& Mayurbhanj (177 cases) of Odisha,

Chittorgarh (141 cases) & Barmer (111 cases)

of Rajasthan, Raipur of Chhattisgarh (106

cases) and Cyberabad of Telanagana (105

cases) during 2015.

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Chapter - 8

Property Stolen and Recovered

Value of Property Stolen & Recovered - National level The details of property stolen and recovered, percentage of recovery (year-wise) and percentage changes over the decade (2005 - 2015) have been presented in Table-8.1. An increasing trend was observed in the value of lost properties from 2006 to 2012. It, however, decreased by 37.3% from the year 2012 (₹21,07,194 lakh) to the year 2013 (₹13,21,931 lakh), which further decreased by 43.2% in 2014 (₹7,51,482 lakh) over 2013 (₹13,21,931 lakh) and it increased by 9.2% in 2015 (₹8,21,040 lakh) over 2014 (₹7,51,482 lakh). During decadal period, an increase of 240.8% in properties loss was observed (from ₹2,40,900 lakh in 2005 to ₹8,21,040 lakh in 2015) on the other hand, during the period, percentage recovery of stolen properties has decreased by 21.9% in 2015 over 2014. Properties worth ₹8,21,040 lakh were stolen during the year 2015 and properties worth ₹1,35,019 lakh were recovered. The percentage of recovery of stolen properties during the year 2015 was 16.4% which is lower than the previous year recovery percentage (21.0%). The net value of properties lost/stolen increased by 9.3% over 2014 (from ₹7,51,482 lakh in 2014 to ₹8,21,040 lakh in 2015). The value of properties recovered has shown a decline of 14.3% (from ₹1,57,552 lakh in 2014 to ₹1,35,019 lakh in 2015) during the year 2015.

Value of Property Stolen & Recovered – States/ UTs The State & UT-wise details regarding value of properties stolen and recovered as also the percentage of recovery are presented in Table-8.2. In terms of numerical value, Maharashtra has reported the highest loss of properties at ₹4,53,389.5 lakh followed by Delhi UT (₹71,987.0 lakh) and Uttar Pradesh (₹29,637.7 lakh), these States accounted for 55.2%, 8.8% and 3.6% of total properties stolen during the year respectively. The highest

recovery of properties was reported in Maharashtra (₹23,200.8 Lakh) followed by Rajasthan (₹13,625.3 Lakh) and Delhi UT (₹12,599.8 lakh). 28 States/ UTs have reported a little less percentage recovery of stolen properties whereas 8 States/UTs reported more than the national level recovery percentage of 16.4%. Andaman & Nicobar Islands reported highest recovery of percentage (77.0%) followed by Tamil Nadu (65.4%), Telangana (57.8%), Punjab (56.2%) and Rajasthan (53.8%). Lowest recovery percentage was recorded in Lakshadweep (0.0 %).

Category of Offences - Incidence and Value The crime head-wise details on the incidence and value of properties stolen and recovered as also the percentage of recovery during 2015 have been shown in Table-8.3.

Out of five specified category of property crimes, maximum number of cases of properties loss i.e. 4,59,410 out of 6,45,015 cases were reported under thefts followed by criminal trespass /burglary (1,14,122 cases). Un-specified category ‘other kind of property crimes’ accounted for highest loss of properties worth ₹4,08,657.3 lakh, followed by theft (₹2,44,528.4 lakh) and criminal trespass / burglary (₹98,553.2 lakh). However, the highest recovery percentage 52.5% in terms of value recovered was for dacoity cases (₹11,407.8 lakh out of ₹21,743.4 lakh).

A total of 11,307 cases of chain

snatching were registered in the country out of which recoveries were made in 4,837 cases, showing 42.8% recovery of items robbed under chain snatching during 2015. In 11,307 cases of chain snatching, properties worth ₹5,787.2 lakh were robbed during 2015. However, properties worth ₹2,119.4 lakh were only recovered during 2015.

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Nature of Property Stolen and Recovered - Incidence and Value The nature of property stolen and recovered has been classified into different categories viz. ‘communication and electricity wire’, ‘cattle’, ‘cycle’, ‘motor vehicles’, ‘fire arms’, ‘explosives/explosive substances’, ‘electric components’ and ‘cultural property’. Properties other than the above 8 specified categories are clubbed as ‘other kinds of properties’. The details of incidence and value of properties stolen & recovered along with percentage of recovery have been shown in Table-8.4.

The highest loss and recovery of properties worth ₹1,25,296.9 lakh and ₹37,480.4 lakh respectively was registered for motor vehicles among the specified types of properties. A total of 1,59,646 motor cycles/scooters stolen cases were reported during 2015, out of which recoveries were made in 33,666 cases showing 21.1% recoveries of motor cycles/scooters. A total of 18,415 LMV/car stolen cases were registered, out of which recoveries were made in 2,692 cases during 2015. It is worth mentioning that fire arms and explosives / explosive substances worth ₹241.1 lakh and ₹83.4 lakh respectively were stolen respectively during the year 2015. A total of 46,873 and 11,745 cases of theft of mobile phones and laptops were registered during 2015. During 2015, maximum recoveries of properties, in term of cases, were reported under cattle theft (47.0%) whereas lowest recoveries were made under motor vehicles (20.8%). The highest recovery of stolen properties, in term of value, was made under cattle theft at 46.2% of stolen properties whereas lowest recovery of explosives/explosive substances (17.3%) was reported during the year 2015.

Premises/ Place of Occurrence-wise Incidence and Value of Property Lost during the Year

The information relating to the number of cases and value of properties stolen under ‘dacoity’, ‘robbery’, ‘criminal trespassing /burglary’ and ‘theft’ at various premises or various places of occurrence of these crimes have been shown in Table-8.5. Maximum number of cases of properties stolen were registered in residential premises (2,12,438 out of 6,22,116 cases) followed by highways/road (89,102 cases) which accounted for 34.1% and 14.3% of total such cases registered in the country during 2015 respectively. However, a total of 2,22,927 cases out of 6,22,116 cases were also registered under un-specified category ‘other places of occurrence’ during 2015.

Majority of robberies (15,566 out of 36,188 cases) took place on highways/road. Maximum cases of ‘Criminal trespassing /Burglary’ and ‘Theft’ took place in residential premises.

In residential premises, most of properties, in term of value, were stolen under thefts (₹67,506.8 lakh) followed by criminal trespasses/burglaries (₹60,315.9 lakh), dacoities (₹4,607.5 lakh) and robberies (₹3,980.9 lakh).

A total of 77 cases of dacoities in railways, 24 cases of dacoities in banks, 17 cases of dacoities in religious places, 11 cases of dacoities in river and sea and 2 cases of dacoities in ATM were registered during 2015.

In commercial establishments, 37,665

cases of thefts, 17,373 cases of criminal trespasses/burglaries, 2,229 cases of robberies and 284 cases of dacoities were registered during 2015.

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Chapter - 9

Economic Offences

Economic offences form a separate

category of crimes under criminal offences.

Legislation

A table listing various economic

offences, the relevant legislations and

concerned enforcement authorities is given

below.

Economic offences not only inflict

pecuniary losses on individuals but also

damage the national economy and have

security implications as well. The offences of

smuggling of narcotic substances,

counterfeiting of currency and valuable

Sl.

No. Economic crimes Acts / Legislation Enforcement authorities

1 Tax evasion Income Tax Act Central Board of Direct Taxes

2 Illicit trafficking in contraband goods

(smuggling)

Customs Act 1962

COFEPOSA, 1974 Collectors of Customs

3 Evasion of Excise Duty Central Excise Act, 1944 Collectors of Central Excise

4 Cultural object’s theft Antiquity and Art Treasures Act, 1972 Police/State CB-CID/CBI

5 Money laundering Foreign Exchange Regulations Act, 1973;

Money Laundering Act, 2002 Directorate of Enforcement

6 Foreign contribution manipulations Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976; Police/CBI

7 Land grabbing/Real estate frauds IPC Police/State CB-CID/CBI

8 Trade in human body parts Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 Police/State CB-CID/CBI

9 Illicit drug trafficking Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

Act 1985 & NDPS Act, 1988 NCB/ Police/State CB-CID/CBI

10 Fraudulent bankruptcy Banking Regulation Act, 1949 Police, CBI

11 Corruption and bribery of public

servants Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

State/Anti Corruption Bureaux/ Vigilance

Bureaux/CBI

12 Bank frauds IPC Police/State Vigilance/CB-CID/CBI

13 Insurance rrauds IPC Police/State Vigilance/CB-CID/CBI

14 Racketeering in employment IPC Police/State CB-CID/CBI

15 Illegal foreign trade Import & Export (Control) Act,1947 Directorate General of Foreign Trade/CBI

16 Racketeering in false travel documents Passport Act, 1920/IPC Police/State CB-CID/CBI

17 Credit cards fraud IPC Police/State CB-CID/CBI

18 Terrorist activities IPC & related Acts Police/State CB-CID/CBI

19 Illicit trafficking in arms Arms Act,1959 Police/State CB-CID/CBI

20 Illicit trafficking in explosives Explosives Act, 1884 & Explosive Substances

Act, 1908 Police/State CB-CID/CBI

21 Theft of intellectual property Copyright Act, 1957 (Amendments 1984 &

1994) Police/State CB-CID/CBI

22 Computer crime/software piracy Copyright Act, 1957/I.T.Act, 2000 Police/State CB-CID/CBI

23 Stock market manipulations IPC Police/State CB-CID/CBI

24 Company frauds Companies Act, 1956/IPC

MRTP Act, 1968 Police/CBI/SFIO


securities, financial scams, frauds, money

laundering and hawala transactions etc. evoke

serious concern about their impact on the

national security.

Enforcement Agencies

Local police deals with considerable

number of economic offences falling under the

broad category of `cheating', `counterfeiting'

and `criminal breach of trust'.

A number of special laws regulating

customs, excise, taxes, foreign exchange,

narcotic drugs, banking, insurance, trade and

commerce relating to export and import have

been enacted in the country, as listed in the

preceding table. These laws are enforced by

the respective departmental enforcement

agencies created under the statutory

provisions. Legal powers for investigation,

adjudication, imposition of fines, penalties, and

arrest and detention of persons under special

circumstances are derived from the same

legislations. Officers of the enforcement

agencies are also vested with powers to

summon witnesses, search and seize of

goods, documents and confiscate the

proceeds.

Smuggling (Incidence: 274)

Total number of seizures made under

the Customs Act, 1962 showed an increase of

16.9%, from 314 in 2011 to 367 in 2012, further

to 520 in 2013. It decreased to 332 in 2014

which further decreased to 274 in 2015. The

value of different commodities seized during

the periods (2011-2015) decreased, from

₹1,561.79 crore in 2011 to ₹1,439.83 crore in

2015, showing a decrease of 7.8% in 2015

over 2011. Seizures worth ₹2,085.47 crore

were made in 2012, showing an increase of

33.5% in 2012 over 2011, which decreased to

₹1,862.79 crore in 2013 compared to

₹2,085.47 crore during 2012 thus showing a

decrease of 10.7% over 2012. However, value

of seizures had increased to ₹5,693.55 crore in

2013 with an increase of 205.64% during 2014

over 2013. However, such seizures decreased

by 74.7% in 2015 over 2014 with seizure worth

₹1,439.83 crore in 2015.

On an average, nearly 4 crore seizures

were made during the year 2015 per day. The

details regarding seizures and the value of the

property seized for the years 2011 to 2015 may

be seen in Table 9(A).

Distribution of seizures of major

commodities reveals that ‘Vehicles & Vessels’

worth ₹ 68.15 crore, ‘Drugs/Narcotics’ worth

Table 9(A)

Seizures made by Customs under

Customs Act

Sl.

No.

Year Total no.

of

Seizures

Value of

Seizures

(` in crore)

1 2011 314 1,561.79

2 2012 367 2,085.47

3 2013 520 1,862.79

4 2014 332 5,693.55

5 2015 274 1,439.83

Table 9(B) Type and Value of various major

commodities seized under The Custom Act, 1962

by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence

(Value in Rs. in Crore)

S.

No.

Commodities 2014 2015

1 Gold 299.79 254.70

2. Narcotics 31.95 95.17

3. Foreign Currency 2.5351 10.99

4. Fabrics/Yarn/Silk Yarn 6.1552 0.17

5. Ball Bearings 0.00 0.00

6. Machinery & Machine Parts 833.14 787.15

7. Chemicals/Pharmaceuticals

Chemicals 1.6 5.24

8. Electronic Goods including

Computers 5.3466 3.06

9 Vehicles and Vessels 4.2241 68.15

10 Misc./Others 4561.311 215.2

Value of Total Seizures 5746.052 1439.83


Table 9 (C)

Money laundering 2008 - 2012 (Cases under FERA & FEMA)

Sl.

No.

Year No. of Currency seized

(In Indian ` in

crore)

Currency

confiscated (In

Indian ` in crore)

Fines (in Indian ` in

crore)

Searches

/Raids

Seizures/ Recoveries

Indian Foreign Indian Foreign Imposed Realised

1 2011* 72 59 18.3 7.27 2.27 27.8 323.45 15.78

2 2012 18 18 3.7 0.9 1.37 0.37 8.61 0.58

3 2013 81 81 5.45 2.10 3.65 0.80 18.48 7.18

4 2014 80 65 16.7 7.62 6.20 0.65 42.53 5.4

5 2015 90 69 36.09 5.62 6 610.7 1.25 102.83 42.89

*Cases under FEMA

₹95.17, ‘Gold’ wort ₹254.70 crore and ‘Foreign Currency’ worth ₹10.99 crore were seized during 2015. The type and value of

major commodities seized may be seen in

Table 9(B).

The details of persons arrested,

prosecuted, convicted, etc. under The Customs

Act and The COFEPOSA Act, 1974 are

furnished in Annexure-IV, Statement-III.

Money Laundering (Incidence: 90)

A total of 90 searches / raids were

conducted by Enforcement Directorate in

money laundering cases in 2015 as against 80

in 2014. There is an increase of 12.5% in the

number of `Searches / Raids’ during 2015 over

2014. The detailed information may be seen

from Table-9 (C).

Recoveries, seizures made under

FEMA violations, yielded ₹36.09 crore of

Indian currency and ₹5.62 crore of Indian

equivalent foreign currencies during 2015. Only

₹42.89 crore could be realised as against the

imposed fine of ₹102.83 crore during 2015

(See Annexure-II, Statement-I).

Tax Evasion - Income Tax (Incidence: 3524)

Tax evasion is one of the most

prevalent illegitimate activities among the

economic offences practiced by suppressing

the facts and manipulation of records by tax

payers. Information made available by Central

Board of Direct Taxes on number of searches

and assets seized during the financial years is

presented in Table-9 (D).

Out of 669 prosecutions launched

during the financial year 2014-2015, 34 ended

in conviction, 900 were compounded and 42

were acquitted (See Annexure-III,

Statement-II).

Drug Trafficking (Incidence: 13,275)

The information on seizures of

narcotics and drugs received from Narcotics

Control Bureau (NCB) (Annexure-VI) provides

insight into various offences relating to

narcotics and other prohibited drugs. Drug wise

Table-9 (D)

Seizures by Income Tax department

(2008-09 to 2012-13)

Sl.

No.

Year No. of

Searches

Conducted

Assets

Seized in

(` in crore)

1 2010-2011 4,852 774.98

2 2011-2012 5,260 905.60

3 2012-2013 3,889 575.08

4 2013-2014 4503 807.84

5 2014-2015 3524 761.70


Table 9 (E)

Seizures of Narcotics and Drugs (No. of Cases) during 2011-2015

SNo. Drugs 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

1 Opium 774 867 630 717 858

2 Morphine 148 123 84 136 92

3 Heroin 2,723 3,008 3,282 4467 3900

4 Ganja 4,043 4,296 4,237 5510 7880

5 Hashish 2,237 1,862 2,197 2247 2285

6 Cocaine 79 71 78 82 90

7 Methaqualone 6 14 29 12 20

8 Amphetamine 2 11 22 42 22

9 Ephedrine 23 17 61 44 19

10 L.S.D 1 1 3 16 NA

11 Acetic Anhydride 0 2 8 2 1

12 ATS NA NA NA 42 22

Total 10,036 10,272 10,631 13275 15167

Table-9 (F)

Quantity of Drugs Seized During 2011 - 2015

Sl

No.

Drugs Qty. (in Kg)

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

1 Opium 2,142 3,622 1,794 1,766 1521

2 Morphine 53 263 7 25 61

3 Heroin 511 1,027 1,524 1,371 1422

4 Ganja 1,19,867 76,271 76,910 1,08,300 89307

5 Hashish 3,999 3,292 3,604 2,280 3350

6 Methaqualone 72 216 1,823 54 89

7 Cocaine 14 43 47 15 62

8 Ephedrine 7,343 4,393 4,254 1,330 826

9 Acetic Anhydride

(in litres) 0

362

260

54 4

10 L.S.D (Sq. Paper) 0 0 2 109 NA

11 Amphetamine 41 30 80 196 166

number of seizures made in country during

2011--2015 is presented in Table 9(E).

15,167 cases of seizures of drugs were

registered by N.C.B. during 2015 as compared

to 13,275 cases during 2014 showing an

increase of 12.4% during 2015 over 2014.

The type of drug-wise analysis (Table-9

(E)) shows a decrease of seizures of Morphine

(32.4%), Heroin (12.7%) and an increase in the

seizure of Opium (19.7%) and Ganja (43.0%)

during 2015 over 2014. The majority of

seizures were made in ‘Ganja’ (7,880 cases),

‘Heroin’ (3,900 cases) and ‘Hashish’ (2,285

cases) during 2015. 19 seizure cases relating

to Ephedrine were reported during 2015. 90

seizure cases relating to cocaine were reported

in 2015. Year 2015 witnessed over 41.5 cases

on an average of drug seizures per day,

registering an increase of 14.2% in the number

of seizures of drugs during 2015 over 2014.

The quantity-wise analysis of drugs

seized shows that there has been mixed trend

in seizure of the quantity of most types of drugs


Table 9 (G)

Value of property of drug traffickers forfeited and frozen

(Amount in ` Lakh)

Sl.

No.

Value of

property

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Cases Value Cases Value Cases Value Cases Value Cases Value

1 Forfeited 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 37.9 0 0

2 Frozen 4 26.5 0 0 4 57.3 0 0 5 2.5

Table-9 (H)

Cultural Property Stolen & Recovered

Sl.

No.

Year No. of cases in which

Property was

Value of Property

(in ` Lakh)

Stolen Recovered Stolen Recovered

1 2011 799 192 2,893.5 290.7

2 2012 777 277 2,089.4 1,466.8

3 2013 1,128 243 2,685.2 2,296.2

4 2014 764 221 2294.9 1983.3

5 2015 1747 693 1611.1 623.8

during 2015 as compared to 2014. Ephedrine

showed decrease in quantity seized from 1,330

Kg in 2014 to 826 Kg in 2015. Similar trend

was also noticed in the seizure of Opium (from

1,766 Kg in 2013 to 1,521 Kg in 2015), Ganja

(from 1,08,300 Kg in 2014 to 89,307 Kg in

2015) and Acetic Anhydride (54 Litres in 2014

to 4 litres in 2015) (Table 9 (F)).

An increase in the quantity of drugs

seized was reported in Methaqualone (from 54

Kg in 2014 to 86 Kg), Morphine (from 25 Kg in

2014 to 61 Kg in 2015), Heroin (from 1,371 in

2014 to 1,422 in 2015), Hashish (from 2,280 in

2014 to 3,350 in 2015), Cocaine (from 15 Kg in

2014 to 62 Kg in 2015).

A total of 32,069 persons including 203

foreigners were arrested for offences relating to

drug trafficking in 2015. 45,050 persons were

prosecuted, 31,195 persons were convicted

and 3,110 persons were acquitted in cases of

Drug –Trafficking (See Annexure-VI).

Property of Forfeited and Frozen

The information on property of drug

traffickers forfeited and frozen has been

collected from Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)

(Annexure-VI). Details on cases registered in

which properties of traffickers forfeited and

frozen by law enforcement agencies during

2011 – 2015 are presented in Table – 9(G).

Trafficking in Cultural Property (Incidence: 1747)

The information on registered cases of

cultural property theft during 2011 -2015 is

presented in Table 9(H). There has been an

increase of 128.6 % in cases of thefts (from

764 cases in 2014 to 17,47 cases in 2015) of

cultural property. Cultural properties worth

₹16.1 crore were stolen in 17,47 cases while

properties worth ₹6.24 crore were recovered

during 2015. State/UT-wise details may be

seen in Chapter-8, Table No. 8.4.


Table 9 (I)

Details of Cases Registered and Persons Arrested under the

Prevention of Corruption Act during 2011 - 2015

Sl.

No.

Years No. of Vigilance Cases Registered

by

Persons Arrested by

CBI States/UTs CBI States/UTs

1 2011 600 3,613 56 4,062

2 2012 703 3,531 166 4,324

3 2013 649 4,246 141 4,345

4 2014 611 4966 663 6597

5 2015 617 5250 434 6223

Table 9(J)

Details of Public Servants Involved in Corruption Cases

(Cases Investigated by the CBI) Sl.

No.

Year Persons

Reported for

Regular Dept.

Action

Persons

Reported for

Suitable

Action by

Dept.

Departmental Punishment Categories of Public

Servants Involved in Regular

Dept. Action

Dismissal Removal Major

Penalty

Minor

Penalty

Gazetted

Officers #

Non

Gazetted

Officers

1 2011 268 48 - - - - 656 417

2 2012 441 127 581 884

3 2013 335 81 - - - - 601 896

4 2014 335 81 - - - - 442 695

5 2015 272 17 - - - - 1376 1239

# This include Gazetted Officers & other Public Servants of equivalent status

“ - ” means data not available

Bribery and Corruption (States/UTs: 5,250 & CBI: 617)

Information on cases registered under

the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 during

2011 – 2015 by Anti-Corruption Bureaux/State

Vigilance Bureaux and Central Bureau of

Investigation (CBI) is presented in Table-9 (I).

Section-wise data on cases under the

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 has been

collected since 2014.

During 2015, maximum cases were

reported under section 13 of the PC Act (3,302

cases) which accounted for 62.9% to total such

cases followed by cases reported under

section 7 of the PC Act (1,484) (28.3%) [Table

9.1].

A mixed trend was observed in the

cases registered under the Prevention of

Corruption Act by the State Vigilance Bureaux

and Central Bureau of Investigation

(Annexure-I) and (Table-9.1/Table-9.2)

Cases registered by Central Bureau of

Investigation increased to 703 in 2012 from

600 in 2011 which declined to 649 cases in


Table 9 (K)

Details of Public Servants Involved in Corruption Cases in the States / UTs

(Cases Investigated by the State / UT Vigilance Bureaux)

Sl.

No.

Year Persons

Reported

for regular

deptt.

action

Persons

reported

for

suitable

action by

deptt.

Departmental Punishment Categories of public servants

involved in regular Deptt. Action

Dismissal Removal Major

Penal-

ty

Minor

Penal-

ty

Gazetted

officers

Group 'A'

& ‘B’ *

Non-

Gazetted

officers

Pvt.

persons

involved

1 2011 1,083 637 98 24 98 94 1,056 2,886 1,064

2 2012 1,490 702 88 15 121 158 1,202 2,996 1,044

3 2013 1,202 556 126 47 114 118 2,274 3,317 1,071

4 2014 1569 925 50 410 59 164 1538 3541 1211

5 2015 770 228 101 81 106 149 1474 3621 1261

*This column represent sum of group ‘A’ and ‘B’ Gazetted officers involved during the year. Hence, figure of previous years,

however, changed accordingly.

Table-9 (L)

Major Frauds Registered during 2012-2015

Sl.

No.

Value of Property

Lost/ Defrauded

(in Rs. Crore)

2012 2013 2014 2015

CBT Cheating CBT Cheating CBT Cheat-

ing CBT

Cheat-

ing

1. 1-10 103 332 103 445 279 757 363 1166

2. 10-25 14 64 11 68 17 20 21 42

3. 25-50 7 31 5 39 6 11 6 10

4. 50-100 0 15 1 13 0 5 1 11

5. Above 100 8 15 3 14 3 4 5 4

Total 132 457 123 579 305 797 396 1233

2013 which further declined to 611 cases in

2014 and then increased to 617 in 2015.

Cases registered by State Vigilance/Anti-

Corruption Bureaux decreased from 3,613

cases in 2011 to 3,531 in 2012 which

increased to 4,246 in 2013 and cases

registered increased to 4,966 in 2014 and

further increased to 5,250 in 2015. (Details

may be seen in Table 9(I)).

Information on public servant involved

in corruption cases which were investigated by

CBI is given in Table-9 (J).

Information on cases registered under

The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 during

2011 – 2015 by State/UT Vigilance Bureaux is

presented in Table-9 (K).

The States/UTs Vigilance Bureaux

have seized properties worth ₹215.7 crore

during 2015 in connection with corruption


cases compared to seizures of ₹242.7 crore in

2014. Trials were completed in 2,100 cases

(investigated by State / UT Anti-Corruption

Bureaux) during 2015 of which 788 cases

ended in conviction (Table 9.2).

Serious / Major Frauds

The information on serious / major frauds

reported and registered under the criminal

breach of trust (CBT) cases and cheating

cases for the years 2012 - 2015 is presented in

Table 9(L).

The value of serious fraud cases

registered under the criminal breach of trust

has increased by 29.8% during 2015 as

compared to 2014 (from 305 cases in 2014 to

396 cases in 2015).

An increase of 26.7% was observed in

the number of cases registered under cheating

from 457 in 2012 to 579 in 2013 and further

increased by 37.7% in 2014 (from 579 in 2013

to 797 in 2014) which further increased by

54.7% in 2015(from 797 in 2014 to 1233 in

2015). Among States/UTs, Delhi (246)

registered highest number of cases of cheating

during the year 2015 followed by Uttar Pradesh

(159) and Maharashtra (146) (Table – 9.4).


Chapter – 10

Juveniles in conflict with law

Introduction

‘Juveniles in Conflict with Law’ refers to any persons below age of 18 years who comes into contact with the justice system as a result of being suspected or accused of committing crimes. Data on juveniles in conflict with law is based on police recorded First Information Report (FIR) only irrespective of final order. Data are being captured through a prescribed proformae, some information, relating to demographic details of juveniles, might be collected from juveniles home/special home.

The figures for juvenile apprehended till

2000 were collected as per the definition of juveniles in The Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act, 1986. As per this Act, juveniles or child means a person who has not completed eighteen year of age.

Share of Juvenile Crimes

The share of IPC crimes registered against juveniles to total IPC crimes registered in the country during 2005 was at 1.0% which marginally increased to 1.1% in 2006 and remained static in 2007. This share increased marginally to 1.2% in 2008 thereafter decreased to 1.1% in 2009.This share further decreased to 1.0% in 2010 and thereafter marginally increased to 1.1% in 2011. Further, the share increased marginally to 1.2% in 2012 and remained static at 1.2% in 2013 and 2014. Furthermore, the share has marginally decreased to 1.1% in 2015. The details may be seen in Table 10.1.

IPC Crimes (Incidence: 31,396)

The number of cases registered under various sections of IPC crimes against juveniles(in conflict with law) in 2015 have decreased by 6.3% during 2015 over 2014 as 33,526 cases under IPC crimes were registered against juveniles during 2014 which decreased to 31,396 such cases in 2015. The details may be seen in Table 10.1.

The highest share of cases registered against juveniles were reported under the crime head ‘theft’ (19.2%), ‘criminal trespass/burglary’ (8.3%), ‘rape’ (5.4%) and kidnapping & abduction’ (5.2%) and ‘Causing injuries under rash driving/road rage' (4.9%). These five crime heads have together accounted for 43.0% of total IPC cases (31,396 cases) of juveniles in conflict with law. The details may be seen in Table 10.2.

SLL Crimes (Incidence: 2,037)

Cases of juveniles in conflict with law registered under various SLL crimes have decreased by 59.6% in 2015 as compared to 2014 as 5,039cases of juveniles in conflict with law under SLL registered in 2014 which decreased to2,037 cases in 2015.

The highest share of cases registered against juveniles was reported for the crime under ‘Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act’ which accounted for 22.6% of total SLL cases (2,037 cases) registered against juveniles. The details may be seen in Table 10.3.

State-wise Distribution of Cases

Registered against Juveniles under

Various Sections of IPC

Madhya Pradesh (6,320 cases), Maharashtra (5,482 cases),Delhi (2,332 cases), Rajasthan (2,126 cases), Chhattisgarh (1,788 cases), Bihar (1,562 cases) and Tamil Nadu (1,483 cases) have reported maximum number of cases registered against juvenile under various sections of IPC. These seven States taken together have accounted for 67.2% (21,093 out of 31,396 cases) of total cases under IPC relating to juveniles in conflict with law in the country. A total of 128 cases and 87 cases registered against juveniles under murder in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh respectively during 2015. Majority of rape cases registered against juveniles in the country was reported from Madhya Pradesh (282 cases) followed by Maharashtra (247 cases), Rajasthan (166 cases) and Chhattisgarh (134 cases) which was 16.7%, 14.6%, 9.8% and 7.9% of total rape


cases registered against juveniles respectively in the country. Among UTs, a total of 119 rape cases registered against juveniles were reported in Delhi during the year 2015.

Maximum number of cases of kidnapping & abduction registered against juveniles in the country was reported from Madhya Pradesh (299 cases) followed by Bihar (298 cases), Chhattisgarh (230 cases) and Uttar Pradesh (145 cases). These four States together have accounted for 59.6% (972 out of 1,630 cases) of total such cases in the country.

Maharashtra (1,279 cases), Delhi (669 cases), Madhya Pradesh (458 cases), Tamil Nadu (432 cases), Rajasthan (412 cases) and Andhra Pradesh (399 cases) have reported high number of cases of theft registered against juveniles. These six States taken together have accounted for 60.4% (3,649 out of 6,046 cases) of total such cases registered in the country.

Maximum number of cases registered against juveniles under assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty (sec. 354 IPC) were reported from Madhya Pradesh (364 cases), Maharashtra (347 cases), Delhi (142 cases), Chhattisgarh (105 cases) and Rajasthan (76 cases) which together accounted for 71.8% of total cases (1,439) registered in the country. Details are given in Table 10.2.

State/UT-wise Distribution of Cases

Registered against Juveniles under

Various Sections of SLL

Majority of cases registered against juveniles under Special and Local Laws(SLL) were reported in Tamil Nadu, which accounted for 16.2% (331 out of 2,037 cases) of total such cases under SLL, followed by 12.9% in Madhya Pradesh (263 cases), 10.8% each in Kerala and Gujarat (221 cases each) and 10.3% Maharashtra (211 cases). These five States taken together have accounted for 61.2% of total such cases of juveniles in conflict with law under SLL crimes registered in the country.

Out of 460 cases registered in the country under ‘The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act’ against juveniles, 84 cases were reported from Gujarat (18.3%) followed by Madhya Pradesh with 65 cases

(14.1%). Madhya Pradesh reported 79 cases of juveniles in conflict with law under the Gambling Act followed by Chhattisgarh with 41 cases. 46 cases out of 187 cases registered against juveniles under 'The Arms Act' were reported from Bihar and Madhya Pradesh whereas 53 out of 152 cases reported under the 'Excise Act 1944' were reported from Madhya Pradesh alone. 14 cases out of 33 cases registered against juveniles under 'The SC/ST(Prevention of Atrocities) Act' were reported in Tamil Nadu. Gujarat reported 54 cases out of 130 such cases under 'Prohibition Act'. Under the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, Kerala registered 39 out of total 123 cases reported in the country. Details are given in Table 10.3.

Juveniles Apprehended

The details on gender-wise juveniles apprehended under IPC and SLL crimes are presented in Table 10.4. A total of 41,385 juveniles were apprehended during 2015 out of which 40,468 were boys and 917 were girls. The percentage of girls to total juveniles was 2.2% i.e. 1.1 percentage point less than such share in 2014 (3.3%). Details of juveniles apprehended under IPC and SLL crimes by age-group are presented in Table 10.4. Out of total juveniles apprehended in 2015, 602 juveniles were in the age-group of below 12 years, 11,052 juveniles in the age-group of 12-16 years and 29,731 juveniles apprehended were under the age-group of 16-18 years and the percentage shares of juveniles apprehended under these age-groups were 1.4%, 26.7% and 71.8% of total juveniles apprehended during 2015 respectively. A decrease of 1.5% (from 11,220 in 2014 to 11,052 in 2015) in the age group 12-16 and decrease of 17.7% (from 36,138 in 2014 to 29,731 in 2015) in the age group of 16-18 years were reported during 2015 over 2014. The overall decrease in juveniles apprehended at the national level was 14.2% during 2015 in comparison to 2014.

Out of total 41,385 juveniles apprehended during 2015, 39,074 juveniles (94.4%) were apprehended under IPC crimes while 2,311 juveniles (5.6%) were apprehended for cases under SLL crimes. Majority of juveniles were apprehended for theft (7,936) followed by criminal trespass & burglary (3,632), rape (1,841) and robbery (1,838). These heads taken together accounted for 39.0% (15,247 out of 39,074) of total juveniles apprehended under

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IPC crimes during 2015.

Profile of Juveniles Apprehended

The ratio of girls to boys apprehended under IPC crimes was nearly 1:45 during 2015. Significant numbers of juveniles apprehended were in the age group 12 yrs.-below 16 years (10,259 boys and 278 girls). But substantial number of juveniles apprehended were in the age group of 16-18 years (27,449 boys and 537 girls). The details are presented in Table 10.4.

The ratio of girls to boys apprehended for committing SLL crimes during 2015 was about 1:35. In SLL crimes, maximum number of juveniles apprehended belong to age group 16yrs. - below 18 years (1,745) whereas maximum girls apprehended were in age group 16 yrs. to below 18 years (30) under SLL crimes. The details are presented in Table 10.4.

Final Order in the Matter Related to

Juveniles

The details of final order of juveniles in the matter related to juveniles are presented in Table 10.5.

A total of 56,501 juveniles were apprehended and produced before various juveniles boards during 2015. The percentage of juveniles awaiting final order at the end of 2015 was 38.2% (21,562 out of 56,501 juveniles).13.0% (7,354 out of 56,501) of total apprehended juveniles were sent to home after advice or admonition by various juveniles boards during 2015, 15.6% (8,842 out of

56,501) of total juveniles were placed under care of parents / guardians, 3.4% (1,918 out of 56,501) were sent to institutions, 17.1% (9,665 out of 56,501) were sent to special homes, 4.6% (2,578 out of 56,501) were dealt with fine and 8.1% (4,582 out of 56,501) were either acquitted or their cases were otherwise disposed of during 2015.

Classification of Juveniles by Attributes

Out of the total juveniles apprehended in various crimes, 4,757 were illiterate and 14,229 had education up to primary level. These two categories together accounted for 45.9% of the total juveniles apprehended during the year 2015. Children living with parents have accounted for 85.6% (35,448 out of 41,385) of the total juveniles apprehended. The share of homeless children who were involved in various crimes was just 3.9% (1,622 out of 41,385).

A large number of juveniles apprehended in 2015(42.4% i.e. 17,543 out of 41,385) belonged to the poor families whose annual income was up to ₹25,000. The share of juveniles from families with income between ₹25,000 and ₹50,000 was 28.2%(11,695 out of 41,385). The share of juveniles hailing from income group (₹50,000 - ₹2,00,000) was 25.9% (10,739 out of 41,385). The share of juveniles from families in income group (₹2 lakh to ₹3 lakh) and income group (above ₹3 Lakh) was low at 2.3% (951) and 1.1% (457) of total juveniles apprehended (41,385) respectively. The details may be seen in Table 10.6.

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Chapter-11

Recidivism

The tendency of relapsing into crimes

by the criminals is known as Recidivism. A

recidivist is a person who relapses into crime

again and again.

The State and UT - wise number of

recidivists (past offenders) under IPC crimes

during the year 2015 are shown in Table-11.1.

The share of recidivists among all offenders

arrested under IPC crimes increased to 8.1%

during 2015 in comparison to 7.8% in 2014. In

absolute terms, the number of past offenders

involved in repeat IPC crimes during the year

2015 was 2,96,156 in comparison 2,95,740 in

the year 2014 with a marginal increase of

0.1% of such offenders in 2015 over 2014.

Sikkim has reported the highest

percentage of recidivists (71.8%) among

States while Lakshadweep has reported the

highest percentage of recidivists (48.3%)

amongst UTs as compared to the national

average of 8.1 %.The year-wise variation of

recidivists is shown at Fig. 11.A.

Out of 36,36,596 persons arrested

under various IPC crimes during the year

2015, there were as many as 33,40,440 new

offenders constituting 91.9% of total arrestees,

6.7 % (2,44,364 out of 36,36,596) arrestees

were convicted once in the past, whereas

1.0% (37,649 out of 36,36,596) were

convicted twice and only 0.4% (14,143 out of

36,36,596) were convicted three times or

more.

State/UT-wise analysis of percentage

of recidivists reveal that majority of recidivists

were reported by Sikkim accounting for 71.8%

(573 out of 798) of total arrestees, followed by

Lakshadweep (48.3%), Chandigarh (44.5%),

Jharkhand (35.5%), Tripura (28.6%) and

Mizoram (25.9%).

6.7% (2,44,364 out of 36,36,596) of

total arrestees were those who were convicted

once in the past. Sikkim Followed by

Chandigarh, Lakshadweep and Tripura have

reported majority of such arrestees, they

accounted for 71.2%, 36.1%, 34.5% and

28.2% of their respective total arrestees during

2015.

1.0% (37,649 out of 36,36,596) of total

arrestees were convicted twice in the past.

Lakshadweep followed by Jharkhand

accounted for 13.8% and 11.2% of their

respective total arrestees during 2015.

0.4% (14,143 out of 36,36,596) were

habitual offenders i.e., they were convicted

thrice or more in the past. Jharkhand followed

by Chandigarh and Mizoram accounting for

4.5%, 2.4% and 2.1% of their respective total

arrestees as habitual offenders during 2015.

Trend & patterns of recidivism reported

during 2011 – 2015 is depicted in Table –

11(A).

Table-11 (A)

Category of Recidivists Arrested during

2011 - 2015

Sl.

No. Year

Number of Recidivists Convicted

in the Past

Once Twice Thrice or

More

1 2011 1,58,605 41,791 15,793

2 2012 1,75,046 36,710 14,973

3 2013 1,95,183 44,171 14,144

4 2014 2,34,896 47,884 12,960

5 2015 2,44,364 37,649 14,143


Chapter-12

Arrests and Trials

Persons Arrested under the IPC Cases

A total of 36,36,596 persons were

arrested by the police under various IPC

crimes during 2015 as against 37,90,812

persons in 2014, showing a decrease of 4.1%.

Crime head-wise information on the persons

arrested under IPC crimes during 2014 and

2015 along with percentage variation in 2015

over 2014 is presented in Table-12.1. As

many as 14,09,781 persons accounting for

38.8% were arrested for committing crimes

other than the specified crime heads termed

as ‘other IPC crimes’. Among the specified

crimes, the highest arrests were made in

cases of ‘causing injuries due to negligent

driving/rash driving’ (11.7%) (4,26,435 out of

36,36,596 persons) followed by ‘riots’ (8.1%)

(2,94,289 out of 36,36,596 persons), ‘theft’

(6.1%) (2,22,556 out of 36,36,596 persons),

‘cruelty by husband or his relatives’ (5.1%)

(1,87,067 out of 36,36,596 persons) and

‘grievous hurt’ (4.0%) (1,46,236 out of

36,36,596 persons). In percentage term, the

highest increase in the arrests was observed

in respect of cases registered under ‘forgery’

53.7% (from 9,196 in 2014 to 14,138 in 2015)

followed by ‘unlawful assembly’ 48.8% (from

46,683 in 2014 to 69,475 in 2015).

Comparison of crime rate vis-à-vis

arrest rate (number of arrests per one lakh

population) and number of arrests per case for

the crimes reported under various sections of

IPC during 2015 are presented in Table-12

(A). Arrest rate for rape, attempt to commit

rape, criminal trespass/burglary, theft, forgery,

insult to the modesty of women, cruelty by

husband or his relatives, causing death by

negligence and causing injuries due to

negligent driving/rash driving were less than

their respective crime rate.

The arrest rate at all-India level

increased by 3.7% in 2012 over 2011 (from

259.9 in 2011 to 269.5 in 2012), 6.4% in 2013

over 2012 (from 269.5 in 2012 to 286.8 in

2013), 6.2% in 2014 over 2013 (from 286.8 in

2013 to 304.7 in 2014). However, it decreased

by 5.2% in 2015 over 2014 (from 304.7 in

2014 to 288.8 in 2015). Hence a mixed trend

was observed during last five years (2011-

2015). A total of 1.2 arrests have been made

per case reported under IPC during 2015.

The crimes head-wise, sex-wise and

age-group wise break-up of persons arrested

for IPC crimes during 2015 is presented in

Table-12.2.

The female persons arrested under

various sections of IPC crimes accounted for

4.9%(1,79,052 out of 36,36,596) of total

arrestees during 2015.

The maximum number of arrested

persons under IPC were in the age-group of

18 yrs & above-below 30 yrs. accounting for

45.9%(16,72,711 out of 36,36,596 persons) of

total arrestees followed by persons in the age

group of 30 yrs. & above – below 45 yrs.

(37.4%) (13,60,448 out of 36,36,596 persons),

persons in the age group of 45 yrs & above –

below 60 yrs. (14.1%) (5,14,486 out of

36,36,596 persons) and persons in the age

group of 60 yrs and above (1.4%) (49,877 out

of 36,36,596 persons). A total of 39,074

juveniles (below 18 yrs.) were apprehended

under the IPC crimes during 2015. Chargesheets in different cases

against 32,99,161 persons were submitted

during the year 2015 out of which the highest

number of chargesheets were submitted in

cases of ‘causing injuries due to negligent

driving/ rash driving’ (4,16,725 persons)

followed by ‘rioting cases’ (2,63,070 persons)

and ‘thefts’ (1,96,033 persons). Investigation of

cases against 13,13,617 persons remained

pending at the end of the year 2015 [Table-

12.3].

Out of 1,87,20,169 persons whose

cases were for trial, trials were completed in

respect of 21,77,036 persons. Out of these

disposed cases 8,69,013 persons were

convicted, 12,70,936 persons were acquitted

and 37,087 persons were discharged by

different courts during the year 2015 [Table-

12.4].


PERSONS ARRESTED UNDER IPC CRIMES DURING 2015 (All India 36,36,596)

Persons Arrested (Number)

upto 5,000

50,001 to 1,00,000

Above 3,00,000


5,001 to 50,000

1,00,001 to 2,00,000

2,00,001 to 3,00,000


Table 12 (A)

Crime Rate vis-à-vis Arrest Rate for IPC Crimes during 2015

SL. Crime Heads Persons

Arrested

Crime

Rate#

Arrest

Rate*

No. of

Arrest

Per Case

1 Murder 62,159 2.6 4.9 1.9

2 Attempt to Commit Murder 93,937 3.7 7.5 2.0

3 Culpable Homicide not Amounting to Murder 6,486 0.3 0.5 2.0

4 Attempt to Commit Culpable Homicide 9,895 0.5 0.8 1.6

5 Rape 42,036 5.7 3.3 1.2

6 Attempt to Commit Rape 4,338 0.7 0.3 1.0

7 Kidnapping & Abduction 73,557 6.6 5.8 0.9

8 Dacoity 16,487 0.3 1.3 4.2

9 Making Preparation and Assembly for

Committing Dacoity 15,185 0.3 1.2 4.8

10 Robbery 46,899 2.9 3.7 1.3

11 Criminal Trespass / Burglary 79,379 9.1 6.3 0.7

12 Theft 2,22,556 29.3 17.7 0.5

13 Unlawful Assembly 69,475 0.9 5.5 6.4

14 Riots 2,94,289 5.2 23.4 4.5

15 Criminal Breach of Trust 24,524 1.5 1.9 1.3

16 Cheating 1,12,916 9.2 9.0 1.0

17 Forgery 14,138 1.1 1.1 1.0

18 Counterfeiting 2,089 0.1 0.2 1.2

19 Arson 10,661 0.8 0.8 1.1

20 Grievous Hurt 1,46,236 7.4 11.6 1.6

21 Dowry Deaths 19,973 1.3 1.6 2.6

22 Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her

Modesty 1,01,571 13.6 8.1 1.2

23 Insult to the Modesty of Women 9,870 1.4 0.8 1.1

24 Cruelty By Husband or His Relatives 1,87,067 18.7 14.9 1.6

25 Importation of Girls from Foreign Country 10 0.0 0.0 1.7

26 Causing Death by Negligence 1,16,759 10.7 9.3 0.9

27 Offences against State 238 0.0 0.0 1.6

28 Offences Promoting Enmity Between Different

Groups 941 0.0 0.1 2.2

29 Extortion 13,472 0.8 1.1 1.3

30 Disclosure of Identity of Victims 0 0.0 0.0 -

31 Causing Injuries due to Negligent Driving/ Rash

Driving 4,26,435 35.8 33.9 0.9

32 Human Trafficking(Sec. 370 & 370A IPC) 1,746 0.1 0.1 1.7

33 Unnatural Offences 1,491 0.1 0.1 1.1

34 Other IPC Crimes 14,09,781 77.4 112.0 1.4

Total Cognizable IPC Crimes 36,36,596 234.2 288.8 1.2

# Crime Rate is defined as number of cases per 1,00,000 population and Crime Rate for crime against women were

calculated as number of cases under crimes against women per 1,00,000 female population

*Implies Arrest Rate per 1,00,000 population.


ARREST RATE UNDER IPC CRIMES DURING 2015 (All India 288.8)

Arrest Rate

upto 150.0

200.1 to 250.0


150.1 to 200.0

250.1 to 300.0

300.1 to 350.0

Note:

Arrest Rate means number of persons arrested under IPC


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Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest

arrestees under the IPC crimes accounting for

13.7%(5,00,365 out of 36,36,596) of total

arrests followed by Madhya Pradesh (3,98,757

i.e. 11.0%) and Maharashtra (3,42,519 i.e.

9.4%) during the year 2015.

The details on crime head-wise, sex-

wise and age group-wise number of persons

arrested and their disposal by police and

courts under IPC crimes during the year 2015

are presented in Table – 12.2, 12.3 and 12.4.

Persons Arrested under SLL Crimes


arrested under the SLL crimes, which was

57.2% of total arrestees during 2015 as

compared to 48,04,382 persons arrested during

2014 thus showing for an increase of 1.1%

during 2015 over 2014.

The details on crime head-wise, sex -

wise and age group - wise of such arrests under

SLL crimes during the year 2015 are presented

in Table-12.2.

Out of the 48,57,230 persons arrested

under SLL crimes, the maximum number of

arrested persons were in the age group of 18

yrs & above - below 30 yrs. which accounted

for 49.4% (24,01,754 out of 48,57,230

persons) of the total persons arrested under

SLL crimes followed by persons in the age

group of 30 yrs. & above – below 45 yrs.

(37.2%) (18,08,772 out of 48,57,230 persons),

persons in the age group of 45 yrs. & above –

below 60 yrs. (12.5%) (6,05,489 out of

48,57,230 persons) and persons in the age

group of 60 yrs and above (0.8%) (38,904 out

of 48,57,230 persons). A total of 2,311

juveniles (below 18 yrs.) were apprehended in

connection with SLL crimes during 2015.


arrestees under the SLL crimes accounting for

54.9%(26,68,093 out of 48,57,230 persons) of

total arrestees followed by Kerala (4,23,333

i.e. 8.7%) and Gujarat (3,60,557 i.e. 7.4%)


Majority of arrests made in SLL cases

were in the un-categorized ‘Other SLL cases'

accounting for 70.4% (34,20,273) of the total

arrestees in the country during 2015. The

highest share of arrestees among the specified

crimes was under 'Prohibition Act' (10.9%)

(5,27,635 out of 48,57,230 persons) followed

by cases under 'the Gambling Act' (7.8%)


(3,80,486 out of 48,57,230 persons) and 'the

Excise Act' (4.5%) (2,18,945 out of 48,57,230

persons).

Sex-wise, age group-wise and crime

head-wise information on persons arrested

during 2015 are presented in Table-12.2.

The percentage of female persons

arrested under SLL crimes at all-India level was

3.0% (1,44,127 out of 48,57,230) against 4.9%

for IPC crimes. Gujarat has reported the highest

number of female arrestees with (70.3%)

(1,01,392 females out of 1,44,127 female

arrestees) followed by Tamil Nadu (12.1%)

(17,411 out of 1,44,127 female arrestees).

Age group-wise and sex-wise

distribution of persons arrested in different IPC

and SLL cases are given in Table-12.2. Among

the total (IPC+SLL) arrested persons

(84,93,826) maximum were in the age-group of

18 yrs. & above – below 30 years accounting

for (43.4%) (36,87,031 out of 84,93,826

persons) followed by age-group 30 yrs. & above

– below 45 years accounting for 37.3%

(31,69,220 out of 84,93,826 persons). This

shows that there is drift of more young persons

(18 yrs. – below 30 years) in crimes. The

juveniles apprehended accounted for 0.5% in

the total arrests (IPC + SLL) made in 2015.

Girls' share was 2.2% among juveniles

apprehended.

Disposal of Persons Arrested under IPC Crimes by Police

The crime head-wise details on the

disposal of persons arrested are presented in

Table-12.3.


arrested during the year 2015. Out of 40,10,195

cases for investigation by police under different

IPC offences [Table-4.2], Police could file

charge-sheets against 32,99,161 persons. Out

of arrested persons, 8.1% of arrested persons

(2,94,857) remained under custody and 28.0%

persons (10,18,760) were on bail during the

stage of investigation at the end of the year as

police investigation could not be completed in

their cases.

Disposal of Persons Arrested under IPC Crimes by Courts

As many as 1,87,20,169 persons

(including those from previous years) were for

facing trial in different criminal courts in the

country during 2015 (an increase of 4.2% over

the last year (1,79,68,824 persons) [Table-

12.4].

Out of 21,77,036 persons in whose

cases trials have been completed, 8,69,013

persons were convicted, 12,70,936 persons

were acquitted and 37,087 persons were

discharged by different courts and trials in

respect of 1,62,95,497 persons were remained

pending at the end of the year 2015.

The overall conviction percentage at all-

India level for the persons arrested in IPC cases

was 39.9% (8,69,013 out of 21,77,036 persons

whose trials were completed). Crime head-wise

persons convicted reveals that maximum

convictions were under cases of causing

injuries due to negligent driving/rash driving

(79.6%) (2,45,935 out of 3,09,099 persons)

followed by unnatural offences (46.4%) (207 out

of 446 persons).

The State/UT-wise details on the

disposal of persons charged in IPC cases by

courts during 2015 are presented in Table-12.4.

Out of total 1,87,20,169 persons under trial,

33,39,903 persons were from the State of

Maharashtra followed by Bihar (19,76,970

persons) and Madhya Pradesh (16,53,686

persons) respectively.

Disposal of Persons Arrested under SLL Crimes by Police

The crime head-wise details on the

disposal of persons arrested under SLL Crimes



arrested under SLL crimes during the year

2015. Out of 46,46,419 cases for investigation

by police under different SLL crimes [Table-

4.4], Police could file charge-sheets against

47,27,419 persons (97.3% of total arrestees

under SLL crimes). Out of the total persons who

were under arrest, 1.5% persons (74,139 out of

48,57,230 persons) remained under custody

and 6.6% persons (3,20,392 out of 48,57,230


persons) were on bail during the stage of

investigation at the end of the year as police

investigation could not be completed in their

cases.

Disposal of Persons Arrested under SLL Crimes by Courts As many as 1,22,09,953 persons

(including those from previous years) were

facing trial in various criminal courts in the

country during 2015 (an increase of 5.8%) over

the last year (1,15,35,075). Crime head-wise

such details are presented in Table-12.6. Trials

in respect of 82,88,120 persons remained

pending at the end of the year 2015. Out of

38,99,971 persons whose trials have been

completed, 35,36,745 persons were convicted,

3,51,280 persons were acquitted and 11,946

persons were discharged by court.

Process Received and Warrants Executed

with Arrest of Persons

A total of 2,51,93,452 processes were

received out of which 52,27,440 were ‘Bailable

Warrants’, 34,27,827 were ‘Non-Bailable

Warrants’, 1,51,33,883 were ‘Summons’ and

14,04,302 were other processes. The

maximum processes were received in

Rajasthan which accounted for 12.4%

(31,21,378 out of 2,51,93,452 processes) of

total processes, followed by Madhya Pradesh

(27,22,082 with 10.8%), Gujarat (26,85,735 with

10.7%), Maharashtra (25,77,042 with 10.2%)

and Haryana (23,64,174 with 9.4%). Out of the

total processes received, 2,12,96,403 were

served which accounted for 84.5% of processes

received and 38,97,049 processes were still

pending at the end of the year 2015 accounting

for 15.5%. Rajasthan has also reported the

highest processes served with 27,70,869

(13.0%) followed by Madhya Pradesh with

25,08,848 (11.8%) and Maharashtra

(21,55,127) with (10.1%). Gujarat has reported

the highest pending processes amounting to

7,25,265 followed by Haryana (4,77,315) and

Punjab (4,25,173).


Chapter - 13

Custodial Crimes

Custodial crime is considered as one of

the worst crimes in a civilized society. Custodial

deaths strike a heavy blow at the rule of law. The

cases registered for deaths in police custody

have been discussed in this chapter. The details

on escapes from police custody and trials for

such violations have also been discussed

separately.

The information on deaths in custody is

recorded under the following categories:

(i) Deaths in police custody / lock up (of

persons remanded to police custody by

court).

(ii) Deaths in police custody/lock up (of

persons not remanded to police custody

by court)

Deaths/Disappearance in/from Police Custody

A: Remanded to Police Custody by Court

There were 30 deaths or disappearance

of persons from police custody who were

remanded to such custody by the Court during

the year 2015. Maximum number of such

deaths or disappearances of persons have

been reported in Assam (6 deaths). 18

autopsies were conducted in such deaths

during the year. 12 Judicial enquiries were

ordered and enquiries were conducted in such

deaths of which maximum such enquiries were

conducted in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat &

Rajasthan (2 each). A total of 9 cases were

registered against police personnel in

connection with custodial deaths, highest such

cases were registered in Assam (4 cases)

followed by West Bengal (3 cases).

Chargesheets were submitted against 4

policemen during the year, 2 each from Assam

and Uttar Pradesh. However, no policeman was

convicted for such offences during the year

2015 [Table-13.1].

B: Not Remanded to Police Custody by

Court

A total of 67 deaths or disappearances

of persons from police custody, who were not

remanded to police custody by court, were

reported during 2015, showing an increase of

9.8% in 2015 over 2014 (61 deaths or

disappearances). Majority of such incidents

were reported in Maharashtra (14) followed by

Uttar Pradesh (8), Gujarat (7) and Andhra

Pradesh (5), these four States together have

accounted for 50.7% (34 out of 67

deaths/disappearances) of total such

deaths/disappearances in country during 2015.

In these custodial deaths, 53 autopsies

were conducted during the year 2015. A total of

38 and 19 magisterial enquiries and judicial

injuries were ordered/conducted respectively

during 2015, maximum such enquiries were

ordered and conducted in Maharashtra (12). 24

cases were registered against police personnel

in connection with such custodial

deaths/disappearances (8 cases in Uttar

Pradesh, 3 cases each in Tamil Nadu &

Odisha, 2 cases in Gujarat and 1 case each in

Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Haryana,

Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab & Rajasthan).

Chargesheets were submitted against 24

Table-13 (A)

Number of Deaths in Police Custody/Lockup 2014-2015

S

No. Death in Police custody/Lockup

Years/Percentage Change

2013 2014 Percentage Change

Over Previous Year 2015

Percentage Change

Over Previous year

(i) Of persons remanded to police

custody by court 21 32 52.4% 30 -6.2%

(ii)

Of persons not remanded to

police custody by court 97 61 -55.7% 67 9.8%


policemen in connection with custodial

deaths/disappearances during the year (10

policemen in Odisha, 6 policemen in

Maharashtra, 4 policemen in Bihar, 3 policemen

in Tamil Nadu and 1 policeman in Assam).

However, no policeman was convicted for such

crimes during the year [Table-13.2].

Reason of Deaths in Police Custody

A total of 34 out of 97 deaths in police

custody were due to suicides committed by

detained persons followed by 12 deaths during

hospitalization, 11 deaths due to illness, 9

natural deaths, 6 deaths each due to injuries

sustained during the police custody in allied

assault by police & injuries sustained prior to

police custody, 5 deaths while escaping from

police custody, 3 deaths due to assault by other

criminals and 1 death each due to mob attacks

& road accidents/journey connected to

investigation.

Escapees from Police Custody:


under section 224 & 225B of IPC during the

year 2015 wherein 1,338 persons escaped from

police custody.

Out of 1,338 persons who escaped from

police custody, 184 persons escaped from

lockup whereas 1,154 persons escaped from

outside lockup. 870 escapees were rearrested

during the year 2015, however, only 143

persons who escaped from lockup were re-

arrested during 2015. Chargesheets were

submitted against 859 persons in connection

the offence of escape from police custody. 914

persons were tried during the year, of which 153

persons were convicted. Trials of 10,066

persons were pending at the end of the year

2015.

Maximum persons convicted for the

offences of escapees were reported in

Jharkhand (81 persons) followed by Goa (13

persons) [Table 13.4].

Table-13 (B)

Details on the Custodial Deaths in Police Custody during 2013-2015

Sl.

No.

Death during / due to Years

2013 2014 2015

1 Injuries Sustained during the Police Custody due to Physical

Assault by Police* - 9 6

2 Injuries Sustained Prior to Police Custody * - 2 6

3 During Production, Process in Courts, Journey Connected

with Investigation 15 - -

4 During Hospitalisation/Treatment 20 10 12

5 Due to Road Accidents/Journey Connected to Investigation 6$ 0 1

6 In Mob Attacks / Riots 6 4 1

7 Assault by Other Criminals 2 1 3

8 Suicides 34 27 34

9 During Escape from Custody 4 7 5

10 Illness 43# 16 11

11 Natural Deaths* - 11 9

12 Other Causes* - 6 9

13 Total Custodial Deaths 115 93 97

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Chapter-14

Police Firing and Lathi-charge

This chapter deals with those incidents in which police had to resort to firing and lathi- charge in discharge of their official duty. Data on injuries and causalities in police firing and police lathi- charge has been collected separately since 2014. Following events have been classified for capturing data on police firing and police-lathi charge, namely - i) riots control, ii) self- defence, iii) to effect arrest and iv) against other events. Police had to resort to firing on 156 occasions during the year 2015 in comparison to 176 occasions during 2014, 684 occasions during 2013, 584 occasions during 2012, 482 occasions during 2011, showing a mixed trend during the periods from 2011 to 2015 (a decrease of 11.4% during 2015 over 2014, 74.3% during 2014 over 2013, increase of 17.1% during 2013 over 2012 and increase of 21.2% during 2012 over 2011). During the year 2015, 42 civilians and 8 police personnel were killed in these incidents whereas 39 civilians and 177 police personnel were injured. The State/UT-wise details of incidence, deaths and injuries due to police firing are given in Table-14.1 and Table-14.2. Situations Forcing Police to Resort Firing The occasions necessitating police firing were largely related to unclassified category ‘on other occasion’ (86 out of 156 instances) which accounted for 55.1% of total police firing followed by occasion ‘to effect arrest’ (30 instances), ‘for riot control’ (21 occasions) and ‘for self-defense' (19 occasions) during 2015. Rajasthan (35) has recorded the highest incidence of police firing followed by Maharashtra (33), Uttar Pradesh (29) and Karnataka (8) among States/UTs. The highest number of injuries to civilians in police firing was reported in Madhya Pradesh (10) followed by Manipur (9), Maharashtra (6), Haryana & Karnataka (3 each) and Assam, Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh (2

each). These eight States together accounted for 94.9% of total civilians injured in police firing. Highest number of injuries to police personnel in police firing was reported from Maharashtra (92 personnel), followed by Rajasthan (18 personnel), Delhi UT (17 personnel), Uttar Pradesh (12 personnel) and Jammu & Kashmir (8 personnel) during 2015. More police personnel were injured during the year 2015 (177in comparison to civilians (39) whereas more civilians (42) were killed than police personnel (8) during the year 2015 in police firing.

The highest casualties of civilians as

well as police personnel were reported under

‘others occasion of police firing’ (16 civilians and

7 police personnel) followed by police firing in

order to riots control (11 civilians) and police

firing in self-defence (10 civilians and 1 police).

Occasions Forcing Police to Lathi- charge

Police had to resort to lathi-charge on

327 occasions and out of 327 instances of

police lathi-charge, a total of 322 cases were

registered during the year 2015. During the year

2015, 7 civilians were killed in these incidents

whereas 298 civilians and 696 police personnel

were injured. The State/UT-wise details of

incidence, deaths and injuries due to lathi-

charge are given in Table-14.1 and Table-14.3.

In most of the instances, police had to resort to lathi-charge to control riots (145 occasions). Jammu & Kashmir with 207 incidents of lathi-charge has accounted maximum such incidents in the country followed by Uttar Pradesh (62 occasions), Madhya Pradesh (12 occasions) and West Bengal (10 occasions) during 2015.


Chapter-15

Police and Civilians Casualties

A large number of policemen lose their lives or limbs while performing duty every year - fighting insurgents, militants and criminals or while controlling the mob in a law and order situation. Many times, civilians also have lost their lives or got injured in various incidents of riots, commission of crimes like robbery or dacoity, by terrorists/militants etc.

The State/UT - wise information relating to police personnel killed or injured on duty during 2015 is presented in Table-15.1 and 15.2 and the age group - wise natural deaths of police personnel and suicides committed by these personnel is given in Table-15.3. Since 2014, NCRB has also started collecting data on civilians killed or injured in various incidents like bomb explosion, by terrorists/extremists etc., which is presented in Table-15.4.

A total number of 3,260 police personnel died (2,356 due to natural deaths, 737 killed on duty and 167 suicidal deaths) during the year 2015 in comparison to 3,313 deaths in the year 2014, showing a decline of 1.6% over the previous year.

Police Personnel Killed on Duty

The casualties include civil as well as the armed police personnel of various States / UTs who sacrificed their lives while performing their duty. The police casualties (737) while on duty increased by 0.8% during 2015 as compared to previous year (731). Out of 737 police personnel killed on duty, 59.6%(439 out of 737) of total causalities of police personnel were reported in 6 States only namely Uttar Pradesh (152), Maharashtra (64), Gujarat (62), Haryana (57), Chhattisgarh (55) and Tamil Nadu (49). Majority of the police casualties (83.6%) (616 out of 737) were due to ‘accidents’ followed by deaths in attacks by other criminals and by deaths in 'anti-terrorist/ extremists operations' which accounted for 5.3% (39 out of 737) and 5.2% (38 out of 737) of such deaths respectively. 4.9% (36 out of 737) of police

personnel were killed in anti- Left Wing Extremists (LWE) Operations.

A total 616 police personnel were killed while on duty ‘in accidents’. Highest such casualties were reported from Uttar Pradesh (146 deaths) followed by Maharashtra & Gujarat (59 deaths each), Haryana (53 deaths) and Tamil Nadu (49 deaths) under this head during the year 2015. A total 39 police personnel were killed by ‘criminals’. Maximum such casualties were reported from Uttar Pradesh (6 out of 39). 38 causalities were reported in Anti Terrorist/Extremist operations from 7 States, the highest number of such casualties was in Chhattisgarh (9) and Jammu & Kashmir and Jharkhand (8 each). Anti-LWE Operations which accounted for 36 casualties were in 2 States only - 35 causalities from Chhattisgarh and 1 causality from Jharkhand.

Rank - wise analysis of police causalities reveals that out of 737 police personnel killed on duty, 5 were ‘Other Gazetted Officers”, 53 were upper subordinates (Inspectors - 3 and Sub-Inspectors - 50) and 679 were lower subordinates (Assistant Sub- Inspectors - 73, Head Constables -184 and Constables - 422). The details are given in Table-15.2.

Police Personnel Injured on Duty

3,486 police personnel of various ranks (3,222 from States and 264 from the Union Territories) sustained injuries while performing their duties during the year. State / UT-wise details of police personnel injured by type of duty/operation are given in Table-15.1.

Out of the total 3,486 police personnel injured on duty, 61.6% of total causalities of police personnel (2,148 out of 3,486) was reported in only 6 States namely Kerala (575), Jammu & Kashmir (456), Maharashtra (370), Tamil Nadu (276), Rajasthan (253) and Uttar Pradesh (218).


Table-15 (A)

Police Personnel Killed or Injured on Duty during 2011 to 2015

Year

Anti Terrorist / Extremists Operations

Anti LWE Operation *

Anti Dacoity Operations / Other Raids

By Riotous Mobs

By Other Criminals

On Border Duties

In Accidents Total

K I K I K I K I K I K I K I K I

2011 132 90 - - 2 61 12 1,884 50 655 0 7 671 602 867 3,299

2012 83 112 - - 2 38 13 1,769 61 853 5 3 657 600 821 3,375

2013 78 108 - - 3 29 5 1,930 48 907 8 3 598 746 740 3,723

2014 52 84 14 51 6 89 5 1,349 47 1,039 0 24 607 598 731 3,234

2015 38 136 36 45 3 44 2 1,501 39 1,145 3 8 616 607 737 3,486

* Collected since 2014; ‘K’ – Killed & ‘I’- Injured

The maximum police injuries (18.9%) (284 out of 1,501) in Kerala was due to attacks by riotous mob. The incidents of police personnel injury by other criminals were highest in Kerala (24.9%) (286 out of 1,145). The police personnel injuries due to accident were reported highest in Tamil Nadu (31.3%) (190 out of 607). The highest injuries of police personnel in anti-terrorist/extremist operations were reported in Maharashtra (48.5%) (66 out of 136) at All India level. Maximum police injuries of 93.3% (42 out of 45) in anti-LWE

Operations were reported from Chhattisgarh. Uttar Pradesh (38.6%) (17 out of 44) reported highest injuries of police personnel on account of anti dacoity & other raids during the year. No injury was received by any policeman in as many as 8 States/UTs namely Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep and Puducherry. The riotous mobs caused maximum injuries (43.1%) to the police personnel in the country (1,501 out of 3,486) during 2015. The other major causes responsible for such injuries were ‘attacks by other criminals' (32.8%) (1,145 out of 3,486), ‘accidents' (17.4%) (607 out of 3,486) and ‘in terrorist/extremists operation’ (3.9%) (136 out of 3,486). The rank-wise profile presented in Table 15.2 shows that all categories of personnel have received injuries. A sizeable number accounting for 60.8% (2,122 out of 3,486) of police personnel injured on duty were constables, 749 (21.5%) were lower sub-ordinates (551 Head constables and 198 Assistant Sub-inspectors), 535 (15.3%) were upper sub-ordinates (428 Sub-Inspectors, 107 Inspectors) and the rest 80 (2.3%) were gazetted officers.

The cause-wise comparative details of police personnel killed or injured on duty during last 5 years (2011- 2015) are presented in Table-15 (A). It is observed that incidents of police casualties (both fatal and non-fatal) has shown a mixed trend during last 5 years, wherein `accidents’ and `anti-terrorist/ extremist operations' were the main cause of deaths of police personnel.

Natural Deaths of Police Personnel

Table 15.3 shows that 2,356 natural

deaths of police personnel while in service were

reported during 2015 out of which 68.4% (1,612

out of 2,356 persons) of such police personnel

were in age-group (45 yrs. – below 60 yrs.)

followed by police personnel of age group of 30

yrs. – below 45 years accounting for 26.1%

(615 out of 2,356 persons) of such deaths

during 2015. 5.1% (119 out of 2,356 persons)

police personnel (belonging to age group of 18

yrs. - below 30 years) died at very young age

and 0.4% (10 out of 2,356 persons) police

personnel died after attaining the age of 60

years. Comparative figures of police

personnel who died due to natural causes

during 2011 - 2015 shown in Table-15 (B)

reveal a mixed trend. Such deaths declined by

3.5% in 2012 over 2011. It increased by 0.6%

in 2013 over 2012. However, it again

decreased by 11.8% in 2014 over 2013 and

further decreased by 2.5% in 2015 over 2014.

During last five years, consistently high figures

of natural deaths of police personnel were

reported in the age group of 45 yrs – below 55

years (45 yrs – below 60 years for the year

2015)


Suicides Committed By Police Personnel

A total of 167 police personnel

committed suicide in the country during the year

2015. Tamil Nadu has reported the highest

number of such suicides accounting for

19.7%(33 out of 167 suicides) followed by

Maharashtra (25 suicides), Karnataka (15

suicides) and Chhattisgarh & Madhya Pradesh

(11 suicides each). Nearly 38.9% (65 out of 167

suicides) suicides at all-India level was reported

in the age group 30 yrs. & - below 45 years.

30.5% (51 out of 167 suicides), 29.9% (50

suicides) and 0.5% (1 suicide) of total suicides at

All India level were reported in age group of 18

yrs. -30 years, 45 yrs. - 60 years and 60 years &

above during 2015 respectively [Table-15.3].

Casualties of Civilians

A total of 48 civilians lost their lives in

different incidents like bomb explosion, riots,

border cross firing, etc. during 2015. Most of

causalities of civilians were reported in Jammu &

Kashmir (19 out of 48 persons) accounting for

39.5% of total such casualties followed by 10.4%

casualties in Chhattisgarh (5 persons), 8.3%

casualties in Manipur (4 persons) and 6.3%

casualties in Punjab & West Bengal (3 persons

each).

A total of 19 out of 48 civilians were killed

by terrorists/militants accounting for 39.5% of

total civilian casualties during 2015. Most of such

casualties were reported in Jammu & Kashmir

(18 civilians) followed by Manipur (1 civilian).

A total of 11 civilians were killed by

Naxalites/Left Wing Extremists (LWE) during

2015. The incidents of killing of civilians by

Naxalites or Left Wing Extremists(LWE) were

reported in four States namely Chhattisgarh (5

casualties), Punjab (3 casualties), Jharkhand (2

casualties) and Telangana (1 casualty) during

2015.

A total of 4 civilians (3 in Manipur and 1

in Jammu & Kashmir) lost their lives in bomb

explosion during 2015.

2 civilians each in Gujarat & Uttar

Pradesh and 1 civilian each in Maharashtra &

Rajasthan lost their lives in riots during 2015.

No casualty was reported during border

cross firing during 2015.

Injuries of Civilians

A total of 458 civilians got injured in

various incidents like bomb explosion, riots,

border cross firing etc. during 2015, wherein

maximum such injuries were reported in riots

(292 out of 458 injuries) accounting for 63.8% of

total civilians injured.

Out of 292 civilians injured in rioting, 125

civilian got injured in rioting in Uttar Pradesh

alone followed by 60 civilians injured in

Maharashtra, 32 civilians injured in Chandigarh

UT, 30 civilians injured in Delhi UT and 21

civilians injured in Karnataka during 2015.

All civilians injured by extremists/left wing

extremists were reported in Chhattisgarh (23

persons) during 2015.

Out of 67 civilians injured by

Table – 15(B)

Police Personnel Died due to Natural Causes during 2011 to 2015 Year 18 yrs – below

25 yrs 25 yrs – below



55 yrs 55 yrs & above

Total

2011 38 231 764 1,257 532 2,822

2012 64 210 695 1,215 540 2,724

2013 50 237 659 1,183 610 2,739

Year* 18 yrs – below 30 yrs

30 yrs – below 45 yrs

45 yrs – below 60 yrs

60 yrs & above

Total

2014* 130 641 1,617 29 2,417

2015 119 615 1,612 10 2,356

Note ‘*’ Age groups have been re-grouped as per the revised proformae of Crime in India


terrorists/militants, 49 civilians were injured in

Jammu & Kashmir, 10 civilians injured in Punjab

and 8 civilians were injured in North-Eastern

States (4 in Manipur and 2 each in Meghalaya &

Mizoram) during 2015.

Out of 39 civilians injured in bomb

explosion, 36 civilians got injured in Manipur and 3 civilians got injured in West Bengal during

2015.

A total of 26 civilians in Maharashtra, 5

civilians in West Bengal, 3 civilians in Madhya

Pradesh and 2 civilians in Karnataka were

injured during commission of crimes like robbery

or dacoity during 2015.


Chapter - 16

Complaints against Police Personnel and

Human Rights Violations by Them

Complaints Received and Cases

Registered against Police Personnel

Total numbers of complaints, both non-

cognizable and cognizable, reported to the

police authorities against police personnel from

States/UTs are presented in Table-16.1.

Information on the number of complaints /

allegations received against police personnel;

number of inquiries instituted such as

departmental, magisterial and judicial; number

of complaints/cases found

false/unsubstantiated; number of cases

registered during the year; and number of

cases either reported for regular departmental

action or sent for trial/charge-sheeted is

presented in Table-16 (A).

A total of 54,916 complaints were

registered in the country against police

personnel during the year 2015. Inquiries were

instituted in as many as 16,721 cases. Out of

these, departmental inquiries were initiated in

16,308 cases, magisterial inquiries in 94 cases

and judicial inquiries in 319 cases. Thus,

inquiries were instituted in 30.4% of total such

complaints. The total number of cases that

either not substantiated or not found true were

20,405 which amounted to 37.2% of the total

complaints registered. An increase of 14.9%

was noticed in registered complaints against

police personnel in comparison to the previous

year (from 47,774 in the year 2014 to 54,916 in

2015). Maximum complaints against police

personnel were received in Delhi which

accounted for 23.5% (12,913 out of 54,916

complaints) followed by Madhya Pradesh

accounting for 18.4% (10,089 complaints),

Maharashtra (14.6%) (8,004 complaints) and

Uttar Pradesh (8.5%) (4,659 complaints). In

some States, FIRs were registered in all

complaints/allegations received, these states

are Goa, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim,

Tripura, A&N Islands, Daman & Diu,

Lakshadweep and Puducherry.

Involvement of Police Personnel and Action Taken against Them

A total of 1,512 police personnel were

arrested during the year 2015. Out of the

arrested police personnel, 1,122 police

personnel were charge-sheeted/sent up for trial

during the period. Cases were either withdrawn

or disposed of otherwise in respect of 115

police personnel. Trials were completed in

respect of 92 police personnel out of which 67

were acquitted and 25 were convicted. The

Table-16 (A)

Complaints, Inquiries and Cases Registered against Police Personnel during 2011-2015

Year

No. of

Complaints

Received /

Alleged

during the

year

No. of Inquiry Instituted Complaints /

Cases Declared

False /

Unsubstantiated

No. of Cases

Registered

during the

year

No. of Cases

Sent for

Trials /

Charge-

sheeted

Depart-

mental Magisterial Judicial

2011 61,765 21,144 282 246 28,789 11,171 913

2012 57,363 19,490 352 252 30,875 2,289 839

2013 51,120 14,928 247 655 26,640 1,989 799

2014 47,774 11,711 67 351 20,126 2,601 1,268

2015 54,916 16,308 94 319 20,405 5,526 4,367


relevant details for the last five years are

presented in Table-16 (B).

Departmental Action against Police Personnel

The magnitude of Departmental action

taken by the States/UTs against the erring

police personnel indicates effectiveness of

supervisory control of the concerned

authorities. Disciplinary actions were initiated

against 35,240 police personnel. Enquires

were conducted against 18,876 police

personnel during the year. The cases were

either withdrawn or otherwise disposed of in

respect of 5,523 policemen. After completion

of enquiries 447 police personnel were either

dismissed or removed from the service. The

highest dismissals/removals were reported

from Delhi (69) accounting for 15.4% followed

by Punjab (63), Uttar Pradesh (49) and

Chhattisgarh (35). Minor punishments were

given to 14,249 police personnel and major

punishments were awarded to 3,754 police

personnel during this period. In 4,514

departmental enquiries, charges were not

proved and departmental enquiries in respect

of 8,864 police personnel were pending at the

end of the year 2015. The relevant details for

the last five years are presented in Table-16

(C).

Human Rights Violation by Police An attempt has been made since 1999

to gather information on details of cases where

human rights were violated by police in form of

excesses such as ‘disappearance of persons’,

‘illegal detentions’, ‘fake encounters’, ‘extortion’,

‘torture’, etc. The details are presented in

Table-16.2.

A total of 94 cases of human rights

violation by police (State Police) were

registered during 2015, out of which 12 were

found to be false. 34 policemen were charge-

sheeted and no police personnel was convicted

Table-16 (B)

Number of Police Personnel Under-Trial, Convicted & Acquitted during 2011-2015

Sl.

No.

Year No. of Police

Personnel

Sent for Trial

No. of Police Personnel

Whose Cases

Withdrawn or

Otherwise Disposed Of

No. of Police

Personnel in Whose

Cases Trial was

Completed

No. of Police Personnel

Convicted Acquitted

1. 2011 1,229 475 439 47 392

2 2012 1,147 633 158 42 116

3 2013 1,250 412 154 53 101

4. 2014 1,166 146 126 44 82

5 2015 1,122 115 92 25 67

Table-16 (C)

Departmental Action and Punishment Awarded to Police Personnel During 2011-2015

Sl.

No. Year

Number of Personnel

Major

Punishment

Awarded

Minor

Punishment

Awarded Against Whom

Disciplinary

Action Initiated

Whose cases

Withdrawn or

Otherwise

Disposed Of

Dismissed/

Removed from

Service

1. 2011 26,736 8,500 873 4,482 15,004

2. 2012 23,720 7,477 608 4,199 11,900

3. 2013 24,217 7,021 544 3,980 13.724

4. 2014 29,726 5,890 416 4,637 12,549

5. 2015 35,240 5,523 447 3,754 14,249


for these human rights violations.

Other category of human rights violation

by police constitutes 40.4%(38 out of 94 cases)

of total human rights violation by police

followed by ”hurt/injury” (14 cases), “extortion”

(13 cases), “assault on women with intent to

outrage her modesty” (7 cases), “atrocities on

SCs” (6 cases), “atrocities on STs”, “torture”

and “Sec. 23(4) of the Protection of Children

from Sexual Offence Act, 2012” (3 cases each),

and “disappearance of persons”, “Illegal

detention or arrests” and “insult to the modesty

of women”, “torture of others “(2 cases each),

and “illegal detention or arrests of SCs”, “illegal

detention or arrests- others”, “failure in taking

action “ and “torture of SCs” (1 case each)

during 2015.

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Chapter - 17

Crime Committed by Foreigners

Introduction

This chapter intent to understand and analyse the pattern of crimes committed by foreigners. Detailed information on foreigners arrested and their disposal by police and courts under various crimes have been dealt in this chapter.

Cognizable Crimes Committed by

Foreigners

A total of 1,278 cases were registered in which 2,057 foreigners have been arrested for committing various cognizable crimes during 2015. Most of the foreigners were arrested in connection with cases registered under the Foreigners Act which accounted for 66.5%(1,367 out of 2,057 persons) of total foreigners arrested, it was followed by arrests under the Passport Act (143 persons), cases under the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act (128 persons), forgery (73 persons), the Registration of Foreigners Act (59 persons), cheating (49 persons), rape (14 persons) and murder (6 persons).

State/UT-wise foreigners arrested revealed that maximum number of foreigners have been arrested in West Bengal which accounted for 57.6%(1,185 out of 2,057 foreigners) of total such arrestees. A total of 176 foreigners in Maharashtra, 168 foreigners in Delhi, 102 foreigners in Karnataka and 69 each foreigners in Tamil Nadu and Goa have been arrested in connection with various crimes during 2015.

3 foreigners in Delhi and 1 foreigner each in Gujarat, Karnataka and Jammu & Kashmir have been arrested for offences of murder during 2015. 6 foreigners each in Haryana & Delhi and 1 in each Goa & Karnataka have been arrested for the offences of rape during 2015.

Karnataka and Maharashtra have reported highest number of foreigners arrested under cheating (20 foreigners in Karnataka & 15 foreigners in Maharashtra) followed by Delhi (7 foreigners), Punjab (3 foreigners) and Goa, Haryana, Rajasthan & Uttarakhand (1 foreigner each) and forgery (54 foreigners in

Delhi, 8 foreigners in Maharashtra, 4 foreigners in each Jharkhand & Karnataka and 1 in each Gujarat, Kerala & West Bengal). A total of 34 foreigners were arrested in Mizoram under the NDPS Act which accounted for 26.6% of total such arrestees followed by Goa (28 foreigners), Maharashtra (23 foreigners), Delhi (11 foreigners), Karnataka (9 foreigners) and Haryana (8 foreigners) during 2015.

Under the Registration of Foreigner Act, most of the arrests of foreigners have been made in Tamil Nadu (14 out of 59 foreigners) followed by Jammu & Kashmir (12 foreigners), Assam (11 foreigners) and Arunachal Pradesh (8 foreigners).

Disposal Cases under Crimes Committed

by Foreigners

Out of 1,718 cases (440 cases pending from previous years + 1,278 cases reported during the year), police submitted charge-sheets in 1,075 cases during 2015, showing 97.9% as charge-sheet rate. However, 36.1% of such cases remained pending for investigation (620 out of 1,718 cases) at the end of the year. 100% detection i.e. charge-sheets were submitted in cases of murder, rape, unnatural offence, forgery, under the NDPS Act, the Registration of Foreigners Act, the Explosive & Explosive Substances Act and the IT Act during 2015.

Out for 4,600 cases for trials before courts, convictions have been made in 424 cases, showing 79.5% conviction rate during 2015. However, 88.4% cases remained pending before courts at the end of the year 2015. The crime heads in which more than 90.0% conviction rate was achieved were murder (100%), forgery (100%), the Arms Act (100%) and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (100%).

In 1,075 cases (involving 1,936 foreigners) charge-sheets were submitted by police during 2015. In 424 convicted cases, 872 foreigners have been convicted during the year 2015. 194 foreigners have been acquitted by the courts. Trials remained pending in respect of 7,686 foreigners at the end of the year 2015.


Chapter - 18

Cyber Crimes

Cyber crimes are a new class of crimes

which are rapidly increasing due to extensive

use of Internet and I.T. enabled services.

Considering the importance and increasing

trend the Bureau has started collecting

extensive data of offences registered under

various section of IT Act, related section of IPC

and SLL since 2014 under the revised

proforma.

The Information Technology (IT) Act,

2000, specifies the acts which are punishable.

Since the primary objective of this Act is to

create an enabling environment for commercial

use of I.T., certain omissions and commissions

of criminals while using computers have been

included in 2008 in the amended Act. Several

offences having bearing on cyber-arena are

also registered under the appropriate sections

of the IPC with the legal recognition of

electronic records and the amendments made

in several sections of the IPC vide the IT Act,

2000.

The statistics on cyber crimes are

collected under the following heads:

i) Offences registered under the

Information Technology Act, 2000.

ii) Offences under the IPC related to cyber

crimes

iii) Offences under the Special and Local

Laws (SLL) related to cyber crimes

Data collected under combined section 66 & 66A and

67 & 67A of IT Act.

Table 18(A)

Patterns of Cases Reported and Persons Arrested under IT Act during 2013 – 2015 and Percentage

Variation during 2015 over 2014

SL

Crime heads under IT Act

Cases Registered

% Var.

Persons Arrested

% Var.

2013

2014

2015

2013

2014

2015

1 Tampering Computer Source Documents (Sec. 65

of IT Act) 137 89 88 -1.1 59 64 62 -3.1

2 Computer Related Offences(Sec. 66 to 66E of IT Act) 2,516 5,548 6,567 18.4 1,011 3,131 4,217 34.7

3 Cyber Terrorism@(Sec. 66F of IT Act) - 5 13 160.0 - 0 3 -

4 Publication/Transmission of Obscene/Sexually

Explicit Content(Sec. 67 to 67C of IT Act) 1203 758 816 7.7 737 491 555 13

5 Intentionally not Complying with the Order of

Controller(Sec. 68 of IT Act) 13 3 2 -33.3 3 4 3 -25

6 Failure to Provide or Monitor or Intercept or Decrypt

Information(Sec. 69 of IT Act) 6 2 0 -100 7 0 0 -

7 Failure to Block Access any Information Hosted

etc.@ (Sec. 69A of IT Act) - 1 0 -100 - 0 0 -

8 Not Providing Technical Assistance to Govt. to

Enable Online Access@(Sec. 69B of IT Act) - 0 3 - - 0 0 -

9 Un-authorized Access/Attempt to Access to

Protected Computer System(Sec. 70 of IT Act) 27 0 8 - 17 0 4 -

10 Misrepresentation/Suppression of Fact for Obtaining

License etc. (Sec. 71 of IT Act) 12 5 4 -20 14 13 2 -84.6

11 Breach of Confidentiality/Privacy(Sec. 72 of IT Act) 93 16 20 25 30 13 6 -53.8

12 Disclosure of Information in Breach of Lawful

Contract@(Sec. 72A of IT Act) - 2 4 100 - 5 2 -60

13 Publishing/Making Available False Elect. Signature

Certificate (Sec. 73 of IT Act) 4 0 3 - 8 0 0 -

14 Create/Publish/Make Available Electronic Signature

Certificate for Unlawful Purpose(Sec. 74 of IT Act) 71 3 3 0 51 5 3 -40

15 Others 274 769 514 -33.2 161 520 245 -52.9

Total Offences under IT Act 4,356 7,201 8,045 11.7 2,098 4,246 5,102 20.2

Note: ‘-’ implies sezo value in previous year. % Var. – refers the Percentage Variation during 2015 over 2014

‘’@ implies data collected in 2014 for the first time


Cyber Crimes

(Cases Reported: 11,592

Persons Arrested: 8,121)


under the cyber crimes (which includes cases

under Information Technology Act, offences

under related sections of IPC and offences under

Special and Local Laws (SLL)) in comparison to

9,622 cases registered during the previous year

(2014) which shows an increase of 20.5% over

the previous year. Uttar Pradesh has reported

the highest number of such crimes accounting for

19.0% (2,208 cases out of 11,592 cases) of total

cyber crimes followed by Maharashtra (2,195

cases out of 11,592 cases) accounting for 18.9%

and Karnataka (1,447 cases out of 11,592 cases

i.e. 12.5%).

In these cases a total of 8,121 persons

were arrested during 2015 in comparison to

5,752 persons arrested during the previous year

(2014) registering 41.2% increase over the

previous year. Uttar Pradesh (1,699) has

reported the maximum number of persons

arrested under such crimes.

The details of cases registered and

persons arrested under cyber crimes during 2015

can be seen under Table – 18.1.

Cyber Crimes – Cases of Various Categories under the IT Act, 2000 Information on the cases registered

under the IT Act relating to cyber crimes at all-

India level is presented in Table – 18(A).


under the IT Act during the year 2015 in

comparison to 7,201 cases during the previous

year (2014), showing an increase of 11.7% in

2015 over 2014. 81.6% (6,567 cases) of the total

8,045 cases under IT Act were related to

computer related offences (under section 66 &

66A, 66B, 66C, 66D and 66E of IT Act) followed

by 10.1% (816 out of 8,045 cases) under

publication/transmission of obscene/sexually

explicit content (under section 67 & 67A, 67B and

67C of IT Act). A total of 14,121 cases under IT

Act including 6,268 cases pending from previous

year were investigated during the year 2015 and

at the end of the year 8,088 cases remained

pending for investigation. A total of 2,396 cases

were charge-sheeted during 2015. A total of

4,191 cases were pending for trial at the end of

the year 2015, in which maximum number of

cases were computer related offences (under

section 66 & 66A, 66B to 66D of IT Act) (3,110

cases) during 2015. In 486 cases trials were

completed, 193 cases ended in conviction. The

details of disposal of cases of cyber crimes under

the IT Act are shown under Table - 18.2 and

18.3.

62.8%(5,102 out of 8,121) of the persons

arrested under cyber crimes was under the IT

Act. Out of 5,102 persons arrested under the IT

act., maximum were arrested under computer

related offences (under section 66&66A, 66B to

66E of IT Act) (4,217 out of 5,102 persons)

accounting for 82.6% followed by

publication/transmission of obscene/sexually

explicit content (under section 67 & 67A, 67B and

67C of IT Act) accounting for 10.9% (555 out of

5,102 persons) during the year 2015.

The age-wise profile of persons arrested

in Cyber Crime cases under IT Act, 2000 showed

that 62.5% of the offenders were in the age

group 18 yrs. – below 30 years (3,188 out of

5,102 persons) and 30.8%(1,573 out of 5,102

persons) of the offenders were in the age group

30 yrs. – below 45 years. 98 juvenile offenders

(below 18 years) were apprehended under IT Act

during 2015. A total of 3,502 persons were

charge-sheeted, 250 persons were convicted and

358 persons were acquitted under such cases of

cyber crimes under IT Act during 2015. Further

details on the age group, persons arrested and

their disposal under the IT Act by police and

courts may be seen in Table -18.4, 18.5 and

18.6.

Incidences of Cyber Crimes Registered under IPC

Information on the cases registered

under various sections of IPC which were

considered as cyber crimes at all-India level is

presented in Table – 18(B).


CASES REGISTERED UNDER CYBER CRIME CASES DURING 2015 (All India 11,592)

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under various sections of IPC during the year

2015 as compared to 2,272 such cases during

2014, thus showing an increase of 50.6% over

the previous year. 65.9% (2,255 cases) of the

total 3,422 cases registered under different

sections of IPC were related to cheating

followed by 2.5% (84 cases out of 3,422

cases) under data theft. A total of 1,681 cases

under different sections of IPC were pending

for investigation from previous year out of total

cases for investigation (5,094 cases) during

2015 and 3,605 cases remained pending for

investigation at the end of the year. In 710

cases, charge-sheets were submitted during

2015. Forgery under IPC crimes show highest

pendency rate (81.0%) followed by data theft

(76.5%) during 2015. A total of 962 cases

were pending for trial from previous year, in

which maximum number of cases were

reported under cheating (306 cases) followed

by forgery (29 cases) during 2015. In 53 cases

trials were completed, 15 cases ended in

conviction and 1,608 cases remained pending

for trial at the end of the year 2015. The details

of disposal of cases of cyber crimes under

different sections of IPC are shown in Table -

18.2 and 18.3.

Out of total persons arrested under the

cyber crimes, 35.3%(2,867 out of 8,121) were

arrested in connection with cases relating to

different sections of IPC during 2015. Out of

2,867 persons arrested under IPC cases

relating to cyber crimes, maximum persons

have been arrested in cases of criminal breach

of trust/fraud (1,292 out of 2,867 persons)

accounting for 45.1% of total such persons

arrested under IPC crimes followed by 754

persons arrested under cheating cases

accounting for 26.3% during the year 2015.

The age-wise profile of persons

arrested in cyber crime cases under different

sections of IPC showed that 55.2%(1,583 out

of 2,867 persons) of the offenders were in the

age group 18 – 30 years and 36.1%(1,035 out

of 2,867 persons) of the offenders were in the

age group 30 - 45 years. 52 juveniles (below

18 years) were apprehended under cyber

crimes related IPC cases during 2015. A total

of 1,262 persons were charge-sheeted, 20

persons were convicted and 57 persons were

acquitted under such cases of cyber crimes

under different sections of IPC during 2015.

Further details on the age group of persons

arrested and their disposal under cyber

crimes(under different sections of IPC) by

police and courts may be seen in Table -18.4,

18.5 and 18.6.

Table-18 (B)

Cyber Crimes/Cases Registered and Persons Arrested under IPC during 2013-2015

Sl.

No Crime Heads under IPC Crimes

Cases Registered % Var.

Persons Arrested % Var.

2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015

1 Offences by Public Servant 1 0 0 - 2 0 0 -

2

Fabrication/Destruction of

Electronic Records for Evidence 12 1 4 300.0 11 1 2 50.0

3 Cheating@ - 1,115 2,255 102.2 - 335 754 55.6

4 Forgery 747 63 45 -28.6 626 58 72 19.4

5 Data Theft@ - 55 84 52.7 - 11 135 91.9

6 Criminal Breach of Trust 518 54 42 -22.2 471 39 1,292 97

7 Counterfeiting * 59 10 12 20.0 93 8 14 42.9

8 Others - 974 980 0.6 - 772 598 -29.1

Total Offences under IPC 1,337 2,272 3,422 50.6 1,203 1,224 2,867 57.3

Note * includes property marks, tampering and currency/stamps till 2014 and currency & stamps during 2015

Note: " -" in the column of percentage variation implies zero value in previous year

"@" implies newly entered crime heads. ‘% Var.’ – refers to Percentage Variation in 2015 over 2014


Cyber Crimes – Cases of Various Categories under Special and Local Laws (SLL) A total of 125 cases were registered

under various sections of SLL during the year

2015. 90.4% (113 out of 125 cases) of the total

cases registered under different sections of

SLL were related to the Copyright Act, 1957.

Out of 208 cases for investigation,

investigations were completed for 112 cases

under different sections of SLL during 2015. In

100 cases, charge-sheets were submitted by

police during the year 2015 and 96 cases

remained pending for investigation at the end

of the year. Cases under the Copyright Act has

highest pendency rate (51.8%) during 2015. A

total of 637 pending cases brought forward for

trials during 2015, in which maximum cases

were reported under the Copyright Act (622

cases). Out of 101 cases in which trials were

completed, 26 cases ended in conviction and

75 cases ended in acquittal/discharge during

2015. A total of 636 cases remained pending

for trial at the end of the year. The details of

disposal of cases of cyber crimes under

different sections of IPC are given in Table -

18.2 and 18.3.

1.9% of the persons arrested (152 out

of 8,121) are in cases relating to different Acts

& sections of SLL. Out of such arrested

persons, the maximum number of persons

arrested numbering 135 out of 152 persons

were in cases under the Copyright Act

accounting for 88.8% followed by other SLL

offences (17 out of 152 persons) during the

year 2015.

The age-wise profile of persons

arrested in cyber crime cases under different

sections of SLL showed that 62.5%(95 out of

152 persons) of the offenders were in the age

group of 30 - 45 years and 23.3%(43 out of

152 persons) of the offenders were in the age

group of 18 – 30 years. 2 juveniles (below 18

years) were apprehended under SLL crimes

during 2015. A total of 164 persons were

charge-sheeted during the year 2015. A total

of 32 persons were convicted and 104 persons

were acquitted in cases of cyber crimes under

different sections of SLL during 2015. Further

details on the age group of persons arrested

and their disposal under cyber crimes (under

different sections of SLL) by police and courts

may be seen in Table -18.4, 18.5 and 18.6.

Motives of Cyber Crimes

Most of the cyber crimes were

registered for greed/financial gain accounting

for 33.3% (3,855 out of 11,592 cases) followed

by fraud/illegal gain (9.6%) (1,119 cases),

insult to the modesty of women (5.2%) (606

cases), sexual exploitation (5.1%) (588 cases)

and causing disrepute (3.3%) (387 cases).

State/UT - wise and motives - wise

details of cyber crimes during 2015 are

presented in Table 18.7.

Profile of Accused in Cyber Crimes

Data on profiles of persons arrested

under cyber crimes have been collected as

foreign nationals and Indian citizens.

4 foreign nationals and 8,117 Indian

nationals were arrested under cyber crimes.

Among foreign nationals, one person was

cracker/hacker and has been arrested in

Chhattisgarh. Similarly among Indian nationals,

most of the persons arrested under cyber

crime were 'Business Competitor’ with

19.6%(1,594 out of 8,121 persons) of total

such persons followed by neighbours / friends

& relatives' with 14.7%(1,195 out of 8,121

persons) of total such persons, professional

computer geeks/hackers/crackers with 13.5%

(1,095 persons), student with 10% (814

persons), sexual freak with 5.1% (415 persons)

and employees/disgruntled employees 3.1%

(249 persons).

State/UT - wise details on profiles of

persons arrested or accused of cyber crimes

during 2015 are presented in Table 18.8.


PERSONS ARRESTED UNDER CYBER CRIME DURING 2015 (All India 8,121)

Persons Arrested (Number)

upto 10

51 to 150

above 500


11 to 50

151 to 250

251 to 500


Chapter-19

Crime in Railways

Introduction

Indian Railways serve nearly 23 million

passengers every day therefore security and safety of these passengers especially women and other vulnerable sections of society is of paramount importance to the system.

The maintenance of law & order in

railways and railway premises is the responsibility of concerned State Police whereas the security of passengers and their belongings in the running trains and railway premises is the shared responsibility of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the Government Railway Police (GRP). The responsibility of security of railway passengers, passenger area and property has been vested with the Railway Protection Force by RPF Amendment Act, 2003. The crimes committed in railways are reported to, registered and investigated by the Government Railway Police (GRP). The investigation and prosecution of crime under the Indian Penal Code as well as sabotage related cases under the Railways Act (Sec. 150 to 152) are the responsibility of the State Police. The enforcement of the Railways Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1966 and the Railways Act, 1989 excluding sections 150 to 152 has been entrusted to Railway Protection Force whereas the Indian Penal Code, all other special and local laws and maintenance of law and order remain with Government Railway Police and State Governments concerned. The responsibility for arrest and prosecution for minor offences under the Indian Railways Act (which affect the passengers and the train operations) have been vested with the Railway Protection Force.

Though the incidents of specific crimes on railways discussed below are part of the general crimes as discussed in Chapter-1 of the report, however, separate analysis on cases registered under Indian Penal Code and the Indian Railways Act, 1989 has been made in the chapter.

Trend of Crimes in Railways

22 out of 29 States namely, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal and only Delhi among UTs have furnished data on crimes reported in railways. The State-wise incidence of IPC crimes registered by GRP during 2015 is presented in Table-19.1. Incidences of IPC crimes registered by GRP have shown a rising trend over last three years.

Chart-19.1 Incidence of IPC Crimes Registered by Government

Railway Police (GRP) during 2013-2015

A total of 26,620 cases, 31,609 cases

and 39,239 cases of IPC crimes were registered by General Railway Police of States/UTs during 2013, 2014 and 2015 respectively at the national level reflecting an increase of 18.7% in 2014 over 2013 and increase of 24.1% in 2015 over 2014.

Chhattisgarh (50.4% increase in 2014

over 2013 and 28% increase in 2015 over 2014), Gujarat (23.0% increase in 2014 over 2013 and 38.6% increase in 2015 over 2014), Karnataka (3.8% increase in 2014 over 2013 and 3.9% increase in 2015 over 2014), Madhya Pradesh (10.2% increase in 2014 over 2013 and 18.1% increase in 2015 over 2014), Maharashtra (17.4% increase in 2014


over 2013 and 30.3% increase in 2015 over 2014),Tamil Nadu (5.5% increase in 2014 over 2013 and 26.8% increase in 2015 over 2014) and Uttar Pradesh (23.7% increase in 2014 over 2013 and 39.0% increase in 2015 over 2014) have shown an increasing trend during the last 3 years. The State/UT-wise comparative incidence of IPC crimes as registered by Government Railway Police (GRP) during the years 2013 to 2015 are presented in Tables-19(A).

Among IPC crimes, maximum cases

were registered under ‘theft’ accounting for 75.6% (29,686 out of 39,239 cases) of total IPC cases followed by ‘robbery’ 3.8%(1,479 cases out of 39,239 cases) and ‘kidnapping & abduction’ 0.7% (270 out of 39,239 cases cases). A total of 247 cases of murder, 211 cases of making preparation & assembly for committing dacoity and 158 cases of grievous hurt were registered by GRP during 2015. 18.5% of IPC crimes as registered by GRP were reported in Maharashtra (7,277 cases out of 39,239 cases) followed by 18.3% in Uttar Pradesh (7,168 cases), 11.4% in Madhya Pradesh (4,461 cases), 8.6% in Delhi UT (3,356 cases), 5.6% in Bihar (2,182 cases) and 4.4% in Andhra Pradesh (1,720 cases) during 2015.

Cases Registered under Indian Railways

Act, 1989 The State/UT-wise number of cases

registered under the Indian Railways Act, 1989 during 2013 to 2015 and their percentage variation are presented in Table-19.2.

Number of cases under the Indian

Railways Act reported a rising trend during 2013 - 2015 with 166 cases in 2013 which rose to 287 cases in 2014 and further increased to 346 cases in 2015, showing increase of 72.9% during 2014 over 2013 and 20.6% during 2015 over 2014. State/UT-wise trend of such cases shows that maximum increase in cases registered under the Indian Railways Act during the year 2015 over 2014 was reported

in Haryana at 300% (from 3 cases in 2014 to 12 cases in 2015) followed by 250% increase in Punjab (from 4 cases in 2014 to 14 cases in 2015) and 144% increase in Kerala (from 9 cases in 2014 to 22 cases in 2015).

Persons Arrested under the Indian

Railways Act, 1989 A total of 1,013 persons were arrested under the Indian Railways Act during 2015. 72.4%(734 out of 1,013 persons) of total such arrests were reported in Tamil Nadu alone followed by 215 persons arrested in Uttar Pradesh and 19 persons arrested in Chhattisgarh [Table-19.3].

Disposal of Cases under the Indian

Railways Act by Police

Details on cases registered under IPC crimes and SLL crimes and their disposal by police and courts during 2015 are presented in Chapter-4.

Out of 474 cases registered under the Indian Railways Act, police could complete investigation in 339 cases accounting for 71.5% of total such cases. Out of 339 such cases investigated by police, charge-sheets were submitted in 253 cases showing charge-sheet rate of 74.6% during 2015. Detail on cases disposed of by police under various SLL crimes including the Indian Railways Act during 2015 are presented in Table-4.3.

Disposal of Cases under the Indian

Railways Act by Courts As many as 289 cases out of 4,306 cases under the Indian Railways Act were tried in different courts in the country showing 6.7% disposal of such cases by courts during the year 2015. The conviction rate for such cases stood at 64% (185 cases convicted out of 289 cases in which trials completed). 92.5%(3,982 out of 4,306 cases) of total cases registered under the Indian Railways Act remained pending for trial at the end of the year 2015.


Property Stolen/Taken Away from

Railways Place of occurrence-wise property stolen/taken away, including railways properties, have been dealt elaborately in Chapter-8 (Property stolen and recovered).

Dacoity in Railways

A total of 77 cases of dacoity in railways were registered accounting for 1.9% of total cases of dacoity registered (3,972 cases) in the country during 2015. Out of total properties worth `21,743.4 lakhs reported as stolen / taken away in all dacoity cases in the country, properties worth `315.6 lakhs were stolen/ taken away in railways during 2015 [Table-8.5].

Robbery in Railways

A total of 1,099 cases of robbery in railways were registered accounting for 3.0% of total 36,188 cases of robbery registered in the country during 2015. Out of total properties worth `47,558.1 lakh reported as stolen / taken away in all robbery cases in the country, properties worth `645.8 lakh were stolen/taken way in railways during 2015 [Table-8.5].

Criminal Trespass/Burglary in Railways

A total of 41 cases of burglary in

railways were registered accounting for 0.04%

of total 1,14,123 cases of burglary registered

in the country during 2015 in which properties

worth `16.3 lakh were stolen / taken away out

of total properties worth `98,553.2 lakh stolen

/ taken away in total burglary cases reported in

the country during 2015 [Table-8.5].

Thefts in Railways

A total of 28,724 cases of theft in railways were registered accounting for 6.1% of total 4,67,833 cases of thefts registered in the country during 2015. Out of total properties worth `2,58,499.7 lakhs reported as

stolen / taken away in all theft cases in the country, properties worth `10,110.5 lakhs were stolen/taken away in railways during 2015 [Table-8.5].

The percentage share of stolen properties theft cases in railways was reported as 3.9% in comparison to properties stolen in all thefts cases reported in the country during 2015 [Table-8.5].

Among the property crimes registered in railways, the share of theft was reported as highest at 95.9% followed by robbery (3.7%) dacoity (0.26%) and criminal trespass/burglary (0.3%) during 2015.

Chart-19.2

Percentage of Cases under Various IPC Crimes

Registered by GRP during 2015

In percentage term, maximum

properties of railways were lost due to thefts

accounting for 91.2% (`10,110.5 lakhs out of

total properties worth `11,088.2 lakh stolen in

railways) followed by robberies (5.8%) (`645.8

lakh out of `11,088.2 lakh), dacoities (2.8%)

(`315.6 lakh out of `11,088.2 lakh) and

criminal trespasses/burglaries (0.1%) (`16.3

lakh out of `11,088.2 lakh) [Table-8.5].


TABLE-19.1(A)

Incidence of Total IPC Crimes Registered by GRP and Percentage Variation

During 2013 - 2015

Sl. No.

State/UT 2013 2014 2015 Percentage Variation in

2014 over 2013

2015 over 2014

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

1 Andhra Pradesh* 1923 1713 1720 -10.9 0.4

2 Assam 317 319 476 0.6 49.2

3 Bihar 2283 2423 2182 6.1 -9.9

4 Chhattisgarh 266 400 512 50.4 28.0

5 Gujarat 903 1111 1540 23.0 38.6

6 Haryana 1150 1139 1426 -1.0 25.2

7 Himachal Pradesh 20 9 10 -55.0 11.1

8 Jammu & Kashmir 40 35 41 -12.5 17.1

9 Jharkhand 628 553 696 -11.9 25.9

10 Karnataka 913 948 985 3.8 3.9

11 Kerala 368 508 392 38.0 -22.8

12 Madhya Pradesh 3429 3778 4461 10.2 18.1

13 Maharashtra 4759 5585 7277 17.4 30.3

14 Odisha 925 1006 1210 8.8 20.3

15 Punjab 419 372 610 -11.2 64.0

16 Rajasthan 1019 1511 1403 48.3 -7.1

17 Tamil Nadu 821 866 1098 5.5 26.8

18 Telangana* - 860 1089 - 26.6

19 Tripura 14 9 10 -35.7 11.1

20 Uttar Pradesh 4169 5158 7168 23.7 39.0

21 West Bengal 1494 1490 1577 -0.3 5.8

22 Delhi UT 760 1816 3356 138.9 84.8

TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) 26620 31609 39239 15.0 24.1

‘*’- Data has been started collecting for newly created States Telangana and Andhra Pradesh curved out from erstwhile Andhra

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Chapter - 20

Crime against Senior Citizens

Introduction

Senior citizens are most vulnerable to be victim of any crime, since they are soft targets. The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 define senior citizens as the Indian citizens who have attained the age of 60 years or above. As per the Population Census 2011, population of elderly persons or senior citizens was nearly 1,024.6 lakhs. Since 2014, the Bureau is collecting and publishing data on crimes against senior citizens in order to analyze the trend and patterns on reporting of crimes directed towards this vulnerable group. Data on crimes committed on senior citizens registered under different sections of IPC have been collected and presented in this chapter.

Crime against Senior Citizens (Incidence: 20,532 Rate 20.0)

A total of 20,532 cases of IPC crimes against senior citizens were registered during 2015, showing an increase of 9.7% during the year over previous year 2014 (18,714 cases). Out of 20,532 IPC crimes under crime against senior citizens, maximum cases were registered under cheating (1,867 cases) followed by robbery (1,294 cases), murder (1,053 cases) and grievous hurt (949 cases), contributing 9.1%, 6.3%, 5.1% and 4.6% of total such crimes during 2015 respectively.

State/UT-wise trends reveal that maximum cases of crime against senior citizens were registered in Maharashtra followed by Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu accounting for 22.2% (4,561 cases), 16.8% (3,456 cases), 12.1% (2,495 cases) and 9.5% (1,947 cases) of total such cases (20,532 cases) respectively during 2015.

A total of 23,615 persons (consisting of 22,252 male and 1,363 female) were arrested under crimes against senior citizens during 2015. Majority of persons arrested for crimes against senior citizens were reported from Madhya Pradesh (5,739) followed by Maharashtra (5,062), Tamil Nadu (2,492), Andhra Pradesh (2,283), Chhattisgarh (1,397)

and Uttar Pradesh (966) during 2015. Crime rate of 20.0 was reported at all

India level during 2015. Delhi has reported the maximum rate of such crime with 108.8 crime rate followed by Madhya Pradesh (60.5), Chhattisgarh (53.7), Andhra Pradesh (51.6), A & N Islands (47.2), Telangana (44.1) and Maharashtra (41.1).

Trend of Major Crimes against Senior

Citizens

Murder (Incidence: 1,053 Rate 1.0)

A total of 1,053 cases of murder of senior citizens were registered during 2015. Most of such cases were registered in Maharashtra (167 cases), Tamil Nadu (162 cases), Uttar Pradesh (151 cases) and Madhya Pradesh (106 cases), these States together accounted for 55.6% (586 cases out of 1,053 cases) of total such cases during 2015.

Out of 1,871 persons arrested for murder of elderly people in the country, maximum number of arrested persons were reported in Uttar Pradesh (449) followed by Maharashtra (258), Tamil Nadu (246) and Madhya Pradesh (214).

Attempt to Commit Murder (Incidence: 456 Rate 0.4)

A total of 456 cases of attempt to commit murder of senior citizens were registered during 2015. Most of such cases were reported in Bihar (94 cases), Tamil Nadu (71 cases) and Maharashtra (62 cases), these States together accounted for 49.8% (227 cases out of 456 cases) of total cases of attempt to commit murder during 2015.

Out of 736 persons arrested for attempt

to commit murder of elderly people, maximum arrested persons were reported from Maharashtra (146 persons) followed by Bihar (110 persons) and Tamil Nadu (100 persons) during 2015.


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Grievous Hurt (Incidence: 949; Rate 0.9)

A total of 949 cases of grievous hurt of elderly people were registered during 2015. Majority of these cases were registered in Maharashtra (369 cases) and Madhya Pradesh (150 cases), these two States together accounted for 54.7% (519 cases out of 949 cases) of total such cases during 2015.

Arrests of 1,509 persons for causing grievous hurt to elderly people were made in the country during 2015. Maximum number of persons arrested for such crime were reported from Maharashtra (594) and Madhya Pradesh (284).

Cheating (Incidence: 1,867 Rate 1.8)

A total of 1,867 cases of cheating where victims were senior citizens, have been registered during 2015. High number of such cases were registered in Maharashtra (627 cases) followed by Telangana (240 cases), Andhra Pradesh (197 cases) and Tamil Nadu (192 cases), these four States together accounted for 67.3% (1,256 cases out of 1,867 cases) of total such cheating cases during 2015.

A total of 1,288 persons were arrested for cheating under crime against elderly persons in the country during 2015. Maximum persons arrested for such crime were reported in Maharashtra (367) followed by Tamil Nadu (168) and Andhra Pradesh (125).

Robbery (Incidence: 1,294 Rate 1.3)

A total of 1,294 cases of robbery under crime against senior citizens were registered in the country during 2015. Majority of such cases were registered in Maharashtra (718 cases) followed by Delhi UT (145 cases) and Karnataka (118), these three States together accounted for 75.8% (981 cases out of 1,294 cases) of total such cases during 2015.

A total of 1,136 persons were arrested for such crime in the country during 2015. Maximum number of persons arrested for such crime was reported from Maharashtra (604) followed by Karnataka (102).

Dacoity (Incidence: 47 Rate Negligible)

A total of 47 cases of dacoity under crime against senior citizens were registered in the country during 2015, showing an increase of 17.5% during 2015 over 2014 (40 cases). Majority of such cases were registered in Maharashtra (27 cases) accounting for 57.4% of total such cases reported in the country during 2015.

Extortion (Incidence: 94 Rate 0.1)

94 cases of extortion under crime against senior citizens were registered in the country during 2015, showing an increase of 248.1% during 2015 over 2014 (27 cases). High number of such cases were reported in Andhra Pradesh(28 cases) followed by Maharashtra (19 cases) and Telangana (12 cases) during 2015.

Disposal of IPC Cases under Crime

against Senior Citizens during 2015

Table 20(A)

Sl. No.

Disposal Status Cases Registered

Persons Arrested

1 Reported/Arrested 20,532 23,615

2 Charge-sheets Submitted

13,880 21,401

3 Convicted 1,649 2,343

4 Acquitted/Discharged 2,709 4,172

Disposal during the year may include cases of previous year pending disposal

Disposal of cases and persons arrested in connection with crime against senior citizens have been presented in Table-20(A). Charge-sheets were submitted in 13,880 cases under crimes against elderly persons during 2015. 1,649 cases ended in conviction and 2,709 cases ended in acquittal/discharge.

Charge-sheets were submitted against 21,401 persons under crimes against elderly during 2015. Trials in respect of 2,343 persons ended in conviction and in respect of 4,172 persons ended in acquittal or discharge .


Chapter – 21

Offences against the State

Introduction

All crimes are treated as offences against

the State, or government, insofar as these acts/actions disturb the public tranquility, national integration and public order. But there are some criminal activities that are directed against the existence of the state itself viz. treason, sedition and rebellion. Thus cases reported under sections 121, 121A, 122, 123, 124A, 153A and 153B of Indian Penal Code (IPC) have been categorized as ‘Offences against the State’. As these offences are detrimental to State security and it disturb tranquility in the society and prejudicial to national integration.

Total Offences against the State

A total of 571 cases of offences against the State (under sections 121, 121A, 122, 123, 124A, 153A and 153B of IPC) were registered during 2015, showing an increase of 11.5% over previous year 2014 (512 cases) [Table-21.1].

Relatively high number of such cases were registered in Uttar Pradesh (60 cases) followed by Telangana (54 cases), Andhra Pradesh (50 cases), Karnataka (49 cases), Kerala (45 cases) and Tamil Nadu (41 cases) during 2015.

A total of 1,179 persons (consisting of 1,154 male and 25 female) were arrested in connection with such offences committed against State during 2015. Maximum number of persons arrested under such offences were reported in Maharashtra, accounting for 19.7%(232 out of 1,179 persons) of total such arrests followed by Uttar Pradesh (155 persons) and Karnataka (128 persons) during 2015 [Table-21.1].

Offences against the State (under

sections 121, 121A, 122, 123 & 124-A

IPC)

A total of 147 cases of offences against the

State (under section 121, 121A, 122, 123 & 124A IPC) were registered during 2015, showing a decrease of 16.4% over 2014 (76 cases). Majority of such cases during 2015 were reported in Assam (22 cases) followed by Meghalaya (20 cases), Bihar (17 cases), Jammu & Kashmir (16 cases) and Odisha (14 cases) during 2015.

Out of 147 such cases, 30 cases were registered under sedition (section 124A IPC) during 2015. Bihar and West Bengal have reported 9 cases and 4 cases of sedition respectively, these two States together accounted for 43.3% of total sedition cases during 2015. 3 cases each of sedition in Haryana, Karnataka & Kerala, 2 such cases in Gujarat and 1 case each in Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Manipur, Punjab, Rajasthan & Telangana were also registered during 2015.

A total of 117 cases were reported under the offences of waging war or attempting/conspiring to wage war or collecting arms for this purpose etc. (under section 121, 121A, 122 & 123 of IPC), majority of such cases were registered in Assam (22 cases) followed by Meghalaya (20 cases) Jammu & Kashmir (15 cases) and Odisha (14 cases), these four States together accounted for 60.7% of total such cases in the country during 2015.

238 persons, consisting of 237 male and 1 female, were arrested under offences against the State (under section 121, 121A, 122, 123 & 124A IPC) during 2015. Maximum number of persons under these offences were arrested in West Bengal (53 persons) followed by Bihar (50 persons) during 2015.

A total of 73 male persons were arrested for the offences of sedition during 2015. Maximum number of arrests under the offence were reported in Bihar (40 persons) followed by Punjab (10 persons) and Rajasthan (9 persons) during 2015.

A total of 165 persons (consisting of 164

male and 1 female) under the offences of


waging war or attempting/conspiring to wage war or collecting arms for this purpose etc. (under section 121, 121A, 122 & 123 IPC) were arrested during 2015. Maximum number of arrests under such offences were made in West Bengal (50 persons) followed by 27 persons arrested each in Assam and Meghalaya during 2015.

Offences Promoting Enmity Between

Different Groups (Sec.153A & 153B IPC)

A total of 424 cases under offences of promoting enmity between different groups (under section 153A & 153B IPC) were registered during 2015, showing a decline of 26.2% during the year over the previous year 2014(336 cases).

Majority of cases of offences promoting

enmity between different groups (under section 153A & 153B IPC) were registered in Uttar Pradesh followed by Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra, these States have reported 60 cases, 53 cases, 49 cases, 46 cases, 41 cases, 36 cases and 35 cases respectively.

A total of 378 cases were registered under offences of promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion, race, place of birth etc. (under section 153A IPC) during 2015. Majority of such cases were reported in Telangana (52 cases) followed by Uttar Pradesh (51 cases), Karnataka (46 cases), Tamil Nadu (41 cases), Maharashtra (34 cases), Kerala (33 cases) and Andhra Pradesh (26 cases) during 2015.

A total of 46 cases were registered under the offence of imputation, assertions prejudicial to national integration (under section 153B IPC). Majority of such cases were reported in Andhra Pradesh (23 cases) followed by Uttar Pradesh (9 cases), Kerala & West Bengal (3 cases each) and Madhya Pradesh (2 cases), these five States together accounted for 87.0% of total such offences during 2015.

A total of 941 persons, consisting of 917 male and 24 female, were arrested under offence of promoting enmity between different groups (under section 153A & 153B IPC) during 2015.


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Maximum number of persons under these offences were arrested in Maharashtra (232 out of 941 persons) followed by Uttar Pradesh (155 persons), Karnataka (124 persons), Andhra Pradesh (80 persons), Kerala (66 persons), Rajasthan (56 persons) and Tamil Nadu (53 persons) during 2015.

Under offences of promoting enmity

between different groups on ground of religion, race, place of birth etc. (under section 153A IPC), 888 persons were arrested during 2015. Maximum number of persons under these offences were arrested in Maharashtra (229 out of 888 persons) followed by Uttar Pradesh (143 persons), Karnataka (124 persons), Andhra Pradesh (68 persons), Kerala (61

persons) and Rajasthan (56 persons) during 2015.

Under the offence of imputation, assertions

prejudicial to national integration (under section 153B IPC), 53 persons were arrested during the year 2015. A total of 15 persons in Madhya Pradesh, 12 persons each in Andhra Pradesh & Uttar Pradesh, 5 persons in Kerala, 3 persons in West Bengal and 2 persons in Haryana were arrested under offence of imputation, assertions prejudicial to national integration (under section 153B IPC) during 2015.

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Chapter - 22

Environment Related Offences

Introduction

Environment is very essential in every

aspect of life. All the living beings are dependent on the environment. Any change in the environment even in distant parts of the planet affects living things and their environment elsewhere. All organisms are dependent on each other in many ways. Destruction of one organism in the environment can lead to the destruction of other organisms. Thus, it is imperative to conserve the country's forests, protect wildlife and prevent & control water & air pollution.

In this context, the Bureau has brought out this chapter exclusively on environment related offences to study and analyse the pattern of such offences

Patterns of Cases Reported under

Environment Related Offences

A total of 5,156 cases were registered under environment related offences during 2015, showing a decrease of 11.6% over the previous year 2014 (5,835 cases). Majority of cases under environment related offences were registered in Rajasthan accounting for 40.2% (2,074 out of 5,156 cases) of total such offences followed by Uttar Pradesh (34.5%) (1,779 cases), Jharkhand (4.5%) (233 cases), Karnataka (4.1%) (211 cases), Andhra Pradesh (3.5%) (181 cases) and Maharashtra (2.5%) (127 cases).

Out of 5,156 cases registered under environment related offences, 3,968 cases were registered under the Forest Act, representing 76.3% of total such cases followed by the Wildlife Protection Act (829 cases), the Environment (Protection) Act (299 cases), the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act (50 cases) and the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act (10 cases).

Majority of cases under the Forest Act were registered in Rajasthan (1,828 cases) followed by Uttar Pradesh (1,311 cases),

Jharkhand (198 cases), Andhra Pradesh (177 cases), Karnataka (135 cases) and Himachal Pradesh (101 cases) during 2015.

Rajasthan followed by Uttar Pradesh have registered majority of cases under the Wildlife Protection Act accounting for 28.8% and 28.2% of total such cases respectively during 2015.

Chart-22(A): Distribution of Various

Offences under Environment Related

Offences during 2015

Uttar Pradesh (234 cases) followed by Maharashtra (46 cases) have registered maximum number of cases under the Environment (Protection) Act, these two States together accounted for 93.6% of total such cases in the country. Maharashtra (with 42 cases) has reported maximum cases under the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act during 2015.

A total of 8,034 persons, comprising of 8,011 male and 23 female, were arrested under environment related offences. Most of such arrests were made in Uttar Pradesh (2,966 persons) and Rajasthan (2,361 persons). 6,344 persons under the Forest Act, 1,263 persons under the Wildlife Protection Act, 329 persons under Environment (Protection) Act, 85 persons under the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act and 13 persons under the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act were arrested during 2015.

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Chapter – 23

Kidnapping & Abduction of Persons

Trend of Kidnapping & Abduction (2011 – 2015)

The incidents of kidnapping and

abduction are found to be continuously

increasing during last five years (from 2011 to

2015). In recent years, the share of cases

reported under kidnapping and abduction

w.r.t. total IPC crimes has continuously

increased. The share of cases of kidnapping

& abduction was 1.9% of total IPC crimes in

2011, which increased to 2.0% in 2012, which

further increased to 2.5% in 2013, 2.7% in

2014 and 2.8% in 2015.

Kidnapping & Abduction (Incidence: 82,999 Rate: 6.6)

A total of 82,999 cases of kidnapping

& abduction were registered during the year

2015, showing an increase of 263.5% over

2005 level (22,832 cases), an increase of

51.8% over the quinquennial average of

2010-2014 and an increase of 7.5% over the

previous year (77,237 cases). Maximum

number of cases of kidnappings & abductions

were registered in Uttar Pradesh (11,999

cases) accounting for 14.5% of total such

cases followed by 9.9% in Maharashtra

(8,255 cases), 9.3% in Delhi UT (7,730 cases)

and 8.6% in Bihar (7,128 cases). The rate of

crime was highest in Delhi UT (37.0) followed

by Assam (18.1), Arunachal Pradesh (13.4)

and Chandigarh (13.2). The details can be

seen in Table-23.1.

Victims of Kidnapping and Abduction

Persons are kidnapped/abducted by

criminals for various reasons and intentions i.e.

for adoption, begging, camel racing, illicit

intercourse, marriage, prostitution, ransom,

revenge, sale, selling body parts, slavery,

unlawful activity, murder and for other

purposes.

State/UT-wise, sex-wise and age

group-wise victims of kidnapping & abduction

are presented in Table-23.2. The purpose

wise, age group-wise and sex wise break-up

of victims of kidnapping & abduction at all –

India level is presented at Table-23.3.

Maximum number of victims of

kidnapping & abduction were under the age-

group of 18 years & above – below 30 years

which accounted for 36.6%(30,923 out of

84,483 victims) of the total victims of

kidnapping & abduction during the year 2015.


number of kidnapping & abduction of persons

accounting for 14.2% (12,034 out of 84,483

victims) of total kidnapped/abducted persons.

Maharashtra (8,576 persons), Delhi UT (8,257

persons), Bihar (7,131 persons) and Madhya

Pradesh (6,856 persons) have also reported

10.1%, 9.8%, 8.4% and 8.1% of total

kidnapped & abducted persons respectively.

Madhya Pradesh has reported the

maximum kidnapping or abduction of children

(below 6 years) accounting for 24.6% (533 out

of 2,163) of total such kidnappings &

abductions. Delhi UT has reported highest

number of kidnapped or abducted children

belonging to age group 6 years – below 12

years accounting for 26.8%(1,224 out of

7,726 children) of total such kidnapped or

abducted children. Delhi UT has also reported

highest kidnapping/abduction of children

belonging to age group 12 years-below 16

years accounting for 19.1%(3,260 out of

17,047 children) of total such kidnapped or

abducted children. Uttar Pradesh has highest

kidnapping or abduction of 3,405 children

belonging to age group 16 years – below 18

years accounting for 17.7% of total such

kidnapped or abducted children. Uttar

Pradesh has also reported maximum number

of victims under the age group of 18 year &

above – below 30 years accounting for 16.0%

(4,963 out of 30,923 persons) of total such

kidnaping & abduction of person. Assam has

reported the maximum victims under the age

group of 30 years - below 45 years


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persons) of total such victims during 2015.

Rajasthan has reported large number

of kidnapping & abduction of persons

belonging to age group of 45 years – below

60 years accounting for 13.9%(182 out of

1,309 victims) of total such victims. Rajasthan

has also maximum number of victims reported

as kidnapped or abducted in the age group of

60 years and above accounting for 16.8% (20

out of 119 persons) of total such victims.

Out of 82,999 cases registered under

kidnapping & abduction, maximum number of

cases were registered with motive of of

kidnapping or abduction was for marriage

purpose accounting for 38.3%(31,829 cases)

of total kidnapping & abduction cases

followed by kidnapping or abduction for illicit

intercourse which accounted for 4.0%(3,338

cases) of such cases during 2015.

A total of 84,483 persons were

kidnapped & abducted during 2015 compared

to 78,446 persons kidnapped/abducted in the

previous year (2014), showing an increase of

7.7% during 2015 over the year 2014.

Majority of victims of kidnapping &

abduction were females (60,655 persons),

accounting for 71.8% of total kidnapped/

abducted persons during 2015. Marriage was

the main cause of kidnapping & abduction of

females accounting for 52.6% (31,884 out of

60,655) of the total female kidnapped/

abducted. Kidnapping & abduction for murder,

for unlawful activities and for ransom were

main motives for kidnapping & abduction of

male which accounted for 4.4% (1,061 out of

23,828), 3.3% (799 out of 23,828) and 3.0%

(706 out of 23,828) of the total kidnapped/

abducted males respectively.

The number of victims was higher in

the age group of 18 years & above – below 30

years (30,923 victims). In this age group,

majority of kidnapping & abduction were

reported for the purpose of marriage


victims) of total victims belonging to this age

group during the year 2015.


Recovery of Kidnapped and Abducted Persons Gender-wise and age-group wise

victims of kidnapping and abduction recovered

(dead or alive) and number of victims remained

unrecovered is presented in Table 23.4.

Out of 58,619 cases in which victims of

kidnapping & abduction were recovered,

10,748 cases were reported from Uttar

Pradesh followed by 6,610 cases from

Maharashtra and 4,972 cases from Delhi UT,

these States/UT have accounted for 18.3%,

11.3% and 8.5% of total such cases

respectively. A total of 60,577 victims were

recovered from kidnapping & abduction during

2015. Uttar Pradesh (10,780 persons) has

reported the highest number of recoveries of

kidnapped or abducted victims followed by

Maharashtra (6,813 persons) and Delhi UT

(6,232 persons) accounting for 17.8%, 11.2%

and 10.8% of total recoveries of kidnapped or

abducted persons respectively during 2015.

Maharashtra has reported the highest

recoveries of kidnapped or abducted children

(below 18 years) accounting for 17.6% (5,751

out of 32,651 children) of total such recoveries

of children during 2015. Majority of recoveries

of persons belong to age group of 18 years –

below 30 years and persons of age group of

30 years – below 45 years were reported from

Uttar Pradesh accounting for 21.7%(4,685 out

of 21,539 victims) and 13.5%(734 out of 5,415

victims) of total persons recovered in

respective age group from kidnapping &

abduction during 2015. Rajasthan has

reported the highest number of victims

recovered under the age group 45 years –

below 60 years accounting for 19.1% (161 out

of 843 victims) of total persons of that age

group recovered from kidnapping and

abduction during 2015.

Jharkhand has reported the highest

number of victims (senior citizens) recovered

from kidnapping or abduction in the age group

of 60 years & above accounting for 30.2%(39

victims out of 129) of total such recoveries of

senior citizens .

Out of 58,619 cases in which recoveries

of victim have been made from kidnapping or

abduction, in 58,233 cases victims were

recovered alive whereas in 386 cases victims

were recovered/found dead. Hence in

percentage term, in 99.3% of cases of recovery

victims rescued from kidnapping or abduction

whereas in 0.7% only body of victims could be

recovered during 2015.

A total of 75,453 persons who have

been reported as kidnapped or abducted

remained unrecovered as on 31st December,

2015.

Age group-wise analysis of recovered

and unrecovered victims from kidnapping &

abduction reveals that a total of 32,651 child

victims (below 18 years) were recovered from

kidnaping & abduction during 2015 and 34,222

remained unrecovered as the end of the year


recovered and unrecovered children

respectively. Similarly, in age group of 30 years

& above – below 45 years, a total of 5,415

victims were recovered during the year 2015

and 11,340 victims remained unrecovered at

the end of the year accounting for 9.2% and

15.0% of total such recovered & unrecovered

victims of kidnapping & abduction respectively.

In the age group of 45 years & above- below 60

years, 843 persons were recovered and 1,728

persons remained unrecovered and under the

age group of 60 years & above, a total of 129

persons were recovered and 94 persons

remained unrecovered from kidnapping and

abduction at the end of the year 2015.


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Chapter-24

Seizures of Arms & Drugs by Police

This chapter deals with the patterns of

cases and seizures of drugs, liquors, explosives

and arms by police in violation of existing laws.

Now-a-days these illegal arms, explosives &

explosive substances, illegal drugs & liquor

pose a serious threat to security and economic

prosperity of the country. It is pertinent to

mention that data on seizures and destructions

of drugs have been collected from States/UTs

police.

Seizures of Arms & Ammunition

Data on seizures of arms and

ammunition under the Arms Act have been

collected from States/UTs police.


under the Arms Act in which 53,272 arms were

seized during 2015. Out of 53,272 arms seized

during the years, 32,564 were unlicensed/

improvised/ crude/ country-made arms, 1,241

were licensed/factory made arms and 19,467

were others arms.

Beside, ammunitions seized were in

3,42,478 numbers and 4,696.344 kgs in weight

during 2015.

Maximum number of cases under the

Arms Act were registered in Uttar Pradesh

accounting for 48.1%(24,609 out of 51,158

cases) of total such cases followed by Madhya

Pradesh (8,946 cases), these two States

together accounted for 65.6% (33,555 out of

51,158 cases) of total cases registered under

the Arms Act during 2015. Uttar Pradesh has

made highest seizures of illegal arms (24,498

out of 53,272 arms) accounting for 46.0% of

total such seizures made in the country followed

by Madhya Pradesh where 8,676 illegal arms

were seized during 2015.

Most of the unlicensed/ improvised/

crude/ country made illegal arms were seized in

Uttar Pradesh (15,833 arms) accounting for

48.6% of total such seizures in the country

during 2015. Rajasthan, West Bengal, Bihar,

Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Maharashtra

have made seizures of 3,345, 3,129, 2,006,

1,933 1,711 and 628 illegal arms respectively

during 2015.

Most of licensed/ factory made arms

were seized in Uttar Pradesh (416 arms)

followed by Madhya Pradesh (174 arms)

contributing 33.5% and 14.0% of total such

seizures during 2015 respectively.

Seizures of Explosive and Explosive Substances

Data on seizures of explosives &

explosive substances have been collected

under the Explosives Act 1884 & the Explosive

Substances Act, 1908 from States/UTs police.

Explosives & explosive substances include

factory made (detonators, RDX, TNT, gelatine

sticks, grenades/landmines, other plastic

explosives & other factory made explosives),

country made bomb, IED or landmines and

other explosives or substances.

3,571 cases were registered under the

Explosives Act, 1884 & the Explosive

Substances Act, 1908 with highest number of

cases under these Acts in Rajasthan

accounting for 22.3% (798 out of 3,571 cases)

of total such cases followed by Tamil Nadu (530

cases), Uttar Pradesh (456 cases) and Madhya

Pradesh (352 cases) during 2015.


Table 24 (A)

Top Five States where Maximum Seizures of Explosives

and Explosive Substances have made during 2015

Factory Made Country

Made Bomb

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RDX

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TNT

(in KGs)

Gelatine

Sticks

(in Number)

Grenades/

Landmines

(in Number)

1 Rajasthan

(43,046)

Rajasthan

(2,585)

Manipur

(437.3)

Rajasthan

(25,704)

Jharkhand

(4,807)

West Bengal

(13,509)

Rajasthan

(22,392)

2 West Bengal

(40,140)

Assam

(10)

Rajasthan

(46)

Kerala

(17,218)

Uttar Pradesh

(1,100)

Uttar Pradesh

(9,949)

Uttar Pradesh

(664)

3 Tamil Nadu

(39,027)

Manipur

(8)

Uttar

Pradesh

(1)

Telangana

(12,142)

Assam

(133)

Madhya

Pradesh

(284)

Bihar

(83)

4 Mizoram

(35,472)

Maharashtra

(2)

-

West Bengal

(10,719)

Bihar

(54)

Tamil Nadu

(258)

Jammu & Kashmir

(24)

5 Telangana

(20,537)

Chhattisgarh

(1) -

Tamil Nadu

(9,380)

Jammu &

Kashmir

(42)

Odisha

(136)

West Bengal

(12)

All India Total

(2,24,400 )

All India Total

(2,606)

All India

Total

(4,84.3)

All India Total

(92,776) All India Total

(6,181) All India Total

(24,652)

All India Total

(23,195)

Note: Seizures of explosives may also include in other unit of measurements

Top five States in which maximum

seizures of explosives & explosive substances

have been made is given in Table-24(A).

Maximum seizures of factory made

detonators(in number) were reported by

Rajasthan accounting for 19.2%(43,046 out of

2,24,400) of total such seizures reported in the

country followed by West Bengal (40,140),

Tamil Nadu (39,027), Mizoram (35,472) and

Telangana (20,537) during 2015.

Maximum seizures of factory made RDX

(in Kgs) were reported in Rajasthan accounting

for 99.2% (2,585 kgs out of 2,606 kgs) of total

such seizures reported in the country followed

by Assam (10 kgs), Manipur (8 kgs),

Maharashtra (2 kgs) and Chhattisgarh (1 kgs)

during 2015.


TNT(in Kgs) were reported in Manipur

accounting for 90.2%(437.3 kgs out of 4,84.3

kgs) of total such seizures reported in the

country followed by Rajasthan (46 in Kgs) and

Uttar Pradesh (1 in Kg) during 2015.


gelatine sticks(in number) were reported in

Rajasthan accounting for 27.7%(25,704 out of

92,776) of total such seizures reported in the

country followed by Kerala (17,218), Telangana

(12,142), West Bengal (10,719) and Tamil Nadu

(9,380) during 2015.


grenades/ landmines (in number) were reported

in Jharkhand accounting for 77.8%(4,807 out of

6,181) of total such seizures registered in the

country followed by Uttar Pradesh (1,100),

Assam (133), Bihar (54) and Jammu & Kashmir

(42) during 2015.

Maximum seizures of country made

bomb (in number) were reported in West

Bengal accounting for 54.8% (13,509 out of

24,652) of total such seizures reported in the

country followed by Uttar Pradesh (9,949),

Madhya Pradesh (284), Tamil Nadu (258) and

Odisha (136) during 2015.

Maximum seizures of IED/ landmines (in

number/kgs) were reported in Rajasthan

accounting for 96.5% (22,392 out of 23,195 ) of

total such seizures reported in the country

followed by Uttar Pradesh (664), Bihar (83),

Jammu & Kashmir (24) and West Bengal (12)

during 2015.


Table 24 (B)

Top Five States where Maximum Seizures of Drugs have Made during 2015

SL Opium

(in KGs)

Heroin

(in KGs)

Ganja

(in KGs)

L.S.D.

(Sq. Paper)

(in KGs)

Charas

(in KGs)

1 Tripura

(1,46,400)

Assam

(739.3)

Assam

(1,12,818)

Rajasthan

(67,212)

Uttarakhand

(12,373.3)

2 Manipur

(3,064.8)

Punjab

(428.9)

Karnataka

(38,094.6)

Uttar Pradesh

(5,765.2)

Uttar Pradesh

(901.3)

3 Rajasthan

(660.8)

Jammu & Kashmir

(419.7)

Uttar Pradesh

(31,184.8)

Karnataka

(128.0)

Haryana

(525.1)

4 Punjab

(120.9)

Haryana

(274)

Nagaland

(23,191)

Kerala

(12.0)

Himachal Pradesh

(283.3)

5 Haryana

(143.2)

Maharashtra

(235.8)

West Bengal

(17,990.4)

Goa

(0.1)

Punjab

(77.4)

All India Total

(1,51,059.7)

All India Total

(2,505.5)

All India Total

(3,08,939.6)

All India Total

(73,117.3) All India Total

(14,554.0)

Note: Seizures of drugs may also include in other unit of measurements

Seizures of Drugs


under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic

Substances Act. Punjab has reported

maximum number of cases under the NDPS Act


cases) of total such cases followed by Uttar

Pradesh (6,076 cases), Kerala (2,613 cases)

and Haryana (1,661 cases) during 2015.

Details of seizures of some of illegal

drugs in top five States is presented in Table-

24(B).

Maximum seizures of opium (in Kgs)

were reported in Tripura accounting for 96.9%

(1,46,400.0 Kgs out of 1,51,059.7 Kgs) of total

such seizures reported in the country followed by

Manipur (3,064.8 Kgs), Rajasthan (660.8 Kgs),

Punjab (120.91 Kgs) and Haryana (143.2 Kgs)

during 2015.

Maximum seizures of heroin (in Kgs)

were registered in Assam accounting for 29.5%

(739.3 Kgs out of 2,505.5 Kgs) of total such

seizures reported in the country followed by

Punjab (428.9 Kgs), Jammu & Kashmir (419.7

Kgs), Haryana (274 Kgs) and Maharashtra

(235.8 Kgs) during 2015.

Maximum seizures of ganja (in Kgs)

were reported in Assam accounting for 36.5%

(1,12,818 Kgs out of 3,08,939.6 Kgs) of total

such seizures reported in the country followed by

Karnataka (38,094.6 Kgs), Uttar Pradesh

(31,184.8 Kgs), Nagaland (23,191 Kgs) and

West Bengal (17,990.4 Kgs) during 2015.

Maximum seizures of L.S.D. (Sq. Paper)

(in Kgs) were reported in Rajasthan (67,212 Kgs)

accounting for 91.9% of total such seizures

reported in the country followed by Uttar Pradesh

(5,765.2 Kgs), Karnataka (128.0 Kgs), Kerala (12

Kgs) and Goa (0.1 Kgs) during 2015.

Maximum seizures of charas (in Kgs)

were reported in Uttarakhand accounting for

85.1%(12,373.3 Kgs out of 14,554.0 Kgs) of total

such seizures made in the country followed by

Uttar Pradesh (901.3 Kgs), Haryana (525.1 Kgs),

Himachal Pradesh (283.3 Kgs) and Punjab (77.4

Kgs) during 2015.

Seizures of Illicit Liquor A total of 1,96,249 cases were

registered under the Excise Act. Uttar Pradesh

reported highest cases under the Excise Act

accounting for 26.2% (51,454 out of 1,96,249

cases) of total such cases followed by Madhya

Pradesh (49,790 cases), Odisha (14,984

cases), Haryana (14,718 cases), Rajasthan

(14,617 cases) and Chhattisgarh (14,172


cases) during 2015.

Under the Act, 1,48,21,016.85 litres of

illicit liquor were seized which include

88,20,932.49 litres of deshi/country made liquor,

51,53,360.02 litres of factory made liquor and

8,46,724.34 litres of other liquors during 2015.

High quantum of seizures of illicit liquor

under the Act has been made in Uttar Pradesh

accounting for 29.8%(44,12,323.16 litres out of

1,48,21,016.85 litres) of total such seized liquor

in the country followed by Rajasthan

(27,02,820.36 litres), West Bengal

(23,25,655.68 litres), Odisha (16,82,649.56

litres), Haryana (10,75,300.05 litres), Madhya

Pradesh (7,68,259.04 litres) and Punjab

(4,00,415.48 litres) during 2015.

Maximum deshi/country made liquor

were seized in Uttar Pradesh (27,84,279.96

litres) followed by West Bengal (15,02,101.30

litres), Rajasthan (14,87,724.17 litres), Odisha

(12,68,597.84 litres), Madhya Pradesh

(5,01,298.06 litres) and Uttarakhand

(3,25,671.75 litres) during 2015.

Maximum quantity of factory made illicit

liquor was seized in Uttar Pradesh (16,23,393.2

litres) followed by Rajasthan (10,40,825.33

litres), West Bengal (7,35,470.4 litres),

Himachal Pradesh (6,76,579.5 litres), Odhisa

(3,28,656.32 litres) and Punjab (2,61,931.19

litres) during 2015.

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CASES REGISTERED UNDER CRIME AGAINST FOREIGNERS DURING 2015 (All India 365)


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upto 5

above 50


Chapter - 25

Crime against Foreigners

Introduction

A total of 80,27,133 foreigners (including 28,58,790 foreign tourists) have visited India during 2015 in comparison to 76,79,099 visits by foreigners in the year 2014, showing an increase of 4.3%. Figure- 25.1 reflects trend on visits of foreigners in the country during last five years, figures is based on report ‘Immigration Control & Measures in India - 2015’ published by Central Foreigners Bureau. In view of large number of foreigners visiting the country, it is imperative to study their safety and security aspects. This chapter deals with crimes committed against foreign tourists and other foreigners separately and analyses the patterns of crimes perpetuated on all foreigners.

Out of 365 cases of crimes against foreigners, 271 cases were registered under crimes against foreign tourists, showing 74.2% of total crimes against foreigners during 2015. Among 365 cases of crime against foreigners, majority of cases were reported in Delhi (147 cases) followed by Maharashtra (53 cases), Uttar Pradesh (33 cases), Goa (30 cases), Rajasthan (24 cases), Karnataka (22 cases) and Haryana (15 cases), these 7 States/UTs together accounted for 88.8% (324 out of 365 cases) of total such cases registered in the country.

Delhi has reported highest incidents of crime against foreign tourists accounting for 41.7% (113 out of 271 cases) of total such cases followed by Maharashtra (36 cases), Uttar Pradesh (32 cases), Goa (26 cases),

Rajasthan (20 cases), Punjab (13 cases) and Karnataka (12 cases) and these States/UT have accounted for 13.2%, 11.8%, 9.6%, 7.4%, 4.8% and 4.4% of such crimes respectively during 2015.

Among 365 cases of crime against foreigners, maximum cases were reported under thefts accounting for 61.1% (223 out of 365 cases) followed by assault on foreign woman with intent to outrage her modesty (23 cases), forgery (15 cases), rape (12 cases), robbery (10 cases) and cheating (9 cases) during 2015.

Large number of cases of theft (108 out of 223 cases) and rape (3 out of 12 cases) were reported in Delhi alone. Maximum cases of assault on foreign women with intent to outrage her modesty (5 out of 23 cases) and forgery (13 out of 15 cases) were reported in Goa and Maharashtra respectively during 2015.

Under crime against foreign tourists, more than half of total cases were reported under theft (181 cases) which accounted for 66.8% of total cases followed by assault on foreign tourists women with intent to outrage her modesty & forgery (15 cases each), robbery (9 cases), rape (7 cases) and cheating & Kidnapping & abduction (4 cases each).

Out of 181 theft cases, maximum theft cases under crime against foreign tourists were reported in Delhi (87 cases) which accounted for 48.1% of total such crimes reported in the country followed by Uttar Pradesh (27 cases) and Maharashtra (20 cases) during 2015. Maximum cases of assault on foreign tourists (women) with intent to outrage their modesty were reported in Karnataka, Kerala and Goa (3 cases each), these three States together accounted for 60.0% of total such cases reported in the country during 2015. Out of 7 cases of rape of foreign tourists, 3 cases were registered in Delhi, 2 cases were registered in Goa and 1 case each was registered in Rajasthan & Himachal Pradesh during 2015. 4 cases of murder, 1 case of insult to modesty of women


under crime against foreign tourists and 4 cases of cheating were registered under crime against foreign tourists during 2015.

Out of 15 cases of forgery registered

under crime against foreign tourists, 13 such cases were reported in Maharashtra during 2015.

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Glossary

Crime Head with sections under which data have been collected

SL Crime Head Sections under which data collected

1 Murder Under Section 302 IPC

2 Attempt to Commit Murder Under Section 307 IPC

3 Culpable Homicide not Amounting to Murder Under Section 304 IPC

4 Attempt to Commit Culpable Homicide Under Section 308 IPC

5 Rape Under Section 376 IPC

6 Attempt to Commit Rape Under Section 376/511 IPC

7 Kidnapping & Abduction Under Section 363,364,364A,365,366-369 IPC

8 Kidnapping & Abduction in Order to Murder Under Section 364 IPC

9 Kidnapping For Ransom Under Section 364A IPC

10 Kidnapping & Abduction of Women to Compel her for Marriage

Under Section 366 IPC

11 Dacoity Under Section 395,396-398 IPC

12 Dacoity with Murder Under Section 396 IPC

13 Making Preparation and Assembly for Committing Dacoity

Under Section 399 & 402 IPC

14 Robbery Under Section 392 to 394, 397 & 398 IPC

15 Criminal Trespass/Burglary Under Section 453 to 460 IPC

16 Theft Under Section 379 to 382 IPC

17 Unlawful Assembly Under Section 143,144 & 145 IPC

18 Riots Under Section 147-151 & 153A IPC

19 Criminal Breach of Trust Under Section 406 to 409 IPC

20 Cheating Under Section 420 IPC

21 Forgery Under Section 465, 468 & 471 IPC

22 Counterfeiting (Section 231-235,237-240, 242-243, 255 and 489-A to 489-E IPC)

23 Offences Related to Counterfeit Coin Under Section 231-235,237, 238-240 & 242-243 IPC

24 Counterfeiting Government Stamp Under Section 255 IPC

25 Counterfeit Currency & Bank Notes Under Section 489-A to 489-E IPC

26 Counterfeiting Currency Notes or Bank Notes Under Section 489A IPC

27 Using Forged or Counterfeit Currency/Bank Notes

Under Section 489B IPC

28 Possession of Forged or Counterfeiting Currency / Bank Notes

Under Section 489C IPC

29 Make/Possess Materials for Forging or Counterfeiting Currency/Bank Notes

Under Section 489D IPC

30 Make/Use Documents Resembling Currency Notes/Bank Notes

Under Section 489 E IPC

31 Arson Under Section 435-436 & 438 IPC

32 Grievous Hurt Under Section 325,326,326A & 326 B IPC

33 Acid Attack Under Section 326A IPC

34 Attempt to Acid Attack Under Section 326B IPC

35 Dowry Deaths Under Section 304-B IPC

36 Assault on Women with Intent to Outrage her Modesty

Under Section 354 IPC,354A,354B,354C,354D

37 Sexual Harassment Under Section 354A IPC

38 Assault on Women with Intent to Disrobe Under Section 354B IPC

39 Voyeurism Under Section 354C IPC

40 Stalking Under Section 354D IPC

41 Insult to the Modesty of Women Under Section 509 IPC

42 Cruelty by Husband or His Relatives Under Section 498-A IPC

43 Importation of Girls from Foreign Country Under Section 366-B IPC

44 Causing Death by Negligence Under Section 304-A IPC

45 Offences Against the State Under Section 121, 121A, 122, 123, 124-A IPC

46 Sedition Under Section 124A IPC

47 Offences Promoting Enmity Between Different Groups

Under Section 153A & 153B IPC)

48 Promoting Enmity on Ground of Religion Race and Place Of Birth

Under Section 153A IPC)

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Crime Head with sections under which data have been collected

49 Imputation & Assertions Prejudicial to National Integration

Under Section 153B IPC

50 Extortion Under Section 384 - 389 IPC

51 Disclosure of Identity of Victims Under Section 228 A IPC

52 Incidence of Rash Driving Under Section 279 & 283 IPC Read with 337 & 338

53 Human Trafficking Under Section 370 & 370A IPC

54 Unnatural Offences Under Section 377 IPC

55 Foeticide Under Section 315 and 316 IPC

56 Abetment of Suicide of Child Under Section 305 IPC

57 Exposure and Abandonment Under Section 317 IPC

58 Procuration of Minor Girls Under Section 366-A IPC

59 Buying of Minors for Prostitution Under Section 373 IPC

60 Selling of Minors for Prostitution Under (Section 372 IPC

61 Deaths Caused by Act Done with Intent to Cause Miscarriage

Under Section 314 IPC

62 Causing Miscarriage without Women Consent Under Section 313 IPC

63 Abetment of Suicides of Women Under Section 306 IPC

64 Tampering Computer Source Documents Under Section 65 of IT Act

65 Computer Related Offences Under Section 66 to 66 E of IT Act

66 Cyber Terrorism Under Section 66 F of IT Act

67 Publication/Transmission of Obscene/Sexually Explicit Content

Under Section 67 to 67 C of IT Act

68 Intentionally not Complying with the Order of Controller

Under Section 68 of IT Act

69 Failure to Provide or Monitor or Intercept or Decrypt Information


70 Failure to Block Access Any Information Hosted etc.

Under Section 69 A of IT Act

71 Not Providing Technical Assistance to Govt. to Enable Online Access

Under Section 69 B of IT Act

72 Un-Authorized Access/Attempt to Access to Protected Computer System


73 Misrepresentation/Suppression of Fact for Obtaining License etc.


74 Breach Of Confidentiality/Privacy Under Section 72 of IT Act

75 Disclosure Of Information in Breach of Lawful Contract

Under Section 72 A of IT Act

76 Publishing /Making Available False Elect. Signature Certificate


77 Create/Publish/Make Available Elec. Signature Certificate for Unlawful Purpose


78 Offences by Public Servant Under Section 167 IPC

79 Fabrication/Destruction of Electronic Records for Evidence

Under Section 193 & 204 IPC

80 Data Theft Under Section 379 to 381 IPC

CH not Amounting to Murder means----------------- Culpable Homicide not Amounting to Murder

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x 100

Cases Pendency Rate =

Cases Pending at the end of the Year (Cases at the beginning of the year+

Cases reported during the year )

x 100

Cases Conviction Rate =

Cases Convicted (Cases Convicted+ Cases Acquitted/Discharged)

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