As per National Crimes Record Bureau (NCRB),the latest data regarding the total number of sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, penetrative and aggravated penetrative assault and child pornography cases registered under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences(POCSO) Act, 2012 and total number of cases decided pertains to year 2017. The State-wise data is at Annexure-I.
The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 has adequateprovisions ensuring speedy trial under the Act. Section 28 of the POCSO Act 2012 provides for establishment of Special Courts for the purpose of providing speedy trial. Further, Section 35 of the POCSO Act provides that the evidence of the child shall be recorded within a period of thirty days of the Special Court taking cognizance of the offence and reasons for delay, if any, shall be recorded by the Special Court. Further, Section 35 also lays down that the Special Court shall complete the trial, as far as possible, within a period of one year from the date of taking cognizance of the offence.
However, Police and Public Order are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibilities to maintain law and order, protection of life and property of the citizens including children, rest primarily with the respective State Governments and UT Administration.
Besides, the Government of India has taken the following steps to ensure speedy dispensation of justice:
Annexure-I
SL |
State/UT |
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Total) |
Section 4 & 6 of POCSO Act or POCSO Act ( Section 4 & 6) r/w Section 376 IPC |
Section 8 & 10 of POCSO Act or POCSO Act (Section 8 & 10) r/w Section 354 IPC |
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CR |
CCS |
CON |
PAR |
PCS |
PCV |
CR |
CCS |
CON |
PAR |
PCS |
PCV |
CR |
CCS |
CON |
PAR |
PCS |
PCV |
||
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
378 |
295 |
8 |
455 |
455 |
9 |
183 |
163 |
5 |
339 |
285 |
6 |
107 |
88 |
3 |
65 |
109 |
3 |
2 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
14 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
10 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Assam |
1149 |
733 |
52 |
1356 |
1017 |
53 |
788 |
569 |
46 |
944 |
795 |
46 |
206 |
121 |
6 |
247 |
167 |
7 |
4 |
Bihar |
1356 |
809 |
34 |
1710 |
907 |
35 |
599 |
402 |
21 |
813 |
465 |
21 |
697 |
377 |
11 |
833 |
404 |
12 |
5 |
Chhattisgarh |
1676 |
1576 |
345 |
1890 |
1856 |
409 |
1095 |
995 |
223 |
1191 |
1165 |
269 |
525 |
511 |
109 |
608 |
606 |
126 |
6 |
Goa |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Gujarat |
1697 |
1712 |
12 |
2333 |
2329 |
17 |
1233 |
1274 |
9 |
1733 |
1707 |
11 |
311 |
300 |
3 |
411 |
434 |
6 |
8 |
Haryana |
1139 |
941 |
183 |
1258 |
1237 |
218 |
656 |
561 |
125 |
769 |
759 |
147 |
367 |
289 |
49 |
375 |
368 |
59 |
9 |
Himachal Pradesh |
8 |
12 |
1 |
14 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
10 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
Jharkhand |
385 |
230 |
17 |
339 |
270 |
25 |
253 |
183 |
13 |
227 |
191 |
21 |
28 |
16 |
2 |
24 |
22 |
2 |
12 |
Karnataka |
1956 |
1975 |
122 |
2600 |
2510 |
139 |
1308 |
1430 |
90 |
1841 |
1815 |
106 |
367 |
319 |
17 |
409 |
386 |
17 |
13 |
Kerala |
1169 |
892 |
33 |
1258 |
958 |
33 |
250 |
223 |
5 |
239 |
221 |
5 |
524 |
378 |
13 |
538 |
422 |
13 |
14 |
Madhya Pradesh |
1569 |
1510 |
284 |
2275 |
2014 |
492 |
964 |
908 |
160 |
1346 |
1234 |
316 |
571 |
569 |
114 |
881 |
737 |
158 |
15 |
Maharashtra |
5248 |
4507 |
498 |
6991 |
5321 |
566 |
2387 |
2152 |
233 |
3180 |
2546 |
284 |
2746 |
2250 |
254 |
3660 |
2656 |
273 |
16 |
Manipur |
29 |
32 |
3 |
23 |
34 |
4 |
15 |
22 |
2 |
16 |
22 |
2 |
10 |
9 |
1 |
6 |
11 |
2 |
17 |
Meghalaya |
242 |
151 |
5 |
269 |
207 |
5 |
164 |
98 |
2 |
201 |
144 |
2 |
70 |
46 |
3 |
59 |
54 |
3 |
18 |
Mizoram |
194 |
186 |
48 |
196 |
192 |
48 |
129 |
123 |
31 |
131 |
129 |
31 |
57 |
55 |
14 |
57 |
55 |
14 |
19 |
Nagaland |
41 |
37 |
9 |
45 |
37 |
16 |
26 |
22 |
4 |
29 |
22 |
9 |
14 |
14 |
4 |
15 |
14 |
6 |
20 |
Odisha |
249 |
436 |
11 |
454 |
454 |
11 |
150 |
186 |
8 |
204 |
204 |
8 |
46 |
129 |
0 |
129 |
129 |
0 |
21 |
Punjab |
489 |
384 |
60 |
528 |
543 |
79 |
375 |
290 |
55 |
375 |
395 |
72 |
65 |
45 |
2 |
89 |
82 |
4 |
22 |
Rajasthan |
1180 |
905 |
89 |
1164 |
1150 |
110 |
621 |
506 |
79 |
636 |
623 |
97 |
268 |
189 |
6 |
254 |
253 |
6 |
23 |
Sikkim |
87 |
93 |
19 |
124 |
115 |
23 |
55 |
61 |
15 |
83 |
76 |
19 |
25 |
26 |
4 |
34 |
33 |
4 |
24 |
Tamil Nadu |
1587 |
1642 |
154 |
2406 |
1992 |
180 |
1154 |
1209 |
110 |
1776 |
1469 |
131 |
291 |
297 |
26 |
407 |
346 |
29 |
25 |
Telangana |
1632 |
1061 |
31 |
1833 |
1355 |
38 |
1022 |
685 |
22 |
1249 |
907 |
28 |
395 |
230 |
6 |
349 |
273 |
7 |
26 |
Tripura |
139 |
132 |
19 |
192 |
162 |
21 |
90 |
98 |
17 |
152 |
124 |
19 |
47 |
34 |
2 |
39 |
38 |
2 |
27 |
Uttar Pradesh |
4895 |
4079 |
819 |
6303 |
6287 |
1796 |
1609 |
1412 |
404 |
1945 |
1930 |
870 |
3018 |
2470 |
389 |
4011 |
3949 |
885 |
28 |
Uttarakhand |
191 |
146 |
17 |
154 |
153 |
17 |
180 |
135 |
17 |
142 |
142 |
17 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
29 |
West Bengal |
2131 |
1723 |
39 |
1923 |
1924 |
41 |
1197 |
875 |
32 |
1008 |
990 |
34 |
627 |
490 |
6 |
553 |
504 |
6 |
|
TOTAL STATE(S) |
30830 |
26203 |
2912 |
38100 |
33497 |
4386 |
16515 |
14588 |
1728 |
20577 |
18368 |
2571 |
11393 |
9259 |
1044 |
14062 |
12059 |
1644 |
30 |
A&N Islands |
65 |
75 |
1 |
80 |
93 |
1 |
49 |
54 |
0 |
66 |
71 |
0 |
13 |
17 |
0 |
11 |
17 |
0 |
31 |
Chandigarh |
3 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
D&N Haveli |
12 |
6 |
3 |
8 |
8 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
33 |
Daman & Diu |
5 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
34 |
Delhi |
1623 |
1714 |
104 |
2209 |
2002 |
110 |
940 |
911 |
64 |
1153 |
1055 |
66 |
598 |
709 |
35 |
915 |
835 |
39 |
35 |
Lakshadweep |
4 |
4 |
0 |
22 |
21 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
20 |
20 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
36 |
Puducherry |
66 |
56 |
0 |
59 |
62 |
0 |
41 |
34 |
0 |
44 |
46 |
0 |
8 |
7 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
0 |
|
TOTAL UT(S) |
1778 |
1860 |
108 |
2388 |
2195 |
114 |
1042 |
1006 |
67 |
1291 |
1200 |
69 |
623 |
736 |
35 |
939 |
864 |
39 |
|
TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |
32608 |
28063 |
3020 |
40488 |
35692 |
4500 |
17557 |
15594 |
1795 |
21868 |
19568 |
2640 |
12016 |
9995 |
1079 |
15001 |
12923 |
1683 |
Source: Crime in India |
Annexure-I
SL |
State/UT |
Section 12 of POCSO Act or POCSO Act (Section 12) r/w Section 509 IPC |
Section 14 & 15 of POCSO Act |
POCSO Act r/w Section 377 IPC |
Sections 17 to 22 of POCSO Act |
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CR |
CCS |
CON |
PAR |
PCS |
PCV |
CR |
CCS |
CON |
PAR |
PCS |
PCV |
CR |
CCS |
CON |
PAR |
PCS |
PCV |
CR |
CCS |
CON |
PAR |
PCS |
PCV |
||
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
84 |
26 |
0 |
47 |
45 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
17 |
0 |
2 |
15 |
0 |
2 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Assam |
69 |
39 |
0 |
79 |
51 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
82 |
2 |
0 |
82 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Bihar |
10 |
5 |
0 |
11 |
10 |
0 |
26 |
5 |
0 |
27 |
7 |
0 |
23 |
19 |
2 |
25 |
20 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Chhattisgarh |
24 |
20 |
4 |
31 |
27 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
14 |
13 |
3 |
20 |
20 |
3 |
12 |
31 |
3 |
33 |
31 |
4 |
6 |
Goa |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |