Sedition answer

1. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 996
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10TH
FEBRUARY, 2021/ MAGHA 21, 1942 (SAKA)
STRENGTHENING OF SEDITION LAW
996. SHRI A. VIJAYAKUMAR:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government would state the number of sedition charges filed in
the country;
(b) whether in many of the sedition charges filed, the persons are freed by
the court due to weak law; and
(c) if so, the steps taken to strengthen the sedition law in the country?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)
(a) to (c): ‘Public Order’ and ‘Police’ are State subjects as per the Seventh
Schedule of the Constitution of India. The responsibility of maintaining law
and order, including investigation, registration and prosecution of crimes,
protection of life and property, etc., rests primarily with the respective State
Government. However, National Crime Records Bureau(NCRB) complies
and publishes information on crimes in its publication “Crime in India”.
Published reports are available till the year 2019. The State-wise data of
cases registered, chargesheeted, cases convicted and conviction rate etc.
under the offence of sedition (Section 124A of the IPC) during the year 2019
is placed in Annexure.
Amendment of laws is an ongoing process.
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2. ANNEXURE
R.S. US. Q.NO. 996 FOR 10.02.2021
State/UT-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases Charge sheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CON), Cases
Discharged (CDS), Cases Acquitted (CAQ), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Charge sheeted (PCS),
Persons Convicted (PCV) Persons Discharged (PDS) and Persons Acquitted (PAQ) under Sedition
(Section 124A IPC) during 2019
S.no STATE / UT CR CCS CON CDS CAQ PAR PCS PCV PDS PAQ
1 Andhra Pradesh 0 1 0 0 0 4 18 0 0 0
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Assam 17 7 0 0 12 23 11 0 0 12
4 Bihar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Chhattisgarh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Goa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Gujarat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Haryana 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Himachal Pradesh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Jammu & Kashmir* 11 2 0 0 0 16 4 0 0 0
11 Jharkhand 3 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 16
12 Karnataka 22 13 0 0 0 18 17 0 0 0
13 Kerala 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Madhya Pradesh 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
15 Maharashtra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Manipur 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Nagaland 8 5 1 0 0 19 12 2 0 0
20 Odisha 2 4 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0
21 Punjab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Rajasthan 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
23 Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Tamil Nadu 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
25 Telangana 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Tripura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Uttar Pradesh 10 5 0 0 1 9 6 0 0 1
28 Uttarakhand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 West Bengal 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
30 A&N Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 D&N Haveli** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Daman & Diu** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Delhi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 93 40 1 0 29 96 76 2 0 29
Source: Crime in India
Note: Due to non- receipt of data from West Bengal in time for 2019, Data furnished for 2018 has been
used.
* Now Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
** Union Territories of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu have been merged.