Highlights of the
Report ‘Children in India
The States of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra together accounted for 44.5% of the child rape cases reported in
the Country in 2011.
A total of 132 cases of foeticide were reported in
2011, of which the highest number registered from Madhya Pradesh, followed by
Chattisgarh and Punjab and these States
together reported 56% of the total Foeticide registered in 2011 in the Country.
An increase of 27% is observed in the Crime of
Procuration of Minor Girls, ie.862 cases in 2011 compared to 679 cases in 2010. West
Bengal has reported 298 such cases,
indicating a share of 34.6% at national level followed by Bihar (183), Assam
Maharashtra accounted for 74% of the total 27 cases
of ‘buying of girls for prostitution’
and West Bengal has accounted for 77% of the
total 113 cases of ‘selling of girls for
prostitution’. A total of 113 cases under prohibition of Child
Marriage Act 2006 were reported in the
country out of which highest were reported in West Bengal (25), followed
by Maharashtra(19), Andhra Pradesh(15), Gujarat (13) and Karnataka(12).
Considering all the Crimes against children, the
Crime rate (ratio of number of crimes to population) has marginally
increased from 2.3 in 2009 to 2.7 in 2011. The
rate was highest in Delhi (25.4) followed
by A & N Islands
(20.3), Chandigarh (7) and Chattisgarh (7), Madhya Pradesh (6) and Goa (5.1).
The average charge sheeting rate for all the Crimes
against children was 82.5% in 2011,
which was the same in 2010 as well. The highest charge sheet rate was observed in cases under ‘Buying of girls for
prostitution’ (100%) followed by ‘Rape’ (97.3%) in comparison to the prevailing
national level charge sheeting rate of 78.8% for the IPC Crimes and 93% for SLL Crimes.
The lowest charge sheet rate was found
in cases of ‘Foeticide’.
The Conviction rate at national level for the
crimes committed against children stood at 34.6%. The conviction rate for ‘infanticide
(other than murder)’ was highest at
46.9% followed by cases under ‘murder’ (45.5%).
During 2006-2011, the trend in human trafficking
cases reported under the heads of
‘Procuration of Minor Girls, Importation of girls, Selling of girls for prostitution, Buying of girls for prostitution Immoral
Traffic (Prev.)Act’, shows an overall
declining trend, with year to year variation. From nearly 5000 cases in
2006, it declined over the years, touching
the lowest in 2009 (2848 cases) increased to 3422 cases in 2010, and 3517 cases in 2011.
In 2011, 69% of cases of human trafficking are cases
booked under Immoral Traffic
(Prevention) Act 1956, though there is a decline of 2.6% in 2011
compared to 2010. Andra Pradesh accounted for 20.4% and Tamil nadu accounted
for 17.2% cases of cases under this
category, in 2011.
An increase of 122.2% has been observed in cases of
‘importation of girls’ during 2010-11, and 56% of these cases reported in 2011 are
from Madhya Pradesh.
The increasing trend in incidence of Juvenile Crimes
(under IPC) is a matter of grave concern, though the percentage of juvenile
crimes to total crimes is around 1% during 2001 to 2011.
The increasing trend in incidence of Juvenile Crimes
(under IPC) is a matter of grave concern, though the percentage of
juvenile crimes to total crimes is around 1% during 2001 to 2011.
The juvenile IPC crimes in 2011 have increased by
10.5% over 2010 as 22,740 IPC crimes by
juveniles were registered during 2010 which increased to 25,125 cases in 2011. Major Juvenile crimes were under
‘Theft’ (21.17%), Hurt (16.3%) and
Burglary (10.38%) in 2011.
The highest decrease in Juvenile delinquency was
observed under the crime head
'Preparation & Assembly for Dacoity' (35.3%),'Death due to
negligence' (25.6%)and 'Criminal breach
of trust' (14.0%) in 2011 over 2010. The highest increase in the incidence of
juvenile crimes was observed under the heads 'Counterfeiting' (81.8%),'Dowry deaths' (63.2%), 'Arson'
(57.6%) and 'Kidnapping & abduction of
women & girls'(53.5%).
Juvenile delinquency under SLL crimes has increased by 10.9% in 2011 as compared to 2010 as 2,558 cases of juvenile
delinquency under SLL were reported in
2010 which increased to 2,837 in 2011, while there was substantial decrease
of 40.8% in 2010 as compared to 2009.
A large number of Juvenile crimes (SLL) were reported under Gambling Act (14.77%) followed by Prohibition Act (10.7%).
Cases under 'Indian Passport Act' and 'Forest Act' have registered a sharp decline of
66.7% each, while cases under
‘Prohibition of Child Marriage Act’ and 'Immoral Traffic (P) Act'
registered sharp increase of 200% and
50% respectively.
The States of Madhya Pradesh (19.9%)), Maharashtra
(19%), Chhattisgarh (8.7%), Andhra
Pradesh (7.3%), Rajasthan (7.3%) and Gujarat
(6.4%) have reported high incidence of
juvenile crimes under IPC.
Out of the total 888 juvenile murder cases reported
in the Country in 2011, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh reported 16.3% and 12.6%
cases. The highest incidence of the
juvenile rape cases in the country was reported from Madhya Pradesh (23.6%) followed by Uttar Pradesh
(12.7%) and Maharashtra (10.9%) in the country. The highest incidence of the
juvenile theft in the country was reported
from Maharashtra (23.6%).
The highest number of juvenile delinquency cases
under Special and Local Laws was reported from Tamil Nadu (23.7%) of total
juvenile crimes under SLL followed by
Chhattisgarh (18.1%), Gujarat (16.4%), Maharashtra
(10.4%) and Madhya Pradesh (9.7%).
A total of 33,887 juveniles were apprehended during
2011 out of which 31,909 were boys and 1,978 were girls.
The percentage of girls to total juveniles was 5.84%
whereas the percentage share relating to 2010 was 5.1%.
Out of total 33,887 Juveniles arrested, 30,766 (90.7%) were arrested under IPC crimes while 3,121 (9.3%) were arrested for
committing SLL crimes.
The percentage shares of Juveniles apprehended under
the age groups 7-12 years, 12-16 years,
16-18 years are 3.3%, 32.5% and 63.9% respectively.
An increase has been observed in number of
juveniles apprehended in all the
age groups in 2011 over 2010, and the
highest percentage increase was for 7-12
age group (30.6%) whereas the rise in
crimes in 12-16 years and 16-18 years were 8.9%
and 12.5% respectively.
Maharashtra has reported the highest number of
juveniles arrested (20.9%) under IPC
crimes followed by Madhya Pradesh
(17.9%), Rajasthan (7.9%), Andhra
Pradesh (7.9%), Chhatisgarh (7.1%), and Gujarat
(6.4 %).
In 2011, the states of Madhya Pradesh (406) and Maharashtra (353) reported the highest number of girl offenders under IPC
which constituted 49.54% of the total
girl juveniles apprehended.
In 2011, the states of Chattisgarh (178) and Gujarat (121)
reported the highest number of
girl offenders under SLL which
constituted 67.04% of the total girl juveniles apprehended.
Out of the total juveniles involved in various
crimes, 81.4% are children living with parents, whereas the share of homeless children
involved in various crimes are 5.7% and
the remaining are children living with guardians.
Out of the total juveniles involved in various crimes
18.1% are illiterate and 37.8% had
education up to primary level. 31 % juveniles belonged to the education level
of above primary but below secondary
category and 13.11% are with secondary/
higher secondary & above education.
About 57% of juveniles belonged to the poor families
whose annual income is up to Rs.
25,000/. The share of juveniles from families with income between 25,000/-
and 50,000/- is 27%. The share of
juveniles hailing from middle income group (50,000 - 2,00,000) is 11%.
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