Parliament Question: Court Cases under POCSO Act

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1018 ANSWERED ON – 05/12/2025 COURT CASES UNDER POCSO ACT †1018. SMT. SHOBHANABEN MAHENDRASINH BARAIYA: MS KANGNA RANAUT: SHRI DAMODAR AGRAWAL: Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state: (a) the Court-wise and year-wise details of cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) in the district and subordinate Courts in the country during the last five years; (b) the details of disposal of cases registered under the POCSO Act during the last five years, State-wise and year-wise; (c) the details of cases filed under the POCSO Act during the last ten years and pending for more than two years, State-wise and year-wise; and (d) whether the Government has undertaken any special initiative to provide speedy justice to the victimized children? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL) (a) & (b): As per the information available on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) the State/UT-wise and year-wise details of cases registered and disposed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) during the last five years are given at Annexure-I. (c): As per the information available on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), the State/UT-wise and year-wise details of cases filed under POCSO Act during last ten years and pending for more than 2 years, are at Annexure -II.(d): A Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the establishment of Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs), including exclusive POCSO (ePOCSO) Courts was launched in October, 2019, following the enactment of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018 and the order of Hon’ble Supreme Court [Suo Motu Writ (Criminal) No. 1/2019]. These courts are dedicated to the time- bound trial and disposal of pending cases related to rape and crimes under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. The Scheme has been extended twice, with the latest extension up to 31st March 2026, for establishment of 790 courts. The financial outlay under the scheme is ₹1952.23 crore with ₹1207.24 crore as Central Share to be incurred from Nirbhaya Fund on the CSS pattern. As of 30.09.2025, 773 FTSCs, including 400 exclusive POCSO (e-POCSO) Courts are functional in 29 States/UTs, which have disposed of 3,50,685 cases since the inception of the Scheme including 2,25,617 cases disposed by exclusive POCSO Courts. The State/UT-wise details of functional Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) including exclusive POCSO courts, are given at Annexure-III. ***Annexure -I State/UT-wise details of POCSO cases registered and disposed during the last five years Sl. 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 State/UT No. Registered Disposed Registered Disposed Registered Disposed Registered Disposed Registered Disposed 1 Andaman and Nicobar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Andhra Pradesh 881 914 1439 735 1180 680 672 533 1138 1203 3 Arunachal Pradesh 22 2 57 8 106 82 151 129 85 97 4 Assam 1509 666 1936 1379 4096 1984 3207 2012 1759 1612 5 Bihar 2369 1852 3078 2538 3892 3275 4421 3604 3011 3239 6 Chandigarh 156 107 171 189 227 222 125 101 52 119 7 Chhattisgarh 2894 2288 2809 2587 2338 3386 2799 2773 1416 2678 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and 8 47 34 58 62 43 51 39 29 30 25 Daman & Diu 9 Delhi 1535 1660 1764 2615 1892 2773 1916 2781 1006 1792 10 Goa 20 7 51 44 38 30 14 27 22 19 11 Gujarat 6621 5002 6340 7921 6844 7844 7255 8524 4557 6289 12 Haryana 4459 3503 5263 5101 5470 5456 5633 5468 3522 3895 13 Himachal Pradesh 348 186 413 430 475 545 513 684 386 432 14 Jammu and Kashmir 28 7 35 10 33 4 38 6 42 23 15 Jharkhand 1841 1088 2002 2058 2059 2116 2008 2136 1434 1867 16 Karnataka 3348 2876 4119 3968 4874 4679 5357 4813 3289 4026 17 Kerala 4488 2917 6694 6131 6514 7758 5605 6061 3291 3891 18 Ladakh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Lakshadweep 10 0 29 0 4 0 9 6 4 6 20 Madhya Pradesh 7133 6035 6795 7753 6665 8189 6982 7278 3973 5503 21 Maharashtra 13201 8456 15208 11380 18016 13659 18170 12534 11714 10564 22 Manipur 8 2 31 29 13 11 11 14 24 30 23 Meghalaya 3 0 10 4 7 4 7 7 7 3 24 Mizoram 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25 Nagaland 10 3 10 11 11 9 6 6 1 1 26 Odisha 2725 1390 2583 2996 2685 3230 2786 3698 1641 2916 27 Puducherry 102 33 102 63 293 282 121 112 72 114 28 Punjab 2816 2537 2850 3086 2859 3178 2882 3014 1809 2333 29 Rajasthan 858 497 1025 681 946 994 1160 1314 692 1173 30 Sikkim 109 92 89 79 41 52 31 32 33 51 31 Tamil Nadu 5482 3476 8392 5663 7786 6880 9393 8200 8946 9166 32 Telangana 5195 2559 5646 5779 3933 3203 5097 4615 3654 3935 33 Tripura 76 28 37 58 69 47 74 56 130 103 34 Uttar Pradesh 23563 17740 27934 21905 30969 23678 30187 23417 19039 17879 35 Uttarakhand 1418 1077 1533 1262 1444 1411 1684 1524 1011 1026 36 West Bengal 1962 699 2853 1091 3194 1207 4147 1474 2530 1743 Total 95238 67734 111357 97616 119016 106919 122500 106982 80320 87754 Note: Data as available on National Judicial Data Grid dated 02-12-2025.Annexure -II State/UT-wise details of cases filed under POCSO Act during last ten years and pending for more than 2 years Sl. State/UT 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 No. 1 Andaman and Nicobar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Andhra Pradesh 1 6 15 24 66 83 143 464 456 3 Arunachal Pradesh 0 1 1 14 10 9 9 30 33 4 Assam 1 11 41 91 205 318 483 771 1693 5 Bihar 1 65 143 301 402 400 472 707 1079 6 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16 7 Chhattisgarh 0 0 3 7 17 55 121 292 375 8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 0 2 0 2 4 2 2 9 4 9 Delhi 2 179 403 574 917 342 389 499 558 10 Goa 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 11 14 11 Gujarat 3 36 80 112 222 286 414 572 817 12 Haryana 0 1 7 16 26 32 139 375 606 13 Himachal Pradesh 0 1 2 5 19 40 61 119 101 14 Jammu and Kashmir 0 0 0 4 12 10 14 27 23 15 Jharkhand 1 18 23 35 87 123 201 241 315 16 Karnataka 0 20 27 46 64 98 239 451 870 17 Kerala 0 15 16 16 24 65 180 312 674 18 Ladakh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 8 0 7 23 4 20 Madhya Pradesh 0 8 14 35 67 234 446 1103 1736 21 Maharashtra 48 698 1028 1604 2436 3820 4565 6020 7962 22 Manipur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 24 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Nagaland 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 1 6 26 Odisha 45 408 403 478 513 554 805 899 1079 27 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 95 28 Punjab 0 3 7 7 24 28 47 93 152 29 Rajasthan 0 2 8 15 8 21 58 149 224 30 Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 21 31 Tamil Nadu 2 10 27 110 264 300 716 1582 1910 32 Telangana 4 23 32 103 176 242 962 1863 1653 33 Tripura 0 0 2 3 1 7 8 4 10 34 Uttar Pradesh 26 962 1450 2621 4131 5506 6383 8623 10566 35 Uttarakhand 0 1 4 7 52 63 157 209 374 36 West Bengal 55 735 659 856 1289 932 1177 1830 2003 Total 189 3206 4395 7089 11047 13572 18209 27303 35434 Note: Data as available on National Judicial Data Grid dated 02-12-2025.Annexure -III State/UT wise details of functional FTSCs along with exclusive POCSO (ePOCSO) courts as on 30/09/2025 Cumulative Disposal since the Functional Courts Pendency as on 30.09.2025 inception of the Scheme Sl. State/UTs Combined Combined No. FTSCs FTSCs FTSCs including ePOCSO ePOCSO Total ePOCSO Total (RAPE & (RAPE & ePOCSO POCSO) POCSO) 1 Andhra Pradesh 16 16 0 8170 8170 0 6342 6342 2 Assam 17 17 0 9617 9617 0 6477 6477 3 Bihar 54 48 181 18756 18937 4173 18761 22934 4 Chandigarh 1 0 413 0 413 210 0 210 5 Chhattisgarh 15 11 1369 5438 6807 247 1245 1492 6 Delhi 16 11 807 2124 2931 1034 2481 3515 7 Goa 1 0 104 34 138 141 0 141 8 Gujarat 35 24 3624 13951 17575 1369 3766 5135 9 Haryana 18 14 2139 6409 8548 1207 3337 4544 10 Himachal Pradesh 6 3 663 853 1516 307 298 605 11 J&K 4 2 154 184 338 165 329 494 12 Karnataka 30 17 5761 9208 14969 2102 3129 5231 13 Kerala 55 14 18952 8212 27164 4719 1582 6301 14 Madhya Pradesh 67 56 5245 28376 33621 2982 7897 10879 15 Maharashtra 36 1 9061 12034 21095 33346 284 33630 16 Manipur 2 0 212 0 212 44 0 44 17 Meghalaya 5 5 0 771 771 0 1128 1128 18 Mizoram 3 1 213 73 286 50 40 90 19 Nagaland 1 0 70 3 73 59 0 59 20 Odisha 44 23 7776 13870 21646 3023 6106 9129 21 Puducherry 1 1 0 184 184 0 230 230 22 Punjab 12 3 2993 2634 5627 950 520 1470 23 Rajasthan 45 30 6053 14271 20324 1036 3883 4919 24 Tamil Nadu 20 20 0 10617 10617 0 8135 8135 25 Telangana 36 0 9384 2731 12115 8850 0 8850 26 Tripura 3 1 266 261 527 127 94 221 27 Uttarakhand 4 0 2004 0 2004 1113 0 1113 28 Uttar Pradesh 218 74 44847 49928 94775 34374 60452 94826 29 West Bengal 8 8 0 571 571 0 5471 5471 30 Jharkhand * 0 0 2777 6337 9114 0 0 0 31 A&N Islands** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arunachal 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pradesh*** TOTAL 773 400 125068 225617 350685 101628 141987 243615 Note: At the inception of the Scheme, the allocation of FTSCs across the country was based on a criterion of 65 to 165 pending cases per court, meaning one FTSC would be established for every 65 to 165 pending cases. Based on that, only 31 States/UTs were eligible to join the Scheme. Puducherry made a special request to be included in the Scheme and has since operationalized one exclusive POCSO Court in May, 2023. * The State of Jharkhand has decided to exit the FTSC Scheme vide letter dated 07.07.2025. **A&N Islands has consented to join the Scheme, but is yet to operationalize any court. ***Arunachal Pradesh has opted out of the Scheme citing a very low number of pending cases of Rape and POCSO Act.