Parliament Question: Persons Arrested under UAPA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 351 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 02ND DECEMBER, 2025/ AGRAHAYANA 11, 1947

(SAKA) PERSONS ARRESTED UNDER UAPA

351. SHRI SHAFI PARAMBIL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of persons arrested, convicted and punished separately under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) during the last five years, State-wise; and

(b) the list of persons currently in prisons charged under the UAPA, State- wise? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a) to (b): As per the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, ‘Police’ and ‘Public Order’ are State subjects and, therefore, the primary responsibility for prevention, detection, registration, investigation and prosecution of crimes, including those under the UAPA, lies with the State Governments and Union Territory Administrations.

National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles the data on crime and publishes the same in its annual publication ‘Crime in India’. The latest-2- L.S.US.Q.NO. 351 FOR 02.12.2025 published data available is till 2023. As per the report, State-wise and year-wise details of persons arrested, persons convicted for the year 2019 to 2023, are at Annexure. However, the data pertaining to list of persons currently in prisons, charged under the UAPA, State-wise is not maintained by NCRB.

*****L.S. US.Q.No. 351 for 02.12.2025 ANNEXURE State/UT-wise Persons Arrested and Convicted under the Unlawful Activities (P) Act During 2019-2023 S.No. State/Union 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Territory Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons Arrested Convicted Arrested Convicted Arrested Convicted Arrested Convicted Arrested Convicted 1 Andhra Pradesh 5 0 4 0 0 0 12 0 14 0 2 Arunachal 40 0 3 0 6 0 36 0 8 1 Pradesh 3 Assam 112 0 49 0 189 0 251 0 154 1 4 Bihar 35 0 39 0 18 5 37 1 34 0 5 Chhattisgarh 32 0 27 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 6 Goa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Gujarat 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 8 Haryana 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 0 2 0 9 Himachal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pradesh 10 Jharkhand 202 17 69 3 129 0 72 2 29 1 11 Karnataka 6 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 10 3 12 Kerala 25 0 24 0 23 0 52 0 2 0 13 Madhya Pradesh 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 14 Maharashtra 0 0 7 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 15 Manipur 386 0 225 0 188 0 239 1 130 0 16 Meghalaya 0 0 2 0 5 0 9 0 71 0 17 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Nagaland 18 0 7 0 1 0 5 2 3 0 19 Odisha 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 20 Punjab 30 0 44 0 49 0 86 0 50 0 21 Rajasthan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Tamil Nadu 308 0 92 21 1 0 15 0 2 0 24 Telangana 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Tripura 0 0 2 0 21 0 9 0 16 0 ContinueL.S. US.Q.No. 351 for 02.12.2025 ANNEXURE S.No. State/Union 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Territory Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons Arrested Convicted Arrested Convicted Arrested Convicted Arrested Convicted Arrested Convicted 26 Uttar Pradesh 498 17 361 54 321 52 503 24 1122 75 27 Uttarakhand 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 28 West Bengal 0 0 5 0 5 5 4 0 15 2 TOTAL STATE(S) 1712 34 963 78 958 62 1371 30 1686 84 29 A&N Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 D&N Haveli and 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Daman & Diu 32 Delhi 9 0 12 0 18 0 27 0 22 24 33 Jammu & 227 0 346 2 645 0 1238 11 1206 10 Kashmir 34 Ladakh - - 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 UT(S) 236 0 358 2 663 0 1265 11 1228 34 TOTAL (ALL INDIA) 1948 34 1321 80 1621 62 2636 41 2914 118 ***