#undertrial prisoner death

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Yet another undertrial dies in Bonai Sub-Jail

Bonai: Yet another undertrial prisoner died at the Bonai sub-jail in Sundargarh district Thursday. Prison officials said that the deceased, identified as 64-year-old Johan Minj from Mahisichappal village under K Bolang police limits, was reportedly suffering from age-related illnesses and this might be the reason for his death. Bonai police registered an unnatural death case (36/24) and launched…

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[ad_1] GG News Bureau New Delhi, 17th Oct. The Union Home Ministry has directed all states to adopt measures, including the implementation of Section 479 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) 2023, to provide relief to undertrial prisoners and address the issue of overcrowding in prisons. The initiative is aimed at expediting the release of eligible undertrial inmates through bail provisions. Overcrowded prisons and the large number of undertrial prisoners have long been a concern for the government. In a communication to the states, the Home Ministry emphasized the need for measures to alleviate the situation and highlighted efforts, including financial support to states and union territories, to facilitate the release of undertrial prisoners. Section 479 of BNSS: Key Provisions for Undertrials The ministry underscored the importance of Section 479 (1) of the BNSS, which came into effect on July 1, 2024. This provision allows undertrial prisoners, who have been detained for a period extending up to half of the maximum imprisonment term for their alleged offense, to be released on bail. However, this relief does not apply in cases where the maximum punishment is life imprisonment or the death sentence. A new addition to the provision specifies that first-time offenders—those who have not been previously convicted—may be released on bond if they have completed one-third of the detention period specified for their offense. Responsibility of Jail Superintendents Section 479 (3) of the BNSS places a responsibility on Superintendents of Prisons to apply for the release on bail of undertrial prisoners who meet the specified criteria. This follows a Supreme Court directive from August 23, 2024, which stipulated that Section 479 of the BNSS applies to all pending cases, regardless of whether they were registered before or after the law’s implementation date. The Court instructed jail authorities nationwide to submit applications to the concerned courts for the release of undertrials who have completed the specified detention period. E-Prisons Portal for Efficient Processing To assist state and union territory prison authorities in identifying eligible prisoners, the Home Ministry has integrated relevant provisions into the national E-Prisons portal. This tool helps jail authorities access data, including the type of offense, maximum sentence, and detention duration, enabling a streamlined process for identifying undertrial inmates eligible for bail applications. The ministry has asked all states and UTs to ensure compliance with the legal mandate and disseminate the information to relevant officials, particularly prison superintendents, to monitor the effective implementation of the new BNSS provisions. The move is part of a broader effort to alleviate the strain on India’s prison system by reducing the population of undertrial inmates. The post Home Ministry Asks States to Implement BNSS for Undertrial Relief, Reduce Prison Overcrowding appeared first on Global Governance News- Asia's First Bilingual News portal for Global News and Updates. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] GG News Bureau New Delhi, 17th Oct. The Union Home Ministry has directed all states to adopt measures, including the implementation of Section 479 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) 2023, to provide relief to undertrial prisoners and address the issue of overcrowding in prisons. The initiative is aimed at expediting the release of eligible undertrial inmates through bail provisions. Overcrowded prisons and the large number of undertrial prisoners have long been a concern for the government. In a communication to the states, the Home Ministry emphasized the need for measures to alleviate the situation and highlighted efforts, including financial support to states and union territories, to facilitate the release of undertrial prisoners. Section 479 of BNSS: Key Provisions for Undertrials The ministry underscored the importance of Section 479 (1) of the BNSS, which came into effect on July 1, 2024. This provision allows undertrial prisoners, who have been detained for a period extending up to half of the maximum imprisonment term for their alleged offense, to be released on bail. However, this relief does not apply in cases where the maximum punishment is life imprisonment or the death sentence. A new addition to the provision specifies that first-time offenders—those who have not been previously convicted—may be released on bond if they have completed one-third of the detention period specified for their offense. Responsibility of Jail Superintendents Section 479 (3) of the BNSS places a responsibility on Superintendents of Prisons to apply for the release on bail of undertrial prisoners who meet the specified criteria. This follows a Supreme Court directive from August 23, 2024, which stipulated that Section 479 of the BNSS applies to all pending cases, regardless of whether they were registered before or after the law’s implementation date. The Court instructed jail authorities nationwide to submit applications to the concerned courts for the release of undertrials who have completed the specified detention period. E-Prisons Portal for Efficient Processing To assist state and union territory prison authorities in identifying eligible prisoners, the Home Ministry has integrated relevant provisions into the national E-Prisons portal. This tool helps jail authorities access data, including the type of offense, maximum sentence, and detention duration, enabling a streamlined process for identifying undertrial inmates eligible for bail applications. The ministry has asked all states and UTs to ensure compliance with the legal mandate and disseminate the information to relevant officials, particularly prison superintendents, to monitor the effective implementation of the new BNSS provisions. The move is part of a broader effort to alleviate the strain on India’s prison system by reducing the population of undertrial inmates. The post Home Ministry Asks States to Implement BNSS for Undertrial Relief, Reduce Prison Overcrowding appeared first on Global Governance News- Asia's First Bilingual News portal for Global News and Updates. [ad_2] Source link

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“அமைச்சருக்கு ஒரு நீதி, சாமானியருக்கு வேறு நீதியா?” - திருச்சி விசாரணைக் கைதி மரணத்துக்கு சீமான் கண்டனம்  | Seeman condemns death of Trichy undertrial prisoner

சென்னை: “தமிழகத்தில் நடப்பது மக்களாட்சியா? இல்லை மன்னராட்சியா? அமைச்சர் செந்தில் பாலாஜி மீதான அமலாக்கத் துறையின் அத்துமீறிய கைதுக்கு எதிராகக் கொதித்தெழுந்து, அடக்குமுறையை எதிர்த்து சட்டப்போராட்டம் நடத்திய திமுக அரசு, திருச்சி திராவிட மணியின் படுகொலைக்கு என்ன பதில் கூறப்போகிறது? அமைச்சருக்கு ஒரு நீதி? சாமானிய மக்களுக்கு வேறு நீதியா?” என்று நாம் தமிழர் கட்சியின் தலைமை ஒருங்கிணைப்பாளர் சீமான் கேள்வி…

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Supreme Court of India: Bail for first-time offenders applies retrospectively on Section 479 BNSS

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Supreme Court of India bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Sandeep Mehta while hearing a #PIL regarding overcrowding of prisons in the country. The Centre on Friday informed the Supreme Court that Section 479 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, which allows courts to #grant_bail to  #first_time_offenders who have undergone #detention for a third of the maximum period prescribed, would apply with retrospective effect. Section 479 of the BNSS (which replaced CrPC) has said that if first-time offenders have remained in jail for one-third of the maximum sentence, they can be released on bail. This means the provision will apply to all undertrials in cases registered before July 1, 2024. Section 479 of the #BNSS provides for the release of undertrials who have been behind bars for many years with no end in sight for trial. However, the said section does not extend the benefit to those who are accused of an offence for which the prescribed punishment is death or life imprisonment.

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दिल्ली की तिहाड़ जेल में 19 साल पहले हुई थी विचाराधीन कैदी की मौत, CBI ने अब दर्ज किया केस

दिल्ली की तिहाड़ जेल में 19 साल पहले हुई थी विचाराधीन कैदी की मौत, CBI ने अब दर्ज किया केस

केंद्रीय जांच ब्यूरो (सीबीआई) ने दिल्ली की तिहाड़ जेल में एक विचाराधीन कैदी की संदिग्ध मौत के संबंध में 19 साल बाद केस दर्ज किया है। अधिकारियों ने शनिवार को इस बारे में��जानकारी देते… Source link

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BATTERY

Battery

The wrong of battery consists in intentional application of torts to another

person without any 1awful justification. Its essential requirements are

1. There should be use of force.

The same should be, without any lawful jjustification.

1. Use of Force

Even though the force used is very trivial and does not cause any harm,

the wrong is still constituted. Physical hurt need not be there. Least touching

of another in anger is a battery. The force may be used even without a bodily

contact with the aggressor. Use of a stick, bullet or any other missile or

throwing of water or spitting in a man's face or making a person fall by

pulling his chair are examples of use of force. Infliction of heat, light, electricity

gas, odour, etc. would be a battery if it can result in physical injury or personal

discomfort.

Mere passive obstruction, however, cannot be considered as the use of

force. In Innes v. Wylie a policeman unlawfully prevented the plaintiff from

entering the club premises. It was held that if the policeman was entirely passive like a door or a wall put to prevent from entering the room, there

was no assault.

ii) Without Lawful Justification

It is essential that the use of force should be intentional and without any

lawful justification. It was stated by Holt, C.J.' that if two or more persons

meet in a narrow passage and without any violence or design of harm, the

one touches the other gently, it will be no battery. But if either of them uses

violence against the other, to force his way in a rude or inordinate manner, it

will be a battery. Harm voluntarily suffered is no battery. The use of force may

also be justified in pullin8 a drowning man out of water, forcibly feeding a

hunger-striking prisoner to save his life, or performance of operation of an

unconscious person by a competent surgeon to save the former's life.

Harm which is unintentional or caused by pure accident is also not

actionable. In Stanley v. Powell," Powell, who was the member of a shooting

party, fired at a pheasant but the pellet from his gun glanced off a tree and

accidentally wounded Stanley, another member of the party. It was held that

Powell was not liable. If the act is wilful or negligent, the defendant would be

liable.

In Pratap Daji v. B.B. & C.I. Ry.,' the plaintiff entered a carriage on the

defendant's railway but by oversight failed to purchase a ticket for his travel.

At an intermediate station, he asked for a ticket but the same was refused. At

another place, he was asked to get out of the carriage since he did not have

a ticket. On his refusal to get out, force was used to make him get out of the

carriage. In an action by him for his forcible removal, it was held that the use

of the force was justified as he, being without a ticket, was a trespasser. The

defendants were, therefore, not liable.

Use of force to oust a trespasser from certain premises is perfectly justified.

However, only reasonable force can be used against a trespasser. It should not

be more force than is necessary to repel the invasion. Use of excessive force

than is necessary, will make a person liable. In Cherubin Gregory v. State of

Bihar it was held that fixing naked live electric wire, without due warning,

across the passage of a latrine to keep the trespassers away from the latrine

and thereby causing the death of a trespasser was actionable.

In P. Kader v. K.A. Alagarswami, the Madras High Court held that

putting handcuffs on an undertrial prisoner and then chaining him like

dangerous animal with a neighbouring window in a hospital during his medical

treatment is an unjustifiable use of force and the police officer responsible for

the same is liable for trespass to the person. It was also observed that in such

a case, there is no need to prove any motive or intention on the part ot the

police officer, because if the officer has exceeded and abused his authority, it

nay be out of arrogance or even because of a temperamental detect which

Delights in cruelty, the act would be malicious and mala fide unless it can

Plausibly De contended, that the circumstances justified the use or he power.

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Seven months after prisoner's death, report shows ' toxins in the body

Seven months after prisoner’s death, report shows ‘ toxins in the body

Muzaffarnagar: Months, after an inmate died in prison due to chest pain, as Jail officials had claimed then, a reinvestigation to understand the cause of his death has been ordered by the jail authority after the undertrial’s viscera report came into public, domain. The jail authority also released a statement doubting the report’s find ings . On December 27 , last year , Mohd Zakir , 48 , an…

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29 Aurangabad Jail Inmates Test Positive For COVID-19, All Asymptomatic

https://liveindiatimes.com/29-aurangabad-jail-inmates-test-positive-for-covid-19-all-asymptomatic/

The number of COVID-19 cases in Aurangabad reached 1,936. (Representational)

Aurangabad:

A few days after an inmate tested positive for novel coronavirus in the central jail in Harsul in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad, 29 others who were in contact were detected with the infection on Saturday afternoon, said an official.

Collector Uday Choudhari told PTI 25 of those who tested positive are from central jail while four are from a temporary facility created for undertrials.

“All 29 are asymptomatic. A total of 110 swabs of inmates and prison staff have been collected and sent for testing on Saturday,” he added.

“Earlier, an inmate tested positive after being admitted in Government Medical College and Hospital. A total of 48 undertrials who were in contact with this patient were quarantined five days ago. Of them, 29 have now tested positive,” a jail official said, news agency PTI reported.

While the capacity of the jail in Harsul is 539, there are around 1,400 inmates presently, the official added.

Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 cases in the district reached 1,936 as 90 people tested positive in the last 24 hours.

The number of active cases is 686 as 1,154 have been discharged and 96 have died of the infection, an official said.

World

67,32,297Cases

35,91,419Active

27,46,098Recovered

3,94,780Deaths

Coronavirus has spread to 188 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 67,32,297 and 3,94,780 have died; 35,91,419 are active cases and 27,46,098 have recovered as on June 6, 2020 at 9:10 am.

India

2,36,657 9887Cases

1,15,942 4982Active

1,14,073 4611Recovered

6,642 294Deaths

In India, there are 2,36,657 confirmed cases including 6,642 deaths. The number of active cases is 1,15,942 and 1,14,073 have recovered as on June 6, 2020 at 8:00 am.

State & District Details

State Cases Active Recovered Deaths Maharashtra

DistrictCases

Akola738

Aurangabad1869

Dhule206

Jalgaon952

Mumbai44110

Mumbai Suburban4955

Nagpur680

Nashik1464

Palghar1302

Pune9418

Satara625

Solapur1209

Thane13037

Yavatmal152

Ahmednagar175

Amravati289

Beed52

Bhandara41

Buldhana91

Chandrapur31

Hingoli213

Jalna190

Kolhapur638

Latur137

Nanded174

Nandurbar42

Parbhani78

Raigad1424

Ratnagiri348

Sangli139

Gadchiroli41

gondia69

Osmanabad119

Sindhudurg114

Wardha9

Washim12

80229 2436

42224 822

35156 1475

2849 139

Andhra Pradesh

DistrictCases

Chittoor316

Guntur501

Krishna525

Kurnool782

Sri Potti Sriramulu Nell*296

Anantapur415

East Godavari350

Prakasam101

Srikakulam169

Visakhapatnam83

West Godavari196

Y.S.R.197

Vizianagaram23

4303 80

1654 41

2576 37

73 2

Karnataka

DistrictCases

Bengaluru Rural35

Bengaluru Urban483

Mysuru107

Bagalkote98

Ballari54

Belagavi300

Bidar213

Chikkaballapura148

Dakshina Kannada176

Dharwad58

Gadag43

Kalaburagi628

Mandya347

Tumakuru36

Uttara Kannada91

Vijayapura193

Chamarajanagara0

Chikkamagaluru19

Chitradurga14

Davangere187

Hassan201

Haveri24

Kodagu4

Kolar28

Koppal5

Raichur369

Ramanagara3

Shivamogga55

Udupi1104

Yadgir498

4835 515

3090 437

1688 78

57

Goa

DistrictCases

North Goa52

South Goa63

196 30

131 22

65 8

0

Tamil Nadu

DistrictCases

Chengalpattu1223

Chennai22243

Kanchipuram480

Madurai318

Namakkal80

Ranipet131

Thanjavur122

Thiruvallur717

Thiruvarur61

Tiruppur116

Vellore73

Virudhunagar180

Ariyalur432

Coimbatore185

Cuddalore478

Dharmapuri12

Dindigul161

Erode74

Kallakurichi317

Kanniyakumari101

Karur87

Nagapattinam88

Perambalur118

Pudukkottai45

Ramanathapuram113

Salem255

Sivaganga46

Tenkasi99

The Nilgiris17

Theni130

Tiruchirappalli116

Tirunelveli432

Tirupathur41

Tiruvannamalai454

Tuticorin318

Villupuram508

Krishnagiri43

28694 1438

12700 566

15762 860

232 12

Kerala

DistrictCases

Kannur359

Kottayam68

Alappuzha71

Idukki38

Kasaragod331

Kollam108

Kozhikode85

Malappuram118

Palakkad222

Pathanamthitta88

Thiruvananthapuram99

Thrissur91

Ernakulam60

Wayanad36

1699 111

973 89

712 22

14

Chhattisgarh

DistrictCases

Raipur34

Korba95

Balod41

Baloda Bazar67

Balrampur17

Bastar2

Bemetara20

Bijapur2

Bilaspur97

Dantewada0

Dhamtari6

Durg22

Gariyaband10

Janjgir-Champa51

Jashpur71

Kabirdham23

Kanker19

Kondagaon0

Korea39

Mahasamund52

Mungeli85

Narayanpur0

Raigarh39

Rajnandgaon51

Sukma0

Surajpur9

Surguja9

879 123

633 92

244 31

2

Telangana

DistrictCases

Hyderabad2342

MedchalMalkajgiri64

Ranga Reddy176

Suryapet87

Vikarabad39

Warangal Urban31

Adilabad22

Jagitial76

Jangoan8

Jayashankar Bhupalapally9

Jogulamba Gadwal40

Kamareddy11

Karimnagar13

Khammam26

Kumuram Bheem Asifabad7

Mahabubnagar29

Mancherial43

Medak11

Nalgonda31

Narayanpet3

Nirmal21

Nizamabad76

RajannaSircilla16

Sangareddy24

Bhadradri Kothagudem4

Mahabubabad10

Mulugu3

Nagarkurnool6

Peddapalli5

Siddipet7

Wanaparthy1

Warangal Rural4

YadadriBhuvanagiri37

3290 143

1550 95

1627 40

113 8

Odisha

DistrictCases

Baleshwar187

Bhadrak133

Jajapur315

Dhenkanal34

Kalahandi31

Kendrapara164

Khordha219

Koraput14

Sundargarh84

Anugul26

Balangir124

Bargarh16

Boudh34

Cuttack153

Deogarh33

Gajapati61

Ganjam520

Jagatsinghapur89

Jharsuguda8

Kandhamal28

Kendujhar33

Malkangiri20

Mayurbhanj72

Nabarangpur2

Nayagarh83

Nuapada60

Puri101

Rayagada2

Sambalpur16

Sonepur26

2608 130

996

1604 188

8 1

Madhya Pradesh

DistrictCases

Barwani60

Bhopal1820

Dewas127

Dhar130

East Nimar260

Gwalior188

Indore3804

Jabalpur272

Ujjain784

Agar Malwa14

Alirajpur3

Betul35

Burhanpur318

Chhindwara16

Dindori29

Harda4

Hoshangabad37

Khargone185

Mandsaur110

Morena107

Raisen70

Ratlam43

Sagar217

Shajapur21

Shandol14

Sheopur23

Tikamgarh17

Vidisha37

Anuppur22

Ashoknagar13

Balaghat9

Bhind73

Chhatarpur33

Damoh26

Datia12

Guna5

Jhabua14

Katni3

Mandla15

Narsinghpur17

Neemuch311

Niwari0

Panna20

Rajgarh23

Rewa38

Satna24

Sehore12

Seoni2

Shivpuri15

Sidhi17

Singrauli12

Umaria10

8996 234

2734

5878 241

384 7

Gujarat

DistrictCases

Ahmadabad16482

Anand110

Arvalli131

Banas Kantha143

Bhavnagar143

Gandhinagar409

PanchMahals102

Surat2190

Vadodara1461

Bharuch53

Botad55

Chhotaudepur34

Dang4

Dohad45

GirSomnath45

Jamnagar62

Kachchh90

Kheda97

Mahesana148

Mahisagar124

Narmada26

Naysari32

Patan100

Rajkot125

SabarKantha100

Surendranagar51

Tapi6

Valsad42

Amreli14

DevbhumiDwarka22

Junagadh31

Morbi4

Porbandar12

19094 510

4901 139

13003 336

1190 35

Rajasthan

DistrictCases

Ajmer386

Banswara104

Bharatpur476

Jaipur2156

Jhalawar327

Jodhpur1678

Kota499

Nagaur493

Alwar91

Barmer34

Bhilwara254

Bikaner111

Chittorgarh188

Churu70

Dausa59

Dholpur63

Dungarpur359

Hanumangarh31

Jaisalmer53

Jhunjhunu64

Karauli16

Pali353

Rajsamand133

SawaiMadhopur25

Sikar189

Tonk173

Udaipur720

Baran59

Bundi4

Ganganagar8

Jalore165

Pratapgarh14

Sirohi130

10084 222

2507

7359 255

218 5

Haryana

DistrictCases

Faridabad771

Sonipat355

Ambala85

Bhiwani56

CharkiDadri40

Fatehabad36

Gurugram2561

Hisar88

Jhajjar154

Jind38

Kaithal38

Karnal92

Kurukshetra55

Nuh68

Palwal107

Panchkula36

Panipat73

Rohtak135

Sirsa48

Yamunanagar11

Mahendragarh48

Rewari50

3597 316

1439 316

2134

24

Uttar Pradesh

DistrictCases

Agra927

Aligarh193

Amroha81

Bareilly16

Bijnor146

Bulandshahr153

Firozabad189

Gautam Buddha Nagar1095

Kanpur Nagar284

Lucknow382

Mathura127

Meerut489

Moradabad250

Muzaffarnagar117

Rae Bareli78

Rampur203

Saharanpur297

Sant Kabeer Nagar125

Varanasi224

Auraiya31

Ayodhya120

Azamgarh137

Baghpat60

Bahraich72

Balrampur46

Banda27

Basti215

Bhadohi52

Budaun23

Etah52

Etawah46

Ghaziabad707

Ghazipur157

Gonda55

Gorakhpur156

Hapur202

Hardoi49

Jalaun41

Jaunpur193

Jhansi41

Kannauj68

Kasganj16

Kaushambi6

Mainpuri44

Mau43

Mirzapur23

Pilibhit15

Pratapgarh13

Prayagraj30

Sambhal116

Shamli39

Shravasti23

Sitapur31

Sultanpur97

Unnao37

Ambedkar Nagar92

Amethi202

Ballia58

Barabanki169

Chandauli38

Chitrakoot4

Deoria131

Farrukhabad35

Fatehpur2

Hamirpur3

Hathras39

Kanpur Dehat4

Kheri71

Kushi Nagar56

Lalitpur3

Maharajganj74

Mahoba3

Shahjahanpur25

Siddharth Nagar152

Sonbhadra10

9733 496

3828 275

5648 209

257 12

Delhi

DistrictCases

Central4838

East2250

New Delhi3217

North2935

North East1852

North West5119

Shahdara1462

South2092

South East2249

South West2268

West4647

26334 1330

15311 855

10315 417

708 58

Assam

DistrictCases

Dhubri22

Goalpara19

Marigaon38

Baksa14

Barpeta10

Biswanath16

Bongaigaon10

Cachar71

Charaideo28

Chirang6

Darrang11

Dhemaji35

Dibrugarh54

Dima Hasao58

Golaghat194

Hailakandi47

Hojai87

Jorhat24

Kamrup41

Kamrup Metro254

KarbiAnglong14

Karimganj79

Kokrajhar37

Lakhimpur57

Majuli2

Nagaon124

Nalbari22

Sivasagar20

Sonitpur26

South SalmaraMancachar4

Tinsukia83

Udalguri28

West KarbiAnglong1

2153 165

1651 109

498 56

4

Sikkim

DistrictCases

East District1

North District0

South District2

West District0

3 1

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77

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What are the Rights of Prisoners in India?

Introduction

As we enter a new decade, it can be seen that Crimes in India are at an all-time high! The crime rate in our country is increasing every passing day. From assault to murder to robbery, tragic crime cases are jolting the entire nation at regular intervals. Besides, rape has emerged as one of the most common and heinous crimes in India. Almost without exception, Indians are worried about the increasing trend of crimes in different parts of our country. In the short run, they are right: Crimes have increased these past few years. But what really worries most people is not the short-run trend but their sense that crime rates have been climbing steadily for a long time and that the future will only bring further increases. An Analysis of Crime in India A recent report points out that the crimes in India have seen a rise. Cases of murder, rapes, dowry death and kidnapping have seen a spike. Many other reports point out that India ranks low in terms of safety index. A 2017 report by the Global Peace Index, further tells us that India is the fourth most dangerous country for women travellers. The data highlight the urgent need to ensure proper law and order situation in our country. With the upsurge of media, criminal cases and scams are getting highly sensationalized and are debated at length on new channels hogging prime time. Some of the cases, that rocked our nation, include Nirbhaya Gangrape/Murder (2012), Unnao Rape Case (2017), PNB Scam (2018), Vijay Mallya Fraud Case (2017). Do Prisoners Deserve Human Rights? With such crimes on the rise, one may wonder, do prisoners deserve constitutional rights after having committed such heinous crimes and being the root cause of all suffering of the people involved. The answer to this question is simple. When you are part of a free society, we cannot ignore the undeniable truth that when the rights of one group are weakened all people's rights are weakened. And while we might debate whether these prisoners deserve to have basic human rights, we have to keep in mind the current state of the justice system in India. It is seen that oftentimes no measures are taken to rehabilitate lawbreakers and instead they are thrown away and effectively removed from society, taking away their chances to reform and become a functioning member. By saying no to all offenders having rights, a murderer will be facing the same consequences as someone who may have stolen something. And while stealing is wrong, both criminals facing the same disadvantage might not be fair. And so, keeping this in mind, we do not and should not have the option to selectively choose who is worthy of basic human and constitutional rights and who isn't. Read Also: Human Rights in the Indian Constitution Rights of Prisoners in India Constitution of India does not expressly provide the provisions related to the prisoners' rights but in the case of T.V. Vatheeswaran v. State of Tamil Nadu (1979), it was held that the Articles 14, 19 and 21 are available to the prisoners as well as freemen. Prison walls do not keep out fundamental rights. Article 14 of the Constitution of India says that the State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of laws within the territory of India. Thus, Article 14 contemplated that like should be treated alike i.e. amongst equals the law should be equal and should be equally administered, and also provided the concept of reasonable classification. This article is a useful guide and basis for the prison authorities to determine various categories of prisoners and their classifications with the object of reformation. Article 19 of the Constitution of India guarantees six fundamental freedoms to all citizens of India. Freedom of speech and expression. Freedom to assemble peacefully and without arms. Freedom to form associations or unions. Freedom to move freely throughout the territory of India. Freedom to reside and settle in any part of the territory of India. Freedom to practise any profession, or to carry on any occupation, trade, or business. Among these freedoms, certain freedoms cannot be enjoyed by the prisoners because of the very nature of these freedoms. Article 21 of the Constitution of India says: "No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to the procedure established by law". This Article stipulates two concepts i.e., Right to life and Principle of liberty. Article 21 of the Indian Constitution is available not only for free people but also to those people behind the prison. Following are the rights of prisoners which are implicitly provided under Article 21 of the Constitution of India: Right of inmates of protective homes, Right to free legal aid, Right to a speedy trial, Right against cruel and unusual punishment, Right to a fair trial, Right against custodial violence and death in police lock-ups or encounters, Right to live with human dignity. Apart from these rights of prisoners, the Constitution of India also provides the following rights to the prisoners: Right to meet friends and consult lawyer, Rights against solitary confinement, handcuffing & bar fetters and protection from torture, Right to reasonable wages in prison. Rights of Prisoners in India under the Prisons Act, 1894 Prisons Act, of 1894 is the first legislation regarding prison regulation in India. This Act mainly focuses on the reformation of prisoners in connection with the rights of prisoners. Following Sections of the Prisons Act, 1894 are related to the reformation of prisoners: Accommodation and sanitary conditions for prisoners, Provision for the shelter and safe custody of the excess number of prisoners who cannot be safely kept in any prison, Provisions relating to the examination of prisoners by qualified Medical Officer, Provisions relating to separation of prisoners, containing female and male prisoners, civil and criminal prisoners and convicted and under trial prisoners, Provisions relating to the treatment of undertrials, civil prisoners, parole and temporary release of prisoners In the year of 2016, the Parliament has been passed the Prisons (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to amend the Prisons Act, 1894 with a view to providing protection and welfare of the prisoners. Human Rights Violation of Prisoners in India The practice of torture in prison has been widespread and predominant in India since forever. Unchallenged and unrestricted, it has become a sort of 'normal' and 'legitimate' practice all over. In the name of extracting confessions and investigating crimes individuals are being punished by the law enforcement agencies, torture is inflicted not only upon the accused but also on bona fide petitioners, complainants or informants amounting to cruel, inhuman, barbaric and degrading treatment, grossly derogatory to the individual dignity of the human person. Women are also inflicted with torture in the form of custodial rape, molestation and other forms of sexual torture. Troubling conditions of the prison and violation of the basic human rights such as custodial deaths and rape, physical violence, poor quality of food, lack of water supply, unjustified prolonged incarceration and other problems have been observed by the apex court which has led to judicial activism Prison overcrowding, terrible living conditions and even inhuman behaviour by prison staff have repeatedly attracted the attention of critics over the years. Unfortunately, little has changed. There have been no major reforms affecting the basic issues of relevance to prison administration in India. It is important to consider that a conviction for a crime does not reduce a person into a non-person, whose rights are subject to the whim of the prison administration. A prisoner being given his/her basic rights is not only the right thing to do constitutionally; it could also present positive solutions to major political problems existing in our nation. Further, the prison system would be more effective if it were accountable to its constituents.

Conclusion

While conversations around prison reforms and rights of prisoners in India will always be a controversial debate, we have to remember that prisoners are also human beings and to answer in the negative is to convict the nation and the Constitution of dehumanization which will repudiate the world's legal order. The Supreme Court in many cases held that a prisoner is a human being, a natural person and also a legal person. In one of the cases in 1944, it was held that the court can intervene with prison administration when constitutional rights or statutory prescriptions are transgressed to the injury of the prisoner. However, despite these measures, the views and needs of prisoners are often not represented to its full extent in India. Issues such as prison overcrowding and abuse by warders are not treated seriously as political issues and the public generally has little interest in prisoners' well-being. A Prisoner may have committed a wrongful act but they remain a part of our democratic polity, and so, their basic rights must be respected and should be protected at all costs. Read the full article

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Analysis| India’s prison system needs urgent reform - analysis

Earlier this month, the ministry of home affairs released the Prison Statistics India (PSI) 2018 report. The report revealed that 1,845 inmates died in custody in 2018, the highest in Indian prisons in the last 20 years. Since 2000, the prisoner population across the world went up by 20%, but in India, that number was a staggering 71%. Additionally, since 2000, the rate of increase in the number of women prisoners (111.7%) was twice than that of the world rate. The primary reason was the increase in the number of undertrials. In 2018, the proportion of undertrial prisoners in India was almost 70% of the total number of those imprisoned — their number during the last decade increased by 25.4%. The duration of trials also appears to be going up. The share of undertrails confined for more than three years has increased by 140% since 2000. But those confined for less than one year has decreased by 7.54%. This increasing period of incarceration is likely borne by mostly innocent people.The rise is prison population leads to deplorable prison conditions, resulting in human rights violations. These stand in contravention of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoner (Nelson Mandela Rules) 2015, which calls upon governments to ensure that “the prison regime should seek to minimize any differences between prison life and life at liberty that tend to lessen the responsibility of the prisoners or the respect due to their dignity as human beings.”In 2018, the average occupancy rate of prisons was 117.6%. However, these numbers vary across states and types of prisons. For instance, in Nagaland, the occupancy rate is 30.5%, while in Uttar Pradesh (UP) it is 176.5%. Similarly, while the occupancy of district jails was highest (132.8%), it was 58% for women jails. The living conditions in prisons for vulnerable groups are even worse. In 2018, there were 19,242 women prisoners, 5,168 foreign national prisoners (excluding those confined in detention centres) and 6,623 suffering from mental illness. The information on other vulnerable groups — transgender prisoners and person with disability— is missing too.The prison administration is also overburdened with a 30% staff shortage. The inmate-to-staff ratio is 7:1, which itself might be inaccurate as a large number of staff might be tasked with work that is not directly related to prisoners. The inmate-to-correctional staff ratio stands at 756:1, and the correctional staff which include welfare, law and probation officers is completely absent in 14 states and union territories. The inmate to medical staff ratio remains at 243:1. This shortfall, with the lack of effective health care, might also be a major reason behind the high number of custodial deaths in 2018. Data on prison deaths over the last few years indicate that deaths in prisons are increasing at a higher rate than the increase in the population of prison. The 2018 statistics must spur the criminal justice system to assess, evaluate and take affirmative steps to check this. It is an indication that the safeguards that our constitutional and statutory legislative framework has sought to set in place to prevent unnecessary and prolonged detention of persons have failed. Constructive measures must be taken to address this. Madhurima Dhanuka is the programme head and Siddharth Lamba is a project officer with the Prison Reforms Programme, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)The views expressed are personal Read the full article

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Languishing Prisons: Pretrial Detention and the Human Rights

Every Individual by the mere birth shall become equipped with the human rights. Multiple violations of human rights in the arena of prison administration is an integral part of the violation of the human rights. The society, in general, considers the prisoner to be the wrong doer and presumes, the mistreatment towards them is considered to be a reasonable in nature. However, the primary purpose of the punishment is to protect the society from the crime and to deter the offender from repeating the crime but not subjecting the offender to the ill treatment. There is a famous quote by Mahatma Gandhi, “Hate the Sin but not the Sinner”. The Prisoner has to be reformed and to be given a chance to lead a dignified life. Ironically, Prisoners were being subjected to inhuman treatment and punishment was in the form of solitary confinement, mutilation, branding, whipping, starving etc.[1] Prisons were considered as a place of terror. Besides, all these Inhuman Treatments, Pretrial Detention (or) languishment of under trials in the prisons had become a major issue in the arena of Human Rights.

An under-trial prisoner is a one who faces trails in the competent court. These prisoners to speak technically, are the ones who face trials and during the thus are kept in the prison. The purpose of imprisonment or confining an under trial within a prison is not to punish, but as a means of keeping the accused of a crime detained until the actual punishment could be carried out and to prevent him from tampering with the evidence or to prevent him from committing the further crime. However, the existence of an disproportionate number of remands, undertrials and other unconvicted inmates in prisons has given rise to increasing public and professional concerns regarding non-compliance with human rights in institutions. This is particularly due to the protracted detention during the pendency of investigation and the trial which take a long time. By taking note of NCRB Annual Prison Statistics Report, one might express their concern about the number of the undertrial and unconvicted prisoners, which had reached alarming and disproportionate dimensions in the recent years[2]. The pathetic situations of the undertrials in the prisons are being revealed through some writ petitions such as the case of Rudul Sah.

The concept of human rights of under-trials was embraced under The Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (1955) also known as ‘NELSON MANDELA RULE’ which has been adopted by the First United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, held at Geneva in 1955, where some of the important guidelines were laid down relating to the Under trials such as segregation of Under trials from convicted so as to not to get influenced by the attitude of convicts and for the provision of legal aid etc[3].  

India being a signatory to the convention made so many efforts and exemplified the human rights for under trials through various Acts, guidelines, manuals and commissions. The National Human Rights Commission has been taking steps to arrange the release of under trials from various prisons in the country, contemplating the problems both from human angle and Prison Management perspective. The NCRB, which submits the Annual Prison Statistics to the government helps the NHRC to assess the Conditions of the under trials in the Prisons. The NALSA and SALSA were also very keen about the conditions of the undertrials in the prisons. Supreme Court in various instances had issued orders to mitigate the problems of the undertrials. It had ordered for the constitution of the “Under trials Review Committee” in 2013 to review the conditions of the Undertrial and to examine how many are eligible for the bail under Sec.436A of Crpc. The State Legal Services Authority has proposed for the fast track courts to dispose the matters relating to the undertrials effectively.[4]

Analyzing the Prison Statistics Report, 2018:

The NCRB, which comes under the auspices of Ministry of Home Affairs, is responsible for providing the annual statistics relating to the prison, which includes various aspects such as Number of Prisons, Number of Prisoners, Categories of Prisoners, Deaths in Prisons and Age and Sex of Prisoners etc. Here, I Just focused on the data relating to the undertrial prisoners.

From the Prison Statistics Report, 2018[5], it evident that there is a steep rise of undertrial prisoners in the prisons from 2016-2018, that is about 10.4% from 2016. The Population of undertrial prisoners in prison by the end of 2016 is 2, 93, 058 and by the end of 2018 is 3, 23, 537, which constitutes 69.4% of the total prison population[6]. Out of 3, 23, 537 undertrials, 51.3% were in District Jails, 35.9% were in central Jails and 10.5% in the sub jails[7]. The UP, Bihar and Maharashtra stands in first 3 consecutive places with highest number of undertrial prisoners[8]. From the above data it can also be inferred that the women undertrials were 12, 663 in number and accompanied by children who stands at 1, 590[9]. The Foreign Undertrials stands at 2, 611.[10]

It is also clear from the above statistics the most of the undertrials are of the age group of 18-30 years and they have come from unprivileged backgrounds with no formal education and belonging to the lower castes[11]. Moreover, there are 5, 104 (1.6%) undertrials who have been languishing in the jails for more than 5 years[12]. There are 1, 822 undertrials, who are eligible for release under Sec.436 but were not released due to the procedural delays[13].

It is pity to mention that there are only 1, 339 jails to accommodate the whole prison population, which constitutes around 3, 96, 223[14]. This depicts the problems of overcrowding in the Indian Prisons. Moreover, the overcrowding, per se, has its own affects. Such as, due to overcrowding all categories of prisoners are clubbed at one place and it may leads to the negative impact on the Juveniles, First time offenders and Petty offenders etc. It also may lead to the violence in prisons and the convicted/ Brutal offenders takes the advantage of the First time (or) petty offenders and name call them with their castes since most of the undertrials belongs to the lower and unprivileged castes and could not afford the legal aid. It also creates the kios in the prison administration. The prison administration instead of being a reformation center just confines itself into a “clerical workshop” by just jording down the names of the prisoners. In the case of Sri Ramamurthy v. State of Karnataka[15], the court has identified the 9 major problems which afflict the prison system and requires the immediate action. “They are: (1) overcrowding; (2) delay in trial; (3) torture and ill- treatment; (4) neglect of health and hygiene; (5) insubstantial food and inadequate clothing; (6) prison vices; (7) deficiency in communication; (8) streamlining of jail visits; and (9) management of open air prisons”.

The 3 major hindrances[16], which are coming in the way of the undertrials, are

(i)              Lack of quality legal aid services for undertrial prisoners who cannot afford the services of good lawyers to defend themselves in court. While the state does provide free legal aid services to needy persons through the district legal services authorities, often the quality and consistency of these services are questionable. There are too many complaints against these lawyers about irregular appearances in courts, lack of communication with their clients about the status of their cases.  

(ii)            Financial system of bail that exists in our country. This means that an accused has to deposit the bail amount in the court till the end of the trial in case of cash bail, or produce a surety who can prove that he can pay the bail amount specified in the bail order in case the accused absconds. This implies that if a person is poor and cannot pay the cash bail or produce a surety, he/she will continue to languish in prison till the trial ends. This, though relaxed with the substitution of Section 436A of Crpc has becoming difficult for the undertrials to get the bail as we can see from the above data.

(iii)          Delay in trial process. There are number of factors which are attributed to the delay in the trial process, one of such is the very poor judge–population ratio in India, which stands at 19 judges per million population[17], as compared to between 35 and 50 judges per million population in most advanced countries. There are some other factors which attributes the delay in trial such as Non Appearance of witness, Non Production of Accused in Courts and tactics by the advocates for protracting the case.

  Legal Provisions and Judicial Attitude towards Undertrials:-

There is no specific provision in the Constitution which deals with rights of the undertrial prisoners. In order to uphold the Rule of Law and Fairness, the Supreme Court had to interpret Articles 14, 19 and 21 in Part III along with Articles 38, 39, 39A and 42 in Part IV to provide various fundamental rights available to the undertrial prisoners.

Besides the Constitutional guarantees, there are so many legal provisions which guarantee the rights to the undertrial prisoners Such as Section 41, 41A, 41B, 41C, 41D, 436, 436A of the CrPC, Section 7 and 29 of the Indian Police Act, 1861 and Section 376(1) (b) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

The study of the various rights of the prisoners, enunciated in the catena of judgments in the post Maneka Gandhi[18] period can be done under 3 subheadings[19]:

(a)  Right to Speedy Trial

The right to speedy criminal trial is one of the most valuable fundamental rights guaranteed to a citizen under the Constitution, which is integral part of right to life and liberty guaranteed under Article 21. In Kartar Singh vs. State of Punjab[20], it was observed: The concept of speedy trial is read into Article 21 as an essential part of the fundamental right to life and liberty guaranteed and preserved under our Constitution. The right to speedy trial begins with the actual restraint imposed by arrest and consequent incarceration and continues at all stages till it consummates into finality.

In the leading case of Hussainara Khatoon v. State of Bihar[21], it was held that where the under-trial prisoners have been in jail for periods longer than the maximum term to which they could have been sentenced if convicted, then their detention in jail is unjustified and violative of Art. 21. It further held that the right to speedy trial is an integral and essential part of the fundamental right to life and liberty enshrined in Art. 21.

(b)  Right to Legal Aid

It was also held in Hussainara Khatoon’s Case[22] that “Right to free legal aid as given under Art.39A was implicit in Art. 21 because a procedure which does not make available legal services to an accused person, who owing to his poverty cannot afford a lawyer and who would, therefore, have to go through the trial without legal assistance cannot possibly be treated as just, fair and reasonable procedure and is thus, violative of Art. 21.”

In Khatri v. State of Bihar[23], it was held that the legal aid should not be provided at the commencement of the trial only, but it should be provided when the person is brought before the magistrate for the first time. Lastly; in the chain of these cases ensuring justice to the prisoners, comes the case of Suk Das v. Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh[24], which held that it was an obligation on the part of the Magistrate or Session Judge to tell the accused of his right to have a lawyer at State’s cost.

  (C) Right to Compensation:-

An Undertrial Prisoner can approach the Supreme Court under Art.32 and High Court under Art.226 and claim for compensation for the violation of his rights while in custody of the police. In D.KBasu v. State of West Bengal[25], the court had talked about the right of compensation of the victims and held that “The claim in public law for compensation for unconstitutional deprivation of fundamental right to life and liberty, the protection of which is guaranteed under the Constitution, is a claim based on strict liability and is in addition to the claim available in private law for damages for tortious acts of the public servants. Award of compensation for established infringement of the indefeasible rights guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution is a remedy available in public law since the purpose of public law is not only to civilize public power but also to assure the citizens that they live under a legal system wherein their rights and interests shall be protected and preserved. Grant of compensation in proceedings under Article 21 and 226 of the Constitution of India for the established violation of the fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 21, is an exercise of the Courts under the public law jurisdiction for penalizing the wrong doer and fixing the liability for the public wrong on the State which failed in the discharge of its public duty to protect the fundamental rights of the citizen”.

In Rudul Sah v. State of Bihar[26], it was observed that “One of the telling ways in which the violation of that right can reasonably be prevented and due compliance with the mandate of Article 21 secured, is to mulct its violators in the payment of monetary compensation. The right to compensation is some palliative for the unlawful acts of instrumentalities which act in the name of public interest and which present for their protection the powers of the State as a shield. If civilization is not to perish in this country as it has perished in some others too well-known to suffered, it is necessary to educate ourselves into accepting that, respect for the rights of individuals is the true bastion of democracy. Therefore, the State must repair the damage done by its officers to the petitioner’s rights”.

  In Bhim Singh v. State of J&K[27], the court while awarding the compensation to the victim Bhim Singh observed that, “Police Officers who are the custodians of law and order should have the greatest respect for the personal liberty of citizens and should not flout the laws by stooping to such bizarre acts of lawlessness. Custodians of law and order should not become depredators of civil liberties. Their duty is to protect and not to abduct”.

Some other Notable Cases:-

In Moti Ram v. State of Madhya Pradesh[28], the court observed that “The consequences of pre-trial detention are grave. Defendants presumed innocent are subjected to the psychological and physical deprivations of jail life, usually under more onerous conditions than are imposed on convicted defendants. The jailed defendant loses his job if he has one and is prevented from contributing to the preparation of his defence. Equally important, the burden of his detention frequently falls heavily on the innocent members of his family.”

  In the case of In Re: Inhuman Conditions in 1382 Prisons[29], the Supreme Court had issued directions to setup Undertrial Review Committee in every district which should specifically look into aspects pertaining to effective implementation of Section 436 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and Section 436A of the Code of Criminal Procedure so that undertrial prisoners are released at the earliest and those who cannot furnish bail bonds due to their poverty are not subjected to incarceration only for that reason. The Under Trial Review Committee will also look into issue of implementation of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 particularly with regard to first time offenders so that they have a chance of being restored and rehabilitated in society

  In the case of Maliyakkal Abdul Azeez v. Assistant Collector, Kerala[30], the court while examining the views of Joint committee on Sec. 428 of the CrPC observed that, “The Committee has noted the distressing fact that in many cases accused persons are kept in prison for very long period as undertrial prisoners and in some cases the sentence of imprisonment ultimately awarded is a fraction of the period spent in jail as undertrial prisoner. Indeed, there may even be cases where such a person is acquitted. No doubt, sometimes courts do take into account the period of detention undergone as undertrial prisoner when passing sentence and occasionally the sentence of imprisonment is restricted to the period already undergone. But this is not always the case so that in many cases the accused person is made to suffer jail life for a period out of all proportion to the gravity of the offence or even to the punishment provided in the statute. The Committee has also noted that a large number of persons in the overcrowded jails of today are undertrial prisoners. The new clause seeks to remedy this unsatisfactory state of affairs. The new clause provides for the setting off of the period of detention as an undertrial prisoner against the sentence of imprisonment imposed on him. The Committee trusts that the provision contained in the new clause would go a long way to mitigate the evil.“

  Recommendations of Various Committees on Undertrial Prisoners:-

There have been so many recommendations made by various committees, commissions and International Organizations on the Conditions of Undertrial Prisoners. Here, I’m going to deal with 3 Recommendation Reports. They are 78th Law Commission Report, Mulla Committee on Prison Reforms and Amnesty International Report.

    (i)    78th Law Commission of India Recommendations:-

The 78th Law Commission Report on Congestion of Undertrial Prisoners in Jails had made a few suggestions in respect to the mitigating the problems of the undertrials. Some of the Recommendations[31] are:-

(a)   To deal with the problem of congestion of undertrials, the prisoners had to be segregated into 3 types:-

(i)    Persons being tried for non-bailable offences in respect of whom courts have declined to pass an order for their release on bail.

(ii)  Persons being tried for non-bailable offences in respect of whom courts have passed order for bail but who, because of difficulty of finding appropriate surety or because of some other reason, do not furnish the bail bond.

(iii)                     Persons who are being tried for bailable offences but who, because of the difficulty of finding appropriate surety or some reasons, do not furnish the bail bond

and to implement measures mentioned in 77th Law Commission to reduce delays and arrears in the trial courts.

(b)  In order to prevent interested parties from prolonging pendency of cases, a certain amount of strictness is necessary to ensure prompt disposal.

(c)   Trial Magistrates should furnish periodical statements of cases in which the accused are in custody and which are not concluded within the prescribed time.

(d)  In times of some agitation, numerous persons defy law and court arrest, causing a sudden spurt in the number of undertrial prisoners.  Most of them would not offer bail.  Such persons should be put up for trial soon after their arrest in order to avoid congestion in jails.

(e)   Quite a substantial number of persons who are being proceeded against in security proceedings for keeping peace and for good behavior are detained in jail as undertrial prisoners because of their inability to furnish the requisite bond. The cases against those persons should be heard with due promptness and despatch. Efforts should be made to conclude these proceedings within 3 months.

(f)   Inordinate delay in the investigation of cases should be avoided. The diversion of police officials concerned with investigation to other duties relating to law and order should be avoided. It causes delay in investigation, as pointed out in 77th Report.

(g)  Where the accused is in jail, adjournments of cases should not be granted unless absolutely necessary.

(h)  There should be separate institutions for the detention of undertrial prisoners, the induction of a large population of undertrial prisoners in a building essentially meant for convicts being undesirable. However, the creation of such institution is a matter of long-term planning and of financial implications. Other steps to reduce the number of undertrial prisoners may therefore have to be taken.

(i)     The question of providing for bail hostels for persons who, though ordered to be realeased on bail, cannot offer bail, has not been considered in the Report as a part from its financial implications and need for long-term planning, its prospects in the present conditions are rather remote

(ii) Mulla Committee on Jail Reforms:-

Committee on Prison Reforms headed by Justice Anand Narain had submitted a report in which it had made some of the recommendations regarding the undertrial, unconvicted prisoners. Some of the Recommendations are as follows[32]:-

(a)   Lodging of under trials in jail should be reduced to bare minimum and they should be kept separate from the convicted prisoners. Since under trials constitute a sizable portion of prison population, their number can be reduced by speedy trials and liberalization of bail provisions.

(b)  A Board of Visitors should be appointed in every district to visit regularly all police lockups in the district and report the conditions of the undertrials.

(c)   Institutions meant for lodging the undertrial prisoners should be as close to the courts as possible. Undertrial prisoners shall not be taken to the court on foot or roped with each other

(d)  Release of Accused person on personal recognizance should be encourage in certain cases.

(e)   The time spent by the undertrials in the jails should be put to the benefit of both prisoner and the society. They shall be made to work and to be paid on the basis of work done.

    (iii)  Amnesty International Recommendations:-

Amnesty International in its report “A Study of Pre Detention Trial in India”, had made some of the Suggestions[33]. They are:-

(a)   Standardize the remuneration paid to legal aid lawyers across India, and ensure that lawyers are paid competitive salaries in a timely manner.

(b)  Set up a computerized database and tracking system for prisoners in all prisons, which will regularly alert prison authorities on undertrials eligible for release which will be  maintained and updated at the state-level.

(c)   Appoint more legal aid lawyers according the the needs of the state.

(d)  Strengthen the monitoring of legal aid lawyers’ effectiveness to ensure accountability and quality representation.

(e)   Ensure that legal aid lawyers at the state, district and taluk levels are required to submit regular reports on the status of their cases, and hold lawyers failing to do so accountable.

(f)   Ensure that legal aid lawyers are paid on a monthly basis.

(g)  Undertake regular awareness programs in prisons to ensure that all undertrials are informed about their legal rights, including access to legal aid, procedural safeguards and bail.

Other Recommendations and Conclusions:-

I believe that some of my recommendations will also contribute to mitigate the adversities and problems, which are being faced by the undertrials. They are:-

(a)     At present NHRC is responsible to deal with the cases of torture in custody but the NCRB should also be included to deal with this cases so as to gather the statistical information and date more precisely.

(b)  In order to uphold the justice the court has to adapt to the speedy trails where the under trail prisoners can get quick access to the justice, in which ad hoc courts shall be establishes and Special Public Prosecutors shall be appointed. The registrar of courts shall be bestowed with the duty to oversee the list of cases where the undertrials are being held in prisons for a long time.

(c)   The officials who deal with prison administration at ground level comes from the minimal educational backgrounds which brings in the necessity of providing adequate training. Besides the work pressure channelizes the workforce to use inappropriate means of treating the prisoners. So, there has to be given adequate training and the knowledge of law which governs the prison administration.

(d)  The cases which are compoundable in nature and the offence which are not grievous in nature should be allowed for the plea bargaining and the duty lies with the Jailer and the court.

(e)   There should be prisoner unions which are capable for availing their rights.

(f)   There should be real time governance through implementation of the state of art technology.

The Conditions of the undertrials are so pathetic in India. Though, this problem is not unique to India, but it must focus on finding the solutions to the problems of undertrials. With the effective implementation of the above recommendations from the committees, commissions and some of my suggestions, I believe we can reduce the problems of the undertrials.

    [1] Merville Rodrigues, “Prison System in India-Reforms and Challenges”, in Parag Agrawal (ed.), Criminal Law and Justice 1779 ( Jus Dicere and Co., 2019)

[2] Justice Anand Narain Mulla, “Report of the All India Committee on Jail Reforms” 170 (1983)

[3] Aditi Palit, “An Insight into the Psychology and Legal Facet of under trial prisoners”, 10 Pen Acclaims 2(2020)

[4] Ibid.

[5] National Crime Records Bureau, “Prison Statistics India, 2018”(2019)

[6] Ibid. at xi.

[7] Ibid. at xii.

[8] Ibid.

[9] Ibid at 95.

[10] Ibid. at 117.

[11] Ibid at 94.

[12] Ibid. at 162.

[13] Ibid. at 173.

[14]Ibid. at ix.

[15] (1997) 2 SCC 642.

[16] Vijay Raghavan, “Undertrial Prisoners in India-Long wait for Justice”, 4 Economic and Political Weekly 17-18 (2016).

[17] PTI New Delhi, “India has 19 Judges per 10 Lakh People: Data”, Business Line, 2018, available at < https://ift.tt/33UrWy7 > (last visited on 08-07-2020)

[18] Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India, AIR 1978 SC 597

[19] Saket Singh, “Role of Supreme Court towards a New Prison Jurisprudence”, 6 Student Advocate 60-61 (1994)

[20] 1994 SCC (3) 569

[21] AIR 1979 SC 1369

[22] Ibid.

[23] AIR 1981 SC 928

[24] AIR 1986 SC 991

[25] AIR 1997 SC 610

[26] AIR 1983 SC 1086

[27] AIR 1986 SC 494

[28] AIR 1978 SC 1594

[29] AIR 2016 SC 993

[30] AIR 2003 SC 928

[31] Law Commission of India, “78th Report on Congestion of Undertrial Prisoners in Jails” 26-28 (1979)

[32] Supra note 2 at 174-175.

[33] Amnesty International, “Justice under Trial: A Study of Pretrial Detention in India” 23 (2017).

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Coronavirus Outbreak LATEST Updates: Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope said that 1,362 new coronavirus cases were reported in the state on Thursday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 18,120.

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All infected inmates will be shifted to GT Hospital and St George Hospital in guarded vehicles on Friday morning while staff members will be shifted separately, the statement said.

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"Grief stricken with deaths of two BSF personnel during this pandemic. A critically ill patient died who had contracted infection of #COVID19 while visiting super speciality clinics for his treatment.

"Other borderman died on Monday, 4 May in Safdarjung hospital, where he was admitted on 3 May. From normal ward he was shifted to ICU on 4 May. After his death, prior to postmortem, COVID19 test was done and result came positive by late night of 6 May, Wednesday.

Reports on Thursday said that the Karnataka government has decided to restart the operation of special trains for stranded migrants to return to their native states, after the BS Yediyurappa government faced criticism over its refusal to allow migrants to leave the state.

The state government wrote to nodal officers of various states, asking for consent to operate trains to their states, as per the MHA guideline.

354 Indians stranded in the UAE will be brought back on Thursday, News18 reported, in accordance to the Centre's plan to repatriate them amid the coronavirus lockdown.

The group reportedly includes 11 pregnant women and a pair of twins, and will travel in the first two flights from the UAE to Kerala "as India begins its biggest ever repatriation exercise to bring back its citizens stranded abroad amidst the international travel lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic."

Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh reported its first three cases of the novel coronavirus after almost two months since the first positive case was reported in the State, The Hindu reported.

It was the only green zone district in the State until now as declared by the Centre.

 To assess the COVID-19 situation in Mumbai, Lav Agarwal, an IAS officer in the Ministry of Health and Welfare, is expected to reach the financial capital on Thursday, News18 reported.

The Central government sent a review team led by the joint secretary, including eight doctors.

Mumbai remained the worst COVID-affected city along with Pune and Thane in Maharashtra, amid rising number of confirmed cases and deaths. Apart from these, Delhi, Ahmedabad and Surat in Gujarat also some of the worst-affected cities across the country.

With 56 more people testing positive for the novel coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh in the past 24 hours, the total confirmed cases in the state climbed to 1,833 on Thursday. While, 39 COVID-19 patients have succumbed to the viral infection in the state so far.

"As many as 51 people have been discharged in the past 24 hours, the total discharged are 780 till date," ANI quoted the state health department as saying. Therefore, the recovery rate was at 43 percent.

An undertrial and two prison guards have tested positive for COVID-19 at Mumbai Central Prison, triggering fears of a possible infection hotspot.

As many as 150 others, including over 15 staffers and senior prison officials who came in close proximity with the three, have undergone tests, with results expected on Thursday, Inspector General (Prisons) Deepak Pandey was quoted as saying by Indian Express.

With Indians stranded in the Middle East to be evacuated from Thursday, elaborate safety measures have been put in place at Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), where the first flight from Abu Dhabi is expected to land at 9.40 pm on Thursday.

Odisha on Thursday reported the "highest number of COVID-19 cases" in a day as 20 people, who recently returned from Surat, tested positive for COVID-19, an official said.

With these new cases, the total number of people afflicted with the disease has climbed to 205, he said.

Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has called a COVID-19 review meeting with all party members and Opposition leaders on Thursday at 2 pm, The Times of India reported.

The chief minister is likely to discuss the mitigation and exit plan for COVID-19 pandemic situation.

According to the Maharashtra Health Department, of the 34 new fatalities reported in the state on Wednesday, 26 COVID-19 patients succumbed to the infection in Mumbai alone. This takes the toll in the city to 412.

Three deaths were reported from Pune. The cumulative fatalities in the district have risen to 122.

The total number of cases of the novel coronavirus in Rajasthan climbed to 3,355 after 38 more people tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. The viral infection claimed two more lives, taking the toll in the state to 95, said the health department.

Otavio Rego Barros, spokesman for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Thursday.

The 59-year-old former army general "is home following all recommended protocols" after his positive test result was confirmed on Tuesday, the president's office says.

The Koyambedu market has been linked to more than 500 cases in several districts of Tamil Nadu state and adjacent Kerala state. Over 7,000 people with connections to the market are being traced and quarantined, says J Radhakrishnan, the leader of Chennai's response to the coronavirus.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in India climbed to 52,952 while, 1,783 patients succumbed to the infectious disease. Of the total confirmed cases, there are 35,902 active cases.

The recovery rate stood at 29 percent after 15,266 COVID-19 patients were discharged, according to the latest data released by Health Ministry.

The number of active COVID-19 cases are growing faster at 6.6 percent now, leading to a shorter doubling time of 11 days, as compared to 15 days on 2 May when the growth rate for such cases was 4.8 percent, according to the data analysis by economist Shamika Ravi, earlier part of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council.

The West Bengal government has identified over 92,000 cases of influenza-like illness and 870 people with severe acute respiratory illness across the state, findings that serve as "early warning signals" in the fight against COVID-19, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.

Mamata said the results were the outcome of her government's extensive door-to-door surveillance over a month in April, covering over 5.5 crore households, and the exercise will continue "till the virus is defeated".

India's tally of confirmed coronavirus cases neared the 50,000-mark on Wednesday with a large number of healthcare professionals and security personnel testing positive amid the worsening spread of the virus.

Meanwhile, authorities flagged high fatality rates in states like West Bengal, Gujarat, and Maharashtra.

While the Kerala government said that no new infection was reported on Wednesday, Maharashtra reported a record single-day increase of more than 1,200 in its number of cases.

The evacuation exercise to bring back Indians stranded abroad is set to begin on Thursday, with five Air India flights scheduled to bring nationals back from Saudi Arabia.

Fuel, liquor prices increase as govts deal with damage to economy

The economic cost of the pandemic also began to hit the people with a sharp increase in fuel prices. Looking to shore up their dwindling resources, more states announced higher taxes on liquor sales, while Punjab pegged its overall revenue loss for the month of April at 88 percent due to all its tax revenues having dried up and only 1.5 percent the industry being operational.

Industry sources in various parts of the country told PTI that they were wary of opening their plants and offices due to concerns over the movement of their staff, suppliers, transporters and vendors till the nationwide lockdown, which has been been extended till 17 May, gets completely lifted.

While announcing the third phase of the lockdown, the government had provided relaxations in restrictions in a bid to get the industrial and agricultural activities restarted, but not much has changed on the ground because only a few companies, especially in the manufacturing sector, resuming their operations in a limited way.

The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Wednesday said it would resume operations at its Manesar plant in Haryana from 12 May.

Total cases near 50,000-mark

There are widespread fears that the virus spread may get worse with easing of the lockdown measures, as the number of cases have been rising continuously across most of the major urban centres of the country.

While the Health Ministry stopped giving an evening update of the COVID-19 tally from Wednesday, its morning update showed the deaths rising to 1,694 and the number of cases climbing to 49,391, registering an increase of 126 deaths and 2,958 cases since Tuesday morning.

It also showed more than 15,000 people having recovered, giving a recovery rate of nearly 29 percent.

However, a PTI tally of figures reported by different states and union territories till 9 pm put the total number of confirmed cases at 51,435 and the toll at 1,694.

While Maharashtra has reported the maximum number of cases and fatalities, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Rajasthan Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka and Punjab are among other major states affected badly by the virus.

Kerala also has reported more than 500 confirmed cases so far, but it did not report a single new case on Wednesday and the state government officials said the number of active patients is now only 30 as a big majority of COVID-19 patients have recovered.

Health minister Harsh Vardhan also expressed concern over the high fatality rate among COVID-19 patients in some districts of Maharashtra and Gujarat and asked the states to focus on early surveillance, aggressive contact tracing and early diagnosis to reduce the number of deaths in the areas.

Maharashtra reports highest single-day jump in COVID-19 cases

Maharashtra reported 1,233 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, taking its tally to 16,758, while 34 more deaths raised the toll to 651, a health department official said. Mumbai alone has more than 10,500 cases now.

Gujarat reported 380 new cases and 28 more deaths during the day, taking its total case count to 6,625 and the number of fatalities to 396.

This included 291 new cases and 25 more deaths in Ahmedabad alone, where the civic authorities have ordered closure of all shops except those selling milk and medicines for a week.

Separately, the MHA also wrote to the West Bengal government that the COVID-19 response in the state was "characterised by a very low rate of testing and a very high rate of mortality of 13.2 percent", which it said was by far the highest for any state.

The ministry also flagged instances of overcrowding in markets, free movement of people in large numbers without masks, bathing of people in rivers, people playing cricket and football, serious laxity in enforcing lockdown measures in containment zones, plying of rickshaws without any restriction, saying these were grave violation of lockdown instructions and social distancing norms.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said her government has identified over 92,000 cases of influenza-like illness and 870 people with severe acute respiratory illness across the state, findings that serve as "early warning signals" in the fight against COVID-19.

Banerjee said the results were the outcome of her government's extensive door-to-door surveillance over the last one month, covering over 5.5 crore households, and the exercise will continue "till the virus is defeated".

Meanwhile, the Karnataka Congress slammed the state government for cancelling the special trains to transport stranded migrant workers back to their native states.

548 medical staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 so far, says Centre

Official sources said around 548 doctors, nurses and paramedics across the country have been found to be positive for the infection so far. This includes 69 doctors in the National Capital.

However, this figure does not include field workers, ward boys, sanitation workers, security guards, lab attendants, peons, laundry and kitchen staff among others and the figures may be much higher after taking these people into account.

Also, at least 154 personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) have tested positive for coronavirus, including 85 cases that were detected on Wednesday.

These include more than 60 deployed for law and order duties in the Jamia and Chandni Mahal area of the National Capital, and six from the escort team of the inter-ministerial central team (IMCT) that toured West Bengal to check COVID-19 containment measures in the state.

At least 37 infected personnel are from the Tripura frontier of the force.

In the meantime, the Delhi government ordered the release of 4,000 Tablighi members who have completed their required quarantine period in centres, PTI reported.

A huge congregation of 'Tablighi Jamaat' in Delhi's Nizamuddin area earlier in March was seen as a major hotspot for the virus spread, after which there were also several cases of Muslims getting targeted and blamed by some for the pandemic.

Thousands of the Jamaat members were subsequently traced in various parts of the country and quarantined, including around 4,000 in Delhi itself.

While nearly 900 of those being released from quarantine are from Delhi itself, the rest are from other states and would be sent back to their home states. A majority of them hail from Tamil Nadu and Telangana.

Trump says US' COVID-19 team not dismantling

One day after saying that the White House COVID-19 task force would be winding down, President Donald Trump said Wednesday it would continue indefinitely but focus more on rebooting the economy.

Trump’s reversal comes as deaths and infection rates outside of New York, the epicenter of the coronavirus, are rising even as states move to lift their lockdowns.

Trump tweeted that the special task force’s focus now would be on “SAFETY & OPENING UP OUR COUNTRY AGAIN.”

A White House official acknowledged on Wednesday that signaling that the task force was preparing to shut down had sent the wrong message and created a media maelstrom.

On Tuesday, Trump had praised the task force for doing a great job, but said “we’re now looking at a little bit of a different form, and that form is safety and opening. And we’ll... we’ll have a different group probably set up for that.”

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Charged with anti-terror law, pregnant woman sent to jail

Safoora Zargar, a research scholar from Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university, spent her first day of Ramadan in the high-security Tihar jail in the Indian capital, New Delhi. The 27-year old, in the second trimester of her first pregnancy, was arrested on April 10 and subsequently charged under the stringent anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 2019 (UAPA), by the Delhi police. Zargar was associated with the Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC), which organised weeks of peaceful protests in the capital against a citizenship law passed last December. Activists say the Citizen Amendment Act (CAA) discriminates against the country's 180 million Muslim minority and runs against the country's secular constitution. Police accuse Zargar of being a key "conspirator" in the February violence that erupted in northeast Delhi after supporters of the Hindu nationalist government attacked peaceful sit-ins. At least 53 people were killed, mostly Muslims, in the worst violence in the capital since the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. "She was the strongest women voice in the JCC but, she wasn't there to just be in the spotlight unlike some others", said Kausar Jan, an art student, who along with others had painted protest art on the walls of the university. Speaking to a media team, one of Zargar's teachers described her as "outspoken and hard working". "I really hope that the judiciary will consider her academic record and her medical condition and release her soon," she said, requesting to remain anonymous. A member of the JCC, who also wished to remain anonymous, said the arrests amid the coronavirus pandemic were to ensure that the anti-CAA movement died a slow death, even after the lockdown is lifted. On February 10, Zargar had fainted after being caught in a scuffle between the police and students, and had to be hospitalised briefly. "Since then, with her advancing pregnancy a concern, she had gradually restricted her physical movement. And after the outbreak of COVID-19 she had virtually stopped stepping out of the house except for essential work. She was mostly working from home," her husband, who requested his name not be used, told a media team. The Tihar prison complex in New Delhi is one of India's most overcrowded prisons with nearly double the number of inmates than it can accommodate. The COVID-19 outbreak has led to Indian courts ordering the release of those who have not been to trial but Zargar, charged with as many as 18 crimes including rioting, possession of arms, attempt to murder, incitement of violence, sedition, murder, and promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, is not eligible for an early release. "In fact, we had secured bail in the Jaffrabad case where she had been accused of leading women and children to protest and disrupt traffic," her lawyer, who also withheld his name, said. But, before she could be released, police arrested her in another case. They refused to disclose what the exact charges were against her, or even the material which formed the basis for her arrest. It was after the court ordered that charges and material be disclosed that the police invoked UAPA against Zargar. "Incarcerating her despite her pregnancy on the basis of vague charges is a grave miscarriage of justice," her lawyer said. A media team called Delhi Police PRO MS Randhawa, who referred to a statement issued by the police last week. On April 20, the police tweeted that all arrests in relation to the Delhi riots were in compliance with the law and based on scientific evidence, warning that "it will not be deterred by false propaganda and rumours…".

Justice in time of pandemic

Concerns are being raised about limited access to justice during the coronavirus pandemic. Visits to prisons by lawyers and families have been banned. After several days, the court allowed Zargar's lawyer to speak to her over the phone. "I am aghast to learn that in the name of quarantine, Safoora is being kept in solitary confinement! Can you imagine the psychological toll this will take on her? She told me that she had made five applications to speak telephonically to her husband but was denied each time by citing COVID-19 protocols," the lawyer said. The lawyer is worried that Zargar is suffering from medical and dietary negligence. UAPA is often characterised by activists as 'the process which is the punishment'. It allows police up to six months to file charges against the accused - as against three months under regular criminal law. Using it against an ordinary student such as Zargar has raised serious concerns about the Delhi police's impartiality. "This case shows that diminished access to justice during the lockdown is being used to implicate and imprison student activists who led the peaceful anti-CAA protests," said Vrinda Grover, a Supreme Court advocate. "Given her pregnant condition she is at high risk and having been sent to jail by a court order, the court is fully responsible that as an undertrial, her health is in no way harmed in judicial custody," Grover said. Zargar's family marked the first day of Ramadan with sadness and anxiety. "It would have been a very joyful occasion given that we are expecting our first child. All we did was pray for her safety and quick release. In her condition she needs care, not jail," her husband told to a media team. Read the full article

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Murder convict killed by undertrial prisoner in UP jail over use of toilet

Murder convict killed by undertrial prisoner in UP jail over use of toilet

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Mar 4 (PTI) A man, serving a life term after being convicted of killing his wife, has allegedly been beaten to death by an undertrial prisoner after a spat over the use of toilet in Saharanpur district jail, officials said Monday.

Mohd Azam, who was serving the life sentence in his wife’s murder case, was killed Sunday, Saharanpur District Jail Superintendent Viresh Raj…

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Delhi Court Grants Bail To Undertrial, Asks To Install Aarogya Setu App

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The court also directed the accused not to tamper with the evidence. (Representational)

New Delhi:

A Delhi court has granted interim bail to an undertrial prisoner arrested in a murder case, while directing him to install the ”Aarogya Setu” app on his phone.

Additional Sessions Judge Naveen Kumar Kashyap on Saturday granted relief to accused Ravi Dhika on his plea that he had to take care of his ailing wife who was undergoing treatment as there was no one else to take care of her.

The court’s order came after the investigating officer confirmed that the contention made by the accused about his wife’s treatment was true.

Besides directing him to install the “Aarogya Setu” app on his mobile phone, the court also asked him to keep the GPS location and Bluetooth of his mobile phone on at all times during the period of release.

The court also directed Ravi Dhika not to tamper with the evidence, influence the witnesses or flee from justice. It also directed the accused to appear before the SHO concerned every Monday by sharing his mobile location.

The court further directed him to surrender before the jail superintendent after the period of interim bail is over.

“Applicant is further directed to install “Aarogya Setu” app on his mobile phone and will keep location, GPS as well as Bluetooth on all the time during the period of such interim bail,” the court said.

The interim bail was conditional on the accused furnishing a personal bond and surety of Rs 20,000 each.

The accused was in custody in connection with an FIR for the commission of offences punishable under sections pertaining to murder and criminal conspiracy of Indian Penal Code (IPC).

World

46,65,797Cases

26,44,817Active

17,08,638Recovered

3,12,342Deaths

Coronavirus has spread to 188 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 46,65,797 and 3,12,342 have died; 26,44,817 are active cases and 17,08,638 have recovered as on May 17, 2020 at 10:06 pm.

India

90,927 4987Cases

53,946 911Active

34,109 3956Recovered

2,872 120Deaths

In India, there are 90,927 confirmed cases including 2,872 deaths. The number of active cases is 53,946 and 34,109 have recovered as on May 17, 2020 at 8:00 am.

State & District Details

State Cases Active Recovered Deaths Maharashtra

DistrictCases

Mumbai3029

Pune660

Thane465

Nashik96

Nagpur76

Mumbai Sub Ur67

Yavatmal32

Aurangabad30

Sangli27

Ahmednagar27

Sholapur21

Buldhana21

Palaghar17

Akola17

Raigad17

Satara14

Kolhapur8

Latur8

Ratnagiri7

Amravati6

Jalgaon3

Osmanabad3

Sindhudurg (kudal)2

Chandrapur2

Dhule2

Beed1

Washim1

Parbhani1

Jalna1

Nandurbar1

Gondia1

Hingoli1

Details Awaited*26042

30706 1606

22483 1015

7088 524

1135 67

Gujarat

DistrictCases

Ahmedabad1298

Surat338

Vadodara188

Rajkot40

Bhavnagar32

Anand28

Bharuch23

Gandhi Nagar17

Patan15

Narmada12

Panchmahal11

Banaskantha10

Arvalli8

Chhota Udepur7

Kutch6

Mehsana6

Botad5

Porbandar3

Mahisagar3

Kheda3

Gir Somnath3

Dahod3

Sabarkantha2

Valsad2

Morbi1

Jamnagar1

Tapi1

Details Awaited*8922

10988 1057

6055 765

4308 273

625 19

Tamil Nadu

DistrictCases

Chennai303

Coimbatore133

Tiruppur109

Dindigul76

Erode70

Tirunelveli62

Chengalpattu53

Tiruchirapalli50

Namakkal50

Thiruvallur48

Thanjavur46

Madurai46

Nagapattinam44

Theni43

Karur42

Ranipet39

Villupuram36

Thoothukudi27

Thiruvarur27

Cuddalore26

Tenkasi26

Salem24

Vellore22

Virudhunagar19

Tirupattur17

Nagerkoil (kanyakumari)16

Sivagangai12

Tiruvannamalai12

Ramanathapuram11

Udagamandalam9

Kancheepuram9

Perambalur5

Ariyalur4

Kalllakurichi3

Pudukottai1

Details Awaited*9065

10585 477

6973

3538 939

74 3

Delhi

DistrictCases

Tj From Quaritine1080

Central Delhi184

South East130

West Delhi122

South Delhi70

North Delhi60

Shahadara48

South West Delhi42

East Delhi38

New Delhi37

North West Delhi32

North East Delhi25

Details Awaited*7465

9333 438

5278 24

3926 408

129 6

Rajasthan

DistrictCases

Jaipur537

Jodhpur228

Bharatpur102

Kota99

Tonk95

Banswara60

Iran Evacuees60

Nagaur58

Jhunjhunu37

Bikaner35

Jaisalmer32

Bhilwara28

Ajmer23

Jhalawar20

Churu14

Dausa13

Alwar7

Dungarpur5

Sawai Madhopur5

Udaipur4

Hanumangarh3

Karauli3

Pali2

Pratapgarh2

Sikar2

Dholpur1

Barmer1

Details Awaited*3484

4960 233

1995 70

2839 162

126 1

Madhya Pradesh

DistrictCases

Indore915

Bhopal277

Khargon41

Dhaar41

Khandwa (east Nimar)32

Ujjain29

Raisen29

Hoshangabad25

Jabalpur25

Barwani24

Dewas18

Vidisha13

Ratlam13

Morena13

Mandsaur9

Agar8

Shajapur6

Sheopur-kalan4

Alirajpur3

Gwalior3

Sagar2

Shivpuri2

Chindwara2

Betul2

Rajgarh1

Dindori1

Tikamgarh1

Details Awaited*3250

4789 194

2231 158

2315 32

243 4

Uttar Pradesh

DistrictCases

Agra241

Lucknow167

Gautam Budha Nagar98

Meerut75

Saharanpur72

Kanpur59

Firozabad58

Moradabad58

Ghaziabad41

Shamli26

Bijnor26

Basti19

Bulandshahar18

Sitapur17

Hapur17

Amroha17

Baghpat15

Rampur15

Varanasi14

Budaun13

Azamgarh7

Auraiya7

Sambhal7

Mathura6

Maharajganj6

Ghazipur6

Kannauj6

Pratapgarh6

Bareilly6

Muzaffar Nagar5

Jaunpur5

Lakhimpur Kheri4

Mainpuri4

Hathras4

Kanshi Ram Nagar (kasganj)3

Mirzapur3

Etah3

Etawah3

Kaushambi2

Banda2

Pilibhit2

Hardoi2

Rae-bareilly2

Unnao1

Sultanpur1

Bara-banki1

Sant Kabir Nagar1

Shahjahanpur1

Sant Ravi Das Nagar (bhadoi)1

Mau1

Gonda1

Allahabad1

Details Awaited*3082

4258 201

1713

2441 276

104 9

West Bengal

DistrictCases

Kolkata184

Howrah79

North 24 Parganas46

Purba Mednipur21

Hooghly12

South 24 Parganas9

Kalimpomg7

Paschim Burdwan7

Nadia6

Jalpaiguri5

Darjeeling4

Paschim Mednipur4

Diamond Harbour-hd3

Murshidabad2

Basirhat-hd1

Purba Burdwan1

Nandigram-hd1

Details Awaited*2184

2576 115

1472 65

872 43

232 7

Andhra Pradesh

DistrictCases

Kurnool158

Guntur128

Krishna76

Nellore67

Prakasam44

Kadapa37

West Godavari35

Anantapur29

Chittoor28

East Godavari24

Visakhapatnam20

Details Awaited*1709

2355 48

953

1353 101

49 1

Punjab

DistrictCases

Sasnagar61

Jalandhar48

Patiala26

Pathankot24

Nawanshahr (sbs Nagar)19

Ludhiana16

Amritsar11

Mansa11

Hoshiarpur7

Moga4

Rupnagar3

Sangrur3

Faridkot3

Kapurthala2

Barnala2

Fatehgarh Sahib (sarhind)2

Muktsar1

Gurdaspur1

Firozepur1

Details Awaited*1701

1946 11

657

1257 952

32

Telangana

DistrictCases

Hyderabad472

Suryapet75

Nizamabad56

Vikarabad36

Hyderabad Rural (ranga Reddy)35

Gadwal (jogulamba)32

Medchal30

Warangal25

Adilabad19

Karimnagar19

Nirmal18

Yadadri15

Nalgonda15

Mahaboobnagar12

Kamareddy11

Sangareddy8

Khammam7

Medak6

Asifabad (komarambhim)5

Kothagudem (badadri)4

Jagityal3

Siricilla (rajanna)3

Bhupalpally (jayashanker)3

Nagarkurnool2

Peddapally2

Mulugu2

Janagoan2

Siddipet1

Mahabubabad1

Details Awaited*590

1509 55

504 43

971 12

34

Bihar

DistrictCases

Siwan29

Nalanda28

Munger20

Begusarai9

Patna7

Gaya5

Buxar4

Gopalganj3

Nawada3

Bhagalpur1

Bhojpur1

Lakhisarai1

Saran1

Vaishali1

Details Awaited*1066

1179 161

719 146

453 15

7

Jammu And Kashmir

DistrictCases

Bandipora81

Srinagar79

Baramulla43

Kupwara31

Jammu27

Shopian22

Udhampur20

Ganderbal14

Badgam13

Kulgam6

Rajouri4

Samba4

Anantnag3

Pulwama3

Details Awaited*771

1121 108

567 78

542 29

12 1

Karnataka

DistrictCases

Mysuru84

Bbmp66

Belagavi42

Vijayapura32

Kalburgi27

Bengaluru (u)23

Bagalkote21

Chikkaballapur16

Bidar15

Dakshin Kannada14

Ballari13

Mandya12

Bengaluru (r)12

Uttara Kannada11

Dharwad7

Gadag4

Udupi3

Tumakuru2

Davanagere2

Kodagu1

Chitradurga1

Details Awaited*684

1092 36

560 20

496 16

36

Haryana

DistrictCases

Nuh57

Faridabad42

Gurgaon38

Palwal34

Panchkula18

Ambala12

Sonepat7

Karnal6

Panipat5

Sirsa4

Yamunanagar3

Bhiwani3

Kurukshetra2

Kaithal2

Jind2

Hissar2

Rohtak1

Fatehabad1

Charkhi Dadri1

Details Awaited*647

887 69

360

514 75

13 2

Odisha

DistrictCases

Khurda (bhuvaneshwar)46

Bhadrak8

Balasore3

Jajpur2

Kalahandi2

Kendrapara2

Sundargarh2

Cuttack1

Dhenkanal1

Puri1

Details Awaited*669

737 65

538 35

196 30

3

Kerala

DistrictCases

Kasaragode170

Cannanore(kannur)92

Ernakulam24

Kozhicode (calicut)20

Malappuram20

Pathanamthitta17

Thiruvananthapuram14

Thrissur13

Idukki10

Kollam9

Palakkad8

Alappuzha5

Kottayam3

Wyanad3

Details Awaited*179

587 11

88 8

495 3

4

Jharkhand

DistrictCases

Ranchi25

Bokaro10

Hazaribagh3

Dhanbad2

Simdega2

Deoghar1

Giridh1

Koderma1

Details Awaited*172

217 14

101

113 26

3

Chandigarh

DistrictCases

Chandigarh26

Details Awaited*165

191

137

51 14

3

Tripura

DistrictCases

Gomati1

North Tripura1

Details Awaited*165

167 11

103

64 22

0

Assam

DistrictCases

Golaghat9

Marigaon6

Dhubri4

Goalpara4

Nalbari4

Kamrup Metro2

Cachar1

Hailakandi1

Kamrup1

Karimganj1

Lakhimpur1

S Mancachar1

Details Awaited*57

92 2

49 2

41

2

Uttarakhand

DistrictCases

Dehradun24

Nainital9

Haridwar7

Udhamsingh Nagar4

Almora1

Pauri Garhwal1

Details Awaited*42

88 6

36 6

51

1

Himachal Pradesh

DistrictCases

Una16

Solan9

Chamba6

Kangra5

Hamirpur2

Sirmaur1

Details Awaited*39

78 2

32

43 4

3

Chhattisgarh

DistrictCases

Korba28

Raipur5

Bilaspur1

Durg1

Rajnandgaon1

Details Awaited*31

67 1

11 1

56

0

Ladakh

DistrictCases

Leh (ladakh)14

Details Awaited*29

43

21

22

0

Andaman And Nicobar Islands

DistrictCases

South Andaman16

Details Awaited*17

33

0

33

0

Goa

DistrictCases

North Goa6

South Goa1

Details Awaited*10

17 2

10 2

7

0

Puducherry

DistrictCases

Puducherry6

Details Awaited*7

13

3

9

1

Meghalaya

DistrictCases

East Khasi Hills11

Details Awaited*2

13

1

11

1

Manipur

DistrictCases

Imphal West1

Thoubal1

Details Awaited*5

7 4

5 4

2

0

Mizoram

DistrictCases

Aizwal West1

1

0

1

0

Arunachal Pradesh

1

0

1

0

Dadar And Nagar Haveli

DistrictCases

Details Awaited*1

1

1

0

0

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