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Six criminal lunatics (5 males, 1 female) were discharged and transferred as
under: 2 males were sent to stand their trial; 2 (1 male and 1 female) whose sen-
tences expired and were taken on Non-Criminal list and 2 were discharged by order
of the Local Government, 3 males died.
The following gives the particulars of the class of lunatics in the Asylum at
the close of the year : —
(a)
(b)
(c)
Those tried and acquitted on grounds of insanity, Sec-
tion 471, C. P. C. ... ... ...
Those insane on admission and found incapable of making
their defence, Section 466, C. P. C. ... ...
Those who became insane in Jail and removed to the
Asylum under Section 31 of Act V of 1871 ...
Total ...
Male.
8
15
5
28
Female.
1
2
0
3
Total.
9
17
5
31
Of the 31 criminal lunatics remaining on the 31st December 1897, 24 belong
to Central Provinces and 7 from Native States and Central Indian agencies.
Brief history of the criminal lunatics admitted : Mittoo. Gond, age 30. Health
bad on admission, charged under Section 436, I. P. C. For the last three years
he has been liable to fits of insanity. No member of family affected. The fits
come on with great memal exaltation and great loquacity ; no homicidal or suicidal
tendencies. He was charged with setting fire to a house ; he had done the
same some time before. The Magistrate from enquiries states that the supposed
cause was ganja or drink. Is now apparently saue.
Peari, Nai, 30. Health bad on admission. For the last three years he has
suffered from melancholia ; has been charged under Section 457, I. P. C, theft of
Re. 1-9-9 cloth. Very mischievous and destructive; habits filthy. Very thin and
emaciated. Probable cause as given by the Magistrate, ganja and privation ;
died 3½ months after admission.
Musammat Heria, 20. Health good on admission. Charged under Section
317, I. P.C., and sentenced to six months' imprisonment. A transfer from the
Central Jail, Jubbulpore. A case of puerpural mania. It came on suddenly : she
threw away her child, and refused to nurse it. Refused to wear clothes. Is now
apparently sane.
Chinna. Health bad on admission. Sixty-five years old and very emaciated.
Charged under Section 302, I. P. C., for double murder. A history of hereditary
insanity. This man was apparently sane and carried on his shop well until,
within a year of the murder, it was then noticed that he did curious things,
namely, if he delivered one chowtia of grain he would swear that he had delivered
4, and that he had not been paid when he would have the money in his hand.
He generally refused to eat and suffered from insomnia and headache. He show-
ed no symptoms of violence, until one evening when his eldest son came to the
door of the house and wanted to enter. The father refused to open the door, say-
ing that there was an army outside, and he would be killed if the door were
opened. His son, aged 10, opened the door, and the father hit him with a brass-
bound stick, the mother interfered, and she was beaten ; both died.
The father to the end declared that his wife and child were not dead; said
they were well and at home. He was very melancholic all the time he was in the
Asylum. Very difficult to feed. He died of pneumonia.
Budhua, 34. Health bad, charged under Section 379, I. P. C. An idiot suffer-
ing from scrofulous inflammation of glands of neck and axilla. He stole a blanket
and can give no reason why. Has been in hospital since admission.
Abdulla,23.
Health bad, covered with bruises, charged under Section 302,
I. P. C., having killed his brother's child. It appears that he had been very
melancholic for three and half months, and had apparently been very badly used,
for he was covered with bruises. After one of the beatings he suddenly got up