Lok Sabha Question No. 1082 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-22
Subject: Jail Breaks
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAMEN DEKA, DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1082

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND  NOVEMBER, 2016/ AGRAHAYANA 1, 1938 (SAKA)

JAIL BREAKS

1082.    SHRI RAMEN DEKA: SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether there are reports of jail breaks and escape of prisoners from various jails in the country;

- (b) if so, the total number of such cases reported/registered and the action taken  thereon  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Union Government has issued any directive/advisory to the State Governments and jail authorities in this regard; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the other corrective measures taken to stop such cases in future?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a)  &  (d):  As  per  data  collected  from  States/UTs  by  the  National  Crime

Records Bureau, the number of cases of Jail breaks & escape

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of prisoners from various Jails in the country, State-wise, for the last three years is at Annex-I. 'Prisons' is a State subject under Entry 4 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. However, considering the importance of prison administration, the Government of India has been providing the requisite support  and  assistance  to  State  Governments  to  improve  the  security measures in jails and have advised them through advisories to follow the provisions of Jail Manuals strictly and to adopt foolproof measures to avoid incidents of Jail breaks etc. The advisories are available at http://mha1.nic.in/ PrisonReforms/advisory.html.

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## Annexure referred to in part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1082 for answer on 22.11.2016

|       |                   | Jail Break   |   Jail Break |   Jail Break | Escape from prisons   |   Escape from prisons |   Escape from prisons |
|-------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| S/No. | State/UT          | 2013         |         2014 |         2015 | 2013                  |                  2014 |                  2015 |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | 0            |            0 |            0 | 4                     |                     4 |                     5 |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh | 0            |            0 |            0 | 0                     |                     0 |                     4 |
| 3     | Assam             | 0            |            0 |            0 | 8                     |                     0 |                     2 |
| 4     | Bihar             | 0            |            0 |            0 | 4                     |                     7 |                     1 |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh      | 0            |            0 |            0 | 0                     |                     4 |                     6 |
| 6     | Goa               | 0            |            0 |            0 | 1                     |                     0 |                     0 |
| 7     | Gujarat           | 0            |            0 |            1 | 3                     |                     1 |                     1 |
| 8     | Haryana           | 0            |            0 |            1 | 0                     |                     0 |                     2 |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh  | 0            |            2 |            1 | 0                     |                     8 |                     0 |
| 10    | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0            |            0 |            0 | 0                     |                     0 |                     0 |
| 11    | Jharkhand         | 0            |            0 |            0 | 1                     |                     0 |                     0 |
| 12    | Karnataka         | 0            |            0 |            0 | 5                     |                     4 |                    10 |
| 13    | Kerala            | 0            |            0 |            0 | 4                     |                     4 |                     0 |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh    | 2            |            1 |            0 | 16                    |                     7 |                     7 |
| 15    | Maharashtra       | 0            |            0 |            0 | 7                     |                     9 |                    13 |
| 16    | Manipur           | 0            |            0 |            0 | 0                     |                     0 |                     0 |
| 17    | Meghalaya         | 1            |            0 |            1 | 1                     |                     0 |                     6 |
| 18    | Mizoram           | 0            |            1 |            0 | 0                     |                     2 |                     4 |
| 19    | Nagaland          | 0            |            1 |            1 | 0                     |                    12 |                     2 |
| 20    | Odisha            | 0            |            0 |            0 | 10                    |                     5 |                     4 |
| 21    | Punjab            | 0            |            0 |            1 | 2                     |                     3 |                     3 |
| 22    | Rajasthan         | 1            |            0 |            1 | 11                    |                    10 |                     9 |
| 23    | Sikkim            | 0            |            0 |            0 | 0                     |                     0 |                     0 |
| 24    | Tamilnadu         | 0            |            0 |            0 | 5                     |                     6 |                     3 |
| 25    | Telangana         | -            |            0 |            0 | -                     |                     0 |                     0 |
| 26    | Tripura           | 0            |            0 |            0 | 0                     |                     0 |                     0 |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh     | 1            |            6 |            7 | 6                     |                     3 |                     4 |
| 28    | Uttarakhand       | 0            |            0 |            0 | 0                     |                     0 |                     0 |
| 29    | West Bengal       | 0            |            0 |            0 | 5                     |                     7 |                     2 |
| 30    | A & N Islands     | 0            |            0 |            0 | 3                     |                     0 |                     0 |
| 31    | Chandigarh        | 0            |            0 |            0 | 0                     |                     0 |                     0 |
| 32    | D & N Haveli      | 0            |            5 |            0 | 0                     |                     0 |                     0 |
| 33    | Daman & Diu       | 0            |            0 |            0 | 7                     |                     0 |                     0 |
| 34    | Delhi             | 0            |            0 |            1 | 0                     |                     0 |                     1 |
| 35    | Lakshadweep       | 0            |            0 |            0 | 0                     |                     0 |                     0 |
| 36    | Puducherry        | 0            |            0 |            0 | 0                     |                     0 |                     0 |
|       | Total             | 5            |           16 |           15 | 103                   |                    96 |                    89 |