Lok Sabha Question No. 1822 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-06
Subject: Undertrial Prisoners
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1822

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 06 TH  MARCH, 2018/ PHALGUNA 15, 1939 (SAKA) UNDERTRIAL PRISONERS

1822. SHRI KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of under trial prisoners admitted to various jails in the country during the last one year, gender and State-wise;
- (b) the total number of bail applications filed by prison inmates during each of the last three years and the current year, gender and State-wise;
- (c)  the  total  number  of  bail  applications  granted  during  the  said  period, gender and State-wise; and
- (d) the number of inmates who were actually released on bail from prison during the said period, State-wise?

ANSWER

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

(a): State/UT wise and gender wise details of undertrial prisoners lodged in  various  jails  of  the  country  during  the  year  2016,  as  compiled  by  the National Crime Records Bureau, are given in Annexure I.

(b): The information on number of bail applications filed by prison inmates is not maintained centrally.

(c) & (d): State/UT wise details of prison inmates released on bail during the years 2014, 2015 & 2016, as compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau, are given in Annexure II.

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## State/UT-wise Undertrials in Jails as on 31st December of 2016

| Sl.   | State/UT           | Undertrials as on 31.12.2016 (Provisional)   | Undertrials as on 31.12.2016 (Provisional)   | Undertrials as on 31.12.2016 (Provisional)   |
|-------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| No.   |                    | Male                                         | Female                                       | Total                                        |
| (1)   | (2)                | (3)                                          | (4)                                          | (5)                                          |
| 1     | ANDHRA PRADESH     | 4373                                         | 271                                          | 4644                                         |
| 2     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH  | 132                                          | 6                                            | 138                                          |
| 3     | ASSAM              | 5023                                         | 185                                          | 5208                                         |
| 4     | BIHAR              | 26782                                        | 971                                          | 27753                                        |
| 5     | CHHATTISGARH       | 9805                                         | 558                                          | 10363                                        |
| 6     | GOA                | 258                                          | 16                                           | 274                                          |
| 7     | GUJARAT            | 7527                                         | 390                                          | 7917                                         |
| 8     | HARYANA            | 10057                                        | 373                                          | 10430                                        |
| 9     | HIMACHAL PRADESH   | 1268                                         | 44                                           | 1312                                         |
| 10    | JAMMU & KASHMIR    | 1882                                         | 77                                           | 1959                                         |
| 11    | JHARKHAND          | 12138                                        | 618                                          | 12756                                        |
| 12    | KARNATAKA          | 10148                                        | 356                                          | 10504                                        |
| 13    | KERALA             | 4097                                         | 155                                          | 4252                                         |
| 14    | MADHYA PRADESH     | 19921                                        | 697                                          | 20618                                        |
| 15    | MAHARASHTRA        | 21643                                        | 1050                                         | 22693                                        |
| 16    | MANIPUR            | 503                                          | 20                                           | 523                                          |
| 17    | MEGHALAYA          | 731                                          | 12                                           | 743                                          |
| 18    | MIZORAM            | 540                                          | 37                                           | 577                                          |
| 19    | NAGALAND           | 292                                          | 4                                            | 296                                          |
| 20    | ODISHA             | 11347                                        | 423                                          | 11770                                        |
| 21    | PUNJAB             | 11969                                        | 652                                          | 12621                                        |
| 22    | RAJASTHAN          | 14344                                        | 473                                          | 14817                                        |
| 23    | SIKKIM             | 193                                          | 3                                            | 196                                          |
| 24    | TAMIL NADU         | 7744                                         | 387                                          | 8131                                         |
| 25    | TELANGANA          | 3717                                         | 206                                          | 3923                                         |
| 26    | TRIPURA            | 351                                          | 13                                           | 364                                          |
| 27    | UTTAR PRADESH      | 65767                                        | 2665                                         | 68432                                        |
| 28    | UTTARAKHAND        | 2140                                         | 84                                           | 2224                                         |
| 29    | WEST BENGAL        | 14780                                        | 1088                                         | 15868                                        |
|       | TOTAL (STATES)     | 269472                                       | 11834                                        | 281306                                       |
| 30    | A & N ISLANDS      | 70                                           | 7                                            | 77                                           |
| 31    | CHANDIGARH         | 363                                          | 26                                           | 389                                          |
| 32    | D & N HAVELI       | 119                                          | 1                                            | 120                                          |
| 33    | DAMAN & DIU        | 39                                           | 2                                            | 41                                           |
| 34    | DELHI              | 10530                                        | 412                                          | 10942                                        |
| 35    | LAKSHADWEEP        | 6                                            | 1                                            | 7                                            |
| 36    | PUDUCHERRY         | 171                                          | 5                                            | 176                                          |
|       | TOTAL (UTs)        | 11298                                        | 454                                          | 11752                                        |
|       | TOTAL (ALL- INDIA) | 280770                                       | 12288                                        | 293058                                       |

## STATE/UT-WISE PRISON INMATES RELEASED ON BAIL DURING THE YEAR 2014

| SNO.   | STATE/UT          | CONVICTS   | CONVICTS   | CONVICTS   | UNDERTRIALS   | UNDERTRIALS   | UNDERTRIALS   | DETENUES   | DETENUES   | DETENUES   |
|--------|-------------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------|------------|------------|
| SNO.   | STATE/UT          | Male       | Female     | Total      | Male          | Female        | Total         | Male       | Female     | Total      |
| 1      | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 2122       | 122        | 2244       | 71833         | 9375          | 81208         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 2      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 0          | 0          | 0          | 296           | 20            | 316           | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 3      | ASSAM             | 322        | 7          | 329        | 25461         | 902           | 26363         | 35         | 2          | 37         |
| 4      | BIHAR             | 2449       | 80         | 2529       | 62170         | 1064          | 63234         | 2          | 0          | 2          |
| 5      | CHHATTISGARH      | 1397       | 76         | 1473       | 27730         | 1329          | 29059         | 9          | 0          | 9          |
| 6      | GOA               | 18         | 2          | 20         | 983           | 70            | 1053          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 7      | GUJARAT           | 218        | 13         | 231        | 29661         | 1493          | 31154         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 8      | HARYANA           | 2284       | 147        | 2431       | 43082         | 1373          | 44455         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 9      | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 61         | 5          | 66         | 2259          | 109           | 2368          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 10     | JAMMU& KASHMIR    | 144        | 1          | 145        | 5207          | 79            | 5286          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 11     | JHARKHAND         | 1344       | 120        | 1464       | 32454         | 2147          | 34601         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 12     | KARNATAKA         | 783        | 37         | 820        | 38413         | 488           | 38901         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 13     | KERALA            | 480        | 2          | 482        | 1872          | 54            | 1926          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 14     | MADHYA PRADESH    | 8495       | 382        | 8877       | 118843        | 2913          | 121756        | 25         | 0          | 25         |
| 15     | MAHARASHTRA       | 925        | 83         | 1008       | 82822         | 5293          | 88115         | 17         | 0          | 17         |
| 16     | MANIPUR           | 0          | 1          | 1          | 1334          | 135           | 1469          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 17     | MEGHALAYA         | 16         | 0          | 16         | 1726          | 33            | 1759          | 2          | 0          | 2          |
| 18     | MIZORAM           | 21         | 0          | 21         | 2326          | 609           | 2935          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 19     | NAGALAND          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 1015          | 18            | 1033          | 3          | 2          | 5          |
| 20     | ODISHA            | 860        | 30         | 890        | 42628         | 1930          | 44558         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 21     | PUNJAB            | 2613       | 193        | 2806       | 42985         | 2106          | 45091         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 22     | RAJASTHAN         | 4094       | 121        | 4215       | 67990         | 1761          | 69751         | 37         | 0          | 37         |
| 23     | SIKKIM            | 3          | 2          | 5          | 432           | 15            | 447           | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 24     | TAMILNADU         | 1128       | 52         | 1180       | 60004         | 3955          | 63959         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 25     | TELANGANA         | 881        | 121        | 1002       | 63133         | 11379         | 74512         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 26     | TRIPURA           | 35         | 3          | 38         | 1066          | 36            | 1102          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 27     | UTTAR PRADESH     | 9542       | 446        | 9988       | 212817        | 5877          | 218694        | 5          | 0          | 5          |
| 28     | UTTARAKHAND       | 678        | 18         | 696        | 5999          | 133           | 6132          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 29     | WEST BENGAL       | 3224       | 76         | 3300       | 85691         | 4162          | 89853         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
|        | TOTAL (STATES)    | 44137      | 2140       | 46277      | 1132232       | 58858         | 1191090       | 135        | 4          | 139        |
| 30     | A & N ISLANDS     | 0          | 0          | 0          | 397           | 0             | 397           | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 31     | CHANDIGARH        | 103        | 10         | 113        | 1946          | 133           | 2079          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 32     | D & N HAVELI      | 0          | 0          | 0          | 139           | 0             | 139           | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 33     | DAMAN & DIU       | 0          | 0          | 0          | 27            | 0             | 27            | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 34     | DELHI             | 939        | 52         | 991        | 43027         | 1555          | 44582         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 35     | LAKSHADWEEP       | 0          | 0          | 0          | 19            | 0             | 19            | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 36     | PUDUCHERRY        | 0          | 2          | 2          | 1378          | 22            | 1400          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
|        | TOTAL (UTs)       | 1042       | 64         | 1106       | 46933         | 1710          | 48643         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
|        | TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) | 45179      | 2204       | 47383      | 1179165       | 60568         | 1239733       | 135        | 4          | 139        |

## STATE/UT-WISE PRISON INMATES RELEASED ON BAIL DURING THE YEAR 2015

| SNO.   | STATE/UT          | CONVICTS   | CONVICTS   | CONVICTS   | UNDERTRIALS   | UNDERTRIALS   | UNDERTRIALS   | DETENUES   | DETENUES   | DETENUES   |
|--------|-------------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------|------------|------------|
| SNO.   | STATE/UT          | Male       | Female     | Total      | Male          | Female        | Total         | Male       | Female     | Total      |
| 1      | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 3698       | 346        | 4044       | 50173         | 5902          | 56075         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 2      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 0          | 0          | 0          | 341           | 14            | 355           | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 3      | ASSAM             | 93         | 2          | 95         | 27086         | 883           | 27969         | 5          | 1          | 6          |
| 4      | BIHAR             | 2210       | 74         | 2284       | 77964         | 1670          | 79634         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 5      | CHHATTISGARH      | 1471       | 95         | 1566       | 29109         | 1143          | 30252         | 17         | 0          | 17         |
| 6      | GOA               | 100        | 4          | 104        | 261           | 10            | 271           | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 7      | GUJARAT           | 328        | 13         | 341        | 30040         | 1146          | 31186         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 8      | HARYANA           | 2446       | 171        | 2617       | 43609         | 1296          | 44905         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 9      | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 66         | 3          | 69         | 2483          | 125           | 2608          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 10     | JAMMU& KASHMIR    | 190        | 2          | 192        | 5846          | 73            | 5919          | 1          | 0          | 1          |
| 11     | JHARKHAND         | 1457       | 111        | 1568       | 32361         | 1966          | 34327         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 12     | KARNATAKA         | 701        | 41         | 742        | 32413         | 43            | 32456         | 11         | 0          | 11         |
| 13     | KERALA            | 383        | 6          | 389        | 2053          | 52            | 2105          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 14     | MADHYA PRADESH    | 7923       | 356        | 8279       | 101576        | 3261          | 104837        | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 15     | MAHARASHTRA       | 1135       | 70         | 1205       | 88807         | 4745          | 93552         | 22         | 0          | 22         |
| 16     | MANIPUR           | 1          | 0          | 1          | 1084          | 123           | 1207          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 17     | MEGHALAYA         | 0          | 0          | 0          | 1915          | 0             | 1915          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 18     | MIZORAM           | 0          | 0          | 0          | 1774          | 476           | 2250          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 19     | NAGALAND          | 0          | 0          | 0          | 1506          | 45            | 1551          | 10         | 6          | 16         |
| 20     | ODISHA            | 130        | 24         | 154        | 43475         | 1980          | 45455         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 21     | PUNJAB            | 3890       | 362        | 4252       | 24588         | 2314          | 26902         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 22     | RAJASTHAN         | 4100       | 122        | 4222       | 73970         | 1877          | 75847         | 635        | 2          | 637        |
| 23     | SIKKIM            | 5          | 0          | 5          | 308           | 13            | 321           | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 24     | TAMILNADU         | 448        | 58         | 506        | 54008         | 1047          | 55055         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 25     | TELANGANA         | 813        | 86         | 899        | 47828         | 7523          | 55351         | 1          | 0          | 1          |
| 26     | TRIPURA           | 23         | 1          | 24         | 1183          | 45            | 1228          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 27     | UTTAR PRADESH     | 9174       | 492        | 9666       | 194978        | 6496          | 201474        | 1          | 0          | 1          |
| 28     | UTTARAKHAND       | 617        | 27         | 644        | 7536          | 225           | 7761          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 29     | WEST BENGAL       | 2763       | 77         | 2840       | 82969         | 4406          | 87375         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
|        | TOTAL (STATES)    | 44165      | 2543       | 46708      | 1061244       | 48899         | 1110143       | 703        | 9          | 712        |
| 30     | A & N ISLANDS     | 0          | 0          | 0          | 374           | 0             | 374           | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 31     | CHANDIGARH        | 163        | 14         | 177        | 1988          | 26            | 2014          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 32     | D & N HAVELI      | 0          | 0          | 0          | 125           | 12            | 137           | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 33     | DAMAN & DIU       | 0          | 0          | 0          | 35            | 2             | 37            | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 34     | DELHI             | 899        | 40         | 939        | 42456         | 1250          | 43706         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 35     | LAKSHADWEEP       | 0          | 0          | 0          | 28            | 0             | 28            | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 36     | PUDUCHERRY        | 2          | 2          | 4          | 1115          | 27            | 1142          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
|        | TOTAL (UTs)       | 1064       | 56         | 1120       | 46121         | 1317          | 47438         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
|        | TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) | 45229      | 2599       | 47828      | 1107365       | 50216         | 1157581       | 703        | 9          | 712        |

ANNEXURE-II 3/3 L.S.US.Q.NO.1822 FOR 06.03.2018

## STATE/UT-WISE PRISON INMATES RELEASED ON BAIL DURING THE YEAR 2016 (PROVISIONAL)

| SNO.   | STATE/UT          | CONVICTS   | CONVICTS   | CONVICTS   | UNDERTRIALS   | UNDERTRIALS   | UNDERTRIALS   | DETENUES   | DETENUES   | DETENUES   |
|--------|-------------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------|------------|------------|
| SNO.   | STATE/UT          | Male       | Female     | Total      | Male          | Female        | Total         | Male       | Female     | Total      |
| 1      | ANDHRA PRADESH    | 2304       | 129        | 2433       | 42232         | 5066          | 47298         | 1          | 0          | 1          |
| 2      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 0          | 0          | 0          | 390           | 20            | 410           | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 3      | ASSAM             | 227        | 4          | 231        | 23734         | 1028          | 24762         | 60         | 2          | 62         |
| 4      | BIHAR             | 1027       | 82         | 1109       | 103071        | 2875          | 105946        | 2          | 0          | 2          |
| 5      | CHHATTISGARH      | 1931       | 101        | 2032       | 32686         | 1298          | 33984         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 6      | GOA               | 11         | 0          | 11         | 629           | 28            | 657           | 1          | 0          | 1          |
| 7      | GUJARAT           | 135        | 17         | 152        | 32051         | 1666          | 33717         | 174        | 18         | 192        |
| 8      | HARYANA           | 3460       | 184        | 3644       | 42601         | 1675          | 44276         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 9      | HIMACHAL PRADESH  | 54         | 3          | 57         | 2635          | 139           | 2774          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 10     | JAMMU& KASHMIR    | 196        | 2          | 198        | 5337          | 73            | 5410          | 2          | 0          | 2          |
| 11     | JHARKHAND         | 1282       | 115        | 1397       | 30488         | 1658          | 32146         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 12     | KARNATAKA         | 709        | 44         | 753        | 33211         | 47            | 33258         | 9          | 0          | 9          |
| 13     | KERALA            | 461        | 6          | 467        | 2636          | 69            | 2705          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 14     | MADHYA PRADESH    | 7500       | 344        | 7844       | 115406        | 2813          | 118219        | 5          | 0          | 5          |
| 15     | MAHARASHTRA       | 1208       | 165        | 1373       | 76025         | 4458          | 80483         | 2          | 0          | 2          |
| 16     | MANIPUR           | 0          | 0          | 0          | 882           | 91            | 973           | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 17     | MEGHALAYA         | 0          | 0          | 0          | 1586          | 19            | 1605          | 1          | 0          | 1          |
| 18     | MIZORAM           | 0          | 0          | 0          | 1547          | 485           | 2032          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 19     | NAGALAND          | 1          | 0          | 1          | 1521          | 51            | 1572          | 15         | 3          | 18         |
| 20     | ODISHA            | 1750       | 38         | 1788       | 17598         | 4297          | 21895         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 21     | PUNJAB            | 4071       | 389        | 4460       | 26904         | 1774          | 28678         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 22     | RAJASTHAN         | 4954       | 118        | 5072       | 82437         | 2150          | 84587         | 333        | 0          | 333        |
| 23     | SIKKIM            | 2          | 1          | 3          | 440           | 21            | 461           | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 24     | TAMILNADU         | 726        | 82         | 808        | 35102         | 3227          | 38329         | 0          | 15         | 15         |
| 25     | TELANGANA         | 883        | 219        | 1102       | 44262         | 7510          | 51772         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 26     | TRIPURA           | 67         | 1          | 68         | 1225          | 37            | 1262          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 27     | UTTAR PRADESH     | 11842      | 551        | 12393      | 227282        | 6272          | 233554        | 5          | 0          | 5          |
| 28     | UTTARAKHAND       | 1033       | 34         | 1067       | 9092          | 340           | 9432          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 29     | WEST BENGAL       | 3698       | 98         | 3796       | 80636         | 4214          | 84850         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
|        | TOTAL (STATES)    | 49532      | 2727       | 52259      | 1073646       | 53401         | 1127047       | 610        | 38         | 648        |
| 30     | A & N ISLANDS     | 2          | 0          | 2          | 304           | 18            | 322           | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 31     | CHANDIGARH        | 110        | 6          | 116        | 1618          | 18            | 1636          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 32     | D & N HAVELI      | 0          | 0          | 0          | 81            | 1             | 82            | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 33     | DAMAN & DIU       | 0          | 0          | 0          | 40            | 1             | 41            | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 34     | DELHI             | 775        | 41         | 816        | 36585         | 1338          | 37923         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 35     | LAKSHADWEEP       | 0          | 0          | 0          | 35            | 0             | 35            | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 36     | PUDUCHERRY        | 11         | 0          | 11         | 1230          | 22            | 1252          | 0          | 0          | 0          |
|        | TOTAL (UTs)       | 898        | 47         | 945        | 39893         | 1398          | 41291         | 0          | 0          | 0          |
|        | TOTAL (ALL-INDIA) | 50430      | 2774       | 53204      | 1113539       | 54799         | 1168338       | 610        | 38         | 648        |

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