Lok Sabha Question No. 4172 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-28
Subject: Prisoner in Jail under NDPS Act 1985
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Adhikari Dibyendu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4172

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 th  MARCH, 2017 / CHAITRA 7, 1939 (SAKA)

PRISONER IN JAIL UNDER NDPS ACT 1985

4172. SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether thousands of people are serving sentences in various jails across the country under the NDPS Act 1985; and

(b) if so, the details of under-trials State and age-wise?

ANSWER

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

(a):  As  per  data  compiled  by  National  Crime  Records  Bureau  from  all States/UTs as on 31.12.2015,  a total of 7227 prison inmates were lodged as convicts in various  jails under the NDPS Act.

(b) :  A statement containing the details of State/UT wise and age-wise number of under-trials at the end of 2015, under the NDPS Act 1985 is at Annex.

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## Annexure referred to in part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4172 for answer on 28.3.2017.

State/UT-wise and age-wise number of under-trials  under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 at the end of 2015

| Sl. No.   | State/UT          |   16 -18 Years |   18 - 30 Years |   30 - 50 Years |   50 Years& Above |   Total (All Age Groups) |
|-----------|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
| 1         | ANDHRA PRADESH    |              0 |             249 |             227 |                28 |                      504 |
| 2         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |              0 |               1 |               3 |                 0 |                        4 |
| 3         | ASSAM             |              0 |              44 |             122 |                29 |                      195 |
| 4         | BIHAR             |              0 |             278 |             304 |                85 |                      667 |
| 5         | CHHATTISGARH      |              0 |             259 |             189 |                50 |                      498 |
| 6         | GOA               |              0 |               2 |               3 |                 0 |                        5 |
| 7         | GUJARAT           |              0 |             101 |              96 |                24 |                      221 |
| 8         | HARYANA           |              0 |             208 |             214 |                71 |                      493 |
| 9         | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |              0 |             116 |             166 |                32 |                      314 |
| 10        | JAMMU&KASHMIR     |              0 |             102 |              92 |                35 |                      229 |
| 11        | JHARKHAND         |              0 |              53 |              61 |                12 |                      126 |
| 12        | KARNATAKA         |              0 |              53 |              49 |                 2 |                      104 |
| 13        | KERALA            |              0 |             166 |             150 |                98 |                      414 |
| 14        | MADHYAPRADESH     |              0 |             423 |             329 |                89 |                      841 |
| 15        | MAHARASHTRA       |              0 |             124 |             158 |                42 |                      324 |
| 16        | MANIPUR           |              0 |              16 |              45 |                 3 |                       64 |
| 17        | MEGHALAYA         |              0 |              28 |              13 |                 0 |                       41 |
| 18        | MIZORAM           |              0 |              43 |              46 |                 3 |                       92 |
| 19        | NAGALAND          |              0 |              11 |               5 |                 2 |                       18 |
| 20        | ODISHA            |              0 |             125 |             103 |                23 |                      251 |
| 21        | PUNJAB            |              0 |            1641 |            1901 |               288 |                     3830 |
| 22        | RAJASTHAN         |              0 |             417 |             520 |               192 |                     1129 |
| 23        | SIKKIM            |              0 |               0 |               0 |                 0 |                        0 |
| 24        | TAMILNADU         |              0 |             116 |             270 |                64 |                      450 |
| 25        | TELANGANA         |              0 |              20 |              35 |                 6 |                       61 |
| 26        | TRIPURA           |              0 |               3 |              10 |                 0 |                       13 |
| 27        | UTTARPRADESH      |              0 |            1248 |            1238 |               393 |                     2879 |
| 28        | UTTARAKHAND       |              0 |              31 |              71 |                 8 |                      110 |
| 29        | WEST BENGAL       |              0 |             598 |             701 |               193 |                     1492 |
|           | TOTAL(STATES)     |              0 |            6476 |            7121 |              1772 |                    15369 |
| 30        | A&NISLANDS        |              0 |               0 |               0 |                 0 |                        0 |
| 31        | CHANDIGARH        |              0 |              16 |              11 |                 6 |                       33 |
| 32        | D&NHAVELI         |              0 |               2 |               0 |                 1 |                        3 |
| 33        | DAMAN&DIU         |              0 |               0 |               0 |                 0 |                        0 |
| 34        | DELHI             |              0 |             266 |             233 |                55 |                      554 |

| 35   | LAKSHADWEEP      |   0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |     0 |
|------|------------------|-----|------|------|------|-------|
| 36   | PUDUCHERRY       |   0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |     0 |
|      | TOTAL(UTs)       |   0 |  284 |  244 |   62 |   590 |
|      | TOTAL(ALL-INDIA) |   0 | 6760 | 7365 | 1834 | 15959 |