Lok Sabha Question No. 2698 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-01
Subject: Jail Breaks
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2698

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 ST  AUGUST, 2017/ SHRAVANA 10, 1939 (SAKA)

JAIL BREAKS

2698. SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  incidents  of  jail  breaks  had  occurred  in  the country and many prisoners have escaped from the jails;

(b) if so, the details and the reasons therefor;

(c)  the  total  number  of  such  cases  reported  and  number  of  prisoners escaped  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  Statewise; and

(d) the number of responsible officers identified along with the action taken against them during the said period, State-wise?

ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): As per data collected from States and UTs by the National Crime Records Bureau, the number of cases of Jail breaks & escape of prisoners from various Jails in the country for the last three years is at Annex-I.

(d):    Prisons  is  a  State  subject  under  Entry  4  of  List  II  of  the  Seventh Schedule  to  the  Constitution  of  India.    This  information  is  not  compiled centrally.

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## Annexure referred  in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2698 for answer on 1.8.2017.

| S/No.      | State/UT          | 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                     |
| Total      |                   |              | 0            | 0            |                       |                       |                       |
|            |                   | 5            | 16           | 15           | 103                   | 96                    | 89                    |

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