Lok Sabha Question No. 3019 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Custodial Deaths
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Pinaki Misra, D. Ravikumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3019

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND  MARCH, 2022/ CHAITRA 1, 1944 (SAKA)

CUSTODIAL DEATHS

3019. SHRI PINAKI MISRA:

SHRI RAVIKUMAR D.:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of cases of custodial deaths reported during the last five years and the current year, State/UT/year-wise;
- (b)  the  number  of  cases  of  custodial  deaths  in  which  National  Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recommended payment of monetary compensation  including  the  details  on  the  total  amount  of  monetary compensation recommended and paid, State/UT/year-wise;
- (c) the number of cases of custodial deaths in which NHRC recommended disciplinary  actions  including  the  details  on  the  number  of  disciplinary actions taken in  compliance with the NHRC recommendations, State/UT/ year-wise; and
- (d) the number of cases of custodial deaths during the said period in which NHRC  recommended  prosecution  against  police  officials  including  the details on the number of prosecutions instituted in compliance with NHRC recommendation during the said period, year-wise and State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a) & (b): As  per  information  received  from  the  National  Human  Rights Commission  (NHRC),  details  of  cases  (State/UT/year-  wise)  reported  in respect of Custodial deaths are  given at  Annexure- A and details of cases

(State/UT/year-wise)  where  monetary  relief  was  recommended  by  the Commission are given at Annexure-B

(c) to (d):  As per the information received from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), details of cases (State/UT/year-wise), where disciplinary action, prosecution was recommended by the NHRC are given at Annexure-C.

Pursuant  to  the  guidelines  issued  by  the  NHRC,  every  death  in custody, police or judicial, natural or otherwise, is to be reported to the Commission  within  24  hours  of  its  occurrence.  If  an  enquiry  by  the Commission into custodial death discloses negligence by a public servant, the Commission recommends to authorities of Central/State Governments for paying compensation to the Next of Kin (NoK) and also for initiation of disciplinary  proceedings/prosecution  against  the  erring  public  servant. Action against the erring public servant is to be taken by the respective authorities as per extant rules, procedures, etc.

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Statement in respect of Lok Sabha Unstarred question no. 3019 for 22.03.2022 showing total number of custodial deaths during the last five years and current year up to 28.02.2022.

| S .No.   | State/UT Name                         | 2016-2017   | 2016-2017   | 2017-2018   | 2017-2018   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   | 2021-22(up to 28.2.2022 )   | 2021-22(up to 28.2.2022 )   |
|----------|---------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| S .No.   | State/UT Name                         | Police      | Judicial    | Police      | Judicial    | Police    | Judicial  | Police    | Judicial  | Police    | Judicial  | Police                      | Judicial                    |
| 1        | ANDHRA PRADESH                        | 2           | 30          | 2           | 36          | 5         | 43        | 3         | 26        | 3         | 47        | 1                           | 46                          |
| 2        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                     | 1           | 0           | 3           | 3           | 2         | 6         | 0         | 2         | 1         | 2         | 0                           | 2                           |
| 3        | ASSAM                                 | 9           | 26          | 11          | 29          | 5         | 30        | 2         | 32        | 1         | 18        | 8                           | 13                          |
| 4        | BIHAR                                 | 5           | 86          | 7           | 109         | 5         | 114       | 5         | 105       | 3         | 156       | 17                          | 197                         |
| 5        | CHHATTISGARH                          | 6           | 56          | 3           | 54          | 3         | 55        | 3         | 56        | 3         | 64        | 2                           | 84                          |
| 6        | GOA                                   | 1           | 4           | 0           | 0           | 0         | 3         | 0         | 2         | 0         | 1         | 1                           | 5                           |
| 7        | GUJARAT                               | 10          | 53          | 14          | 50          | 13        | 67        | 12        | 53        | 17        | 82        | 21                          | 96                          |
| 8        | HARYANA                               | 9           | 45          | 7           | 46          | 7         | 65        | 3         | 74        | 3         | 46        | 4                           | 96                          |
| 9        | HIMACHAL PRADESH                      | 1           | 4           | 2           | 6           | 1         | 15        | 4         | 7         | 0         | 8         | 0                           | 7                           |
| 10       | JHARKHAND                             | 5           | 60          | 6           | 50          | 3         | 64        | 2         | 43        | 5         | 49        | 4                           | 72                          |
| 11       | KARNATAKA                             | 4           | 6           | 4           | 11          | 7         | 1         | 4         | 4         | 5         | 3         | 7                           | 2                           |
| 12       | KERALA                                | 5           | 48          | 3           | 38          | 3         | 33        | 2         | 27        | 1         | 34        | 4                           | 37                          |
| 13       | MADHYA PRADESH                        | 10          | 135         | 7           | 114         | 12        | 143       | 14        | 143       | 8         | 155       | 8                           | 176                         |
| 14       | MAHARASHTRA                           | 25          | 125         | 19          | 125         | 11        | 149       | 3         | 91        | 13        | 130       | 29                          | 154                         |
| 15       | MANIPUR                               | 1           | 0           | 1           | 1           | 3         | 0         | 2         | 1         | 0         | 1         | 1                           | 0                           |
| 16       | MEGHALAYA                             | 0           | 1           | 2           | 2           | 0         | 3         | 1         | 4         | 2         | 5         | 2                           | 8                           |
| 17       | MIZORAM                               | 2           | 4           | 1           | 2           | 1         | 4         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 3         | 1                           | 3                           |
| 18       | NAGALAND                              | 1           | 0           | 0           | 2           | 0         | 0         | 0         | 5         | 0         | 2         | 1                           | 6                           |
| 19       | ODISHA                                | 4           | 47          | 4           | 54          | 4         | 61        | 6         | 59        | 4         | 89        | 2                           | 60                          |
| 20       | PUNJAB                                | 6           | 150         | 10          | 127         | 5         | 117       | 6         | 93        | 2         | 70        | 6                           | 133                         |
| 21       | RAJASTHAN                             | 6           | 82          | 3           | 91          | 8         | 74        | 5         | 79        | 3         | 71        | 11                          | 73                          |
| 22       | SIKKIM                                | 0           | 0           | 0           | 2           | 0         | 3         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 4         | 1                           | 1                           |
| 23       | TAMIL NADU                            | 6           | 60          | 11          | 72          | 11        | 89        | 12        | 57        | 2         | 61        | 4                           | 93                          |
| 24       | TELANGANA                             | 4           | 29          | 3           | 14          | 0         | 9         | 0         | 21        | 1         | 22        | 4                           | 21                          |
| 25       | TRIPURA                               | 0           | 5           | 1           | 5           | 0         | 5         | 1         | 6         | 0         | 1         | 1                           | 3                           |
| 26       | UTTAR PRADESH                         | 11          | 400         | 10          | 390         | 12        | 452       | 3         | 400       | 8         | 443       | 8                           | 443                         |
| 27       | UTTARAKHAND                           | 0           | 20          | 0           | 17          | 2         | 18        | 1         | 24        | 1         | 46        | 2                           | 23                          |
| 28       | WEST BENGAL                           | 9           | 99          | 5           | 138         | 5         | 115       | 7         | 115       | 8         | 177       | 3                           | 221                         |
| 29       | ANDAMAN & NICOBAR                     | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0         | 1         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0                           | 1                           |
| 30       | CHANDIGARH                            | 0           | 3           | 0           | 2           | 0         | 4         | 0         | 2         | 0         | 2         | 0                           | 1                           |
| 31       | DADRA& NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0                           | 0                           |
| 32       | DELHI                                 | 2           | 30          | 7           | 42          | 8         | 44        | 9         | 47        | 4         | 41        | 1                           | 60                          |
| 33       | JAMMU& KASHMIR                        | 0           | 7           | 0           | 4           | 0         | 8         | 0         | 5         | 2         | 7         | 1                           | 14                          |
| 34       | LADAKH                                | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0                           | 0                           |
| 35       | LAKSHADWEEP                           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0                           | 0                           |
| 36       | PUDUCHERRY                            | 0           | 1           | 0           | 0           | 0         | 1         | 0         | 1         | 0         | 0         | 0                           | 1                           |
|          | TOTAL                                 | 145         | 1616        | 146         | 1636        | 136       | 1797      | 112       | 1584      | 100       | 1840      | 155                         | 2152                        |

## Statement in respect of Lok Sabha Unstarred question no. 3019 for 22.03.2022 showing total number of custodial deaths cases wherein NHRC recommended monetary compensation during the last five years and current year up to 28.02.2022.

| S.NO   | State/UT Name                   | 2016-17      | 2016-17         | 2017-2018    | 2017-2018       | 2018-2019    | 2018-2019       | 2019-2020    | 2019-2020       | 2020-2021    | 2020-2021       | 2021-2022(up to 28.2.2022)   | 2021-2022(up to 28.2.2022)   |
|--------|---------------------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| S.NO   | State/UT Name                   | No. of cases | Amount (in Rs.) | No. of cases | Amount (in Rs.) | No. of cases | Amount (in Rs.) | No. of cases | Amount (in Rs.) | No. of cases | Amount (in Rs.) | No. of cases                 | Amount (in Rs.)              |
| 1.     | ANDHRA PRADESH                  | 11           | 1280000         | 16           | 3050000         | 9            | 2100000         | 3            | 900000          | 7            | 1500000         | 3                            | 1225000                      |
| 2.     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH               | 0            | 0               | 1            | 100000          | 7            | 1400000         | 1            | 300000          | 4            | 1100000         | 1                            | 300000                       |
| 3.     | ASSAM                           | 2            | 500000          | 4            | 600000          | 7            | 2100000         | 4            | 1200000         | 8            | 2600000         | 2                            | 600000                       |
| 4.     | BIHAR                           | 14           | 2200000         | 24           | 4400000         | 22           | 4550000         | 21           | 6050000         | 26           | 8300000         | 20                           | 7650000                      |
| 5.     | CHHATTISGARH                    | 5            | 900000          | 10           | 1900000         | 9            | 2400000         | 10           | 3000000         | 8            | 2500000         | 1                            | 300000                       |
| 6.     | GOA                             | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0                            | 0                            |
| 7.     | GUJARAT                         | 8            | 2000000         | 19           | 3749998         | 10           | 3200000         | 2            | 500000          | 3            | 800000          | 4                            | 1550000                      |
| 8.     | HARYANA                         | 12           | 2125000         | 12           | 2800000         | 4            | 1300000         | 6            | 2100000         | 9            | 2875000         | 9                            | 2575000                      |
| 9.     | HIMACHAL PRADESH                | 1            | 100000          | 1            | 100000          | 3            | 900000          | 0            | 0               | 1            | 200000          | 1                            | 300000                       |
| 10.    | JHARKHAND                       | 5            | 650000          | 16           | 2850000         | 13           | 2700000         | 13           | 3100000         | 4            | 1375000         | 4                            | 1050000                      |
| 11.    | KARNATAKA                       | 0            | 0               | 2            | 200000          | 1            | 100000          | 0            | 0               | 1            | 300000          | 1                            | 200000                       |
| 12.    | KERALA                          | 3            | 300000          | 3            | 500000          | 4            | 1000000         | 1            | 300000          | 5            | 1700000         | 3                            | 1125000                      |
| 13.    | MADHYAPRADESH                   | 6            | 1000000         | 8            | 1700000         | 10           | 2300000         | 3            | 1200000         | 2            | 600000          | 0                            | 0                            |
| 14.    | MAHARASHTRA                     | 30           | 5725000         | 28           | 6050000         | 11           | 2600000         | 6            | 2250000         | 8            | 2350000         | 5                            | 1625000                      |
| 15.    | MANIPUR                         | 0            | 0               | 1            | 300000          | 1            | 500000          | 1            | 300000          | 0            | 0               | 2                            | 1000000                      |
| 16.    | MEGHALAYA                       | 2            | 300000          | 4            | 500000          | 2            | 300000          | 0            | 0               | 1            | 300000          | 0                            | 0                            |
| 17.    | MIZORAM                         | 3            | 500000          | 2            | 125000          | 2            | 300000          | 1            | 100000          | 1            | 500000          | 1                            | 300000                       |
| 18.    | NAGALAND                        | 1            | 100000          | 3            | 450000          | 1            | 100000          | 0            | 0               | 2            | 650000          | 0                            | 0                            |
| 19.    | ODISHA                          | 5            | 400000          | 2            | 500000          | 3            | 1000000         | 5            | 1700000         | 3            | 900000          | 9                            | 3375000                      |
| 20.    | PUNJAB                          | 7            | 700000          | 15           | 2350000         | 14           | 2400000         | 13           | 3500000         | 8            | 2550000         | 2                            | 800000                       |
| 21.    | RAJASTHAN                       | 9            | 1700000         | 10           | 1500000         | 12           | 2099996         | 5            | 1250000         | 6            | 1900000         | 8                            | 2550000                      |
| 22.    | SIKKIM                          | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 1                            | 375000                       |
| 23.    | TAMIL NADU                      | 5            | 1500000         | 4            | 1600000         | 4            | 625000          | 2            | 400000          | 5            | 1300000         | 3                            | 800000                       |
| 24.    | TELANGANA                       | 6            | 1080000         | 11           | 1700000         | 5            | 925000          | 6            | 1400000         | 1            | 500000          | 3                            | 1200000                      |
| 25.    | TRIPURA                         | 0            | 0               | 1            | 100000          | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 1            | 300000          | 0                            | 0                            |
| 26.    | UTTAR PRADESH                   | 40           | 8750000         | 70           | 12250000        | 60           | 13250000        | 48           | 13850002        | 24           | 6925000         | 39                           | 11925000                     |
| 27.    | UTTARAKHAND                     | 1            | 100000          | 1            | 100000          | 0            | 0               | 3            | 700000          | 2            | 500000          | 3                            | 1050000                      |
| 28.    | WEST BENGAL                     | 8            | 1500000         | 15           | 2900000         | 11           | 2700000         | 5            | 1300000         | 11           | 3250000         | 7                            | 1625000                      |
| 29.    | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR                | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 2            | 500000          | 0            | 0               | 0                            | 0                            |
| 30.    | CHANDIGARH                      | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 1            | 300000          | 0                            | 0                            |
| 31.    | DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI ANDDAMAN&DIU | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 1            | 300000          | 0                            | 0                            |
| 32.    | DELHI                           | 0            | 0               | 16           | 3149999         | 7            | 1350000         | 8            | 2500000         | 8            | 2500000         | 5                            | 1800000                      |
| 33.    | JAMMU &KASHMIR                  | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0                            | 0                            |
| 34.    | LADAKH                          | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0                            | 0                            |
| 35.    | LAKSHADWEEP                     | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0            | 0               | 0                            | 0                            |
| 36.    | PUDUCHERRY                      | 0            | 0               | 1            | 500000          | 0            | 0               | 1            | 500000          | 0            | 0               | 0                            | 0                            |
| TOTAL  | TOTAL                           | 184          | 33410000        | 300          | 56024997        | 232          | 52199996        | 170          | 48900002        | 161          | 48875000        | 137                          | 45300000                     |

## ANNEXURE-C. LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3019

| S. NO          | State/UT                          | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-2018   | 2017-2018   | 2018-2019   | 2018-2019   | 2019-2020   | 2019-2020   | 2020-2021   | 2020-2021   | 2021-2022   | 2021-2022   |
|----------------|-----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| S. NO          | State/UT                          | DA(*)     | P(*)      | DA          | P           | DA          | P           | DA          | P           | DA          | P           | DA          | P           |
| 1.             | ANDHRA PRADESH                    | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           |             | 0           | 0           |
| 2.             | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                 | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 3.             | ASSAM                             | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 4.             | BIHAR                             | 0         | 0         | 5           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 5.             | CHHATTISGARH                      | 1         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 6.             | GOA                               | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 7.             | GUJARAT                           | 1         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 8.             | HARYANA                           | 2         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 9.             | HIMACHAL PRADESH                  |           | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 10.            | JHARKHAND                         | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 11.            | KARNATAKA                         | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 12.            | KERALA                            | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 13.            | MADHYAPRADESH                     | 0         | 0         | 1           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 14.            | MAHARASHTRA                       | 1         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 15.            | MANIPUR                           | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 16.            | MEGHALAYA                         | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 17.            | MIZORAM                           | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 18.            | NAGALAND                          | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 19.            | ODISHA                            | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 20.            | PUNJAB                            | 1         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 21.            | RAJASTHAN                         | 1         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 1           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 22.            | SIKKIM                            | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 23.            | TAMIL NADU                        | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 1           | 0           |
| 24.            | TELANGANA                         | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 25.            | TRIPURA                           | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 26. UTTAR      | PRADESH                           | 1         | 0         | 2           | 0           | 3           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 27.            | UTTARAKHAND                       | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 28.            | WEST BENGAL                       | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 29.            | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR                  | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 30.            | CHANDIGARH                        | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 31.            | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI AND DAMAN &DIU | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 32.            | DELHI                             | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 33. JAMMU      | &KASHMIR                          | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 34.            | LADAKH                            | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 35.            | LAKSHADWEEP                       | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 36. PUDUCHERRY |                                   | 0         | 0         | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| TOTAL          |                                   | 8         | NIL       | 8           | NIL         | 4           | NIL         | NIL         | NIL         | NIL         | NIL         | 1           | NIL         |