Lok Sabha Question No. 1393 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Custodial Deaths
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†1393

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 08 TH  DECEMBER, 2015/AGRAHAYANA 17,1937 (SAKA)

CUSTODIAL DEATHS

†1393. SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  total  number  of  persons  died  in  police  custody,  guilty  police personnel arrested and the action taken against them during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise; and

(b) the steps taken by the Government to check such cases in future?

ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a): As per information received from National Crime Records Bureau, a statement  indicating  State-wise,  total  number  of  persons  who  died  in police  custody,  cases  registered,  police  personnel  charge-sheeted  and police  personnel  convicted  during  2012-2014  is  enclosed  as  Annexure. The National Crime Records Bureau further intimated that the latest data pertains to the year 2014.

(b): Pursuant  to  the  guidelines  framed  by  the  National  Human  Rights Commission, every death in judicial or police custody is to be reported to the Commission within 24 hours of occurrence.

The National Human Rights Commission calls for various reports such as inquest, post mortem report, magisterial enquiry report, viscera report etc.  for  ascertaining  foul  play  as  negligence,  if  any,  by  public  escorts, which resulted in the death in custody.

During various workshops,  seminars camp  sittings the National Human Rights Commission sensitizes public servants for better protection of human rights.

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## Information in respect of part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1393 due for answer on 08.12.2015

## State/UT wise number of persons who died in police custody, Cases Registered (CR), Police personnel Charge-sheeted (PCS) and Police Personnel Convicted (PCV) during

2012-2014

|                   |                   | 2012          | 2012   | 2012   | 2012   | 2013          | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2014          | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   |
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------|--------|--------|--------|---------------|--------|--------|--------|---------------|--------|--------|--------|
| S. No. States/UTs |                   | No. of deaths | CR     | PCS    | PCV    | No. of deaths | CR     | PCS    | PCV    | No. of deaths | CR     | PCS    | PCV    |
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh    | 11            | 5      | 0      | 0      | 6             | 5      | 0      | 0      | 18            | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh | 2             | 2      | 0      | 0      | 2             | 2      | 0      | 0      | 1             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 3                 | Assam             | 11            | 11     | 0      | 0      | 4             | 4      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 4                 | Bihar             | 2             | 2      | 2      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh      | 2             | 1      | 0      | 0      | 2             | 2      | 0      | 0      | 1             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 6                 | Goa               | 1             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 7                 | Gujarat           | 19            | 2      | 0      | 0      | 13            | 2      | 1      | 0      | 8             | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 8                 | Haryana           | 1             | 1      | 0      | 0      | 1             | 1      | 0      | 0      | 2             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh  | 1             | 1      | 1      | 0      | 1             | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 10                | Jammu &Kashmir    | 1             | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 11                | Jharkhand         | 2             | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 12                | Karnataka         | 1             | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2             | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 13                | Kerala            | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 6             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 3             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 14                | Madhya Pradesh    | 4             | 1      | 0      | 0      | 5             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 3             | 2      | 10     | 0      |
| 15                | Maharashtra       | 24            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 35            | 2      | 0      | 0      | 21            | 4      | 8      | 0      |
| 16                | Manipur           | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1             | 1      | 0      | 0      | 1             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 17                | Meghalaya         | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2             | 1      | 0      | 0      | 2             | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 18                | Mizoram           | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1             | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 19                | Nagaland          | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 20                | Odisha            | 3             | 3      | 0      | 0      | 1             | 1      | 0      | 0      | 1             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 21                | Punjab            | 3             | 2      | 4      | 0      | 1             | 1      | 0      | 0      | 1             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 22                | Rajasthan         | 1             | 1      | 0      | 0      | 1             | 1      | 0      | 0      | 2             | 2      | 0      | 0      |
| 23                | Sikkim            | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 24                | Tamil Nadu        | 7             | 7      | 0      | 0      | 15            | 15     | 0      | 0      | 7             | 7      | 0      | 0      |
| 25                | Telangana         | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 4             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 26                | Tripura           | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 27                | Uttar Pradesh     | 12            | 12     | 0      | 0      | 15            | 15     | 0      | 0      | 8             | 8      | 2      | 0      |
| 28                | Uttarakhand       | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 29                | West Bengal       | 1             | 1      | 0      | 0      | 6             | 6      | 0      | 0      | 4             | 1      | 0      | 0      |
|                   | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 109           | 56     | 7      | 0      | 118           | 61     | 1      | 0      | 92            | 27     | 20     | 0      |
| 30                | A &NIslands       | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 31                | Chandigarh        | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 32                | D&NHaveli         | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 33                | Daman & Diu       | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 34                | Delhi UT          | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1             | 1      | 6      | 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 UT(S)       | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1             | 1      | 6      | 0      |
| TOTAL             | (ALL INDIA)       | 109           | 56     | 7      | 0      | 118           | 61     | 1      | 0      | 93            | 28     | 26     | 0      |

Note:  Custodial deaths includes persons remanded to police custody dand persons not remanded to police custody.