Lok Sabha Question No. 2603 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-10
Subject: Reinstatement of Compensatory Pay
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: BISHNU PADA RAY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2603

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH  MAY, 2016/ VAISAKHA 20, 1938 (SAKA)

CASES OF FALSE IMPRISONMENT

2603.   SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGH DEO:

DR. PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number  of  cases  of  false  imprisonment  and  extra  detention, particularly of youths from minority communities, reported during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has introduced/plans to evolve a methodology to assess damages to people who suffer false imprisonment and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether rehabilitation has been provided to all individuals falsely imprisoned during the said period and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  whether  measures  have  been  taken  to  remove  administrative hurdles and to reduce the time for rehabilitation of individuals falsely imprisoned and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHI CHAUDHARY)

(a) & (b):  'Prisons' is a State subject as per entry 4 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. Therefore, the administration and management of prisons is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments. Such data is not maintained centrally.  However, as per data compiled by National Crime Records Bureau,  a  State/UT  wise  statement  of  undertrial  prisoners  acquitted during 2012, 2013 and 2014 is enclosed at Annexure.

## LS.US.Q.NO. 2603 FOR 10.05.2016

(c)  to  (d)  The  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  prepared  a  new  Model Prison Manual 2016 for guidance of States/UTs that also provides for after care  and  rehabilitation of prisoners  in  which  it  has  been envisaged  that  special  committees  known  as  Discharged  Prisoners' After-Care  and  Rehabilitation  Committees  should  be  set  up  at  the district or State level for planning and devising appropriate mechanisms for rehabilitation and after-care assistance to prisoners.

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## ANNEXURE

## Annexure referred to in part (c)to(d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2603 for answer on 10.5.2016

| S.          | State/UT          | Number of        | Number of        | Number of        |
|-------------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| No. 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | Undertrials 4902 | Undertrials 3868 | Undertrials 3137 |
| 2 Arunachal | acquitted Pradesh | 0                | acquitted 0      | acquitted 0      |
| 3           | Assam             | during the 894   | during the 944   | during the 969   |
| 4           | Bihar             | year 2012 6104   | year 2013 4911   | year 2014 3189   |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh      | 3963             | 3569             | 4197             |
| 6           | Goa               | 53               | 14               | 67               |
| 7           | Gujarat           | 4595             | 3988             | 3477             |
| 8           | Haryana           | 2986             | 3891             | 3291             |
| 9 Himachal  | Pradesh           | 296              | 228              | 307              |
| 10          | Jammu & Kashmir   | 238              | 302              | 222              |
| 11          | Jharkhand         | 3287             | 3631             | 3122             |
| 12          | Karnataka         | 3165             | 2658             | 2916             |
| 13          | Kerala            | 6290             | 5554             | 5554             |
| 14          | Madhya Pradesh    | 5329             | 4434             | 5099             |
| 15          | Maharashtra       | 4140             | 4134             | 4814             |
| 16          | Manipur           | 76               | 23               | 23               |
| 17          | Meghalaya         | 4                | 10               | 24               |
| 18          | Mizoram           | 160              | 212              | 216              |
| 19          | Nagaland          | 415              | 241              | 272              |
| 20          | Odisha            | 2577             | 2647             | 2667             |
| 21          | Punjab            | 5518             | 3170             | 2810             |
| 22          | Rajasthan         | 5254             | 6667             | 6448             |
| 23          | Sikkim            | 33               | 40               | 53               |
| 24          | Tamil Nadu        | 998              | 1201             | 1018             |
| 25          | Telangana         | --               | --               | 1724             |
| 26          | Tripura           | 320              | 217              | 208              |
| 27 Uttar    | Pradesh           | 10212            | 4482             | 3928             |
| 28          | Uttarakhand       | 759              | 1184             | 1184             |
| 29          | West Bengal       | 1168             | 1522             | 828              |
| 30          | A&N Islands       | 0                | 0                | 0                |
| 31          | Chandigarh        | 51               | 48               | 99               |
| 32          | D & N Haveli      | 14               | 8                | 7                |
| 33 Daman    | & Diu             | 2                | 1                | 3                |
| 34          | Delhi             | 2275             | 1661             | 2319             |
| 35          | Lakshadweep       | 0                | 0                | 0                |
| 36          | Puducherry        | 5                | 26               | 24               |
| Total       | Total             | 76083            | 65486            | 64216            |

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