prison statistics india 2011 - National Crime Records Bureau

CHAPTER - 4
DISTRIBUTION OF CONVICT AND UNDERTRIAL PRISONERS
UNDER IPC AND SLL (SPECIAL AND LOCAL LAWS)
CONVICTS
IPC Crimes (1,11,987)
Uttar Pradesh has reported the
highest number of convicts (23,910) under
IPC crimes followed by Madhya Pradesh
(14,434) accounting for 21.4% and 12.9%
respectively of the total IPC convicts
(1,11,987) in the country. There were
64,954 murder convicts out of the total
1,11,987 convicts under various IPC
crimes in the country at the end of 2011
accounting for 58.0% of the total
convicts. The number of convicts in other
IPC offences were on the lower side as
compared to Murder convicts. Significant
number of persons were convicted for the
offence of Attempt to Murder (8,112)
followed by Rape (7,027) and Dowry
Deaths (5,189). Uttar Pradesh has reported
the highest share of 18.3% (11,867 out of
64,954) convicts to the total convicts for
Murder in the country. Uttar Pradesh has
also reported highest share of 24.4% (1,983
out of 8,112), 25.3% (1,777 out of 7,027)
and 48.8% (2,531 out of 5,189) convicts to
the total convicts in the country for Attempt
to Murder, Rape and Dowry Deaths
respectively. It is worth mentioning that
Uttar Pradesh accounted for 40.9% (634
out of 1,550) of total convicts in the country
under crime head Cruelty by husband or
relatives of husband. Only a few convicts
were reported under Eve-Teasing having a
share of 0.1% (100 out of 1,11,987) of the
total convicts in the country. The relevant
details may be seen in Table 4.1.
Special and Local Laws (SLL) (16,482)
A total of 16,482 convicts were
lodged in various jails of the country for
committing offences under Special and
Local Laws. The highest percentage of
convicts (31.1%) was reported under
NDPS Act followed by Arms Act (12.8%),
Indian Railways Act (9.9%) and
Registration of Foreigners Act (7.4%).
Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest
number of convicts (1,316) under NDPS Act
followed by Madhya Pradesh (739). Out of
the 2,113 convicts undergoing sentences
under Arms Act in the country, 614 were
reported from Uttar Pradesh accounting for
29.1% followed by Punjab (24.9%), Bihar
(6.6%) and Jharkhand (6.2%). The highest
number of convicts (601) under Indian
Railways Act was reported from Uttar
Pradesh (36.7%) followed by Maharashtra
(18.4%) and Bihar (9.0%). Out of 1,223
convicts under Registration of Foreigners
Act in the country, 737 were reported from
West Bengal, accounting for 60.3% of total
convicts under Registration of Foreigners
Act. The details may be seen in Table-4.2.
UNDERTRIALS
IPC Crimes (1,91,990)
A total of 1,91,990 undertrial
prisoners from various States and UTs
were lodged in jails for committing IPC
offences, out of which 51,695 persons
were reported as undertrials for
committing murder which accounted for
the highest share of 26.9% of the total
undertrial prisoners in the country. The
highest number of undertrial prisoners for
Murder was reported from Uttar Pradesh
(8,595) followed by Madhya Pradesh
(4,776), Bihar (4,181), Maharashtra (4,067),
Karnataka (3,707) and Odisha (3,317).
These six States taken together accounted
for 55.4% of the total undertrial prisoners for
Murder in the country. Theft and Attempt
to Murder were the next two IPC crimes
which contributed large number of
undertrial prisoners (23,267 for Theft and
20,525 for Attempt to Murder). The
highest share of 18.3% and 23.5% of the
total undertrial prisoners under Theft and
Attempt to Murder respectively were
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