PRISON STATISTICS INDIA 2014

Chapter - 4
Distribution of Convicted and Undertrials Prisoners under Indian Penal Code
(IPC) and Special and Local laws (SLL)
Convicts
IPC crimes (1,14,584)
A total of 1,14,584 convicts were
lodged in various jails of the country for
committing offences under Indian Penal
Code (IPC). Uttar Pradesh has reported the
highest number of convicts (23,667)
convicted for crime under various sections
of IPC followed by Madhya Pradesh
(15,813), accounting for 20.7% and 13.8%
of the total convicted inmates (1,14,584)
respectively under IPC crimes in the
country. There were 69,773 murder
convicts out of the total 1,14,584 convicts
lodged in jails under various IPC crimes in
the country at the end of 2014, accounting
for 60.9% of the total convicts. The
numbers of convicts in other IPC offences
were on the lower side as compared to
murder convicts. Significant numbers of
persons were lodged as convicts for the
offence of rape (8,879), attempt to murder
(7,015) and dowry deaths (5,176). The
highest share of convicts under murder was
reported in Uttar Pradesh 21.3% (14,881
out of 69,773) followed by Madhya Pradesh
15.9% (11,069 out of 69,773) in the country.
Uttar Pradesh has also reported the highest
share of 16.2% (1,136 out of 7,015), 26.2%
(838 out of 3,203), 21.0% (1,862 out of
8,879), 24.4% (658 out of 2,698), 15.3%
(352 out of 2,307) and 11.1% (341 out of
3,072) convicts to the total convicts in the
country under attempt to murder, culpable
homicide not amounting to murder, rape,
kidnapping & abduction, robbery and
dacoity respectively. It is worth mentioning
that Uttar Pradesh has accounted for 42.5%
(2,200 out of 5,175) of total convicts in the
country under crime head dowry deaths.
The relevant details may be seen in Table
4.1.
Special and Local Laws (SLL) (16,775)
A total of 16,775 convicts were
lodged in various jails of the country for
committing offences under Special and
Local Laws. The highest percentage of
convicts (53.2%) was reported under The
NDPS Act (8,923) followed by The Arms
Act (9.1%) (1,533), the Registration of
Foreigners Act (11.5%) (1,925), the Excise
Act (4.7%) (789) and the Indian Railways
Act (3.2%) (545). Punjab has reported the
highest number of convicts (3,972) under
the NDPS Act, followed by Uttar Pradesh
(884). Out of the 1,533 convicts undergoing
sentences under the Arms Act in the
country, 362 were reported from Punjab
accounting for 23.6% followed by Uttar
Pradesh (21.7%), Bihar (13.3%) and
Madhya Pradesh (7.4%). The highest
number of convicts (192) under The Indian
Railways Act was reported from Uttar
Pradesh (35.2%) followed by Punjab
(14.3%), Bihar (12.1%). Out of 1,925
convicts under the Registration of
Foreigners Act in the country, 1,105
convicts were lodged in West Bengal,
accounting for 57.4% of total convicts under
the Registration of Foreigners Act. The
details may be seen in Table-4.2.
Undertrial Inmates
IPC crimes (2,31,962)
A total of 2,31,962 undertrial
prisoners from various States and UTs were
lodged in jails for committing crimes under
IPC, wherein 63,225 persons were lodged
as undertrials under murder which
accounted for 27.3% of the such undertrial
prisoners in the country. The highest
number of undertrial prisoners under head
murder was reported from Uttar Pradesh
(11,326) followed by Bihar (5,558),
Karnataka (5,015), Madhya Pradesh
(4,890), Maharashtra (4,650) and Odisha
(4,556). These six States taken together
accounted for 56.9% of the total undertrial
prisoners under crime head murder in the
country. Theft and attempt to murder were
the next two IPC crimes which contributed
large number of undertrial prisoners, a total
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