PRISON STATISTICS INDIA 2014

insult to the modesty of women lodge in
various jails at the end of 2014. The details
may be seen in Table-4.3.
Special and Local Laws (SLL) (50,730)
A total of 50,730 prisoners were
lodged as undertrial prisoners in various
jails of the country for committing crimes
under Special and Local Laws compared to
2,31,962 undertrial prisoners for committing
IPC crimes. Thus the share of undertrial
prisoners under SLL was 17.9% of total
undertrial prisoners (IPC offences and SLL
offences combined). The highest number of
undertrial prisoners (16,039) was reported
under the NDPS Act which accounted for
31.6% of the total undertrial prisoners under
SLL. This was followed by undertrial
prisoners under the Arms Act (16.2%) and
the Excise Act (10.7%). Punjab has
reported the highest number of undertrials
(4,803) under the NDPS Act which
accounted for 29.9% of the total undertrial
prisoners under the NDPS Act in the
country. However, the percentage share of
undertrial prisoners reported under the
Protection of Civil Rights Act was the lowest
at 0.3% (148 out of 50,730). The details
may be seen in Table-4.4.
Comparison of Convicted and Undertrial
prisoners lodged in jails during 2014
over previous year (2013)
The convicted prisoners have
marginally increased by 1.5% in 2014 over
2013 as the number of convicts (1,29,608)
lodged in various jails of the country at the
end of 2013 increased to 1,31,517 at the
end of 2014. Five States out of 9 States
having share of 5.0% crimes or more out of
total IPC crimes in the country as per
“Crime in India 2014” report, have
reported decline in convicts population
during the year 2014. These States were
West Bengal (8.6%), Rajasthan (6.8%),
Kerala (6.0%), Maharashtra (1.5%) and
Bihar (0.8%). On the other hand, four major
States reported increase in convict
population during 2014. These States were
Delhi (8.4%), Tamil Nadu (6.3%), Madhya
Pradesh (1.3%) and Uttar Pradesh (1.0%).
The number of undertrial prisoners has
also increased slightly by 1.6% in 2014
(2,82,879) over 2013 (2,78,503). Tamil
Nadu was the only State in the country
which showed remand prisoners as a
separate category from undertrial prisoners
and had supplied the data till 2006 on
these lines. However, from 2007, like other
States, they included data of remand
prisoners under category of undertrial
prisoners. Hence, the number of undertrial
prisoners shown have increased
considerably from 2007. 7 States out of 9
major States (having share of 5% crimes
under IPC or more) have reported increase
in undertrial inmates during 2014 as
compared to 2013. These States were
Rajasthan (10.3%), Madhya Pradesh
(9.2%), Tamil Nadu (8.9%), Uttar Pradesh
(7.6%), Maharashtra (2.9%), Bihar (0.7%),
and Delhi (0.2%). Two major State namely
West Bengal & Kerala have reported a
decline of 14.7% and 3.2% respectively in
undertrial population in 2014 over 2013.
The details may be seen in Table 4(A).
During the calendar year 2014, a
total of 1,87,269 convicts were released out
of which 1,18,903 released after completion
of conviction period and 47,383 released on
bail (Table 4.5).
A total of 796 convicts were
transferred from one State to other States
during 2014. Jharkhand (158) and Uttar
Pradesh (150) have reported the highest
number of transfer of convicts to other
States.
A total of 139 convicts were
released under pardon during 2014,
maximum such released were reported in
Maharashtra (69) followed by Rajasthan
(29) and Uttar Pradesh (21).
Similarly, 13,95,121 undertrials were
released during 2014 out of which
12,39,733 released on bail, 58,589 released
on appeal and 64,216 were acquitted. A
total of 64 undertrials were extradited during
2014. (Table 4.6).
In 2014, 32,890 persons were
released on Parole. 374 prisoners released
on Parole have absconded.
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