(a) the total number of cases registered with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
against the police atrocities and about violations of Human Rights in the prisons during each
of the last three years, State-wise; and
(b) the remedial measures adopted or proposed to be adopted by the Government to curtail such
atrocities in future and the action taken against the accused persons?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI SRIPRAKASH JAISWAL)
(a) : As per statement annexed.
(b): The maintenance of law and order including ‘police’ and ‘prison’ is the responsibility
of the respective State Governments. The Government of India and the National Human Rights
Commission have however been sensitizing State Police forces inter-alia, through regular
training programmes of police officers and others in respect of the protection of human
rights and prevention of human rights violations.
A model prison manual containing guidelines for the superintendence and management
of prisons has also been circulated to the State Governments.
The NHRC has also been issuing directions/recommendations from time to time to the
State Governments on
(i) reporting of custodial deaths/custodial rapes within 24 hours to
the Commission;
(ii) periodical health care and medical examination of undertrials/
prisoners;
(iii) visit by judicial officers to jails/prisons at regular intervals to see
the conditions of prisoners and for recommending suggestions for improvement;
(iv) following
a standardized procedure to deal with custodial crimes and police encounters etc.
Annexure
STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 164 FOR 27.11.2007
NUMBER OF CASES (STATE/UT-WISE) REGISTERED WITH THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AGAINST
THE POLICE ATROCITIES AND VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE PRISONS DURING THE LAST THREE
YEARS
S.No. Name of State 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 Police Prison Police Prison Police Prison
1. Andhra Pradesh 324 124 212 141 160 123
2. Arunachal Pradesh 3 2 6 0 3 1
3. Assam 33 14 36 31 36 17
4. Bihar 1325 203 1395 324 976 267
5. Goa 12 4 14 6 11 1
6. Gujarat 300 59 178 54 285 62
7 Haryana 1168 94 1218 93 1456 103
8. Himachal Pradesh 40 10 29 9 24 11
9. Jammu & Kashmir 35 2 34 3 47 1
10. Karnataka 150 65 140 85 141 62
11. Kerala 39 55 33 51 30 40
12. Madhya Pradesh 534 81 578 63 541 88
13. Maharashtra 334 162 273 131 500 157
14. Manipur 9 0 5 0 7 0
15. Meghalaya 3 6 5 4 4 1
16. Mizoram 0 0 1 1 1 0
17. Nagaland 4 0 0 0 2 0
18. Orissa 190 56 155 55 113 63
19. Punjab 368 84 328 134 245 104
20. Rajasthan 705 104 806 99 631 114
21. Sikkim 0 0 1 0 1 0
22. Tamil Nadu 424 108 283 113 326 116
23. Tripura 5 4 8 4 7 5
24. Uttar Pradesh 20396 461 19315 487 21899 540
25. West Bengal 238 90 171 79 199 80
26. A&N Island 6 1 2 2 4 0
27. Chandigarh 48 4 40 5 34 2
28. Dadra & Nagar Havelli 3 0 1 0 1 0
29. Daman & Diu 0 0 5 0 8 0
30. Delhi 2151 91 1927 78 2192 76
31. Lakshdweep 0 0 0 0 0 0
32. Pondicherry 13 1 9 1 11 2
33. Chhattisgarh 110 30 126 55 166 60
34. Jharkhand 347 95 395 88 354 104
35. Uttaranchal 653 20 648 28 681 33
Total 29970 2030 28377 2230 31096 2233