The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed strong displeasure as it noted that an undertrial at the Manipur Central Jail was not taken to the hospital for medical examination, only because he belongs to the 'Kuki' community.
The woman prisoner has been identified as Saleha Qureshi (24), a resident of Kurwai area of Vidisha district and she was in jail inconnection with a murder case of her lover. She was brought here to Bhopal Central Jail from Vidisha district Jail on April 27 after she got pregnant.
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A central jail undertrial prisoner who was admitted to Hamidia Hospital in Bhopal for treatment escaped from there, said a police official on Wednesday.
A detainee named Paramjeet lodged in a jail in the Jind district of Haryana died on Monday. The accused was arrested two days ago on the charges of buffalo theft over which the CIA started interrogating him.
The prisoner was identified as Anil, a resident of Chhatripura, Mhow Naka, Indore and he was imprisoned on the charges of murder of his wife in July last year.
The Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the state Director General of Police (DGP) to tighten security arrangements in jail and while gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari is produced in the court.
After Supreme Court's order, 1,768 prisoners including undertrials and convicts who were on parole since COViD pandemic, have surrendered at various jails in the national capital so far, said Delhi Prisons.
Only 22 per cent of the prison population are convicts while 77 per cent are 'undertrials' or people awaiting the completion of investigation or trial, the latest data published in the India Justice Report (IJR) 2022 has revealed.
In a written reply to the question asked by Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) MP Poonam Mahajan and Congress MP Ramya Haridas, the Centre has said that it has no plans right now we set up fast track courts for under trials.