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Prolonged undertrial detention leads to several concerns, according to a report by Amnesty International (2017). Such detention can violate the rights to liberty and fair trial, and also adversely impact the lives and livelihood of those incarcerated. Prolonged undertrial detention also increased the risk of torture or other ill-treatment.
Addressing the Law Day event at the Supreme Court on November 26 President Droupadi Murmu raised the issue of the plight of a large number of undertrials holed up in the prisons of India, particularly in Odisha and Jharkhand. The latest official NCRB statistics indicate that over the last 10 years, the number of undertrials in jails has risen constantly and peaked in 2021. The most alarming still is the condition of countless poor and resourceless who continue to be disproportionately arrested, routinely remanded to judicial custody in prisons, face long-winding trials and are unable to seek and secure bail either because of lack of economic resources or because of fear of the social stigma outside.
The President is right to raise the issue of poor and resource-less undertrial prisoners. They are victims of multiple failings that start with inappropriate criminalisation, followed by indiscriminate arrests, weak bail entitlements and inadequate summary disposals through Lok Adalats. The need is for a holistic legislative reform that aims to expand the horizons of individual liberties.
The share of inmates belonging to marginalised communities did not reduce. Two in three undertrial inmates belonged to either Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe or Other Backward Classes in 2020 as well. People from these communities are vulnerable to illegal detentions, false confessional statements and arrests and they often have no means to seek bail, our September 2020 report found.
The number of convicts in prisons fell by 22% in 2020, compared to the previous year, while the number of undertrial inmates increased by 12%. As a result, undertrials now comprise 76% of inmates in 2020, up from 69% in 2019. The share of undertrial inmates has not exceeded 75% since 1998, when the National Crime Records Bureau reports are available.
Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir reported the highest share of undertrial inmates of the total prison inmates, followed by Bihar, Punjab and Odisha and Maharashtra. Of these, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Bihar and Maharashtra also reported an occupancy rate of over 100%.
Two in three prisoners under trial belong to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes or Other Backward Class groups, data show. Two in five undertrial inmates were educated below Class 10 and more than a quarter were illiterate. Caste prejudices and over-policing of certain communities are important social factors behind the significant presence of marginalised caste groups in jails, our September 2020 report had found.
In 2020, there were 1,291 undertrial prisoners who had been in jail for a period of more than half the sentence for the accused offences cumulatively. Section 436A of the Code of Criminal Procedure allows for the release of are eligible for release on personal bond. However, only 442 such prisoners (34%) were released in 2020.
Of the states which had over 10,000 inmates, Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Punjab are the only states where over 80% of the undertrials had spent less than a year in prison. Maharashtra had the highest percentage of undertrials in confinement for over a year (40%) followed by Gujarat (36%).
Among the undertrial inmates, 49% are between 18 years and 30 years of age, but among convicts, only 29% fall in this age group. Further, 50% of the convicts are aged between 30 years and 50 years. Of the larger states/ Union Territories with over 10,000 inmates, Delhi has the highest population share of undertrials under the age of 30 (64.3%), but only 33% of the convicts are under 30 years of age. It is followed by Chhattisgarh (61.5%) and Karnataka (57.9%).
As per the National Crime Records Bureau, prison overcrowding in 2019 was the highest in the past 10 years. Prison Statistics India report 2021 revealed that the number of convicts in jails decreased by 9.5 per cent, whereas the number of undertrial inmates increased by 45.8 per cent between 2016 and 2021.
This article examines the state of undertrial prisoners in India, using crime and prison statistics released by the National Crime Records Bureau. We find that despite various interventions and reforms introduced by the legislature and the judiciary, the extent and duration of undertrial incarceration amongst prisoners is not only on the rise, but also that it has a disproportionate impact on the most socio-economically vulnerable sections of society. We argue that judicial and legislative reform has failed because of lack of sustained and systematic institutionalisation of reform measures. We conclude that a systemic re-imagination of bail law is needed for a true ameliorative impact on the state of undertrial prisoners in India.
The conditions faced by undertrial prisoners in India are often harsh and deplorable. These individuals are incarcerated in overcrowded prisons, often subjected to inhumane treatment and denied basic amenities. Juvenile undertrials are particularly vulnerable in this system. They are often subjected to physical and emotional abuse and are denied access to education and rehabilitation programs. The Covid-19 pandemic has inflamed the circumstance, with undertrial prisoners at a higher risk of infection due to the cramped living conditions. Many prisons have reported outbreaks, leading to a further deterioration of the already dire situation. The deficiency of access to legal aid and the prolonged detention without trial often leads to a sense of hopelessness and despair among undertrial prisoners. This has resulted in a spate of suicides among these individuals, highlighting the urgent need for prison reforms in India.
The plight of undertrial prisoners in India is a cause for concern. The government shall take initiative to improve the living conditions in prisons, ensure access to legal aid, and expedite the trial process to prevent the prolonged detention of individuals. Only then can we hope to bring about a more just and equitable society.
The order by a Bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul came in the wake of a National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) report in January that about 5,000 undertrial prisoners were in jail despite courts granting them bail. They were either accused in multiple cases, or were simply too impoverished to comply with the bail conditions.
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Prisons and correctional facilities are an essential component of the criminal justice system in India. However, very little attention is paid to the state of the Indian prison system. Particularly neglected is the group comprising undertrials within these prisons. The issue of undertrial prisoners in India first came to light in 1979, when a member of the National Police Commission KF Rustomji exposed the conditions of undertrials in Bihar prisons, through the Indian Express.
This article highlights the state of undertrial incarceration in India. The author argues that the core reason behind the high levels of undertrial population and the consequent overcrowding in prisons is the poor implementation of judicial decisions and the recent amendments made to the laws.
From a reading of Sections 428 and 436A of the CrPC, and the 78th Report of the Law Commission of India, it is clear that an undertrial prisoner denotes an un-convicted person who has been detained in prison during the period of investigation, inquiry or trial for the offence he/she is accused to have committed, under any law. So, it includes cases where the charge sheet has not been filed or the trial has not commenced.
The high occupancy rate indicates the problem of overcrowding in prisons. This is due to the large number of undertrial prisoners. India ranks 15th out of 217 countries on the basis of its undertrial population. Undertrial prisoners formed 70% of the total prison population in 2019. This number has been consistently high, at an average of 66.97% over the past years. The number of undertrial prisoners increased by 2.15% between 2018 and 2019; of these, only 91 were civil inmates.
As per the Prison Report, many undertrials languish in jails for several years. 74.08% of undertrials were confined for up to 1 year, 13.35% for 1-2 years, 6.79% for 2-3 years, 4.25% for 3-5 years and 1.52% of undertrials were confined for more than 5 years.
Another reason is the lack of easy bail in India. In Hussainara Khatoon and Ors. v. Home Secretary, State of Bihar, it was held that indigent undertrials can be released on personal bond without any surety, when there is no risk of absconding. This is also permitted under Section 436 of the CrPC. Under Section 436A, they have the right to be released on bail or personal bond with/without sureties, if they have undergone detention for half or entire of the maximum period of imprisonment for that offence. Further, as was held in Uday Mohanlal Acharya v. State of Maharashtra, undertrial prisoners have the indefeasible right under Section 167 to be released on default bail (even for non-bailable offences), when their judicial custody exceeds 90/60 days, but no charge sheet is filed by the police. However, many undertrials still spend more time in jail than the sentence they would have got had they been convicted. This is because judicial authorities often deny bail for non-bailable offences, set the bail amounts high and insist on sureties, instead of granting release on personal bonds, which results in long periods of imprisonment for poor people accused of committing petty crimes.
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