Purnea Central Prison Visit Report Date: 25-4-2015 Visit by Ms. Smita Chakraburtty along with CJM Sri Satyandra Pandey. Jail Superintendent: Mr. Jawaharlal Prabhakar Prison Entry Time-1:00 pm Prison exit-19:05 pm Capacity of Prison - 890 Strength on the date of inspection- Board showing the number of inmates, number of convicts and the number of under trials present. In the office of the superintendent: On the last Saturday of every month report on Sec-436 A CrPC is sent by the prison authority to the CJM. Court production of remand prisoners are done by video conferencing and under trials go to the court for their production. There is one Foreign National convicted prisoner. This Central Jail was constructed in 2010, deep cracks found in the walls of women ward and a long deep crack in the watch tower was observed. The cracks were caused due to the earthquake. The watch Tower had also tilted to a certain extent thus the sipahi wasn t climbing up on it. Watch tower outside Male Wing gate cracked and tilted due to earthquake. 15 CCTV cameras are installed but none is functional, leaving the entire security establishment in the central jail totally manual. In the jail premises there is a metal detector but that too was non functional. Prison Hospital The medical screening form was not updated, it was the old form. The tests mentioned in that screening form are asked orally from the inmates. There are few test kits available here, for an example blood samples are collected from prison. But mostly tests are referred to the city hospital. There were no medical kit available for pregnancy test, hepatises test, malaria test, diabetic test and TB test.
It is recommended that if the tests written on the screening form cannot be performed in the prison hospital, they must be removed from the list. TB ward is available but there is no TB patient in the prison There is no mentally ill inmates ward and the prison does not have a psychiatrist and is not attached to any mental asylum. The mentally ill inmates are sent to city hospital but they are sent back to the prison from the hospital. The X-ray room was found non operational. Equipments have depreciated and become dysfunctional because of no maintenance. There was no assistant either to operate the machine. Medical examination of Aamad inmates: o X- Ray machine defected. So inmates sent to district hospital, if need of X-Ray there. o Pathology there with the facility to do Blood Sugar test. No Blood Sugar kit present. o No HIV/Hepatitis kit there. If the doctor feels the need then blood sample is sent to hospital. o Pregnancy test kit not there. o The pro forma which has to be filled with the information about the medical condition of the inmates, requires a lot of tests to be done, whose facility is not available in the prison hospital. Hospital has three convicts working as dressers. No pharmacist is there. Medicine supplied by the government provided to the inmates. No separate ward to mentally ill inmates. No attachment with any mental asylum to send the mentally ill inmates. Hospital Ward-1 20 beds, 1 toilet, no running water, 10 fans all working. Special cases: o Shivnath Mehta - Inmate for 19 months. Convicted for murder. 85 years old. Frail, suffering from arthritis, walks with great difficulty. o Upendra Mehta - Inmate for 19 months. Convicted for murder. 80 years old. Can't speak or walk. o Abdul Gaffar- 87 years of age, 7 years conviction in dowry death, 16 months in prison, pain in the body
o Thanak Lal Chowdhary-2 years in prison in dowry death cases. Despite having a lawyer, he desired to have a government lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer, since private Lawyer does not meet him in court or comes to visit him in prison so he has no idea of lawyer. Md. Taufique-3 years in prison accused of terrorism activities, mentally ill. handcuffed and tied to the bed because of his violent behaviour. Bangladeshi National. 4. Hikmad Ali-5 months in prison, accused of terrorist activities, mentally ill 5.Lalu Mahto- Mentally Ill, 4 years in prison under dowry death charges 6. Tetar Hrishi-9 years in prison for assault and fighting charges, in the hospital for 2 years after a violent fight in the prison, bed ridden since then. Hospital Ward-2 15 beds. 2 fans, working. 1 toilet, no running water. Special cases: o Hasibar Rehaman - Inmate for 3 months. Mentally ill. o Md. Aziz - Inmate for 2 months. 90 years old. o Krishna Mahto - Inmate for 4 1/2 years. Mentally ill. o Noor Alam - Inmate for 3 years. Mentally ill. 1.Ganeshi Mandal transferred from Madhipura jail for months back 85-90 years old 20 years conviction under 302IPC Bail rejected by the high court. 2. Shukru Sharma 9 months in total in prison Has no lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. Medicines are brought from home for healing of Burnt skin. 3. Devanand Paswan 4 years in purnea prison, 8 years in total in prison in dowry death case Has no lawyer and has not applied for the same. Desired to have a lawyer in the HC (HC Appeal).
Kitchen All store rooms were well cemented. Threat of mice infewstation only from outside and the open ventilations. Blankets were said to be made by the inmates, but the prison clothes come from Bhagalpur Prison. WOMEN WARD CCTV was installed but all are damaged. 5 wards. o Ward 1-4 inmates, 2 fans. o Ward 2-8 inmates, 2 fans. o Ward 3-9 inmates, 2 fans. o Ward 4-6 inmates, 2 fans. o Ward 5-7 inmates, 2 fans. Toilet for night use in every ward, with running water. 12 toilets for day use with running water. 2 lady guards during day hours, 1 lady guard during night. 1 high security cell there. Solitary cell has no toilet for night use, no light or fan. No inmate was currently lodged in it. No crèche for children. Total: 33 inmates and 6 children. No separate van for female inmate for court production. They go with the male inmates and sometimes at different timings, but with the male police constables. 1. Dhura Devi-75 years of age, 2 years and 4 months in prison under 302 IPC, has a lawyer 2. Pramila Devi-1 and half years in prison. under 302. Has a government lawyer but he never meets her. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. 3. Khushbu Khartoom-20 years conviction in 302 IPC. Desired to have a government lawyer at the HC Appeal. 4. Aasima Khartum- 20 days in prison, no idea of case. No court production, only signed and returned. 5. Lalita Devi Fainted when earthquake happened, has been constantly fainting since then. May be a case of epilepsy
6. Urmila Devi - Inmate for 7 months. No advocate, goes to Court but paper production. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. 7. Aarti Kumari - Inmate for 7 months. No advocate. Goes to Court but paper production. Has a 2 & 1/2 years old child. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. Ward-3 AAMAD WARD 68 Inmates, 6 fans 1. Mohiuddin-80 years old, 1 and half year in prison under 302. 2. Md. Iliyas-1 and half months in prison, X-ray is written by the doctor but he is not taken for the same because of unavailability of guards. No Court Production (Taken to court, kept in Court Hajat made to sign paper and returned to jail. Sometimes taken to court room but still no interaction with Magistrate. Thus only Paper Production of the inmate). 1.Md. Majim- 5-7 days, has a lawyer, case of fighting 2. Rajendra Hrishideo-37 days, 302 IPC 3. Md. Nabi Husain-11 days, charge of extortion 4. Sehnawaz 'Chotu'- 3 months, has no lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. 5. Md. Imran - Inmate for 2 months. Goes to Court, but paper production. 6. Md. Javed - Inmate for 1 month. Paper production. 7. Md. Azhar Alam - Inmate for 2 & 1/2 months. Paper production Special Case: o Daneshwar Paswan - Inmate here for 6 months. 70 years old. Convict. No advocate for appeal. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer for HC Appeal. o Sahid - Inmate for 1 month. Paper production. o Md. Islam - Inmate for 17 & 1/2 years. Convicted for murder. Punished for 20 years. 75 years old. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer for HC Appeal. o Hasmat Ali - Inmate for 17 & 1/2 years. Convicted for murder. Punishment of 20 years. Age around 70. Paralysed. In district hospital. Brother of the above mentioned inmate. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer for HC Appeal. Jail authorities have sent applications for HC Appeal, for both Md. Islam and Hasmat Ali. But no action has been taken rather they have received no response as of now.
WARD-4 (MUSLIM WARD) 54 inmates. 6 fans, all working. Toilet there, no running water. Special cases: 1. Md. Hafizullah - Inmate for 21 months. 70 years old. Cataract in eye. Needs operation. Requested to the jail doctor but no action. 2. Md. Shahbaaz - Inmate for 2 & 1/2 months. Convict. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer for Criminal Appeal in HC. 3. Md. Kalam 3 years and 3 months in prison Bail granted in one case of 395IPC In another case F.I.R. could not be found that is why he is languishing in prison 4. Md. Kalam 1 and half years in prison 302 Has no lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. 5. Md.Kantu 1 year in prison land dispute and 302 Has no lawyer and never applied for the same. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. No Court Production (Taken to court, kept in Court Hajat made to sign paper and returned to jail. Sometimes taken to court room but still no interaction with Magistrate. Thus only Paper Production of the inmate). 1. Md. Kapil- 1 month, 302, Has a lawyer 2. Md. Bilal- 6 months, kidnapping, Has a lawyer 3.Nimahi Mandal, Shibu Mandal,Guju Mandal, Haren Mandal, Sanjay Mandal- 6 months, 302 4. Md. Zuhair Alam - Inmate for 3 months. Only paper production. WARD-1 58 inmates. 6 fans, all working. Toilet there, no running water
Special cases: o Manoj Kumar - Bail granted around 3 months ago. No bailor. o Madan Hemran - Inmate for 17 months. Bail granted but no bailor. No Court Production (Taken to court, kept in Court Hajat made to sign paper and returned to jail. Sometimes taken to court room but still no interaction with Magistrate. Thus only Paper Production of the inmate). 1.Kewal Singh, Naval Kishore Singh, Raj Kishore Singh- 3 months, charges of assaulting, have a lawyer 2. Sanjay Yadav-14 months, theft charges 3. Balram Yadav- 3 months, kidnapping and 376, Has a lawyer. 4. Vikash kr. Yadav - Inmate for 1 month. No 1 st production and subsequent production. WARD-2 59 inmates. 8 fans, all working. Toilet there, with running water. Special Cases: o Upendra Singh - 72 years old. Inmate for 8 years. Claims that he is acquitted of the charge of murder and is lodged inside on the ground of being mentally ill. o Md. Alahin - 85 years old. Inmate for 1 month. Accused of arson. o Goren Mia - 70 years old. Inmate for 1 month. Accused of arson. 1. Raj Kumar 22 months in prison charged under 379,436, 504 and 506 IPC 14 months back got a government lawyer Alok Kumar but not satisfied with him. He never meets the inmate, not in prison not in the court NO COURT PRODUCTION 2. Suresh Mandal- 2 months, 302 IPC 3. Md. Sonu- 15 days, kidnapping, has no lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. 4. Manish Kumar- 2 months, 302, has no lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. GYM and Library 1. Gajendra Muni. body builder. must participate in body building competitions.
3 years in prison 302 No court production Has a lawyer 2. Bittu Shah 23 years conviction 3 and half years in prison 304B Desired to have a lawyer in the HC. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer For HC Appeal. WARD-8 47 inmates. 5 fans, all working. Toilet there with running water. Special cases: o Rudu Paswan - Inmate for 10 months. No advocate. Goes to Court but just paper production. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. o Saantosh Shah - Inmate for a year. Accused of theft. No lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. o Arun Yadav - Inmate for 15 days. First production on paper. o Chandan Yadav - Inmate for 1 month. Paper production. o Pradeep Bhusan - Inmate for 1 month. Paper production. o Jhurnu Paswan - Convict of murder, inmate for 15 & 1/2 years. 60 years old. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer for HC Appeal. 1. Bauku Yadav 2 years in prison 376 Has no lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. 3. Bhagwat Singh 70 years old 2 years in prison charged with loot-pat( extortion, dacaoity) 4. Dilip
13 years old. juvenile 9 months in prison theft Has a government lawyer- Sharad Kumar. But he demands another government lawyer 5. Suraj Udaun He was granted bail in two cases of 302 and 379 with the condition to see whether any other case is pending against him or not. It was said 4 months back and he is still in the prison. 6. Md. Saleem-25 days, land dispute, has no lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. 7. Shyamlalu Ram- 5 days, 302, has no lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. WARD- 6 52 inmates. 6 fans. Toilet with running water there. Special Cases: o Mahesh kr. Singh - Convicted under NDPS act, punishment of 15 years, inmate for 8 years. o Sanjay kr. Shah ( Juvenile) - 15 years old. Inmate for 20 months. Accused under Sec 376. Needs lawyer. 1. Md. Habib 81 years of age paralysis attack 1 year back 3 months in prison 2. Indeshwari Mandal Life imprisonment 6 years in prison Needs Legal Aid Lawyer for HC Appeal. 3. Aashish Kumar Singh 15 years of age, visibly young For proof of age notice has been sent under secc-7 of the juvenile act charge of extortion
No Court Production (Taken to court, kept in Court Hajat made to sign paper and returned to jail. Sometimes taken to court room but still no interaction with Magistrate. Thus only Paper Production of the inmate). 1. Md. Afsar-2 days, has no lawyer 2.Md. Saddam- 2 days, 376 IPC 3. Md. Rajabul- 4 months, kidnapping 4. Parmanand Paswan-4 months, no lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. 5. Shiv Pujan Kumar- 4 months, has no lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. 6. Kaju Kumar Mahto- 6 months, 304B, has no lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. 7. Vinod Mehta- 5 months, session trial, still no production. Ward no. 5 62 inmates. 10 fans, all working. Toilet there, no running water. Special Cases: o Ravinder Kr. Mahto (Juvenile)- 17 years old. Claims police forced to write age as 20. Accused of mobile theft. Paper production. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. o Md. Noor Salam - Inmate for 7 months. Paper production. o Umesh Paswan - Inmate for 3 months. No lawyer. Claims that he has been arrested due to mistaken identity in someone else's place. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. o Bhooto Risi Dev - Inmate for 1 & 1/2 month. 65 years old. First production on paper. No lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. o Dinesh Gurnu - Inmate for 1 & 1/2 months. No advocate. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. WARD-11 AND WARD-12 Ward no. 11 58 inmates. 5 fans, all working. Toilet there, no running water. Special cases: o Dinesh Shah - Inmate for 4 months. Paper production. o Md. Aftab - Inmate for 3 months. Paper production. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer.
o Bisundeb Sharma - Inmate for 17 months. Accused of theft. 75 years old. Disabled. No lawyer. Claims that he had legal aid lawyer named Prabhas Babu, who asked for money. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. As he had no money, so he stopped appearing in his matter. o Rajinder Paswan - Inmate for 2 years here. Convicted for murder. 85 years old. Ward no. 12 64 inmates. 4 fans, working. Toilet there, no running water. Special Cases: o Shankar Mandal - Convict under Sec 302. Claims he never had a lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. o Sunil Rishi (Juvenile) - 16 years old. Accused of kidnapping and rape. (eloping with underage girl). Claims that he has produced age certificate in the Court. o Kalanand Mehta - Inmate for 10 days. Paper production. Needs advocate. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. o Fulchand Ureo - Inmate for 4 years. Complaints that even before he is produced in the Court date is given. o Upendra Rishi (Juvenile) - 17 years & 10 months old. Inmate for 10 months. o Shadanand kr. Sharma - Inmate for 15 days. No lawyer. Paper production. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. o Bitto Shah - Convict 304B. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer for HC appeal. 1. Md. Lukman in prison since 2013 302 Has no lawyer and never applied for the same. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. 2. Md. Farukh convicted under 302 remanded in Katihar in another case but he is not taken there because of lack of force. 3. Vikash Kumar Rao (Juvenile) 18 years of age 3 years in prison Has a lawyer
4. Md. Karim or Kalim 2 years in prison 3 co accused is granted bail session trial is going on Has no lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. No Court Production (Taken to court, kept in Court Hajat made to sign paper and returned to jail. Sometimes taken to court room but still no interaction with Magistrate. Thus only Paper Production of the inmate). 1. Md. Fayaiz- 5 months, 304B 2. Md. Sharbul- 8 months, 307 IPC, need a lawyer at the HC. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. 3. Md. Badal, Md. Tezim and Md. Ehsan-4 months in prison, theft and 3 other cases 4. Md. Shaleem- 3 months, 302 IPC, has no lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. 5. Nurul Haq-- 3 months,395ipc 6. Md. Sanovar-3 months, 302IPC, has no lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. 7. Mehfooz Alam- 3 months, 498A and Maintenance charge 8. Abbas- 3 months,395ipc, FIR is not found in his case 9. Md. Mustaq- 15 days, 379IPC WARD-9 56 inmates. 6 fans, all working. Toilet, with running water there. Special Cases: o Rajeshwar Pd. Yadav - 85 years old. Convicted for murder. o Umashankar Singh - Inmate for 2 months. Paper production. Needs lawyer for bail at Patna High Court. o Kundan kr. Sharma (Juvenile) - 15 years old. Inmate for 12 months. Accused of theft. No lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. o Rajinder Rai - 85 years old. Convict 376. Inmate for 2 years. o Banno Rai - Inmate for 3 years. No lawyer. Paper production. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. o Shankar Chaudhary - 75 years old. Convict under Sec 302. Inmate for 2 years. Cataract problem. Needs operation.
1. O.P.Mahto 70 years of age, Visibly infirm Looks older. 9 years in prison 302 IPC 2.Kekru Rai 82 years 7 years conviction 2 years and 9 months in prison Has a lawyer NO COURT PRODUCTION 3. Md. Zakir- 4 days, 307 WARD-10 48 inmates. 6 fans, 1 not working. Toilet without running water. Special Cases: o Vinay kr. Mandal - Inmate for 1 month. First day paper production. o Mani kr. Singh - Inmate for 1 & 1/2 months. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. o Rani Yadav - Inmate for 7 years. Convict of murder. Aged 70. o Sushil Mahto - Inmate for 3 years. Paper production. 1. Dhiraj Kumar Ram 16 months in prison has no lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. Kidnapping charges 2. Md. Shakeel convicted for 20 years imprisonment 7 years spent in prison 302 Needs Legal Aid Lawyer to Appeal in the HC 3. Kare Mandal Convicted for life imprisonment 5 years in prison
Needs Legal Aid Lawyer to Appeal in the HC No Court Production (Taken to court, kept in Court Hajat made to sign paper and returned to jail. Sometimes taken to court room but still no interaction with Magistrate. Thus only Paper Production of the inmate). 1. Md. Mazhar and Md. Ajmal- 4 months, 302 2. Arbind Mahto-3 months, 392 IPC 3. Chandra Shekhar Mandal- 10 months in prison, 376 IPC 4. Vinay Kumar Mandal- 1 month, 304 B 5. Chano Mandal- 3 months, arms act 6. Shambhu Singh- 11 months, road robbery, another case of murder was imposed when he was in jail 7. Bhavesh Kumar- 13 months, 302IPC WARD-15 6 fans. 52 inmates 52 inmates. 6 fans, all working. Toilet there, no running water. Special cases: o Rajinder Mandal - Inmate for 1 year & 3 months. 498-A matter. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. Paper production. o Dhannu kr Shah (Juvenile) - 17 years old. Inmate for 5 months. Accused of theft. Police forced him to enter his age as 20 years. o Miralal Sharma - 82 years old, visibly infirm. Inmate for 1 year. 1. Jagadish Shah 90 years old convicted for life imprisonment 6 years in prison. Matter is in SC, needs lawyer in the SC. Needs Lawyer for Supreme Court Appeal. No Court Production
(Taken to court, kept in Court Hajat made to sign paper and returned to jail. Sometimes taken to court room but still no interaction with Magistrate. Thus only Paper Production of the inmate). 2. Deepak Kumar Chowdhary- 4 months in prison, 379IPC 3. Raj Kumar Chauhan- 6 months, 304B. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. 4. Ramesh Mahto- 4 months, 302IPC. WARD-16 6 fans, 52 inmates 53 inmates. 6 fans, all working. Toilet there, no running water. Special Cases: o Shatrtughan Sinha - Convicted, punished for 10 years. In from 2011. No lawyer, no family to visit him. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. o Satnarayan Yadav - Convict under 304. Inmate for 3 years. Aged 72. o Jaikrishna Mandal - Inmate for 16 days. Only paper production. o Indrajeet kr. Sahni (Juvenile) - 17 years old. Arms act. Age certificate submitted in the Court. o Bhagwan Das - Inmate for 4 months. No advocate. Paper production. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. 1. Ratnakar Mandal 72 years old+ physically handicapped 302 2. Nunu Lal Hrishi 4 years in prison has no lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. Wants to appeal in the HC 1. Ajit Kumar Mandal complained about weak eye sight. This has been noticed by the jail superintendent. He needs specks and treatment.
No Court Production (Taken to court, kept in Court Hajat made to sign paper and returned to jail. Sometimes taken to court room but still no interaction with Magistrate. Thus only Paper Production of the inmate). Arman and Pavitra Kumar- 21 days in prison, charges of immoral trafficking Rajesh Mandal- 5 days, 302 Babul Raj- 2 months, 363 and 366 IPC Jeevach Mahaldar- 6 days, dowry act WARD-14 57 inmates. 4 fans, all working. Toilet there with running water. Special cases: o Abhay/Abhinanadan Rishi (Juvenile) - Aged 19 years. Inmate for 1 & 1/2 years. Juvenile when arrested. Bailed on 17th January, but no bailor. o Md. Chand Alam (Juvenile) - 17 years old. Inmate for 1 & 1/2 months. Claims that has been tortured by police. o Shahbaaz Ansari (Juvenile) - 17 years old. Inmate for one year. No advocate. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. Claims he told the presiding officer of the court his age during first production, but he didn't listen to him. o Gulab Chandra - Inmate for 22 months. No lawyer. Paper production. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. o Anil Murmu (Juvenile) - Inmate for 1 month. Aged 17 years & 4 months. o Md. Aasif - 75 years old. Convict under NDPS. Inmate for 6 years. 2 years punishment left. 1. Happan Murmur convicted for life imprisonment 302 5 years in prison Needs Legal Aid Lawyer for HC Appeal No Court Production
(Taken to court, kept in Court Hajat made to sign paper and returned to jail. Sometimes taken to court room but still no interaction with Magistrate. Thus only Paper Production of the inmate). Rupesh Ranjan Yadav and Md. Sarfaraz Alam-21 days, 420 Rupesh Kumar Yadav-5 and half months, 395 IPC Mirja Marandi- 4 months, has no lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. WARD-13 62 inmates. 6 fans, all working. Toilet there, with running water. Special Cases: o Joginder Mandal - Convict. Inmate for 5 years. 74 years old. Needs operation for cataract. o Chotu Kr/Manish kr. (Juvenile) - Aged 17. Inmate for 12 days. Doesn't know the charge. o Sipahi Mahto - Inmate from 2010. Convicted in 2011. Private advocate took money and didn't appear. Needs advocate to appeal. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer for HC Appeal. 1. Subodh Saini 20 years conviction 4 years in prison 376 IPC Needs Legal Aid Lawyer for HC Appeal. 2. Subodh Mandal- doctor asked him to bring medicine from outside. 3.Rajo Rajendra Mandal 20 years conviction 17 years in prison Superintendent informed us that his matter is sent to the remission board in Patna 4. Jagdambi Mandal convicted for 23 years 11 years in prison All sentence to run in continuation and not concurrently as per the order passed by Home department of Bihar No Court Production
(Taken to court, kept in Court Hajat made to sign paper and returned to jail. Sometimes taken to court room but still no interaction with Magistrate. Thus only Paper Production of the inmate). Rajkishore Rajeshwar Mandal-4 and half months in prison, Arms act+ 307 Jawahar Mandal- 1 month, 302, no lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. Shiv Kumar Mandal- 2 months Naveen Mandal- 4 months, Arms act Ward no 17 40 inmates. 2 fans, working. Toilet there, no running water. This ward is very small and badly overcrowded. Special Cases: o Md. Appo - Inmate for 25 days. No advocate. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. o Aanandi Mahto - Inmate for 4 months. 70 years old. No lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. o Soshi Lal Yadav - 85 years old. Convict under Sec 302. Inmate for 22 months. o Brahmdev Mukhia - Inmate for 1 month. Paper production. o Rajesh Rajwar - Inmate for 7 months. No lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. o Adhiklal Rishi & Bilo Rishi - Brothers. Above 70. Inmates for 2 months. Sec 302. No lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. o Niyayul - 82 years old. Convict. In for 5 years. Appeal pending in High Court. Needs medical treatment since has very low vision, claims he has cataract. o Baliram Rai - 70 years old. Convict under Sec 302. In for 6 years. o Kaimuddin - 75 years old. Convict under 302. Inmate for 3 years. o Pirkhalil - 72 years old. Punished for 7 years. Inmate for 3 years. o Dualal Yadav - 73 years old. Convict under Sec 302. Inmate for 7 years. o Md. Naseem - Inmate for 24 days. No lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. Ward no. 18 42 inmates. 2 fans working. Toilet there, no running water. Special cases : Aged Prisoners. Kane Yadav - 60 years old. Inmate for 1 month. Unable to see.
Yogeshwar Yadav - Aged 83. Convict under 302. Unable to walk on his own. Satto Yadav - Aged. Inmate for 5 years. Unable to see clearly. Rajinder Yadav - 70 years old. Inmate for 3 months. Jagjeevan Ram- Punished for 5 years. Inmate for 3 years. 2 more inmates lodged in the same matter. They were not in the ward during the time of our visit. They too are old and infirm. Sarju Yadav - Aged 80 years. Convicted for murder. Inmate for 7 years. Needs Lawyer for High Court Appeal. The 2 wards 17 and 18 where most of the aged prisoners were lodged were over crowded. When we entered ward there was a power cut but the inmates so could not verify if the fans were functioning. But inmates complained that fans are very old and are very slow, they are as good as having no fans. Aged inmates require more attention and better living condition. High Security Prison 10 solitary cells. No light or fan. Toilet inside but no running water. Currently 3 inmates are lodged in it: o Mirza Khan - As per jail authorities he is Afghan citizen. The inmate claims that he has Indian citizenship. Inmate for 6 years. He was sentenced to 3 years in prison, but couldn't be released as he is a foreign national. In solitary confinement for past 6 years. o Munna - In solitary confinement for past 1 year and 5 months. He ran away from prison. So as a punishment is lodged there. o Md. Shakeel - Inmate for 8 years. In solitary confinement for the whole period. Accused of murder. Jail authorities claim that he is mentally ill and becomes violent so lodged
there. He has no track of time. He couldn t understand what was asked and did not respond. Kitchen Food provided three times in a day: chana- gur in the morning, chawal-daal sabji at 10 am and 4 roti, sabji & daal at 5 in the evening. Tea is provided at 7 am and 3 pm. Preparation of roti starts at 8 am in the morning and the same is given at 5 in the evening for dinner. 22 inmates work in the kitchen.