Prison Number 4: Baggha Prison Inspection Report Date - 26.07.15. Timing - 11 am to 02:40 pm. Name of Jail Superintendent - Mr Manoj Kr. Chaudhary Name of Assistant Superintendent Mr. A.K.Singh Capacity of Prison - 481 (456 male +25 females) No of inmates on the date of inspection - 305 (294 male +11 females) I visited the prison with Sub-Judge 2 Shri Rajesh Singh and Judicial Magistrate First Class Shri R.K.Singh. No board showing the number of inmates, number of convicts and the number of under trials there. CCTV cameras not functioning and video conferencing has not started in the prison yet. Li Fang Thing Foreign National Prisoner. Chinese citizen. Inmate for 9 months. Accused under Sec 14 of the Foreigner's Act. Doesn't know any language except Chinese. Has not been convicted yet. Immediate proceedings of repatriation needs to be initiated. Observation on New building Construction: New construction of a building consisting of 4 wards has been going on for around 10 years. Yet the construction is incomplete. Report to the IG, on the status of the construction, has been submitted recently on 17.07.15. A copy of the relevant part of the report is attached herewith.
I feel there is no requirement for the new building due to substantial decrease in the number of inmates in prison. The number of inmates in the prison is below the capacity. In the existing strength of inmates already 4 wards are empty. Moreover, the construction is going on for 10 years and still it is not complete. It's a two story building but no stairs have been constructed for going on the roof. So the roof is already cracking by now. Also, on one hand a new building is being constructed, and on the other hand constant depreciation of the construction is happening. No steps are taken for maintenance of existing structure. The under construction building is already in a dilapidated condition. Status of Legal Aid: 47 inmates out of 307 inmates didn t have lawyers needed legal aid lawyers. Legal Aid Clinic Legal aid clinic running in prison, but due to lack of space no Legal aid clinic in the Court premises. Although legal aid is provided to the needy persons. Name of 25 lawyers have been forwarded to BSLSA for legal aid panel and has been approved.
2 lawyers have been deputed for legal aid clinic in prison. Legal aid clinic is operated once a week on Sunday and one of the two lawyers visits. Two PLVs from among the inmates, namely Parsuram Mishra and Chandan Mahto have been appointed and they assist the lawyers in identifying cases and drafting petitions. Women's Wing 11 inmates, 3 children. 1 fan, working. Toilet there for night use, no running water. Open drainage chamber behind the ward, needs to be repaired urgently. There are 8 toilets outside for day use, but all of them are dysfunctional. o Urmila Devi - Inmate for 1 year. Accused under Sec 302. No lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. Her 3 year old child is with her in the prison. For the child she gets 1 kg milk powder. o Kusum Devi - Inmate for 10 months. Co-accused of the above mentioned accused. No lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer o Zamirun Nissa - Inmate for 2 years. Accused under Sec 304B. No lawyer. No visitor. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer o Jamuna Devi - Convicted under Sec 302. Needs lawyer for appeal to the High Court. o Meena Devi - Inmate for 1 year. Accused under Sec 302. No lawyer. No visitor. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer o Kiran Devi - Inmate for 8 months. Accused under Sec 302. No idea whether she is represented by a lawyer or not. Paper production. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer o Shubhawati Devi - Inmate for 7 months. Accused under Sec 302. No lawyer. Paper production. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer o Manbhawati Devi - Inmate for 7 days. Accused under Sec 302. First production on paper. o Prabhawati Devi - Inmate for 25 days. Accused of practicing as a doctor without license. Claims she has no lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer Male Wing
Ward no 1 31 inmates. 2 fans, working. We were informed that 1 fan is defected and has gone for repair. Toilet there for night use, no running water. o Rajmangal Yadav - Inmate for 1 month. Accused under Sec 307. Paper production. o Sonu Surjal - Inmate from 1 month. No idea of charge. No lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer. Mentally disturbed. (Claims he is from Hong kong). Ward no 2 33 inmates. 3 fans, all working. Toilet there for night use, no running water. o Laalbabu Kushwaha - Inmate for 9 days. Accused under the Forest Act. First paper production. o Rana Yadav - Inmate for 5 months. Accused under Sec 302. No lawyer. Paper production. o Babulal Gaddi - Inmate for 3 years. Accused under Sec 302. 3 witnesses have given evidence, after that no evidence for 1 &1/2 years. o Bindeshwari Rishi - Inmate for 4 months. Accused under Sec 302. No lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer o Shrawan Kumar Tiwari - Inmate for 1 month. Accused under Sec 420. No idea of lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer o Brijkishore Mahto - Inmate for 4 days. Accused under the Forest Act. First paper production. Ward no 3 32 inmates. 3 fans, working. Toilet there for night use, no running water. o Changur Yadav - Aged 70. Visibly infirm. Inmate for 3 months. Accused under Sec 307. o Rameshwar Sharma - Aged 70. Visibly infirm. Inmate for 2 years. Accused under Sec 304B. o Pheku Kushwaha - Inmate for 1 &1/2 months. Accused under Sec 307. No lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer
Ward no 4 31 inmates. 3 fans, all working. Toilet there for night use, no running water. o Shrikant Ram - Inmate for 1 &1/2 months. Accused under Sec 302. No idea of a lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer o Jai Ram - Co-accused of the above mentioned inmate. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer o Hirman Bing - Inmate for 1 &1/2 months. Accused of theft. No lawyer. No visitor. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer o Tulsi Gaur - Aged 70. Inmate for 16 months. Accused under Sec 307. o Sadhu Yadav, America Chaudhary, Harendraa Yadav, Sukai Ram - All these inmates are co-accused. Inmate for 6 days. No lawyer. First paper production. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer (4 persons without lawyer.) Ward no 5 21 inmates. 4 fans, 1 not working. Toilet there for night use, no running water. o Navin - He is from Riva, MP. Inmate for 1 month. No idea why arrested. No lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer o Ashok Shah - Inmate for 6 months. Accused under Sec 498A. No lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer o Dhananjay Singh - Inmate for 3 months. Accused under Sec 498A. No lawyer. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer o Radha Yadav - He is accused in 32 cases. Was a 'wanted criminal'. Surrendered 2 years ago. Case diary missing in many cases. Ward no 6 33 inmates. 3 fans, 1 not working. Toilet there for night use, no running water. o Guljar Ram - Inmate for 5 months. Accused under Sec 302. No lawyer. Needs Legal o Lakshmi Chauhan - Aged 70. Inmate for 2 months. Accused under Sec 302. o Rudal Chaurasia - Aged 70. Inmate for 1 month. Accused under Sec 302 (Bail bond broken). No lawyer.
o Satyadev Chaurasia - Aged 70. Inmate for 4 months & 22 days. Accused under Sec 302. Needs Legal Aid Lawyer o Baharan Chaudhary - Aged 75. Visibly infirm. Inmate for 21 months. Accused under Sec 302. o Alamveer Ansari - He was accused in 15 cases. Has been acquitted in 14 cases. Currently under trial in the case under Sec 364A. Inmate for 13 years. Evidence completed 5 months ago, but no judgement. o Hira Shah - Aged 80+. Inmate for 3 months. Accused under Sec 302. No idea of lawyer. Ward no 10 32 inmates. 5 fans, all working. Toilet there for night use, no running water. o Li Fang Thing - Chinese citizen. Inmate for 9 months. Accused under Sec 14 of the Foreigner's Act. Doesn't know any language except Chinese. Has not been convicted yet. o Dholi Yadav - Aged 70. Inmate for 8 months. Accused under Sec 302. No idea of lawyer. o Manju Haldar - Inmate for 26 months. Accused under Sec 302. Case charged 8 months ago. No witness till now. o Ramji Yadav - Inmate for 2 years. Accused under Sec 302. No lawyer. No evidence. o Binod Yadav - Inmate for 15 days. Accused under Sec 302. No lawyer. Needs Legal o Kalam Mian - Inmate for 2 years. Accused under Sec 307. No lawyer. Needs Legal o Nanku Ram - Inmate for 1 &1/2 months. Accused under Sec 302. No idea of lawyer. o Shiekh Azimullah - Inmate for 17 days. Accused under Sec 307. No lawyer. Needs Legal
o Sheikh Amoor - Inmate for 1 month. Co-accused of the above inmate. Needs Legal o Shiekh Shakoor - Inmmate for 1 month. Co-accused of the above inmate. Needs Legal Ward no 9 31 inmates. 1 fan, working. Toilet there for night use, no running water. o Mangal Mushar - Inmate for 15 months. Accused under Sec 302. No lawyer. Needs Legal o Satnarayan - Aged 85. Inmate for 11 days. Accused under Sec 304B. No idea of lawyer. o Vishal Vikramshah - Inmate for 7 months. Accused under Arms Act. No lawyer. o Sultan Yadav - Inmate for 7 days. Accused under Sec 302. No lawyer. Needs Legal o Saheb Yadav - Inmate for 3 months. Accused under Sec 302. No lawyer. Needs Legal o Laddu Yadav - Inmate for 2 months. Accused under Sec 307. No lawyer. Needs Legal o Garib Mushar - Inmate for 3 months. Accused of kidnapping. No lawyer. NO visitor. o Mohan Dom - Inmate for 19 months. Accused under Sec 307. Case 18 years old. Bail bond broken. No witness for last 19 months. Ward no 11 (Young Offender's Ward) 21 inmates. Currently 2 fans. We were informed that 2 fans are defected and hav gone for repair. Toilet there for night use, no running water. o Manan Kr. Gaur (Juvenile) - Aged 16. Inmate for 3 &1/2 months. Accused under Sec 376. He appeared in class X exam this year. o Zayad Ansari (Juvenile) - Aged 16. Inmate for 5 months. Accused under Sec 376.
o Melu Chauhan (Juvenile) - Doesn't know his age. Looks 16. Inmate for 2 months. Accused under Sec 302. Elder brother Jeetan Chauhan co-accused in the case. Ward no 12 31 inmates. 3 fans, 1 not working. Toilet there for night use, no running water. o Laalbabu Chaudhary - Inmate for 4 years. Accused of kidnapping. No lawyer or visitor. o Vasudeo Yadav - Aged 70. Inmate for 7 years. Accused under Sec 364. LIfe convict. o Sobhi Yadav - Inmate for 1 &1/2 months. Accused under Sec 302. No lawyer. Needs Legal o Awadesh Paswan - Inmate for 6 months. Accused of kidnapping. No lawyer. Needs Legal o Tulsi Chaudhary - Inmate for 11 days. Accused under Sec 376. No lawyer. Needs Legal o Singhasan Yadav - Aged 70. Inmate for 2 months. Accused under Sec 302. (Bail bond broken). o Lalan Ram - Inmate for 2 months. Accused under Sec 302. No idea of lawyer. Needs Legal o Bichandi Ram - Co-accused of the above inmate. o Mohan Urao - Inmate for 3 days. Accused under Sec 420. No lawyer. Needs Legal o Anantram Ashok - Inmate for 2 months. No idea of charge. No lawyer. Mentally disturbed. 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. o Sushil Chaudhary - Inmate for 12 months. Accused of kidnapping Doesn't get any money for kitchen work. No account.
o Nandu Mushar - Inmate for 1 month. Accused of kidnapping. No lawyer. Doesn't get any money for kitchen work. No account. o Raju Yadav - Inmate for 7 days. Accused under Sec 302. First paper production. Doesn't get any money for kitchen work. No account. o Lal Mohan Parit - Inmate for 5 years. Accused of kidnapping. Doesn't get any money for kitchen work. No account. Medical Facility There is no hospital in the prison. There are no permanent doctors or doctors on deputation posted here. Dr. S. N. Mahto visits on call. The medical screening of the Aamad prisoners is conducted by compounder. 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. No HIV/Hepatitis kit, pregnancy kit etc. available. Only BP instrument, thermometer and Glucose Sugar kits and government supply medicines are available. Other Issues Infrastructure Wiering of the whole prison is damaged and breaks down regularly. Transformer is also damaged and needs replacement. The generator of the prison is also damaged and needs replacement. The number of barracks is less compared to the number of guards. Application has been sent for this by the prison authorities.