Plight of undertrials in jails

by ripfkerala-fightcorruption @ 2008-02-19 - 07:38:33

The Supreme Court directs Centre, State,UTs to consider plight of undertrials.
The Supreme Court, considered the plight of about 375 undertrials languishing in jails of India without trial for a long time, directed that those prisioners who have already served more than the maximum sentence shall be immediately released.

Kerala tops the list with 57 undertrials in its jails, without trial due to administrative negligence.
Interestingly Bihar has NIL, while West Bengal has 49 such victims of callousness of the administration.

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