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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Six charts explain how undertrial prisoners in India are denied the right to fair trial -Vinita Govindarajan

Six charts explain how undertrial prisoners in India are denied the right to fair trial -Vinita Govindarajan

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published Published on Jul 13, 2017   modified Modified on Jul 13, 2017
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They are rarely produced in court and scarcely given legal aid, finds Amnesty International India.

On Wednesday, Amnesty International India published a damning report on the state of undertrials in the country. The report, Justice Under Trial: A Study of Pre-trial Detention in India, analysed data available with the National Crime Records Bureau and records collected by the human rights organisation from the country’s 500-odd district and central jails through nearly 3,000 Right To Information petitions.

Undertrials are people who have been detained for alleged crimes but remain in custody as they await trial – a process that can sometimes takes years.

Here are the report’s main findings:

Mostly Muslims, Dalits, Adivasis

The National Crime Records Bureau data cited by the report shows that the share of undertrials in India’s prison population has been consistently high.

Marginalised communities form the bulk of the undertrial population – 53% are Muslim, Dalit and Adivasi. This is a disproportionately high number given these communities together make up only 39% of India’s population.

Most undertrials are poorly educated. Around 29% are illiterate and 42% have not completed secondary education.

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Scroll.in, 13 July, 2017, https://scroll.in/article/843539/six-charts-show-how-undertrial-prisoners-in-india-are-denied-the-right-to-fair-trial


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