Most Undertrial Prisoners States: How many undertrial prisoners are there in which state of India? Who is on top in this matter? Actually, maximum number of undertrial prisoners are lodged in Uttar Pradesh. According to the Government of India, there are 4,34,302 undertrial prisoners in the jails of the country. In which the highest number is in Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh is on top with 94,131 undertrial prisoners. According to the jail statistics report, Bihar is next after Uttar Pradesh. Bihar is at second place in this list.
Uttar Pradesh on top in terms of undertrial prisoners
The number of undertrial prisoners in Bihar is 57,537. Maharashtra is at third place in the country after Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. There are 32,883 undertrial prisoners in Maharashtra. After this, respectively, there are 26,877 undertrial prisoners in Madhya Pradesh, 24,198 in Punjab, 23,706 in West Bengal, 19,279 in Haryana, 19,233 in Rajasthan, 16,759 in Delhi, 16,058 in Odisha, 14,786 in Jharkhand.
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Which state has the lowest number of undertrial prisoners?
At the same time, if we look at the cases with lowest number of undertrial prisoners, then Lakshadweep is on top. Lakshadweep tops the list with only 6 undertrial prisoners. After this, there are 26 undertrial prisoners in Ladakh, 162 in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu, 173 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 184 in Arunachal Pradesh, 268 in Sikkim, 302 in Nagaland, 572 in Goa, 592 in Manipur.
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Supreme Court’s rebuke regarding the release of undertrial prisoners
In fact, recently the Supreme Court strongly reprimanded other states including UP for the release of undertrial prisoners lodged in jails across the country. The Supreme Court expressed displeasure over the lax attitude of the states regarding the release of prisoners. The court said that there will be more than 1000 undertrial prisoners in the jails of UP who have crossed the limit of their sentence. The Supreme Court of the country said that the Supreme Court expressed displeasure over the poor attitude of the states regarding the release of prisoners. The court said that there will be more than 1000 undertrial prisoners in the jails of UP who have crossed the limit of their sentence.
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