The National Human Rights Commission
has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a Jailor in Mahoba, Uttar
Pradesh stamped an under trial prisoner, released by the court on bail, with a
hot iron rod and brutally beat him with a whip before throwing him out of the
jail in a semi-conscious state.
According to the media report, carried on the 22nd September,
2014, the reason behind the Jailors ire was that the under trial prisoner,
instead of paying a bribe of Rs.5 thousand to him on the occasion of his
release on bail, asked him to deduct the amount from his earnings of Rs.10
thousand in the jail by labour.
The Commission has observed that the
contents of the press report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of
human rights of the under trial prisoner.
Accordingly, notices have been issued to the Director General of
Prisons, Uttar Pradesh and Superintendent of Police, Mahoba calling for reports
in the matter within two weeks.
Reportedly, the court had ordered
release of the victim Halke, Son of Bharati Lal Busore, a Dalit and an accused
in a murder case, on bail on the 20th September, 2014. Severely injured Halke was admitted in the
District Hospital by some other released prisoners. Reportedly, the Jailor has been accused of
other such incidents in the past.
