India News | Allahabad HC Seeks Details of Convicts, Undertrials in Lucknow Prison

Lucknow, Feb 7 (PTI) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has asked for the details of convicts and undertrial prisoners lodged in the Lucknow jail.

The bench of Justice A R Masoodi and B R Singh also sought to know the number of male and female prisoners, as well as that of children living with women in the prison.

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The bench passed the order on a PIL registered in 1998 based on a letter sent by a prisoner, identified as I H Khan.

Hearing the petition on Tuesday, the bench also sought to know the mechanism of providing food to the jail inmates.

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It further inquired from the state whether it had any policy to support the dependents of these prisoners.

Fixing the matter for the next hearing on February 28, the bench summoned a jail department official to apprise it of the details sought.

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