NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 2 HIGHLIGHTS 4 CHAPTER 3 NHRC : ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS 30 CHAPTER 4 CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS 38 A. Terrorism and Militancy 38 B. Custodial Violence and Torture 39 C. Important Illustrative Cases 39 a) Custodial Deaths 39 Judicial Custody 39 1. Death of an Accused Madan (23 Years) on 18.08.2015 in the Custody of PS Central Faridabad, Haryana 39 (Case No. 7030/7/3/2015-PCD) 2. Death of Undertrial Prisoner, Raju alias Rajendra, while in Judicial Custody, in the Central Jail, Kota, Rajasthan 40 (Case No. No.922/20/21/2013-JCD) 3. Death of an Undertrial Prisoner in Judicial Custody in Sub-Jail, Bhongir, Andhra Pradesh 42 (Case No.403/1/14/09-10-JCD) 4. Death of an Undertrial Prisoner in Central Jail No.1, Tihar, New Delhi, for Want of Timely Proper Medical Care 44 (Case No. 2632/30/1/2012-JCD) b) Unlawful, Arrest, Illegal Detention and Torture 5. Illegal Detention of One Safiujjaman Sarkar and Extortion of Money by Hariharpara PS Police, Murshidabad, West Bengal 46 46 (Case No. 1066/25/13/2014) ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017 i