National Human Right Commission Commissioner and the court to RINPAS for treatment. He remained in RINPAS under treatment from 9 January to 10 March 2013. On 10 March 2013, the prisoner committed suicide. The Dy. Commissioner, Ranchi had reported vide letter dated 11 July 2013 that as per enquiry report, Chando Mehto alias D.P. Yadav was one and the same person. He was not tortured or beaten by any jail official being a mentally ill person and the Dy. Commissioner as well as the Addl. Sessions Judge, Deoghar had permitted the Jail Superintendent to refer him to RINPAS, Ranchi for proper treatment. 4.25 The Executive Magistrate, Dumka who had conducted enquiry into the cause of death of the above named prisoner also concluded vide report dated 16 April 2013 that the death was due to suicide committed by him as he was a patient of paranoid schizophrenia and was not able to keep a mental balance. 4.26 The report of the Superintendent, Central Jail, Dumka dated 22 April 2013 revealed that the prisoner Chando Mehto alias D.P. Yadav aged about 77 years was admitted to the jail on 3 July 2011 on transfer from District Jail, Deoghar. He was suffering from abnormal behavior and insomnia. He was admitted to the jail hospital on 30 December 2012 for treatment. Subsequently, on 8 January 2013, he was referred to the RINPAS, Kanke, Ranchi for better treatment where he committed suicide on 10 March 2013. The inquest report also showed that the deceased died due to suicide committed by him. 4.27 The Commission considered the above reports which indicated that the deceased prisoner Chando Mehto alias Dineshwar P. Yadav who was a psychiatric patient was undergoing treatment at RINPAS. He was under the care and custody of the guards of Central Jail, Dumka but due to their negligence and not taking proper care and adequate precaution for the safety of the prisoner, the prisoner got an opportunity to commit suicide inside the toilet of the hospital by hanging on account of which he died. Thus, the State Government of Jharkhand was prima facie responsible to compensate the next of kin/legal 46 Annual Report - 2015-2016