Annual Report 2009-2010 total number of cases registered by NHRC from 2007-2008 to 2009-2010 have been detailed out in the Graph below. Preventing Custodial Violence 2.6 The NHRC received 1,473 cases of death in judicial custody*, 124 cases of death in police custody and 2 cases of death in para-military/defence forces custody during the period under review. It disposed off 1,984 cases of custodial death – comprising 1,835 cases of death in judicial custody, 145 cases of death in police custody and 4 cases of death in para-military/defence forces custody. These figures also include cases of previous years. See the Graph below. *In the Annual Report, judicial custody means persons in jails as per the orders of the court. 4 NHRC