highest number of deaths during 1994-1995 to 2007-2008 in police custody were reported from the State of Maharashtra (292), followed by Uttar Pradesh (225), Gujarat (178), Andhra Pradesh (176) and West Bengal (158) as indicated in the Graph below. DEATHS IN POLICE CUSTODY : NATURAL & UNNATURAL (1994-1995 to 2007-2008) TOTAL CASES - 2,202 350 292 300 250 225 176 151 96 70 69 60 59 54 37 5.8 ORISSA HARYANA KERALA RAJASTHAN DELHI KARNATAKA BIHAR MADHYA PRADESH PUNJAB TAMIL NADU ASSAM WEST BENGAL ANDHRA PRADESH GUJARAT MAHARASHTRA 0 UTTAR PRADESH 50 29 25 22 22 19 16 OTHERS 97 UTTARANCHAL 109 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 110 100 MEGHALAYA 128 CHHATTISGARH 158 150 JAAMU & KASHMIR 178 JHARKHAND 200 The highest number of deaths in judicial custody during 1994 -1995 to 2007-2008 were reported from the State of Uttar Pradesh (2,401), followed by Bihar (1,974), Maharashtra (1,596), Andhra Pradesh (1,220) and Tamil Nadu (797). DEATHS IN JUDICIAL CUSTODY (JAIL) : NATURAL & UNNATURAL (1994-1995 to 2007-2008) TOTAL CASES - 14,609 3000 2500 2401 1974 2000 1596 1500 1220 1000 797 750 688 612 579 557 532 476 446 500 428 422 368 301 226 236 OTHERS ASSAM CHHATTISGARH DELHI HARYANA KERALA JHARKHAND GUJARAT ORISSA RAJASTHAN KARNATAKA MADHYA PRADESH WEST BENGAL PUNJAB TAMIL NADU ANDHRA PRADESH MAHARASHTRA BIHAR UTTAR PRADESH 0 National Human Rights Commission 25