NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION police guards, that the police administration is acting in a casual manner and lacks seriousness on the issue of providing police guards for Court hearing which results in delays in the hearing of the cases. In these circumstances, the Commission directed the DGP, UP to issue instructions to the concerned SSPs to ensure that police guards are provided without fail to jail authorities for taking the jail inmates to Court for hearing of the cases and bringing them back so as to avoid delays in the hearing of case. 4.82 In response, a report dated 2.9.2017 was received from the SP (HR), o/o DGP UP stating that between January to July 2017, ten requests were received out of which in five requests police guard was made available for taking the complainant from District Agra to District Amroha. In remaining five requests guards were not provided due to VVIP duties, by-polls and fair duties of the police officials. Instructions have been issued to the Police Line Agra to provide security guards to jail authorities on priority. 4.83 The Commission further considered the matter on 26.12.2017 and observed that complaints are periodically received regarding non-availability of security guards for taking the convict prisoners either for medical treatment or for producing them on court dates. The complaints are received on Pan India basis and directed to place the matter before the Full Commission for issuance of general guidelines on all India basis so as to avoid multiplicity of such cases. 4.84 The matter is under consideration of full Commission. 15) Disability Caused to the Tihar Jail Inmate Chander due to the Injury Sustained in Jail kitchen while working (Case No. 3595/30/9/2015) 4.85 The Complainant, convict Chandar, lodged in Central Jail-5, Tihar, New Delhi has alleged about not providing adequate compensation for the loss of his hand crushed in the atta kneading machine of jail kitchen. 4.86 Pursuant to the directions of the Commission, the Director General (Prisons), Headquarters, Tihar, New Delhi reported that the complainant is serving life sentence and was assigned labour in Langar to prepare food along with other inmates. On 03.04.2015, it was found that right hand of the convict got accidentally stuck in the Atta Kneading Machine. The jail officials immediately pulled his hand out with the help of other prisoners. After giving first aid, prisoner was taken to the DDU Hospital for further management and later referred to the Trauma Centre of AIIMS, where he was operated and kept in the ICU. An amount of ` 50,000/- was handed over to Ms. Kavita, wife of Shri Chandar Singh. The process for providing artificial hand to the said convict was under process. Annual Report 2017-2018 59