CONTENTS CHAPTER -1 INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER -2 HIGHLIGHTS : 2010-2011 3 CHAPTER -3 NHRC : ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS 13 CHAPTER -4 CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS 19 A. Custodial Violence and Torture 19 a) Custodial Deaths 19 Judicial Custody 19 1. Death of Undertrial Prisoner Ramsingh Udasingh Ravana in Bharuch 19 Sub-Jail, Gujarat (Case No. 524/6/5/07-08-JCD) 2. Suo motu Cognizance of Custodial Death in Central Jail No.6 of 20 Tihar Jail, New Delhi (Case No. 1138/4/4/08-09-JCD) 3. Death of Convict Puran Singh in District Jail, Fatehgarh, Uttar Pradesh 20 (Case No.32064/24/2004-2005-CD) 4. Death of Undertrial Prisoner Om Prakash in Rohini District Jail, New Delhi 21 (Case No.4915/30/9/07-08-JCD) 5. Death of Undertrial Prisoner Devnarayan Mondal in Madhubani District Jail, 22 Bihar (Case No. 3874/4/2004-05-CD) 6. Death of Undertrial Prisoner Harish Patel in Central Jail Ambikapur, District 23 Surguja, Chhattisgarh (Case No. 106/33/16/07-08) 7. Death of Undertrial Prisoner Abdul Sattar in Special Sub-Jail Davangere, 24 Karnataka (Case No. 440/10/2005-2006-CD) 8. Death of Undertrial Prisoner Murugan in Salem Central Jail, Tamil Nadu 25 (Case No. 69/22/31/09-10-JCD) 9. Death of Undertrial Prisoner Kaki Sreenu in Kakinada Sub-Jail in East 25 Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh (Case No. 740/1/5/08-09-JCD) NHRC i