§ Mr. MORRELLasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the recent proceedings in the High Court of Calcutta, in which the conviction of three police officers of voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession was upheld by the Court; whether he is aware that the man named Bhola, from whom they thus endeavoured to extort confession, died under their torture; and whether he can say why these police officers were not tried for murder?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Mr. Montagu)The police officers concerned were tried for murder. They were acquitted on that charge, but were convicted and sentenced on the lesser charge of voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession.