Whipping Sentences (India).

HC Deb 17 February 1914 vol 58 cc788-9W

Mr. SWIFT MacNEILL

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he will state how many judicial sentences for whipping were passed in India, province by province, during the years 1911 and 1912?

Mr. MONTAGU

Burma—1911, 2,158; 1912, 2,205. United Provinces—1911, 2,992; 1912, 2,662. Punjab—1911, 1,135; 1912, 1,149. North-West Frontier Pro- vince—1911, 81; 1912, 120. Bombay—1911, 859; 1912, 901. Central Provinces—1911, 518; 1912, 529. Madras—1911, 618; 1912, 684. Bengal—1911, 816;^* 1912, 689.† Eastern Bengal and Assam—1911, 223; 1912, —; Bihar and Orissa, 1911, —; 1912, 256; Assam, 1911, —; 1912, 126.

^* Including Bihar and Orissa, but not Eastern Bengal.

† Including Eastern Bengal.