HC Deb 01 April 1913 vol 51 cc222-3W
Mr. SWIFT MacNEILL

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India (1) whether he can lay before the House any information regarding the operation of the new Indian Whipping Act, 1909, and can state the number of judicial whippings in the different provinces in India during the years 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, and 1912; and (2) the number of gaol whippings in the different provinces in India during the years 1909, 1910, 1911, and 1912?

Mr. MONTAGU

The figures for 1912 have not yet been received, but the other statistics for which the hon. Member asks are as follows:—

PUNISHMENT OF WHIPPING INFLICTED BY CRIMINAL COURTS.
— 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. Total number of all punishments in cases in which whipping might have been awarded, 1911. Percentage 1911.
Burma … … 2,498 1,984 1,984 2,158 9,798 22.02
Eastern Bengal and Assam … … 256 260 233 223 6,019 3.7
Bengal … … 1,605 1,191 925 816 14,872 5.5
United Provinces … … 6,423 3,943 3,245 2,992 12,337 24.25
Punjab … … 1,827 1,297 990 1,135 6,088 19.
North-West Frontier Province … … 194 118 148 81 1,321 6.1
Bombay … … 1,383 1,039 1,046 859 9,214 9.3
Central Provinces … … 1,937 1,167 619 518 2,919 17.7
Madras … … 2,814 1,463 620 618 3,647 17.82
The-figures for the year 1912 are not yet available.

PUNISHMENT OF WHIPPING INFLICTED FOR GAOL OFFENCES.
— 1909. 1910. 1911.
Burma … 113 125 96
Eastern Bengal and Assam … 43 71 43
Bengal … 122 98 100
United Provinces … 83 52 70
Punjab … 62 47 36
North-West Frontier Province … 5 2 1
Bombay … 95 97 86
Central Provinces … 60 52 50
Madras … 27 14 12

The figures for the year 1912 are not yet available.