§ Mr. BENSONasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will state the number of persons under 21, and over 21, flogged in British India, under sentence of the court and for offences against prison discipline, respectively, in each of the three years 1933, 1934 and 1935?
§ Mr. BUTLERI regret that the information in my possession does not enable me to give separate figures for juveniles.
526WFollowing is the statement:
Number of persons sentenced to whipping by criminal courts in British India, 1933–1935.
Province. 1933. 1934. 1935. Bengal 234 199 not available. Bombay 203 291 do. Punjab 527 601 do. Sind 147 182 182 Madras 144 62 not available. Burma 3,195 3,576 3,789 Central Provinces 530 547 724 Assam 75 49 86 Bihar and Orissa 224 163 not available. North-West Frontier Province. 108 89 do. United Provinces 832 950 945 6,219 6,709 5,726 Number of punishments of whipping inflicted for offences committed by convicts in British India, 1933–1935.
Province. 1933. 1934. 1935. Bengal 3 1 12 Bombay 55 51 44 Punjab 20 24 not available. Madras 18 9 7 Burma 33 30 27 Central Provinces 2 Nil 1 Assam Nil 1 2 Bihar and Orissa 15 9 not available. North-West Frontier Province. 94 27 do. Province. United Provinces 15 15 15 255 167 108