mentally ill prisoners

JAIL MANUAL 2022

CHAPTER 22 MENTLLAY ILL PRISONER

RULE 463 Application

Except as provided in this Chapter, the rules in the Jail Manual applicable to superior and ordinary classes of convicts shall apply to superior and ordinary classes of mentally ill prisoners also.

आवेदन

इस अध्याय में उपबंधित को छोडकर, जेल नियमावली में उच्च और साधारण श्रेणी के सिद्धदोषियों के लिए लागू नियम मानसिक रूप से बीमार कैदियों के उच्च और सामान्य श्रेणी पर भी लागू होगें।

RULE 464 Definition of a mental patient

A mentally ill prisoner, for the purpose of this Manual is defined in Section 2(w) of the Mental Healthcare Act 2017 which reads as follow:-

Section 2(w)

2(w)- “Mentally ill prisoner” means a mentally ill person for whose detention in, or removal to, a psychiatric hospital, psychiatric nursing home, jail or other place of safe custody, an order referred to in section 27 has been made.

Sec.27- Admission and detention of mentally ill prisoner: “An order under Section 30 of the Prisoners Act, 1900 (Act no. 3 of 1900), or under Section 330 or Section 335 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), directing the reception of a mentally ill prisoner into any psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home, shall be sufficient authority for the admission of such person in such hospital or, as the case may be, such nursing home or any other psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home to which such person may lawfully transferred for detention therein.”

मानसिक रोगी की परिभाषा

इस मैनुअल के प्रयोजन के लिए मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी, वह होगा जैसा मेन्टल हेल्थ केयर एक्ट-2017 की धारा 2 (ब) मे परिभाषित किया गया है जो निम्नवत हैः

धारा 2 (ब)

2 (ब) ''मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी'' का अर्थ मानसिक रूप से बीमार व्यक्ति है, जिसके लिए धारा 27 के अनुसार मनोचिकित्सीय अस्पताल, मनोचिकित्सीय परिचर्या गृह, जेल या सुरक्षित अभिरक्षा के अन्य स्थान पर अभिरक्षा में लेने या हटाने के लिए आदेश दिया गया है।

धारा 27- मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी का प्रवेश और निंरूद्धि- ''बंदी अधिनियम, 1900(1900 का अधिनियम संख्या-13) की धारा 30 अथवा दंड प्रक्रिया संहिता, 1973 (1974 का 2) की धारा 330 या धारा 335 के अधीन मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी को किसी मनोचिकित्सीय अस्पताल या मनोचिकित्सीय परिचर्या गृह में भर्ती हेतु आदेश देने वाला सक्षम प्राधिकारी होगा जिसके पास ऐसे व्यक्ति को ऐसे अस्पताल में या ऐसे नर्सिंग होम या किसी अन्य मनोचिकित्सीय अस्पताल में जिसमें ऐसा व्यक्ति विधिक रूप से निरूद्धि के लिए स्थानांतरित किया जा सकता है, को प्रवेश देने के लिए पर्याप्त अधिकार होगा।

RULE 465 Separation of mentally ill prisoners

Every prisoner supposed or found to be mentally ill as defined in rule 465 and also every prisoner who, with a similar past history, may have been declared sane or cured, may be kept separate from other prisoners.

मानसिक रोगी बंदियों का पृथथ्करण

ऐसे बंदी जिन्हें नियम 465 की परिभाषाके अनुसार मानसिक रूप से बीमार माना जाता है या पाया जाता है और साथ ही ऐसे प्रत्येक बंदी जिनका उसी चिन्तयरोग इतिहास रहा हो, चाहे वे स्वस्थ वही समरूप पूर्व घोषित किये गये हैं, को अन्य बंदियों से पृथक रखा जा सकता है।

RULE 466 Instructions regarding dangerous mentally ill prisoners

Dangerous mentally ill prisoners are those who by reason of their mental illness, are prone to cause injury to themselves or to those coming in contact with them. In order that the chances of their causing injury may be eliminated, the following instructions should be carefully observed :

(a) Every mentally ill prisoner when first admitted into a jail shall be considered a dangerous prisoner until the Medical Officer decides that he is harmless.

(b) Every dangerous mentally ill prisoner shall, as far as may be considered necessary, be kept separate from other patients and a strict watch shall be kept over him, particularly at times when symptoms of violence aggravate.

(c) The Medical Officer shall visit him at least once a day and make a careful note of any sign of violence.

(d) The Medical Officer shall give such directions as may be necessary, for appropriately guarding the mentally ill prisoner, and shall warn the jail officers of any symptoms which necessitate greater watchfulness.

(e) Confirmed mentally ill person shall not be admitted in the jail.

खतरनाक मानसिक बंदियों के सम्बन्ध में अनुदेश

खतरनाक मानसिक रोगी बंदी वे जो अपनी मानसिक बीमारी के कारण स्वयं को या अपने संपर्क में आने वाले व्यक्तियों को चोट पहुचा सकते हैं, उनके द्वारा चोटिल करने की संभावना को समाप्त करने के लिए ध्यानपूर्वक निम्नलिखित निर्देशों का पालन सावधानीपूर्वक किया जाना चाहिए :-

(क) प्रत्येक मानसिक बंदी जब पहली बार जेल में भर्ती हो उसे एक खतरनाक मनोरोगी बंदी माना जाएगा जब तक कि चिकित्सा अधिकारी यह विनिद्गचय नहीं कर लेता है कि वह हानिरहित है।

(ख) प्रत्येक खतरनाक मानसिक बंदी को, जहां तक आवश्यक माना जाए, अन्य रोगियों से पृथक रखा जाएगा और उस पर कड़ी नजर रखी जाएगी, विशिष्टतः ऐसे समय में जब हिंसा के लक्षण बढ़ जाते हैं।

(ग) चिकित्सा अधिकारी एक दिन मे कम से कम एक बार उससे मिलने जाएगा और सावधानीपूर्वक निरीक्षण करेगा कि उसमें हिंसा का कोई संकेत नहीं है।

(घ) चिकित्सा अधिकारी मानसिक बंदी की उचित सुरक्षा के लिए निदेश देगा, आवश्यक होनें पर जेल अधिकारियों को उन लक्षणों के बारे में चेतावनी देगा जिसमें अधिक सतर्कता की आवश्यकता है।

(ङ) पुष्टित मानसिक व्यक्ति को जेल में नही रखा जाएगा।

RULE 467 Classes of mentally ill prisoners

Mentally ill prisoners are of three classes :

A- Accused persons who in the course of their trial or during the investigation of a case are found to be of unsound mind and incapable of making their defence and for whose detention in jail an order has been made under. section 330, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

B- Accused persons who are of sound mind at the time of their trial but who are acquitted by the court on the ground that at the time at which they are alleged to have committed an offence, they were, by reasons of unsoundness of mind, incapable of knowing the nature of the act alleged as constituting the offence, or that it was wrong or contrary to law, and for whose detention in jail an order has been made under section 335 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, shall be accompanied by a copy of the judgment of the Magistrate or Court.

C- Persons detained or imprisoned in jail under any order or sentence of any Court who are found to be of unsound mind [vide Section 30 (1) of the Prisoners Act, 1900(Act III of 1900)].

मानसिक बंदियों की श्रेणी

मानसिक रोगी बंदियों के तीन वर्ग हैं:-

(क) एक अभियुक्त व्यक्ति जो विचारण के दौरान या मामले की जांच के समय मानसिक रूप से स्वस्थ्य नहीं पाया जाता है और जो अपनी प्रतिरक्षा करने में असमर्थ हैं और जिसे दण्ड प्रक्रिया संहिता-1973 की धारा-330 के आदेश के अधीन जेल में निरूद्ध किया गया है।

(ख) एक अभियुक्त जो न्यायालय में सुनवाई के समय मानसिक रूप से स्वस्थ्य थे, किन्तु न्यायालय द्वारा इस आधार पर छोड दिये जाते हैं कि अपराध करते समय वे मानसिक रूप से अस्वस्थ्य होने के कारण या अपने कृत्य की प्रकृति को समझ नहीं पाने के कारण या यह समझने में असमर्थ थे कि उनका कार्य दोषपूर्ण विधि विरूद्ध है और जिनके जेल मं निरूद्धि का आदेश दण्ड प्रक्रिया संहिता-1973 की धारा-335 के अधीन किया गया है के साथ न्यायालय या मजिस्ट्रेट के आदेश की प्रति भी होगी।

(ग) वह व्यक्ति जो प्रिजर्न्स एक्ट-1900 की धारा-3 के अधीन न्यायालय द्वारा मानसिक रूप से बीमार पाये जाने पर आदेश द्वारा सजा पाये गये हैं और जेल में निरूद्ध किये गये हैं

RULE 468 Superintendents to performs functions of Director General for certain purposes

Officers in charge of prisons have been empowered under section 336 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, to discharge all or any of the functions of the Inspector General of Prisons under section 337 or section 338 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

अधीक्षक द्वारा कुछ उद्देश्यों के लिए महानिदेशक के कर्तव्यों का निर्वहन करना

दंड प्रक्रिया संहिता, 1973 की धारा 336 के अधीन जेलों के प्रभारी अधिकारी को कारागार महानिरीक्षक के दंड प्रक्रिया संहिता, 1973 की धारा 337 या धारा 338 के अधीन सभी या किसी भी कार्य का निर्वहन करने का अधिकार दिया गया है।

RULE 469 Place of detention of mentally ill prisoners

Mentally ill prisoners shall be detained at the Mental Hospital, Varanasi, or a psychiatric hospital or any other place of safe custody declared by the State Government for such purpose.

मानसिक रोगी बंदियों के निरोध का स्थान

मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदियों को मानसिक अस्पताल, वाराणसी, या एक मनोचिकित्सीय अस्पताल या अन्य कोई स्थान जिसे राज्य सरकार द्वारा इस उद्देश्य के लिए सुरक्षित अभिरक्षा घोषित किया गया हो।

RULE 470 Custody of mentally ill prisoners

A Magistrate or court has power under section 330, 335 and 336 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to order a mentally ill prisoner as defined in paragraph 465 to be kept in safe custody in such place and manner as the Magistrate or Court thinks fit. An accused person who has been so ordered to be kept in safe custody shall –

(a) If ordered to be detained in a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home be confined therein and, if for reason this is considered desirable, be transferred to another psychiatric hospital;

(b) If ordered to be detained in a Central Prison, be transferred to and confined in a hospital having facilities for psychiatric treatment unless there is insufficient accommodation in the available hospitals;

(c) If ordered to be detained in any other place, be transferred to and confined in a government hospital unless there is insufficient accommodation in the available psychiatric hospitals, in which case he shall be transferred to and confined in a central prison, ordinarily the one nearest to or most similar in climatic conditions to his native district.

Note - In the case of an examination and inquiry under section 328 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the supposed mentally ill prisoner shall be detained in a place mentioned in rule 470.

मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदियों की अभिरक्षा

एक मजिस्ट्रेट या न्यायालय, दंड प्रक्रिया संहिता, 1973 की धारा 330, 335 और 336 के अधीन प्रस्तर- 465 में परिभाषित मनोरोगी बंदी को सुरक्षित अभिरक्षा में रखने का आदेश जैसा वह उचित समझ देने के लिए सशक्त है। एक अभियुक्त जिसे इस प्रकार सुरक्षित अभिरक्षा में में रखने के लिए आदेश दिया गया है, करेगा-

(क) यदि किसी बंदी को मनोचिकित्सीय अस्पताल या मनोचिकित्सीय परिचर्या गृह में निरुद्ध करने का आदेश हो तो उसे वहां परिरूद्ध किया जाना चाहिए और यदि उपलब्ध कारणों से यह वांछनीय समझा जाय तो अन्य मनोचिकित्सीय अस्पताल में स्थानांतरित किया जा सकता है।

(ख) यदि बंदी को केंद्रीय कारागार में निरूद्धि का आदेश हो तो उसे मनोचिकित्सीय उपचार की सुविधा वाले अस्पताल में स्थानांतरित एवं परिरूद्ध रखे जायेंगे जब तक कि उपलब्ध अस्पतालों में अपर्याप्त आवास हो।

(ग) यदि किसी अन्य स्थान पर निरूद्धि का आदेश हो तो उसे मनोचिकित्सीय अस्पताल में स्थानांतरित एवं परिरूद्ध में रखा जायेगा जब तक कि मनोचिकित्सीय अस्पताल में पर्याप्त आवास उपलब्ध न हो, ऐसी स्थिति में बंदी को केन्द्रीय कारागार में निरोध किया जायेगा उसके गृह जनपद के सबसे निकट और सबसे अनुकूल माहौल वाली हो

नोट- दंड प्रक्रिया संहिता, 1973 की धारा 328 के अधीन परीक्षण और जांच के मामले में मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी माने गये व्यक्ति को नियम-470 में उल्लिखित स्थान पर निरूद्ध किया जायेगा।

RULE 471 Papers to accompany a mentally ill prisoner

When a mentally ill prisoner is sent to a psychiatric hospital or jail by a magistrate or court as directed in the previous rule, a set of papers as prescribed in rule 474 shall be prepared and sent along with the mentally ill prisoner to the psychiatric hospital or jail.

मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदियों के साथ संलग्न पत्र

जब मजिस्ट्रेट या न्यायालय के आदेशानुसार मनोरोगी बंदी को पूर्व नियम के अनुसार मनोचिकित्सीय चिकित्साालय या जेल भेजा जाता है, तो उसे नियम 474 में निर्धारित प्रपत्रों के साथ मनोचिकित्साालय या जेल भेजा जायेगा।

RULE 472 Transfer of mentally ill prisoner to a place other than a psychiatric hospital

When a court orders a mentally ill prisoner to be kept in safe custody, under section 330 or section 335 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, in a place other than a psychiatric hospital, court shall report the case to the Director General of Medical and Health Services, who shall arrange in conjunction with the Director General (Prisons) for the transfer of the mentally ill prisoner to the proper place of safe custody, in accordance with the directions contained in rule 470. Copies of the papers referred to in rule 474 shall accompany the report.

Note :- A report regarding a mentally ill prisoner sent to be kept in safe custody under section 335 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, shall be accompanied by a copy of the judgement of the Court.

मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी को मनोचिकित्सीय अस्पताल के अतिरिक्त स्थान पर स्थानान्तरण

जब न्यायालय दंड प्रक्रिया संहिता, 1973 की धारा की धारा-330 या धारा-335 के अधीन मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी को मनोचिकित्सीय अस्पताल के अतिरिक्त किसी अन्य स्थान पर सुरक्षित अभिरक्षा में रखने का आदेश देता है, तो न्यायालय मामले को महानिदेशक चिकित्सा और स्वास्थ्य सेवाओं को प्रेषित करेगी, जो महानिदेशक (कारागार) के साथ मिलकर नियम. 470 में अंतविﾔट निर्देशों के अनुसार, मानसिक रूप से बीमार रोगी बंदी को सुरक्षित अभिरक्षा के उचित स्थान पर स्थानांतरित करने के लिए व्यवस्था करेंगे। नियम-474 में सन्दर्भित अभिलेखों की प्रतियॉ भी रिपोर्ट के साथ होगी।

नोटः- दंड प्रक्रिया संहिता, 1973 की धारा 335 के अधीन सुरक्षित अभिरक्षा में रखे गये मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी के सम्बन्ध में रिपोर्ट के साथ न्यायालय के आदेश की एक प्रति भी होगी।

RULE 473 Form to be sent with a class A mental patient who is capable of making his defence.

When a class A, mental patient as classified in para 468 is certified by the Director General (Prisons) to be capable of making his defence and taken before the court, the following papers shall accompany the certificate of the Inspector-General, namely-

(a)   M.H.M. Form IX- Magistrate’s statement of particulars

(b)   M.H.M. Form X-Medical Officer’s certificate

(c)  M.H.M. Form XI-Abstract of evidence of information under the following heads, viz:

(i) the demeanour of the mental patient before and after the perpetration of the act of which he is accused;

(ii) the manner in which the act was perpetrated;

(iii) any attendant circumstances indicating the mental patient’s frame of mind or the ideas with which he was possessed at the time when the act was perpetrated;

(iv) any facts in the mental patient’s past history which may be of value in deciding on the course which should be adopted in regard to him

(d) M.H.M. Form XII-Abstract of medical history

(e) M.H.M. Form XIV- Medical history-sheet (case book)

वर्ग क के मानसिक रूप से बीमार जो स्वयं का बचाव करने में सक्षम हो, के साथ भेजे जाने वाले प्रारूप

जब प्रस्तर-468 में वर्गीकृत वर्ग-क का एक मानसिक रूप से बीमार, जो महानिदेशक (कारागार) द्वारा प्रमाणित है कि वह अपना बचाव करने में सक्षम है, न्यायालय के समक्ष प्रस्तुत किया जाता है, तो उसके साथ महानिरीक्षक के निम्नलिखित प्रमाण पत्र होंगेः-

(क) एम.एच.एम. प्रारूप-नौ मजिस्ट्रेट के कथन की विशिष्टियां

(ख) एम.एच.एम. प्रारूप-दस चिकित्सा अधिकारी का प्रमाण पत्र

(ग) एम.एच.एम. प्रारूप-ग्यारह निम्न लिखित शीﾔर्ाों के अधीन सूचना के साक्ष्य का सार, जैसे -

(एक) उस कृत्य से पहले और बाद में मानसिक बीमार का आचरण जिसके लिये व आरोपित किघ्या गया है

(दो) जिस तरीके से कृत्य हुआ है

(तीन) मानसिक रोगी की मनः स्थिति या विचार जिनके साथ वह समय था जब उसने अपराध को कारित किया, का संकेत देने वाली कोई भी उपलब्ध परिस्थितियाँ,

(चार) मानसिक रोगी के पूर्व इतिहास का कोई तथ्य जो यह निर्णय लेने में मूल्यवान हो सकता है कि उसके साथ कैसा व्यवहार अपनाया जाना चाहिए।

(पांच) एम.एच.एम.प्रपत्र प्रारूप-बारह चिकित्सा इतिहास का सार

(छह) एम.एच.एम. फॉर्म प्रारूप-चौदह चिकित्सा इतिहास - शीट (केस बुक)

RULE 474 Release of mentally ill prisoner when certified harmless.

If a class A or class B mental patient is detained in jail, and the Inspector-General certifies that in his judgment he may be released without danger of his doing injury to himself or to any other person, the State Government, may, thereupon, pass such orders under sections 335 and 338 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, as it may deem fit.

मानसिक बीमार बंदी की नियुक्ति, जब वह अहानिकारक प्रमाणित हो

यदि वर्ग क या वर्ग ख के मानसिक बीमार बंदी को जेल में निरूद्ध किया गया है, और महानिरीक्षक कारागार यह प्रमाणित करता है कि बंदी को स्वयं या किसी अन्य अन्य व्य ि को चोट पहुंचाने के खतरे के बिना रिहा किया जा सकता है, तो इस सम्बन्ध में राज्य सरकार दंड संहिता 1973 की धारा-335 और धारा-338 के अधीन जैसा वह ठीक समझे, आदेश निर्गत कर सकती है।

RULE 475 Probationary period of recovered mentally ill prisoner.-

All mentally ill prisoners shall be detained in a psychiatric hospital to undergo any probationary period considered necessary by the visitors and shall not be returned to jails for that purpose.

मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी, जो स्वस्थ्य हो गया हो, की परिवीक्षा अवधि

सभी मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदियों को जिस अवधि के लिए एक मनोचिकित्सीय अस्पतालों में परीवीक्षा अवधि के लिए अभिरक्षा में रखा गया है उसे भ्रमणकर्ता के लिए आवश्यक माना जायेगा और इस उद्देश्य के लिए उसकी जेल में वापसी नहीं की जायेगी।

RULE 476 Production of mentally ill prisoner for medical inspection after discharge.-

Whenever a class A mentally ill prisoner under section 330 of Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 is made over to the care of a relative or friend under the provisions of section 339 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, it shall be subject to the condition that he is produced for the inspection of the officer in medical charge of the District Jail at intervals not exceeding six months. The actual dates shall be fixed by the concerned court.

उन्मोचन के पश्चात मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी को चिकित्सीय जांच के लिए पेश करना।

जब भी दंड संहिता 1973 की धारा 330 के अधीन वर्ग क का मानसिक बीमार बंदी दंड प्रक्रिया संहिता, 1973 की धारा 339 के प्रावधानों के अधीन देखभाल हेतु किसी रिश्तेदार को सौंपा जाता है, तो यह इस शर्त के अधीन होगा कि उसे निश्चित समय अंतराल में जिला जेल के चिकित्सीय अधिकारी के समक्ष निरीक्षण के लिए उपस्थित किया जाएगा, और यह अंतराल छह महीने से अधिक नहीं होना चाहिए। वास्तविक तिथि सम्बन्धित न्यायालय द्वारा निर्धारित की जायेगी।

RULE 477 Close observation of supposed mentally ill prisoner’s.-

When a prisoner is acting as if he were insane, the Medical Officer shall put him under observation and closely scrutinize his symptoms so as to preclude the possibility of a criminal feigning insanity and submit a report to the Superintendent.

अनुमित मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी की गहन सम्प्रेक्षण

जब एक बंदी पागल के रूप में अभिनय कर रहा है, तो चिकित्सा अधिकारी उसे निगरानी में रखेगा और उसके लक्षणों की बारीकी से जांच करेगा ताकि एक अपराधी के पागलपन का नाटक करने की संभावना को रोका जा सके और अधीक्षक को एक रिपोर्ट प्रस्तुत करेगा।

RULE 478 Procedure in case of a convict of unsound mind

(1) Whenever it appears to the Superintendent that any convict is mentally ill and ought to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital he shall at the earliest possible date submit the case, with all the documents necessary for establishing the fact of mental illness, to the Inspector-General who shall forward it to the State Government for the issue of necessary orders.

The following documents in duplicate shall be forwarded with the case :

(i) A nominal roll of the mentally ill prisoner.

(ii) M.H.M. Form XIV-Medical history (case-book) ; and

(iii) M.H.M. form XII-Abstract of medical history.

(2) If a person detained in jail under section 109, code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, becomes insane, the Superintendent shall report the fact to the District Magistrate, and send him a certificate in Form III that the prisoner is insane. If the District Magistrate decides to release the prisoner under section 123, of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, he shall prepare a reception order, and on its authority the Superintendent shall send the prisoner to a non-criminal psychiatric hospital.

असंतुलित दिमाग के बंदी के प्रकरण में प्रक्रिया

(1) जब अधीक्षक को यह प्रतीत होता है कि कोई सिद्धदोषी मानसिक रूप से बीमार है और उसे एक मनोचिकित्सीय चिकित्सालय में स्थानांतरित किया जाना चाहिए तो वह यथाशीघ्र, मानसिक बीमारी के तथ्य को स्थापित करने के लिए आवश्यक सभी दस्तावेजों के साथ प्रकरण महानिरीक्षक को सन्दर्भित करेगा, जो आवश्यक आदेश दिये जाने हेतु उसे राज्य सरकार को अग्रेषित करेगा।

निम्न लिखितअभिलेखों की अनुकृतियां प्रकरण के साथ अग्रेषित की जायेंगीः-

(एक) मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी का नामिनल रोल।

(दो) एम.एच.एम. प्रारूप-चौदह चिकित्सीय इतिहास (केस - बुक) तथा

(तीन) एम.एच.एम. प्रारूप-बारह चिकित्सीय इतिहास का सार।

(2) यदि कोई व्यक्ति जो दण्ड प्रक्रिया संहिता, 1973 की धारा 109 के अधीन जेल में निरूद्ध है, पागल हो जाता है, अधीक्षक जिला मजिस्ट्रेट को इस तथ्य की रिपोर्ट प्रेषित करेगा और प्ररूप-तीन में प्रमाण पत्र देगा कि बंदी पागल है। यदि जिला मजिस्ट्रेट दंड प्रक्रिया संहिता, 1973 की धारा 123 के अधीन बंदी को रिहा करने का विनिद्गचय करता है, तो वह प्राप्ति आदेश तैयार करेगा, और उसके प्राधिकार पर अधीक्षक बंदी को एक गैर-आपराधिक मनोचिकित्सीय अस्पताल में भेज देगा।

RULE 479 Transfer of mentally ill prisoner under section 30(1), Prisoner’s Act-

(1) When the State Government acting under section 30(1) of the Prisoners’ Act, 1900 issues a warrant directing the removal of a prisoner who is mentally ill to a psychiatric hospital or other fit place of custody, the Superintendent of the prison from which the prisoner is removed, shall transfer him accordingly, and shall give information of such transfer to the court by whose order the mentally ill prisoner was committed to jail.

(2) The documents required to be sent with the mentally ill prisoner to the psychiatric hospital are -

a. Warrant

b. M.H.M. Form IX.

c. M.H.M. Form X.

d. M.H.M. Form XII

e. M.H.M. Form XIV

f.  Nominal roll of the mentally ill prisoner.

प्रिजनर्स एक्ट की धारा 30 (1) के अधीन मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी का स्थानान्तरण,

(1) जब राज्य सरकार प्रिजनर्स एक्ट-1900 की धारा 30(1) के अधीन कार्य करते हुए एक मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी को एक मनोचिकित्सीय अस्पताल या अभिरक्षा के अन्य उपयुक्तक्त स्थान पर अपसारण के लिये वारण्ट जारी करती है, तो उस कारागारका अधीक्षक जहां से बंदी को अपसारण किया जाना है उसे तदनुसार स्थानांतरित करेगा, और ऐसे स्थानान्तरण की जानकारी उस न्यायालय को देगा, जिसके आदेश वह मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी जेल में बंद हुआ था।

(2) मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी को मानसिक चिकित्सालय भेजने के लिए निम्नलिखित अभिलेख अपेक्षित हैं -

क- वारण्ट

ख-. एम.एच.एम. प्रारूप-नौ

ग- एम.एच.एम. प्रारूप-दस

घ- एम.एच.एम. प्रारूप-बारह

ङ.- एम.एच.एम. प्रारूप-चौदह

च- मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी का नामिनल रोल।

RULE 480 Detention of lunatics who cannot be transferred before expiry of sentence.-

When an insane prisoner cannot be transferred under the orders of the State Governments so as to reach the mental hospitals before his sentence expires, the State Government shall be informed through the Director General and the prisoner shall be detained until the expiration of his sentence and the matter shall be reported to the District Magistrate for his orders with a view to the convict being treated as a non-criminal patient and transferred to the mental hospital under the Magistrate’s order.

ऐसे मनोरोगी की निरूद्धि जिसको सजा की अवधि समाप्त होने से पूर्व स्थानांतरित नहीं किया जा सकता

जब एक पागल बंदी जिसको राज्य सरकार के आदेश के अनुसार मनोचिकित्सालय में स्थानान्तरित नहीं किया जा सकता जबतक कि उसकी सजा की अवधि समाप्त नहीं हो जाती, तो महानिदेशक के माध्यम से राज्य सरकार को सूचित किया जायेगा और बंदी को सजा की समाप्ति तक निरूद्ध रखा जायेगा और कैदी को गैर आपराधिक बंदी के रूप में रखे जाने और जिला मजिस्ट्रेट के आदेश के अधीन मनोचिकित्सालय में स्थानान्तरण किये जाने के लिए मामले को जिला मजिस्ट्रेट को सन्दर्भित किया जायेगा।

RULE 481 Reserved accommodation in trains.-

Mentally ill prisoners, if dangerous, when sent by rail shall be provided with reserved accommodation and shall not be allowed to mix with other passengers. The dispatching jail shall make a note on the requisition form whether the mentally ill prisoner is dangerous or not.

रेलगाडी में आरक्षित स्थान।

मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी, यदि खतरनाक हो तो जब इसे रेलगाडी से भेजा जाये, उन्हें आरक्षित स्थान प्रदान किया जाएगा और उसे अन्य यात्रियों के साथ घुलने-मिलने की अनुमति नहीं दी जाएगी। बंदी को भेजने वाली जेल मांग पत्र पर एक नोट लिखेगी कि मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी खतरनाक है या नहीं।

RULE 482 Female Police constable to accompany female mentally ill prisoner.-

A female mentally ill prisoner shall on transfer be accompanied by a female police constable in addition to the usual police escort.

मानसिक रूप से बीमार महिला बंदी के साथ महिला पुलिस कांस्टेबल जाएगी।

एक मानसिक रूप से बीमार महिला बंदी का जब स्थानान्तरण किया जायेगा तो सामान्य पुलिस एस्कॉर्ट के अलावा एक महिला पुलिस कांस्टेबल भी साथ होगी।

RULE 483 Clothing diet, application of restraints when traveling.-

The Superintendent shall provide mentally ill prisoners on transfer with sufficient articles of clothing to protect them from rain or cold.

(a)  Sufficient food or money to procure food, for the mentally ill prisoners on the journey shall be made over to the police escort in accordance with the directions of the Medical Officer.

NOTE- Milk will generally be found to be the most suitable diet, since most of the patients are unable to digest the ordinary food. It will, therefore, not be a proper arrangement if regular diet money is given to the escort to purchase food for the patient. A diet suitable for individual patients can properly be prescribed by the Medical Officer and the best course would be found to be for the Medical Officer to prepare a statement of diet and send it to the person making arrangements for the transfer of the patient. Arrangements should be made for the supply of the diet mentioned in the statement and a copy of it should be given to the person in charge of the escort.

(b)  The Superintendent shall obtain orders from the concerned court or the District Magistrate for using restraints, fettering, handcuffing etc. of mentally ill prisoners during the journey compatible with security, as he may deem necessary in each case.

यात्रा के समय वस्त्र आहार पर अवरोध

अधीक्षक मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदियों को स्थानान्तरण पर बारिश या ठंड से बचाव के लिए पर्याप्त कपड़ों की आपूर्ति करेगा।

(क) यात्रा पर मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदियों हेतु भोजन की खरीद के लिए पर्याप्त पैसा या भोजन चिकित्सा अधिकारी के निर्देशों के अनुसार पुलिस एस्कॉर्ट को सौंप दिया जाएगा

नोट- दूध साधारणतया पर सबसे उपयुक्तक्त आहार माना जाएगा, क्योंकि अधिकांश रोगी सामान्य भोजन को पचा नहीं पाते हैं। अतः यह उचित व्यवस्था नहीं होगी यदि रोगी के भोजन के लिए अनुरक्षक को नियमित आहार खरीदने वाली राशि दी जायेगी। चिकित्सा अधिकारी द्वारा प्रत्येक रोगी के लिए उचित तौर पर उपयुक्तक्त आहार निर्धारित किया जायेगा और चिकित्सा अधिकारी द्वारा बंदी के आहार का विवरण तैयार करने में उत्तम विधि अपनायेगा और रोगी के स्थानान्तरण की व्यवस्था करने वाले व्यक्ति को सौंपा जायेगा और उल्लिखित आहार की आपूर्ति केग स्पष्ट व्यवस्था का उल्लेख करते हुए उसकी प्रति स्कोर्ट के प्रभारी को दी जानी चाहिए।

(ख) अधीक्षक यात्रा के दौरान मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदियों को सुरक्षा के अनुकूल, जैसा कि वह प्रत्येक मामले में आवश्यक समझे, प्रतिबंध, बेड़ी, हथकड़ी आदि का प्रयोग करने के लिए सम्बन्धित न्यायालय अथवा जिला मजिस्ट्रेट से आदेश प्राप्त करेगा ।

RULE 484 Transfer in anticipation of sanction in urgent cases-

In urgent cases (i.e., the mentally ill prisoner is noisy, filthy or dangerous) the Superintendent may, if he considers it necessary and with the previous consent of the Psychiatric hospital concerned, transfer the mentally ill prisoner to that Psychiatric hospital in anticipation of the sanction of the State Government. In such cases the prescribed documents shall be sent with the mentally ill prisoner and a copy of the Government order shall be forwarded as soon as it is received.

अत्यावश्यक मामले में अनुमोदन की प्रत्याशा में स्थानान्तरण

अत्यावश्यक मामलों में (जैसे मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी शोर मचा रहा हो, गंदा या खतरनाक हो) अधीक्षक, यदि आवश्यक समझे तो सम्बन्धित मनोचिकित्सीय अस्पताल की पूर्व सहमति से मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी को राज्य सरकार की मंजूरी की प्रत्याशा में उस मनोरोग अस्पताल में स्थानांतरित कर सकता है। ऐसे मामलों में मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी के साथ निर्धारित दस्तावेज भेजे जाएंगे और सरकारी आदेश की प्रति, जैसे ही प्राप्त हो, यथाशीघ्र भेजी जाएगी।

RULE 485 Fingerprints Bureau to be informed of the transfer to a Psychiatric hospital-

When a mentally ill convict is sent to a Psychiatric hospital from jail, the Superintendent shall communicate the fact to the Uttar Pradesh Fingerprint Bureau at Lucknow.

मनोचिकित्सीय अस्पताल में स्थानान्तरण के बारे में फिंगर प्रिंट ब्यूरो को सूचित किया जाएगा

जब मानसिक रूप से बीमार सिद्धदोषी को जेल से मनोचिकित्सीय अस्पताल भेजा जाता है, तो अधीक्षक उत्तर प्रदेश फिंगर प्रिंट ब्यूरो लखनऊ को इस तथ्य संसूचित करेंगा

RULE 486 Procedure when mental prisoner becomes mentally sound-

Under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 30, of the Prisoners Act, 1900 (Act III of 1900), where it appears to the State Government that the prisoner has become mentally sound the State Government shall, by a warrant directed to the person having charge of the prisoner if he is still liable to be kept in custody, remand him to the prison from which he was removed or the another prison within the State. The Superintendent shall bear in mind that under subsection (3) of the same section the time during which a prisoner is confined in a Psychiatric hospital under sub-section (1) shall be reckoned as part of the term of detention or imprisonment which he may have been ordered or sentenced by the court to undergo.

जब मानसिक रुप से बीमार बंदी मानसिक रूप से स्वस्थ हो जाता है तो प्रक्रिया

प्रिजनर्स एक्ट, 1900 (1900 का अधिनियम तीन) की धारा 30 की उप-धारा (2) के प्रावधानों के अधीन, जहां राज्य सरकार को यह प्रतीत होता है कि बंदी मानसिक रूप से स्वस्थ हो गया है तो राज्य सरकार, यदि वह अभी भी अभिरक्षा में रखने के लिए योग्य है, तो एक वारण्ट द्वारा बंदी के प्रभार वाले व्य ि को निर्देशित करेगी कि वह उसे जेल में प्रत्यावर्तित करें जहां से उसे हटाया गया था या राज्य के भीतर किसी अन्य जेल में। अधीक्षक को यह ध्यान रखना होगा कि उसी धारा की उप-धारा (3) के अधीन जिस समय अवधि में एक कैदी को उप-धारा (1) के तहत मनोचिकित्सीय अस्पताल में कैद रखा जाता है, उसे निरूद्धि या कारावास की अवधि के हिस्से के रूप में माना जाएगा, जिसे न्याययालय द्वारा दिये गये आदेश या सजा में सुनाई गई है।

RULE 487 Forms and further information for treatment of mentally ill prisoner.-

For specimens of Mental Hospital Manual (M.H.M.) Forms referred to in this chapter and for further information about the treatment of mentally ill prisoners, the Uttar Pradesh Mental Hospitals Manual should be referred to.

मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी के उपचार के लिए प्रारूप और आगे की जानकारी।

मानसिक अस्पताल मैनुअल (एम.एच.एम.) के नमूना प्रपत्र जो इस अध्याय में सन्दर्भित हैं और मानसिक रूप से बीमार बंदी के इलाज के बारे में अधिक जानकारी के लिए, उत्तर प्रदेश मानसिक अस्पताल मैनुअल सन्दर्भित किया जाना चाहिए।

(पुराने प्रस्तर) CHAPTER XX [Mental Patients]

485A.

Except as provided in this chapter, the rules in the Jail Manual applicable to superior and ordinary classes of convicts shall apply to superior and ordinary classes Mental Patients also.

486. Definition of mental patient

A mental patient is for the purpose of this Manual an idiot or person or unsound mind.

Note – The term “mental patient” is used for the term ‘lunatic’ as defined in section 3(5) of the Indian Lunacy Act, (Act IV of 1912)

487. Classes of mental patients

Mental patients detained in a jail may be –

(a)              Non-criminal i.e., those who have committed no crime but are sent for medical observation under the provisions of the Indian Lunacy Act, (Act IV of 1912).

(b)             Criminal, i.e. those who are accused of having committed or have committed a crime.

488. Separation of mental patients

Every person supposed or found to be a mental patient, whether in a jail and also every person who with similar past history, may have been declared sane or cured, shall be kept separate from other prisoner.

489. Instructions regarding dangerous mental patient

Dangerous mental patient are those who by reason of their insanity are prone to cause injury to themselves or to those coming in contact with them. In order that the chances of their causing injury may be eliminated, the following instructions should be carefully observed –

(a)              Every mental patient when first admitted into a jail shall be considered a dangerous patient until the Superintendent or in case where the Superintendent is a Medical Officer decides that he is harmless.

(b)             Every dangerous mental patient shall as far as may be considered necessary, be kept separate from other patients and a strict watch shall be kept over him, particularly at times when the symptoms of violence aggravate.

(c)              The Medical Officer or the Assistant Medical Officer shall visit him at least once a day and make a careful note of any sign or signs of violence.

(d)             The Medical Officer of Civil Surgeon in jail, when he is the medical officer, shall from time to time given such directions as may be necessary for appropriately guarding the mental patient and shall warn the jail officers of any symptoms which necessitate greater watchfulness.

490. Forms

In every jail where mental patients are confined where shall be maintained –

(a) in respect of each mental patient so confined a nominal roll in M.   H.M. Form XII;

(b) in respect of mental patient so confined a medical history sheet in Jail Form No. 54 wherein the events in the medical history of the mental together with recorded opinions as to his mental condition with shall be entered.

491. Non-criminal mental patients

For the purpose of this Manual a non-criminal mental patient is a person alleged to be mental patient whose detention in jail has been authorized by an order in writing under section 16 of the Indian Lunacy Act. 1912 (Act IV OF 1912), by a Magistrate as defined in section 3 of (6) of the said Act for such time not exceeding ten days at a time, the total period not to exceed thirty days from the date on which the mental patient was first brought before the Magistrate, as may in his opinion, be necessary to enable the Medical Officer or Civil Surgeon in Jails when he is the Medical Officer to determine whether such alleged mental patient is a person in respect of whom a  medical certificate in M.H.M. Form III properly be given.

492. Particulars to be supplied by Magistrate

Either at the time of authorizing the temporary detention of such person or as soon thereafter as may be practicable the Magistrate shall furnish a statement of the particulars of the case in M.H.M. Form IX.

493. Further detention at the request of the Civil Surgeon

If the Medical Officer or Civil Surgeon in jails when he is the Medical Officer desires to obtain further information or to make further inquiries into the cause of insanity or into any other point which is obscure or on which the information received is incorrect, he shall ask the Magistrate may from time to time authorize such further detention for such periods not exceeding then days at a time as he thinks necessary; provided that no person shall be so detained for a total period exceeding thirty days from the date on which he was first brought before the Magistrate.

494. Places of detention for non-criminal mental patients

Non-criminal mental patient European or Indian, ordered to be detained by a Magistrate for observation under section 16 if the Indian Lunacy Act. 1912 (Act IV of 1912), shall be detained in the following places of detention:

(a)

(b) In other district -

(i) If a private ward is available maintained or aided in a hospital out of public funds and if the behavior of the mental patient is such that his presence in the hospital will not be injurious to other patient and if the cost of detention in the ward is paid by or on behalf of the mental patient or can be defrayed out of his estate, the mental patient shall be detained in a private ward of such hospital; and

(ii) if any of the conditions set forth above is not fulfilled the mental patient shall be detained in the district jail.

(c) The decision of the District Magistrate shall be final as to whether the conditions prescribed in clause (b)(i) of this paragraph are or can be fulfilled.

494A.   

On the date on which the term of detention of non-criminal lunatic, who is found to be insane after observation, expires, the Superintendent shall fix a date for the discharge and shall immediately ask the District Magistrate of the District of residence of the lunatic to inform his friends or relatives to come on the date fixed for discharge and to make necessary arrangement for his removal from the jail.

494B.            

If no friend or relative of non-criminal lunatic, who is found to be insane after observation and who is under order of discharge, turns up to take delivery of the lunatic, the Superintendent shall at once inform the District Magistrate concerned and the relatives or friends of the non-criminal lunatic of the approximate time and the day when the lunatic may be expected to reach the place to which he may be going and shall arrange that –

(a) Male non-criminal lunatic shall, when necessary, be supplied with adequate clothing from the jail stock. He shall also be given diet money as provided in paragraphs 113 and 113-A of this Manual and a railway ticket shall be purchased for his railway journey to his home. Arrangement shall be made to see that he is safely started on his journey. Male juvenile non-criminal lunatic shall be accompanied by an attendant who shall hand him over to his relatives or friends and shall obtain a receipt from them of his safe arrival.

(b) Female non-criminal lunatic under 40 years of age, under such circumstances, shall be sent to her home in the charge of a responsible female attendant of the jail, who shall obtain a receipt from the lunatic’s relative or friends or from village Lekhpal, if necessary, of the safe arrival of the lunatic. Female non-criminal lunatic, if necessary, shall also be supplied with adequate clothing from the jail stock.

Note – Expenses incurred in this connection will also be recovered from the District Magistrate concerned as provided in paragraph 495 of this Manual.

495. Cost of detention of Criminal Mental Patients non-criminal mental patients

Non-criminal mental patients detained in jails shall be excluded from all statistics and returns relating to jail. The cost of maintenance of such patients shall be recovered from the Magistrate and shall include the cost of diet and clothing supplied to them, the cost of any articles damaged by them as well as the cost of any temporary staff employed for looking after them and transit charges, if any.

496. Cost of transfer to be recovered and adjusted through book transfer

Articles of diet available in jail shall be issued from the jail godown. The cost of such articles at market rates shall be recovered from the Magistrate and adjusted through book transfer and deducted from the progressive expenditure under “dietary charges”.

Criminal Mental Patients

497. Classes of criminal mental patients

Criminal mental patients are of three classes:

(A) Accused persons who in the course of their trial or during the investigation of a case are found to be of unsound and incapable of making their defense and for whose detention in jail an order has been under section 103A of the Indian Army Act, 1911 (Act VIII of 1911)

(B) Accused person who are of unsound mind at the time of their trial but who are acquitted by the court on the ground of that at the time at which they are alleged to have committed an offence, they were, by reasons of unsoundness of mind, incapable of knowing the nature of the act alleged as constituting the offence or that it was wrong or contrary to law, and for whose detention in jail an order has been made under section 471 Cr.P.C. or section 103-A of the Indian Army Act 1911 (Act III of 1911)

(C) Persons detained or imprisoned in jail under any order or sentence of any court who are found to be of unsound mind [vide section 30(1) of the Prisoners Act 1900(Act III of 1900)]

498. Superintendent to perform function of Inspector General for certain purposes

Officers in charge of central prisons who are medical officers have been empowered under section 471(2) of Cr.P.C. 1973 and section 30(2) of the Indian Lunacy Act 1912 to discharge all the functions of the Inspector General of Prison under section 473 or section 474 of Cr.P.C. 1973 and section 30 (1) of the Indian Lunacy Act 1912.

499. Places of detention of criminal mental patients

The following are prescribed as the places where criminal mental patients shall be detained:

500. Custody of mental patients

A magistrate or court has power under section 466, sub-section(2), section 471, sub-section (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 to order a class A or class B mental patient as defined in paragraph 497 to be kept in safe custody in such place and manner as the Magistrate or Court thinks fit.

            An accused person who has been so ordered to be kept in safe custody shall –

(a) if ordered to be detained in a mental hospital be confined in such mental hospital and if for reason this is considered desirable, be transferred to another mental hospital;

(b) if ordered to be detained in a central prison, be transferred to and confined in a mental hospital, unless there is insufficient accommodation in their available mental hospital;

(c) if ordered to be detained in any other place be transferred to and confined in a mental hospital unless there in insufficient accommodation in the available mental hospitals in which case he shall be transferred to and confined in a central prison, ordinarily the one nearest to or most similar in climatic conditions to his native District.

Note – In the case of an examination and inquiry under section 464 (1-A) of the Code of Criminal Procedure supposed criminal patient shall be detained in a place mentioned in paragraph 499.

501. Papers to accompany a criminal mental patient

When a criminal mental patient is sent to a mental hospital or jail by a Magistrate or court as directed in the previous paragraph, a set of papers as prescribed in paragraph 503, shall be sent along with the patient to the mental hospital or jail.

502. Transfer of A and B class mental patients to a place other than a mental hospital

When a magistrate or court orders a class A or class B criminal mental patient to be kept in safe custody, under section 466(2) or section 471 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in a place other than a mental hospital, such Magistrate or court shall report the case to the Director of medical and Health Services, who shall arrange in conjunction with the inspector General of Prisons for the transfer of the patient to the proper place of safe custody in accordance with the directions contains in the paragraph 500. Copies of the papers referred to in paragraph 503 shall accompany the report.

503. Details of papers to be sent with a mental patient

The following papers comprise the set of papers required for the purpose of paragraphs 501 and 502:

            A report regarding a class B mental patient shall be accompanied by a copy of the judgment of the Magistrate or the Court.

504. Form to be sent with a class A mental patient who is capable of making his defense

When a class A mental patient is certified by the Inspector General to be capable of making his defence and taken before the Magistrate or Court, the following papers shall accompany the certificate of the Inspector General, namely:

505. Release of A and B class mental patients when certified harmless

If a class A or class B mental patient is detained in jail and the Inspector General certifies that in his judgment he may be released without danger of his doing injury to himself or to any other person, the State Government, may thereupon, pass such orders under section 474 of Code of Criminal Procedure at it deem fit.

506. Probationary period of recovered A and B class mental patients

All class A and B recovered criminal mental patients shall be detained in mental hospitals to undergo any probationary period considered necessary by the visitors and shall not be returned to jails for that purposes.

507. Production of A class mental patients for medical, inspection after discharge

Whenever a class A mental patient is made over to the care of a relative or friend under the provisions of section 475 (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure it shall be on condition that he is produced for the inspection of the officer in medical charge of the district jail at intervals not exceeding six months. The actual dates shall be fixed by the District Magistrate or the Sessions Judge, as the case may be.

508. Closed observation of supposed lunatics

When a convict is acting as if he were insane, the Superintendent shall put him under observation and closely scrutinize his symptoms so as to preclude the possibility of criminal feigning insanity.

509. Procedure in case of a convict of unsound mind

(1) Whenever it appears to the Superintendent that any convict of unsound mind and ought to be transferred to a mental hospital he shall at the earliest possible date submit the case, with all documents necessary for establishing the fact of insanity, to Inspector General who shall forward it to the State Government for the issue of necessary orders.

            The following documents in duplicate shall be forwarded with the case:

511. Detention of lunatics who cannot be transferred before expiry of sentence

When an insane prisoner cannot be transferred under the orders of the State Government so as to reach the mental hospital before his sentence expires the Government shall be informed through the Inspector General and the prisoner shall be detained until the expiration of his sentence and the matter reported to the District Magistrate for his orders with a view to the convict being treated as a non-criminal patient and transferred to the mental hospital under the Magistrate’s order.

512. Certificates of fitness to travel to be handed over to escort on transfer

A certificate of fitness to travel, signed by the Medical Officer shall in every case of transfer of a lunatic be made over to the police escort. The Assistant Medical Officer shall again examine the patient before he is actually handed over to the police escort and if he is found unfit to undertake the journey, the patient shall not be transferred till he is physically fit to undertake the journey.

513. Reserved accommodation in trains

Criminal mental patient, if dangerous, where sent by rail shall be provided by rail shall be provided with reserved accommodation and shall not be allowed to mix with other passengers. The dispatching jail shall make a note on the requisition form whether the criminal mental patient is dangerous or not.

514. Female warder to accompany female mental patients

A female mental patient shall on transfer be accompanied by a female jail warder in addition to the usual police escort.

515. Clothing, diet, fetters, handcuffs when travelling

(a) The Superintendent shall provide mental patients on transfer with sufficient articles of clothing to protect them from rain or cold.

(b) Sufficient food or money to procure food for mental patient on the journey shall be made over to the police escort in accordance with the direction of the Medical Officer.

Note – Milk will generally be found to be the most suitable diet, since most of the patients are unable to digest he ordinary food. It will therefore not be a proper arrangement if a few annas are given to the escort to purchase puris for the patient. A diet suitable for individual patients can properly be prescribed by the Medical Officer and the best course would be found to be for the Medical Officer to prepare a statement of diet and send it to the person making arrangements for the transfer of the patient. Arrangements should be made for the transfer of the diet mentioned in the statement and a copy of it should be given to the person in charge of the escort.

(c) The Superintendent shall give such direction about the fettering handcuffing etc., of criminal mental patients during the journey, compatible with security, as he may deem necessary in each case.

516. Transfer in anticipation of sanction in urgent cases

In urgent cases (i.e. if the patient is noisy, filthy or dangerous) the Superintendent may, if he considers it necessary and with the previous consent of the Superintendent of the Mental Hospital concerned, transfer the convicted criminal mental patient to the Mental Hospital in anticipation of the sanction of the State Government. In such case the prescribed documents. In such case the prescribed documents shall be sent with patient and copy of the Government order shall be forwarded as soon as it is received.

517. Finger Print Bureau to be informed of the transfer to a mental hospital

When a convict is sent to a mental hospital from jail, the Superintendent of the Jail shall communicate the fact to the Uttar Pradesh Finger Print Bureau at Allahabad.          

518. Procedure when criminal mental patient becomes of sound mind

Under the provisions of sub section (2) of section 30 of the Prisoner Act, 1900 (Act III of 1900), where it appears to the State Government that prisoner has become of sound mind the State Government shall, by a warrant directed to the person having charge of the prisoner if he is still liable to be kept in custody, remand him to the prison from which he was removed or to another prison within the State. Superintendent shall mind that under sub section (3) of the same section the time during which a prisoner is confined in a mental hospital under sub section (1) shall be reckoned as part of the term of detention or imprisonment which he may have been ordered or sentenced by the court to undergo.

519. Forms and further information for treatment mental patients

For specimens of Mental Hospital Manual Forms referred to in this chapter and for further information about the treatment of mental patients, the Uttar Pradesh Mental Hospital Manual should be referred to.