ORDER

This public interest petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India has been filed by Mr. R.D. Upadhyay, an advocate of this Court. It has been highlighted in the petition that a large number of under-trial prisoners have been languishing in Tihar Jail without trail for a very long period. This Court by the order dated November 7, 1994 directed the Superintendent Tihar Jail to file an affidavit giving list of under-trial inmates of Jail who are confined for over a period of one year. sh. Tarsem Kumar, Superintendent, Central Jail, Tihar has filed an affidavit dated February 9, 1996 and has annexed a list giving jail wise break-up of under-trials who have spent more than one year at Central Jail, Tihar, Delhi as on January 25, 1996. The list indicates that there are under-trial prisoners who are in jail for a period ranging from one year to 11 years. Mr. Srivastava, learned counsel appearing for the NCT, Delhi has categorised the list of under-trials offence-wise. The total cases café go rised by Mr. Srivastava come to 1930. The list is as under:

S. No. Name of Offence Total Cases

1. Murder 880

2. Attempt to Murder 89

3. N