Report No. 78

VIII. Meaning of Under-Trial

1.28. Meaning of under-trial in this Report.-

Before closing this introductory Chapter, we may make it clear that in this Report we are using the expression 'under-trial prisoners' in a wide sense even to include persons who are in judicial custody on remand during investigation. For statistical purposes, it would not be possible to treat them distinctly from persons whose trial has actually commenced.