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Section 217: No forceful handcuffing

The Rajasthan Prisons Rules, 2022State Rules of Rajasthan · 1894

(1) No handcuff or other fetters shall be forced on a prisoner convicted or under trial while lodged in a jail anyw here in the State or while transporting or in transit from one jail to another or from jail to Court and back as per the provisions of the notification mentioned in the note below.

(2) The jail authorities, in the State, on their own, shall have no authority to direct handcuffing of any inmate of a jail or during their transport from one jail to another or from jail to Court and back:

Provided that where imposition of handcuffs or fetters to any particular prisoner is thought expedient in the exigency of the case, special orders from the concerned Magistrate shall be obtained before imposition of the same.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Rajasthan Prisons Rules, 2022
Section217
Marginal noteNo forceful handcuffing
JurisdictionState of Rajasthan
StatusIn force as published by the source

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