(ii) The Inspector-General is empowered to sanction an
amount not exceeding Rs. 100 in any one case for the recapture of
any prisoner.
(iii) No reward for the recapture of a prisoner who escapes
from police custody shall be paid by the Prison Department, but the
case may be referred to the Police Department for consideration of
reward.
Explanation I--Any Government servant may receive without
special permission any reward offered for the arrest of a criminal,
etc.
Explanation 2.--When two or more persons have been
instrumental in recapture of an escaped prisoner, the reward shall
be divided amongst them in such manner as the Inspector-General
may direct.
Reward for a prisoner preventing an escape:
Rule615. Every prisoner who assists in any way whatsoever
in preventing an escape shall, if he cannot be adequately rewarded
by the Superintendent, under the remission rules, be brought to the
notice of the Inspector-General for award of special remission by
him.
Procedure on recapture of a prisoner:
Rule616. (i) On the recapture of a prisoner, the fact shall be
notified to all officers who have been addressed under rule 611.
(ii) A recaptured prisoner may be admitted into and detained
in prison on the authority of his original warrant, the time he was at
large shall not count as sentence served.
Fetters for recaptured prisoners:
Rule617. (i) A prisoner who had escaped from prison may On
recapture, be placed in fetters.
(ii) The period for which he may be kept in fetters shall be
fixed up by the Superintendent having regard to the circumstances
of the escape. An order imposing fetters under this rule shall be
subject to review by the Inspector-General at the time of his
inspection of the prison.
Documents relating to escaped prisoners:
Rule618. (i) The conviction warrant of an escaped prisoner
shall be retained in the prison office for a period of ten years from
the date of escape, after which it shall be returned to the issuing
Court and the name of the escaped prisoner struck of the prison
record.
(ii) The remand or committal order of an under-trial or civil
prisoner who has escaped from prison shall be returned to the
Court concerned with an endorsement to this effect.
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