identification by witnesses, the Superintendent shall issue
instructions to prevent the prisoner from disguising himself or
changing his appearance in such a way as to make recognition
difficult.
(ii) The prisoner to be identified shall be placed among a
number of prisoners as similar to him as possible in dress,, stature
and appearance and shall not be allowed to conceal his face or
stature, so as to impede recognition.
(iii) The identification parade shall be held at a place which
is not visible from the main gate. No other person shall be allowed
to stand nearby. The proceedings shall be attended by an Assistant
Superintendent, who shall cany out any orders given to him by the
Magistrate conducting the identifications. The witnesses in no case
shall be harassed or helped by any prison official or a prisoner.
Search of prisoners going to Courts.
Rule389. A receipt shall be obtained from the officer
incharge of the escort for the under-trial prisoners sent to courts
and such officer shall certify in the gate keeper's register that he
has searched the prisoners. All under-trial prisoners shall be
searched again at the main gate on return from the courts before
they are being taken over from the police.
Time for meal.
Rule390. Prisoners attending courts shall be given their full
morning meals before they are sent out in the morning and
arrangement shall be made to enable them to have evening meal in
the prison on their return.
Early return of under trial prisoners from courts.
Rule391. Under-trial prisoners should be returned to the
prison not later than the time mentioned in Rule 11. The
Superintendent shall draw the attention of the [Sessions Judge] to
any instance in which this rule has not been observed.
Notice of discharge or release on bail.
Rule392. If an under-trial prisoner is discharged in court or
released on bail while attending court, the notification of the fact
should be brought back by the Police escort who took charge of the
prisoners for conveyance to court. If the notification is not received
the same day, the Superintendent shall without delay call the
attention of the court to the matter.
Conveyance charges to be paid by the Police.
Rule393. The expenditure of every kind including cost of
diet incurred during conveyance of under-trial prisoners to and
from courts or from one district to another shall be paid by the
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