(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. 212

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