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  • noun Plural form of undertrial.

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Examples

  • Federal Law Minister Veerappa Moily said Monday at least 175,000 of more than 250,000 remand prisoners - known as "undertrials" - would be freed in response to human rights campaigns for people lost in the judicial system.

    China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper 2010

  • Many of those cases will take far longer than 16 years to resolve, and if the Awasthis lived in a virtual cell while their case ground on, at least they weren't literally incarcerated, like the millions of "undertrials" who languish in prisons, often for longer than the maximum sentence possible for their alleged crimes, while they await a trial date.

    UNCLOGGING THE COURTS 2007

  • The 41 girl undertrials in the Jagdalpur jail in naxalite cases should have proper access to legal aid.

    Naxalite Maoist India Abhay N 2006

  • He said Salem was within his rights to contest elections "as our constitution permits undertrials to take part in the poll process".

    Archive 2006-09-01 Abhay N 2006

  • The 41 girl undertrials in the Jagdalpur jail in naxalite cases should have proper access to legal aid.

    Archive 2006-12-01 Abhay N 2006

  • Formed in 2006, the committee has been helping undertrials, besides visiting villages and nearby towns to make people aware of their legal rights.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • Thakkar has also met undertrials like Maria Susairaj, an alleged accused in the 2008 Neeraj

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • Police said that the duo misused the mobile phones from the jail, which is allowed for a specific time for undertrials to talk to their lawyers.

    Analysis 2010

  • Delhi leads in releasing undertrials under Law Min Prog

    WN.com - Articles related to What does youth do online 2010

  • Delhi: With the release of over 3,000 undertrials languishing in jails, Delhi has taken the lead in implementing the Centre's ambitious National Mission for Delivery of

    WN.com - Articles related to What does youth do online 2010

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