What is masaqaat?
Simmi
(Querist) 17 May 2013
This query is : Resolved
For under trial is maskaat necessary?
We went to meet my brother he asked for money to pay for not doing maskaat.
He told jail police, barrack incharge all will take share from money which he will receive.
Is all this legal?
What is the meaning of maskaat in english?
prabhakar singh
(Expert) 17 May 2013
Q.Is all this legal?
ANSWER: NO!all this is not legal.
"Masaqaat" means doing physical labor.
Simmi
(Querist) 17 May 2013
Under trial has to do physical labor even though my brother is well educated?
ajay sethi
(Expert) 17 May 2013
yes sanjay Dutt is also educated yet he has to do physical labour in jail . your educational qualifications has no relation with physical labour .
Raj Kumar Makkad
(Expert) 19 May 2013
An under-trial is not expected to do labour work rather a convicted and punished person can be awarded punishment of rigorous imprisonment. Unless specific words of RI are not used in order by court, no person can be forced in jail to do it.
Many illegal practices are going on in Indian jails.
Simmi
(Querist) 19 May 2013
What is RI?
Hemant Agarwal
(Expert) 20 May 2013
AS rightly pointed out by Adv.Makkad:
Undertrial NOT EQUAL to "Masaqaat" (physical labor)
Undertrial NOT EQUAL to "rigorous imprisonment" (RI)
Undertrial NOT EQUAL to Convict (as yet)
CONVICTED to RI EQUALS to "rigorous imprisonment" (RI)
(This depends on the offence and the order of the Court.
EDUCATED CONVICT
The Prison authorities are empowered to depute work / labour, as per the Age, education / gender, upon proper representatioin to the Prison Supritendent.
Keep Smiling .... Hemant Agarwal
