TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER -1: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; • Statement Of Problem; • Aims And Objectives; • Hypothesis; • Research Questions; • Scope And Limitations; • Methodology Or Method Of Writing; • Sources of data; • Mode Of Citation; • Literature Review; • Chapterisation; Chapter: 2- GENERAL INTRODUCTION; • Conceptualizing human rights in legal sense; • Evolution and development of the concept of human rights in India; • Historical retrospection of the practice of torture in India; • What is torture: Meaning and definition; • Nature, scope, etymology and basic definition; • Most pivotal elements in the definition of torture; Chapter: 3- UNDERSTANDING THE ANATOMY OF THE PROBLEM OF TORTURE; PREVALENT IN INDIA THROUGH RECENT REPORTS AND OTHER STATISTICAL DATA; • Victims of torture in India from the times immemorial; • Custodial torture and custodial deaths: most important form of torture in India; • contributory considerations or factors for Custodial Torture; • various different methods of torture; • analysis of various reports of NHRC, Amnesty international, human rights watch and centre on death penalty of NLU Delhi; CHAPTER: 4-INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS AND CONVENTIONS ON THE ASPECT OF CUSTODIAL TORTURE; • The United Nations International Instruments Containing Torture Prohibiting Clauses; • European Regional Instruments Containing Torture Prohibiting Clauses; • The Inter-American Regional System Containing Provisions Relating Torture; CHAPTER: 5- ANALYSIS OF THE INDIAN LEGAL FRAMEWORK SAFEGUARDING THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM FROM TORTURE; • Constitutional and statutory or legislative provisions and remedies in regard prohibition of custodial torture in India; • Constitutional express provisions under the Indian legal regime: To protect a person from the clutches of torture; • Statutory and legal protections under the Indian legal system; • Role of human rights commissions and NGOs in regard to safeguarding the right to freedom from torture in India.; • Steps put forward by the human rights commission; • The dynamic role of NGO's in the prevention of the menace of torture in India; CHAPTER: 6- CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE RECENT STAND AND CURRENT LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF INDIA IN REGARD TO PREVENTION OF TORTURE: NEED FOR A SEPARATE LEGISLATION; • Non- ratification of the convention against torture by India; • A Critical Appraisal of the Prevention of Torture Bill, 2010; • Detailed analysis of 273rd law commission report and prevention of torture bill ,2017; CHAPTER: 7- CONCLUSIONS, SUGGESTIONS AND WAY FORWARD; BIBLIOGRAPHY.