Trapped outside home

l Saudi Arabia 1,116 l Bangladesh 893 l UAE 825

l Singapore 791 l Pakistan 655 l Malaysia 545 l UK 239

l USA 194 l Kuwait 106 l Bahrain 101 l Slovak Republic 100

Charges
Most of them are in jail on charges of illegal trespassing, smuggling etc. Pakistan has jailed several people, who, they claim, are Indian spies. India also claims that about 54 defence personnel, who went missing since the Indo-Pakistan war in 1971, are still in jails in Pakistan.

State help
The Government of India, through its Missions and Posts abroad and through bilateral meetings with officials of the countries concerned, tries to get Indian nationals in foreign jails released quickly. The government also claims to 8220;request for speedy trials, seek remission of sentence, seek consular access to the detainees and prisoners, provide advice/guidance in legal and other matters, interact with their families in India, ensure fair and humane treatment in foreign jails and facilitate repatriation to India on their eventual release8221;.

Prominent cases
Sarabjit Singh from Tarn Taran in Punjab was arrested in Pakistan in 1990 and is on death row after being accused of bombings and terrorist activities in that country. His sister Dalbir Kaur, who has been campaigning to get him released, says he is innocent and had inadvertently crossed the border. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had spoken to Musharraf to get Sarabjit, called Manjit Singh in Pakistan, released.
In 2006, the Saudi king pardoned P.V. Naushad, a worker from Kerala, who narrowly escaped having one of his eyes removed as punishment for causing an eye injury to a Saudi national. Naushad allegedly injured Naif Muthef, a Saudi national, who lost his vision. A Sharia court had issued its verdict that Naushad would have his right eye gouged out as punishment or face the prospect of indefinite imprisonment.
The same year, Saudi King Abdullah paid Rs 22 crore to bail out an Indian driver involved in a car accident in 2004. Shaukat Abdul Samad, from Kollam in Kerala, was released from Al-Uyoon prison in Hofuf on Friday night.

Foreign prisoners in India
34 Arakanese prisoners are being held in Presidency Jail in Kolkata. They were arrested in February 1998 on Landfall Island, Andaman and Nicobar region, following a clash with Indian security forces in which six Arakanese were killed. It is alleged that when arrested, authorities also found in their possession a 8220;large cache of arms and ammunition8221;. They were jailed locally before being brought to Kolkata for trial. Another 37 people arrested with this group were set free. But 10 years on, even as the CBI has framed a charge sheet against the Arakanese for violating the Foreigners Act, the Arms Act and the Explosive Substance Act, little remains in custody of the reportedly 8220;huge cache of arms8221;.