undertrial
/ˈʌndətrʌɪəl
/noun Indian informal
A person who is on trial in a court of law: the constables guarding the undertrials were taken by surprise...
- They do not disqualify an undertrial from contesting elections; it only bars a person in jail from voting.
- The prisoners housed in this sub-jail are undertrials mainly serving time for distilling and selling illicit arrack.
- 74 per cent of our total prisoners are undertrials.