Section 515(l) in Police Regulations, Bengal , 1943
(l)Superintendents of Police shall endeavour to enlist the assistance of officers attached to the jail staff in tracing the identity of unidentified prisoners, and they are authorized to pay a reward of Rs. 5 to any jail official who shall be successful either in establishing the identity of an unidentified convict or the previous conviction of a prisoner undergoing trial or imprisonment for an offence under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII of the Indian Penal Code.
