Criminal activities increased during the late 18^th and 19^th centuries Bengal due to the changing political and socio-economic pattern. In Bengal, the ‘British Bridgehead’, colonial government facing the challenge of maintaining law and order and thus the smooth functioning of the government was disrupted badly. To curb it and enforced discipline, Prison was established by the British East India Company. While in England the new penal system was based on Bentham’s line, transformed prison into a ‘Reformative’ Character, in India the situation was different. ‘Panopticon’ was the guiding principle in England as well as in Europe. But in India the prisons were operated completely in a different way. The early prisons of Bengal had no basic infrastructure and amenities for the inmates. Lack of food, drinking water, medicine, proper ventilation caused high mortality within prison. Cholera, Malaria, Dysentery caused havoc behind the bar which finally forced the colonial government to initiate some reforms. But unfortunately those were bits and pieces and insufficient to handle the situation. From 1838 to 1919 various Prison Reforms Committees were formed. They recommended to start various reforms, specifically regarding   the food quality and quantity for the inmates to cut down the death ratio caused by malnutrition. But little improvement achieved. Here Prison was ran by the Colonial Politico-economic imperatives. Power politics played an important role in India to reshape the existing penal system. Thus Prison became a perfect stage for the colonial masters to display their racial superiority by tormenting severe physical and mental pain over the convicts.