Police System in India

Dr. Akhilesh Ranaut, Devpreet Sidhu

Abstract: This paper provides a detail study about the police system in India. The categories, functions, problems, principles and failure of police in India are described in this paper. Basically, Police is an essential part of society. Police plays a vital role in order to maintain peace and order in the society. Police is the first and important essential element of the criminal justice system. Police is merely considered as a watch-dog agency. Their main primary duty is to prevent crime in the society. Police is also considered as an important link between the government and people. But in today scenario, the police system has been changed and they had to face a lot of problem during their duty and on other hand, the police is also criticized because of their corrupt practices. Thus, this paper has thrown an ample light on the police system in India.

Keywords: Police, India,