Police Guide (A Ready Referencer) - Very useful to Police Department, Advocates, Investigators, Law students, Detective Agencies etc.

In this book, the authors B.R.Gupta and Sanjeev Chopra have taken much pain to bring the materials with guide the police and criminal jurisprudence as readily available reference.

Police is the function of that branch of the administrative machinery of government which is charged with preservation of public order and tranquility, the promotion of the public health, safety, and morals, and the prevention, detection, and punishment of crimes.The police Act, 1861 is an important statute which highlights the functions and powers of police officers. The preamble to this Act states, "it is expedient to reorganize the police and to make it a more efficient instrument for the prevention and detection of crime". Therefore, another definition of 'Police' can be construed from the preamble which is Police is an instrument whose objective is the prevention and detection of crime.

It shall be the duty of every officer -in-charge of a police station to keep a general diary (GD) in such form as shall, from time to time be prescribed by the State Government and to record therein all complaints and charges preferred, the names of all persons arrested, the names of the complainants, the offences charged against them, the weapons or property that shall have been taken from their possession or otherwise, and the names of the witness as who shall have been examined.

All actions and prosecutions against any person, which may be lawfully brought for anything done or intended to be done under the provisions of the Act, shall be commenced within three months after the act complained of shall have been committed and not otherwise; and notice in writing of such action and of the cause thereof shall be given to the defendant, or to the district Superintendent or an Assistant District Superintendent of the district in which the act was committed, one month at least before the commencement of the action. 

Police are one of the most ubiquitous organisations of the society. The policemen, therefore , happen to be the most visible representatives of the Government. In an hour of need, danger, crisis and difficulty, when a citizen does not know, what to do and whom to approach, the police station and a policeman happen to be the most appropriate and approachable unit and person for him. The police are expected to be the most accessible, interactive and dynamic organisation of any society. Their roles, functions and duties in the society are natural to be varied and multifarious on the one hand; and complicated, knotty and complex on the other. Broadly speaking the twin roles, which the police are expected to play in a society are maintenance of law and maintenance of order. However, the ramifications of the two duties are numerous, which result in making a large inventory of duties, functions, powers, roles and responsibilities of the police organisation.

Instant book is designed to coup with all the practical and procedural issues to resolve the intricacies of role, duties and functions of the police in general, the inventory of police duties, function and jobs, deployment of the armed forces of the Union in the States, and General Police organisation etc. Police is the first body whom we approach in case any crime or wrong is done against us. Police is the one who registers First Information Report and police officers are responsible for the maintenance of public order and peace. What are the powers and role of Police in our country? What provisions of The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 talks about powers and responsibilities of Police force, are elaborately explained in the book.