{"id":52167,"date":"2019-09-13T15:42:19","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T10:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=52167"},"modified":"2019-09-13T15:42:26","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T10:12:26","slug":"answered-probe-agencies-should-be-given-more-freedom-without-diluting-the-controls-already-in-place-comment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-probe-agencies-should-be-given-more-freedom-without-diluting-the-controls-already-in-place-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] \u201cProbe agencies should be given more freedom without diluting the controls already in place.\u201d Comment."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Demand of the question<\/strong>
Introduction. <\/strong>Contextual Introduction.
Body. <\/strong>Need of more freedom for investigation agencies. What should be done?
Conclusion. <\/strong>Way forward. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

There is a gradual increase in the rate of crime among society. With globalisation, there is visible increased growth rate of crime. The effect of the above is more responsibility on the enforcement agencies. Increase in the number of such agencies crime and criminal justice system are ever existing components of our society so are the agencies responsible for controlling, supervising and monitoring them. Investigation agencies are facing many challenges in the investigation of traditional and modern crimes. The investigating agencies need more freedom especially for economic and organized crimes and related legal issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Need of more\nfreedom for investigation agencies:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. In a large and populous country like India,\ninvestigation agencies need to be well-equipped and more free to conduct\ninvestigations.<\/li>
  2. They need to have the operational freedom to\ncarry out their responsibilities professionally, and satisfactory working\nconditions while being held accountable for poor performance or misuse of\npower.<\/li>
  3. The social and technological changes fuelled by\nthe internet and the fast changing social media nature, intensity and the reach\nof crime may lead to unprecedented lawlessness and frightening dimensions of\nglobal terrorism. This require more freedom to track various activities.<\/li>
  4. To succeed in identifying and tracing global\ncommunications, investigators have to work across border, not only with one\u2018s\ncounterpart but also with industry to preserve critical evidence such as log\nfiles, emails etc. before it is altered or deleted.<\/li>
  5. Political authorities still have a stronghold\nover the police and frequent changes of Police heads once a new government is\nelected has become a practice in many states. This lead to inefficiencies in\npolice system leading to corruption and abuse.<\/li>
  6. Investigation agencies need prior permission of\ngovernment in many cases especially against bureaucrats.<\/li>
  7. Investigation in the cases where the high\nprofile people, VIP\u2019s as well political parties are involved do not succeed.\nThere is direct or indirect interference of political parties in the police\ninvestigation.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    What should be\ndone?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. A complaint authority should be constituted at\nthe state and district levels to inquire into allegations of serious misconduct\nand abuse of power.<\/li>
    2. The Political class should take bold initiatives\nto bring in more reforms in the existing investigation system in India. <\/li>
    3. The need is to have an impartial and\nprofessional organisation because the criminal justice system cannot function\nwithout a healthy investigative agency.<\/li>
    4. In order to fight corruption, organized crime,\neconomic and financial crime we need more powerful legislation. Since these are\nthe problems which we are being faced by our investigators today.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      In 2017, the conviction rate for crimes recorded under the Indian Penal Code was 47%. One of the reasons behind this is the poor quality of investigations. Investigation is pillar to tackle crime in any country. Without enough powers and freedom no agency can be successful in solving crime. Political interference and corruption need to go. More tooth is needed for investigation agencies to work efficiently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual Introduction. Body. Need of more freedom for investigation agencies. What should be done? Conclusion. Way forward. There is a gradual increase in the rate of crime among society. With globalisation, there is visible increased growth rate of crime. The effect of the above is more responsibility on the enforcement… Continue reading [Answered] \u201cProbe agencies should be given more freedom without diluting the controls already in place.\u201d Comment.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":49132,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52167","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}