Police Investigation - Powers, Tactics and Techniques
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Anchoring himself firmly on the ever-contested space of Indian Law and Legal
Processes, and drawing substantive support from his rich and varied experience
as a Law Enforcement Officer in the Police Department of Tamil Nadu, India, the
author, V. Sithannan in presenting this scholarly work, has sought to fulfill
the legitimate requirements of Police Officers, Advocates, Judicial Officers,
Social Activists, NGOs, Gender Activists and the general public.
The Author's utopian ideal that no innocent person should be punished and no
offender should go unpunished is the dominant message of the book. For this
purpose, the Author has given a balanced treatment of the whole problem of
crime and its investigation.
The book contains 27 Chapters and 4 Annexures. For example, the 1st Chapter
deals with the origin, growth and development of Military and Police and the
succeeding chapters elaborate the structure, powers and the duties of police,
the conduct of investigation, the first information report, the jurisdictional
limitations of police, dying declaration, inquest, search and seizure,
examination of witnesses, arrest, interrogation, confession, bail, remand and
custody, test identification parade, tender of pardon to approver, letter
rogatory, extradition, burden of proof and presumptions, Police diaries, final
report, further investigation and maintenance of Police records.
The comparative chart given to aid the Police Officers to conclude whether
death is suicidal or homicidal or accidental in all forms of death that are
encountered by the Police while conducting investigation will be of immense use
with scientific accuracy. Another Chart provided indicating the procedural
steps starting from the collection of evidence through the final analysis of
the whole crime and its commission would surely empower the investigating
officers with fool-proof methods of investigation.
A most praise-worthy feature of the book is its detailed discussion on the
immature juveniles, who are in conflict with law and the crimes against
children and women. The annexure to the book is of immense use as a ready-
reckoner, especially annexure I and II by which a Police Officer may easily
find whether a particular offence in any of the most frequently used special
enactment is cognizable, bailable etc. The Author has fulfilled the needs of
the investigating Officers in the epilogue by providing 47 points which may go
against the prosecution, and therefore, has given 48 tips for the successful
prosecution of a criminal case by a Police Officer.
Again, in the spirit of an academic researcher, the Author has given a
catalogue of 724 Checklists in all the Chapters so that the readers would find
the book highly informative to have a statutorily authorised answer to any
doubt in a given situation in any of the investigative procedures. The citation
of 785 landmark judgements of various High Courts and the Supreme Court for the
period 1965-2008 in the appropriate chapters is another outstanding feature of
the book, making it vade mecum for Police Officers, Advocates, Officers of Law and
Courts and also for NGOs, Social Activists and Persons of Public Interest.
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