Police In Society

INTRODUCTION

The paper is focused on the role of the police in a democratic nation like India. The

concept of police has drastically changed over the course of time with this change

people’s perception of the police as an institution has also changed. Today we do not

see police as a part of our society but as an external force, we want less and less of

police interaction in our lives. We feel a sense of fear, consciously or unconsciously,

as soon as we see a man standing in Khaki with baton in his hand. We do not see the

baton as a weapon of protection but a symbol of fear and submission. All these

instances have become a part of our lives but we never give them a deep thought like

why the police which should be a part of our

To

get answers for all these questions we need to dissect the whole concept

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served as a tool in the hands of the rulers to control the ruled ones.

Police in Modern India

As the concept of modern State developed so the police but the relationship between

them remained the same. Today also we can see police being merely used as an agent

force in the hands of some who are in power to control the ones who are not. This

statement gets its validity from the instances like Ayodhya (1992) and Gujrat (2002)

where police as guardians of law and order had a lot to do but due unreasonable

political interference from the ruling party it could not perform the duty. Instances

like these directly questions the very existence of police as an institution in a

democratic state like India. People who are in power carry out such activities in the

name of protecting the rights of a section of society just to save their power base from

getting demolished and in this police is used merely as a tool to the interests of a few

people. Police today is in the hands of executives, who have all the powers to transfer,

promote or punish police officers, ruling regimes ensure that officers toe their