Capacity building of prosecutors and all pillars of Inter-operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) is necessary to realize the dream of a developed country, said Ashutosh Pandey, IPS, DG (Prosecution) Uttar Pradesh who was present as the chief guest at 5th National Conference on Prosecution on January 19-20, 2023.
More than 180 participants from across the country attended the conference and shared a platform at Central Academy for Police Training (CAPT) Bhopal to interact with their counterparts from other states.
For the first time, judicial officers also participated in the conference along with other stakeholders such as police officers, scientific officers from forensic departments and representatives of renowned NGOs from across the country.
The National Conference accumulated views on the challenges faced by prosecutors and prepared a road map for possible solutions.
Lack of coordination among stakeholders is a major issue and it is required to establish coordination among police, prosecutor and Judiciary. Interagency coordination and accountability are interlinked and have to be strengthened.
Pawan Srivastava, IPS, Director Academy delivered the valedictory address.In his keynote address, Director Academy stated that the deliberations and syndicate discussions of the 2-day conference would help in improving inter-agency coordination and have hope in strengthening the prosecution.
The moderator of the conference, Prakash Badolia, Assistant Director expressed gratitude to the senior officers of the bureau and all judicial officers and prosecutors for their two days active participation in the national conference. BK Sharma, Assistant Director proposed vote of thanks to all the dignitaries and participants.