For better crime control and bringing criminals to justice, there is a need for coordination between Police, Prosecution and Forensic Science laboratory (FSl).
This view was expressed by Director, Public Prosecution, M.W. Ansari while inaugurating a day-long workshop organised by Government of Chhattisgarh and Forensic Science laboratory here on Saturday.
In the workshop titled “Effective Co-ordination among Police, Prosecution and Forensic Science in Criminal Justice System” large number of police officers and experts took part. In his address, Director, Public Prosecution, M.W. Ansari said for maintaining peace in society and making every person feel safe, the role of police is of prime importance.
For carrying out this task and controlling crime along with bringing offenders to justice, there is a need for better coordination between Police, Prosecution, and Forensic Science laboratory Department.
“Presently criminals are coming with new ways of committing crime and cyber crime is an apt example of this phenomenon. For understating the diversity of criminals and solving cases, police department should have latest information. After any incident, police needs to collect the evidences scientifically then only our prosecution would succeed,” he said.
Former Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Rajiv Mathur who was also present in the workshop said that Supreme Court has expressed its concern over the fact that due to non availability of important and scientific evidences and weak prosecution criminals go free.
He underlined the need of impressive presentation of evidences along with effective investigation by prosecution.
Mathur said that sufficient funds are being provided by the Central and State governments for crime control, apprehending offenders and prosecuting them.
“Several efforts are being made for modernization of Police Department; therefore police officers, prosecution officers and FSl officers must realize their responsibility and become answerable to the nation,” he added.
Mathur was of the view that for a police officer, law and order situation and VIP security is important; but more important than these is to reach at an incident spot and gather evidences scientifically within a time frame.
ADG RK Vij (Naxal Operations) while expressing his views said that every section of society looks towards the police with some kind of expectations. Therefore, a police officer by remaining neutral have to stop crime and also get criminals prosecuted. If we collect and present evidences in a scientific way coupled with medical expert report then it is for certain that the offender will be punished, he said.