All the FIRs registered in police stations will be uploaded in police department’s website from November 9 -the day the State will celebrate its foundation day. State DGP MA Ganapathy said that Supreme Court’s direction to all states and union territories to upload the FIRs on police station websites within 24 hours of registration will be implemented in Uttarakhand from November 9, this year barring cases related to national security, communal tension and privacy of women, adding the court has fixed November 15 to implement the order. This would help in making the functioning of the police department more transparent, he added.
Another police officer said that the digitisation of data in around 170 police stations and offices of senior police officers have almost been completed. There are 152 police stations in the state out of which 125 police stations are connected with Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS). Remaining 27 police stations located in difficult higher mountainous region would be connected through VSATE, he informed.
The centralised website of the police department will be developed at the level of the police headquarters. Besides, the district officers have been directed to develop their respective websites at the earliest to have the FIRs promptly uploaded, he added.
As per the court’s directive, the FIRs must be made available on the websites of the police department concerned or the state governments in 24 hours following their registrations. However, in case of the difficult terrains where internet connectivity is poor, the time limit is 72 hours.
The bench comprising Justices Deepak Mishra and C Nagappan exempted police authorities from uploading FIRs on sensitive cases pertaining to insurgency and sexual offences against women and children, but said that the decision not to upload the FIRs should not be taken by an officer below the rank of deputy superintendent of police or any person holding equivalent post.