Police officials of State Capital will be relieved to some extent from the toil involved in managing court orders and the delay and manual error associated with them, for a digital helping hand is here to assist them in this matter.
By next week, Ranchi Police will adopt Court Process Management System (CPMS), an online platform for forwarding court summons, warrants and attachment notices to respective police stations and keep an eye on their progress. A training and sensitisation workshop for Officers-in-Charge and CCTNS operators from all over Ranchi was convened on Sunday.
“Court processes regarding prosecution are done manually by now and that leaves open chances of manual error. This software will help in ensuring speedy disposal of court orders. In future, we can use this to monitor stages of court trials too. This will ultimately help in bettering conviction rates,” stated Senior Superintendent of Police Kuldeep Dwivedi.
The software was introduced earlier this year by senior police officer Bhimsen Tuti during his term as Gumla SP. Police forces in ten districts of Jharkhand are already using CPMS, including, Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Hazaribagh, Gumla, Saraikela and others.
Through this platform, court orders will first arrive at Prosecution Cell of SSP office from where it will be forwarded to concerned police station. Work done against these court orders can also be monitored directly by SSP through a colour-coded system.
Court orders sent to police station, in a new format, will be marked with yellow, and will turn violet once the CCTNC operator there downloads it on his end. When the police station sends back the court order to Prosecution Cell after execution, the colour will change to green. The returned court order when received by the Cell will turn white. In case of delays on part of the police station, the court order will be marked red on the platform.
“The existing network of Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems which connects all police stations of Ranchi will be utilised for forwarding and receiving court orders. This system will be in effect with three to four days,” Dwivedi said.
A deadline will be laid down for completing each court order which will be absolute. “In case of summons to witness, the witness will have to be notified and the court order four days before he is to be produced in court. Although no time limit is set by courts for warrants, we are stipulating that the warrantee should be arrested within 14 days,” said City DSP Shambhu Kumar Singh.
This system will definitely ensure liability of police stations regarding execution of court orders, he added.
It was also decided that a visiting card will be given to witnesses that will have the name of the court, date, time and the courtroom number they are expected in to give their statement.
“CPMS was started for the first time in Gumla where the bulk of court orders is comparatively less. The traffic will increase manifold in Ranchi. Although initial days will be tough, it will be easier if CCTNS operators are sensitised,” said Singh.