{"id":15538,"date":"2025-04-12T03:48:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T03:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15538"},"modified":"2025-04-12T03:50:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T03:50:25","slug":"torture-police-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/torture-police-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Torture &#038; Police Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Custodial Torture Prevalence:<\/strong> CSDS survey reveals high acceptance of custodial violence among police personnel; 63% justified violence for serious crimes, 30% even for minor offences.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Institutional Support for Torture:<\/strong> 42% of police personnel supported torture in terror cases, 28% for history-sheeters. Disturbingly, some justified mob justice and extra-judicial killings.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Legal Safeguard Violations:<\/strong> Despite legal protections (Article 21, D.K. Basu guidelines), custodial norms are routinely violated due to institutional gaps.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Need for Police Reforms:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Overburden and Shortage:<\/strong> Understaffing, long working hours, and stress contribute to inefficiency and potential corruption.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Politicization:<\/strong> Political interference compromises police autonomy and leads to misuse of laws.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Inadequate Training:<\/strong> Outdated training methods hinder effective investigation, particularly in modern crimes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outdated Infrastructure:<\/strong> Lack of modern tools and technology hampers effective policing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Public Trust Deficit:<\/strong> Marginalized communities often distrust the police.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Discrepancies and Impunity:<\/strong> Conflicting data on custodial deaths; zero convictions in custodial death cases (2018-2022) reveals deep impunity.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Factors Contributing to Torture:<\/strong> Colonial police culture, lack of accountability, political pressure, inadequate training, and public support for shortcuts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Support for Reforms:<\/strong> Majority of police personnel support human rights training, anti-torture mechanisms, and evidence-based interrogation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Kerala exception:<\/strong> Kerala police show a high compliance rate to following legal norms during arrests.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Need for a Law against Torture:<\/strong> To be enacted by India while ratifying the UN Convention and taking effective steps to insulate the police from external pressures as mandated by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Custodial Torture Prevalence: CSDS survey reveals high acceptance of custodial violence among police personnel; 63% justified violence for serious crimes, 30% even for minor offences. 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