The Hindu : Nizamabad police execute record NBWs

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Friday, May 30, 2003

Southern States

Southern States - Andhra Pradesh

Nizamabad police execute record NBWs

By Ravi Reddy

NIZAMABAD MAY 29. The Nizamabad district police have achieved a unique distinction by executing a record number of 1,016 non-bailable warrants (NBWs) in 12 months out of 1,813, which have been pending with the department for several years.

The non-execution of the NBWs, failure of the Police Department to complete cases under investigation and delay in nabbing the accused in different cases for several years forced the Nizamabad district police to devise a mechanism to overcome this problem. The pending departmental enquiries against the police officers and men were also included in this category so that a much-needed quick justice delivery system was adopted.

The Superintendent of Police, Shanka Brata Bagchi, worried at the piling number of NBWs which had not been executed, decided to direct the Sub-Divisional Police officers and the Circle Inspectors concerned to list the number of NBWs still pending in each police station limits. A whopping 1,813 NBWs were pending as on April 1, 2002. It was during the monthly crime meetings that the issue came up for discussions before the police officials.

The Circle Inspectors were given fixed targets to accomplish the task of executing the NBWs. The monthly crime meetings became a focal point for review of the progress of the work.

Once the officers were given targets, the execution of NBWs went up drastically with the result that 1,016 pending NBWs were served leaving the department to executive 797 only. Similarly, there were 966 under-investigation whose number came down to 757 by March this year.

The delay in arresting an accused in a particular case was a big headache for the department. The SP told The Hindu that the execution of the NBWs was a neglected subject for years. To overcome the delay, the district police decided to expedite the execution of NBWs, he said adding that executing the NBWs became a big problem as several cases involving road accidents had the vehicles registered in other States and the drivers were staying far away from the scene of accident. This made it difficult to execute the NBW.

He said the department gave priority to completing under-investigation cases so that chargesheets were filed. Once this process was completed, the police made effort to nab the accused in different cases and when the charges were framed in the court, NBWs were issued against those who were listed as absconding.

The CIs were directed to achieve the targets at any cost. During the monthly crime meeting, the CIs who crossed the target were rewarded while those who failed were issued charge memo. This `reward and punishment' yielded good results, the SP said adding that the department also took note of the pending departmental enquiries known as OEs.

As on April 1 last year, there were 70 OEs pending in the district. Some of the departmental enquiries were pending for more than three years causing untold misery and mental tension to the police personnel.

As the enquiries were not completed, the police personnel suffered a lot. The SP said it was not fair to hold up departmental enquiry for years. To complete the OEs at a fast pace, the officials decided to hold `OE melas'. All the departmental officers who are the enquiry officers assembled at a pre-designated spot and disposed of the cases.

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