Cops to appear in court through videoconferencing

Now, the police personnel would appear before the court from their own police stations and give their witness in cases through videoconferencing. The Police Department has established a remote point room at each police station. In Panipat, police officials have already started appearing in court through video conferencing.

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Superintendent of Police (SP) Lokender Singh said, “The Haryana Police is moving towards digitisation under the modern policing by launching eSakshya app, e-challan, e-summon and witness through videoconferencing.”

“All officials will have to stay updated with modern technologies and adopt changes in the process. That’s why training sessions are being organised for them from time to time,” the SP said.

Investigation officers (IOs) and SHOs got training related to using eSakshya app in January. They were also trained for making the witness appear in a court through videoconferencing, the SP said.

“Apart from this, eChallan and e-Summoning are also a part of the modernisation of the Police Department,” he said.

The SP further said as per the new facility, the police personnel need not to go to other cities personally to appear before the court. They could appear before a court from their own police station through the remote point established there.

After adopting this service completely, not only the time of officials would be saved, but it would also help in increasing their working efficiency. With such facilities, they would be able to discharge their duties more responsibly, he said.

Remote point rooms had been established in all police stations of the district. These rooms had a TV screen, speaker, mike, camera, table and chair and a high-speed Internet service so that officials faced no interruption while appearing in a court.

Satish Vats, DSP, Headquarter, recently organised a training session for investigation officers and munshis posted at police stations to implement the videoconferencing in the district. During training, the police personnel were given information about technical, legal and practical aspects, so that they could easily adopt this process and technique.

“This step will provide a big relief especially to those police personnel who often travel long distances to depose in a court. This has an adverse effect on their working,” the DSP said.