An Appraisal Of The Status Of All-Women Police Stations In India With Special Reference To Manipur State

Abstract

Women in Police have been an emerging trend especially with the rise of crimes and violences against women on one end of the spectrum and increased involvement of women in crimes on the other end. In both the cases, there is an urgent need for recruitment of women in police for many reasons. Among the more urgent factors is the fact that the response of the traditional police to crimes against women is very unsatisfactory almost bordering on human rights violation. More often than not, traditional Police tries to act as mediators and often opt for out-of-court settlement which do not necessarily deliver justice to affected women. Furthermore, the atmosphere in the police station is not necessarily conducive to victimised women sharing their ordeals. Against these shortcomings of the Police, there is an urgent need to institutionalise police facilities manned by women police personnel only in the form of All-Women Police Stations. This will ensure that women victims of crime are given the requisite legal redressal in a conducive environment. Thus, the paper tries to find out the status of the All-Women Police Stations in Manipur.