The broad approach taken by NPCJ to respond to the stated problems are:

• Criminal Law reform, both in substantive as well as in procedural laws.
• Institutional reforms of police, prosecution, courts and prison etc.
• Qualitative improvement in Personnel and Management of the criminal justice system.

The draft report also addressed the special concern emanating out of changes in socio- economic conditions, technological developments as well as globalization.

The gross reality of the system is that after 60 years of independence we are not able to create a people friendly police system. From selection, training and application of training all shows our genes of one thousand years of slavery. In the name of training the constable is trained how to lathi charge a crowd irrespective of human compassion, a legacy of British raj. The attitude change is absent. The practical training for extortion is seen everywhere. Salary of constable level is very low and discretionary power enormous which results in frustration insensitiveness and every illegal activity as a right in uniform.

The discretionary misuse can be seen at every police station. The registration of FIR depends upon the status of person reporting the crime, mood of duty officer, crime statistics of the stations, pecuniary value of goods, time of the day/ night, quantitative possible benefit to police and so on. The NPCJ approach mainly relates to criminal law reform for efficiency, effectiveness and fairness. Children forms 40% of our population and 30% are women. These are the worst sufferer of non registration of FIR. Orphans are sexually abused day in and day out in every metro city and no cognigence of their plight is reported by any pillar of the state. The recommendations of NPCJ in this reference are to create infrastructure for on- line registration of FIR in every police station where non- registration of complaints should be considered a criminal misconduct. But before taking cognigence of crime, there is need to classify the crime into distinct and comprehensive code, on the basis of gravity of offence and the appropriateness of the response needed to deal effectively with the crime. The NPCJ has suggested four fold schemes.

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