ROLE OF POLICE AND THE NEED FOR SENSITIZATION: ANALYZING THE JOURNEY TOWARDS EMPOWERING WOMEN AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

India being a welfare state is governed by the Constitution of India which is the parent law to regulate every activity of the nation. Constitution of India recognizes the "life and personal liberty" of citizens. Further, it guarantees "equality before the law and equal protection of laws" and right to life with the personal liberty of citizens in general without being biased from any corner or gender prejudices.
However, the functioning of police becomes a growing concern in present days in achieving the empowerment of women because of all the biased role and abusing power used by Police forces. The role of police in most of the occasions considered as coercive assigned by the State to maintain law and order in a society.
The present study shall highlight the unaddressed concerns of police roles in treating genders differently which results in mental torture to the women victim. Lack of sensitization of law and order to all the genders equally encourages seriousness of the problem in our society be it individuals, relatives of the victims or communities at large which is required to be checked immediately.
The Researcher has carried out the research through Doctrinal Research by way of extensive surveys of documents and the reports available concerning the research area.