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The Procedure to file a complaint against Corrupt Police in India

You can lodge a complaint related to any misconduct by any police officer to PCA (Police Complaint Authority). In 2006, The Supreme Court of India in the case of Prakash Singh & Others gave a landmark judgement directing all state government and Union government to reform the way police forces functions all over the country. PCA is also a part of the directive to set up a Police Complaint Authority in all the states. The court directed the setting up of the both state level and district level police complaints authorise so that they would be easily accessible for all. This was ensure that complaints against officers of the rank of Superintendent of Police and above could be made to the state PCA an complaints against officer of and below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police could be made to the district level PCA. This was also to ensure that people living all over a state would have easier access to a complaints body without having to travel to the state capital. The Police