527. Knowledge of drill to police officers.-

All Police Officers have to learn drill when first appointed, and all, except public prosecutors and Assistant Public Prosecutors, are required to keep up their knowledge throughout their service. Reserve Inspectors and all officers of superior rank must be proficient in the drill prescribed for all branches of the force.

528. Course of instruction for probationary Asstt. Superintendents of Police.-

Probationary Assistant Superintendents of Police undergo a course of instruction at the Provincial Police Training College for a period of sixteen months. The rules for their training, subjects of instruction, examinations practical training in districts, confirmation and discharge are given in the Provincial Police Training College Manual, Part II. The practical training of Assistant Superintendents in districts after they leave the College should be carried out in the following manner :

(i) Office Work –

(a) English – Officers will be instructed in all the duties of the district police head clerk and accountant, and of the Superintendent of Police in connection with his English office. This will include the method of conducting correspondence, drafting special reports, keeping accounts, preparing pension papers, pay bills and similar documents, maintaining the English crime register, and competing and submitting criminal and other returns. To complete their training in this branch, officers will be put in actual charge successively of the head clerk’s and accountant’s work for such period as the superintendent may consider necessary.

(b) Languages – Officers will be required to deal with police diaries reports, to make precis of vernacular papers for the information and orders of the Superintendent and to translate letters, orders, descriptive rolls and similar papers for issue to police stations. The Superintendent should make over to Assistants under training the daily diaries and reports of one or two police stations and require them to note on and submit personally such diaries and reports. The Superintendent should see that they have understood the papers and should pss orders in their presence.

(ii) Duties of Reserve Inspector – Officers will be thoroughly instructed in the duties of reserve inspector. They must learn to maintain the magazine, clothing duty and other registers, to distribute the daily duties of the reserve and to supervise drill and musketry instruction, the relief of escorts and the inspection of guards. To complete their instruction they will be placed in actual charge of the reserve inspector’s duties for such period as the Superintendent may consider necessary.

(iii) Investigation – Officers will be deputed to accompany selected investigating officers and to prepare notes and diaries for the Superintendent’s perusal. Afterwards they should themselves investigate petty cases, submitting diaries as required by Section 172, Criminal Procedure Code, and Chapter X of these Regulations. Finally officers will be put in actual charge of a city police station for twenty days. If there is no accommodation for them at the police station they will be required to attend for at least nine hours a day, the times of attendance being fixed by the Superintendent. During the camping season they will camp near some important rural police station for ten days and hold complete charge of it for that period.

(iv) Departmental Cases – Officers must be deputed to make preliminary inquiries in departmental punishment cases.

(v) Prosecution of Cases – Officers must put up note on decided cases for the information ad orders of the Superintendent, especially on cases in which irregularities or illegalities have been committed, they will be required to precis the evidence and to write findings,. Later, they will prepare cases for prosecution under the guidance of a competent officer. They will frequently attend Courts to learn procedure and practice, and must conduct the prosecution in three important cases.

(vi) Inspectors. – The Superintendent will require officers under training to accompany him at the inspection of police stations, officer, arm and ammunition shops. Later officer should be required to make independent inspections, submitting their reports for the Superintendent’s orders.

(vii) After the Police Training College, and before they are granted certificates (a) to (c prescribed below, Assistant Superintendents of Police will be attached for training for a period of one month in each case to the Criminal Investigation Department and InspectorGeneral’s office.

(viii) No examination in practical work is prescribed but before an Assistant Superintendent is eligible to hold charge of a sub-division of district or to officiate in charge of a district he will be required to obtain the infanty and “equitation” certificates mentioned in paragraphs 8 and 9 of the Police Training College Manual Part II, and certificates signed by the Superintendent and countersigned by the Deputy Inspector-General of the range to the effect that he can–

(a) pass suitable orders on general and case diaries;

(b) supervise an investigation intelligently;

(c) inspect a police station efficiently;

(d) supervise the work of the police accountant efficiently;

(e) conduct departmental proceedings under Section 7 of the Police Act efficiently. The Deputy Inspector-General will question the Assistant Superintendent and examine his work before countersigning these certificates.

Note.- When submitting certificates (a) to (e) of practical work for counter-signature by Deputy Inspector-General, Superintendents of Police should also certify in respect of each officer that he has held charge of a city police station for 20 days, and of a rural police station for ten days and has conducted the prosecution in three important cases.

529. Probation of Dy. S.P.’s-

Deputy Superintendent appointed by promotion will be on probation for one year and will, on appointment, be posted to district. They are not required to undergo training or to pass examinations, but they will be required to obtain a certificate signed by the Superintendent of Police and countersigned by the Deputy Inspector-General to the effect that they can supervise work of the head clerk and accountant efficiently, are well acquainted with the system of police accounts, and can conduct departmental proceedings under Section 7 of the Police Act efficiently. The certificate to be obtained by officers other than those promoted from the rank of reserve inspector will also include a cause to the effect that they can supervise the work of the reserve inspector efficiently.

The rules for the training and examination of Deputy Superintendents directly appointed are given in the Police Training College Manual, Part II, Chapter II.

Training of Deputy Superintendents of Police, directly appointed, in districts will be as prescribed in paragraph 528 for Assistant Superintendents of Police.

Reports on probationary Deputy Superintendents of both classes will be forwarded by Superintendents of Police through District Magistrates to the Inspector General of Police, who after consulting the Deputy Inspector General will submit the reports to the Chief Secretary to Government with his recommendations.

530. R.I. must have knowledge of drill.-

Every Reserve Inspector must have a thorough knowledge of drill, and of the duties for which a reserve inspector is responsible under Chapter II. To be eligible to hold charge of the headquarters Police Office in the absence of all gazetted officers, a reserve inspector must also possess a thorough knowledge of English and be acquainted with the police system of correspondence and accounts.

531. [Omitted]

532. Qualifications for the public prosecutor.-

The qualifications for the post of public prosecutor are :

(1) two years’ service as investigating officer; or

(2) a thorough knowledge of English;

(3) A certificate of having passed the LLB Examination of the Allahabad University in the Indian Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code and the Evidence Act, with minimum of 30 per cent marks in each paper and an aggregate of 30 per cent in all; Or (5) a degree in law of one of the Universities of the Uttar Pradesh :

(a) Priority for appointment as an assistant public prosecutor will be given to officers who have the qualifications specified in (1), (2) and (4) above.

(b) If no such officer is available in a district, an officer possessing the qualifications mentioned in (1), (2) and (3) above may be appointed.

(c) If there is no officer in a district with the qualifications laid down in (a) or (b) the Superintendent should apply to the Deputy Inspector-General for a qualified officer.

(d) Superintendents are empowered to give permission to subinspectors, including probationers, to appear at the examination referred to in rule (3) above.

533. Training of Circle Inspectors.-

Circle inspectors go through no course of training and are required to pass no examination, they must keep up their knowledge of platoon drill vide paragraph 546.