Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System: UP ranks first in the country for the third consecutive year

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has stood first for the third consecutive year in registering the highest penetration rate on the Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) platform conceptualized by the e-Committee of the Supreme Court and implemented by the Home Ministry. Notably, the ICJS platform facilitates seamless transfer of data and information between various pillars of the criminal justice system across the country.

In these, data related to crimes and criminals is exchanged between courts, police, prisons and forensic science laboratories through a single window system. ADG Prosecution Deepesh Juneja said that the Directorate of Prosecution Uttar Pradesh has so far registered 1,56,22,514 entries on the ICJS platform. Madhya Pradesh is at second place with 35,04,828 entries and Bihar is at third place with 16,65,107 entries. Through ICJS, records of FIR, case number, jail ID and everything from filing FIR against suspects to sending the culprits to jail are maintained.

Additionally, details of court cases, trials, judgments, prosecution and forensic information can be accessed by courts, police, prisons and forensic science laboratories through a single platform. Information related to criminal justice related to investigation, search, case history, case pendency, current status of criminal etc. from time to time is also available on ICJS. The police department gets help in data analytics based on this information for prediction of crimes and effective management of crime control in future. In addition, photographs, videos, documentary evidence as well as court case data and video recordings of court proceedings are preserved on the ICJS. Furthermore, it provides the facility to enable judicial proceedings through video conferencing.