SOP Station House Management by Kerala Police

34 3. POLICE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
the permission of SHO
(Sec. 76 of CrPC).
11. If a warrant of arrest
cannot be executed
in a stipulated
time period, a report
showing the reason for
non-execution shall be
produced before the
Hon’ble Court with the
signature of SHO.
3.12 10(a) PROCLA-
MATION
DUTY
The proclamation is an order
issued by the Hon’ble Court
upon a person, against whom
a warrant has been issued
has, absconded or is concealing
himself so that such warrant
cannot be executed, requiring
him to appear at a
specific place and time not less
than 30 days from the date of
publishing such proclamation
(Sec. 82,83 of CrPC).
1. The proclamation order
shall be endorsed to an
officer not below the
rank of Senior Civil Police
Officer and such officer
shall get it entered
his duty on Note book
from the SHO.
2. The proclamation received
after the endorsement
by the SHO
shall get it entered in
the Proclamation Register
and sign it.
3. A certificate regarding
the movable or immovable
properties owned
by the person against
whom the proclamation
has issued shall be collected
from the concerned
Village Officer
after submitting an application
for the same.
The said certificate shall
be produced before the
Hon’ble Court.
4. Enquiry shall also be
conducted about the
ownership of movable
or immovable properties
of such person in any
other places. If so, a
certificate in this regard
shall also be collected
from the concerned Village
Officer.
5. The proclamation shall
publically read in some
conspicuous place of
town or village in which
such person ordinarily
resides.
6. The proclamation shall
be affixed to some conspicuous
part of the
house or homestead in
which such person ordinarily
resides or to
some conspicuous place
of such town or village.
7. The officer entrusted
with the proclamation
duty will continue till
the person is arrested/
produced before the
Hon’ble Court. He shall
raise informants about
absconding warrantees
3.13 10(b) PASS-
PORT VERI-
FICATION
The public visiting Police Station
regarding various passports
related issues are being
informed about the following
facts.
1. The application for
passport can’t be submitted
in Police Station.
2. They are directed to
submit the passport application
Online.
3. The applicant shall be
instructed to appear before
the Passport Seva
Kendra on a particular
date which was generated
during the time
of submission of application.
4. Upon receipt of passport
application in Police
Station from Passport
Office for verification,
enquiry shall be
conducted directly by
visiting the residence
and shall submit the report
in this regard to the
Passport Office through
District Police Chief.
5. Passport applicants
shall intimate further
that after the due process,
the passports will
be despatched to the applicant
from the Passport
Office through
post.
6. The Police officer deputed
for verification
of passport applications
which are received
through EVIP
system shall conduct
the enquiry and submit
the verification report
within the stipulated
time period.
7. The Police officer deputed
for passport verification
duty shall conduct
the enquiry properly
by verifying the antecedents
of applicant,
pending criminal cases,
involvement in any restricted/banned
organisations,
genuineness of