SOP Station House Management by Kerala Police

74 6. OFFICIAL POLICE RECORDS
outstanding feature of MO
is that the criminal, like any
other person, is a creature
of habit. It is the pattern of
habit which forms basis of MO
System as he tends to repeat
certain actions time and again
because of his success in the
previous crimes. For studying
the Modus Operandi, the following
points may be kept in
mind
1. Type of offence
2. Type of place
3. Type of Person
at tacked Type of Property
stolen
4. Type of Tools or
weapons used
5. Entry and exit
6. Day and Time selected
for commission of offence
7. Special features like
Wearing Mask, Easing at the
Scene, Consuming Food etc.
8. Style i.e., alleged profession
or calling adopted by
the criminal at the time of
commission of offence.
9. Tale i.e., the story given
by the criminal or prepared
before hand to cover up his
track. recorded in Ex-Convict
Register (Non-Local).
6.14.14 KD/DC
CHECK REG-
ISTER
A Register in K.P.F.89 A
should be maintained at the
Police Station to check the
movements of the KDs & Suspects.
A separate Register
should also be maintained
at the Police Outpost. The
names of the notorious shall
also be entered in this Register.
The names of KDs followed
by those of Suspects
will be written Beat-Wise.
The entries against each person
should be filled in, on
the basis of reports received
from beat constables or of
facts ascertained through personal
enquiries by the SHO.
The presence or absence of
the person will be noted in
the Register by means of Symbol
‘P’ or ‘A’ under the Date
with Hour of Check and Designation
of the Officer who
checked. The names of Criminals
and Suspects who are addicted
to Night crimes should
be checked in night and entered
in ‘Red Ink’. The names
of others should be entered in
‘Blue Ink’. Enquiries should
be made about all the criminals
during the day. Associates
of ‘Night Criminals’,
though not known, should
also be shown in ‘Red Ink’ and
checked during the night. If
K.D is present in his area,
i. How can he maintain his
family?
ii. Can he take care of his
family with his income?
iii. Who are his friends?
iv. Does he go to other
places?
v. Whether he spends lavishly
on such occasions?
vi. What is the common
opinion of neighbours about
him?
Whether he is prone to
commit an offence? If he is
absconding,
i. Which are the places he
would likely to go?
ii. Who are his close
friends?
iii. Whether he sends
money or letters to someone,
if any, from any place?
iv. If his closest relatives
or friends have left the place,
if yes, to where?
v. To investigate the
places, where he has previously
committed the crime
and places of relatives and
friends. If KD is in prison, it
should be investigated to see
whether he could be released
immediately.
6.14.15 Dossier Criminal
Dossier Criminals are those
KDs or suspects who operate
in more than one Police Station
or those who reside in one
Police Station Limit and operate
in another Police Station
limit. SHO should send proposals
to the Assistant Commissioner
of Police for orders
for opening a DC Sheet for
a criminal coming under the
above category. The District
Crime Records Bureau then
registers an assigns the District
Number for each DC and
a copy of the sheet is maintained
in DCRB. The DC
Sheet may be closed by the
orders of the Assistant Commissioner
of Police under the
following conditions:-
i. If the criminal is too old
to commit crime.
ii. If the criminal is unable
to commit crime due to any
disability or any other reason.
iii. If the criminal
has shown beyond reasonable
doubt that he has reformed
him and abandoned his criminal
life.
iv. If the criminal has already
died.
The DC Sheet maintained
in the PS should be compared
with the entries of DC
Sheets maintained in DCRB
and bring the information up
to date in both the sheets.
Sub-divisional Police Officer
will be scrutinizing all the DC
Sheets once a year and ensure
that they are correctly maintained
and will write their remarks
for the PS staff and
DCRB staff to take further
action. DC sheets do not