The recent brutal attack on advocate by Porvorim police is an example of violation of civil rights, where police officials misused their power and assaulted an individual. The settled position of law is that the police should not interfere in civil disputes. This is a gross violation of the rights enshrined in Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. A lawyer is an educated and well-respected member of the society, if he is attacked, how will common people survive. The laws and the legal powers vested in them because, historically, the laws are so designed that, by virtue of an intrinsic greyness in them they lend themselves to be abused easily. Police brutality also includes negligence on the part of police officers. The brutality of police has to be investigated and reviewed properly. Sec 197 of CrPC which provides certain immunities to the public servants from prosecution, for any misappropriate act done during the discharge of duty, needs to be amended and few stringent laws need to be enacted to check this type of issues in future.
