The Chapters 2 and 3 of the Manual have discussed the topic further in terms of guidelines and directions by the Judiciary and NHRC respectively. D. Review The police system on its part has made sincere efforts for removing this malpractice of not- registering FIRs. This can be gauged by the examples in Uttar Pradesh in 1961, 1962, 1970 and 1971 and in Delhi in 1970 when the State Government and the Union Territory administration and the Chiefs of Police at that time took a bold and realistic stand in this matter and started a drive for free registration of crimes. The police stations readily responded to this lead given from the top with the result the recorded crime figures showed a big leap and reflected the real crime situation more accurately. For example, the total cognizable crime registered in Delhi in 1970 marked an increase of 81% over the figures of 1969 while the increase under the head ‘robbery’ was as high as 725%!5 A very encouraging and professional trend has been adopted by the Delhi Police recently, which can be replicated in other states. The FIR of all the cases registered in various Police Stations in Delhi, except those categorized as “Sensitive” by the concerned Addl. CP/DCP District, are being uploaded on the website within 24 hours, in compliance of the order dated 6.12.2010 of the Hon’ble Delhi High Court in Writ Petition No (Crl.) 468/2010 and a copy of FIR is also provided to the accused persons. The model Police Act drafted by the Soli Sorabjee Committee (October, 2006), punishes a police officer, who “without lawful reason, fails to register a First Information Report” with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine or both. The draft is at present under the consideration of the Parliament. The Police leadership needs to take a strong initiative and monitor the registration of FIRs personally. Taking action against policemen who fail to take appropriate action would help in bringing about a change in attitude and would lead to more professionalism on the part of the police force. II. Arrest and Detention Law empowers the police to arrest people and to use reasonable force for doing so if it becomes necessary. The police arrest a large number of people 5 Fourth Report of the National Police Commission Manual on Human Rights for Police Officers 21