Role of police | Role of courts |
a. The police is involved in maintaining law and order . |
Courts safeguard the rights of the individual. |
b. Police is involved in an investigation . |
It aims at defending the person and delivering justice. |
c, It is engaged in recording statements of witnesses and collecting different kinds of evidence. | They deal with cases of both civil and criminal in nature, |
d. Police can make an arrest only if it finds some evidence to connect the accused with the crime from the statements of witnesses, circumstances or other material to support the arrest | It conducts the trial impartially, weighs evidence and decides whether the accused person is guilty or innocent on the basis of the evidence presented and in accordance with the law |