LAW, ORDER AND JUSTICE

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

About Civil and Criminal Justice in Bhir District, the Gazetteer of Hyderabad State [Imperial Gazetteer of India, Provincial Series, Hyderabad State, 1909.] has. the following to say. "The Nazim-i-Diwani or Civil Judge is also a joint-magistrate, and exercises powers as such in the absence of the First Talukdar from headquarters. There are three subordinate civil courts, each under a Munsif. The First Talukdar is the chief magistrate, while the Second and Third Talukdars and the tahsildars exercise second and third-class magisterial powers. There is very little serious crime in the district.

"The First Talukdar is the head of the police, with the Superintendent (Mohtamim) as his executive deputy. Under him are 8 inspectors, 69 subordinate officers, 510 constables, and 25 mounted police, distributed in 20 police stations and 15 out posts. There is a jail at Bhir town with accommodation for 200 prisoners, but convicts with sentences exceeding six months are sent to the Central Jail at Aurangabad. A lock-up is maintained at each tahsil office."