Original sentence: A general remark about the Indian police is in order here.A vast majority of the Indian policemen are governed by the archaic Indian police Act 1861.As long as laws like these are in force, India cannot call herself a true democracy.During that period this law was put to good use and played havoc in the lives of freedom loving Indian citizens.One of the major reasons that India is not such a successful democracy is because of such laws that mananged to slip through the cracks and still remain in force even after India attained independence.Perhaps the Indian Congressmen, during their jailtime realized the usefulness of this law.The Indian Congress took over the reins of administration from the British and they too wanted the act to remain in force, as it served their interests well.The need of the hour in India as of now, is to totally repeal this act, enact a fresh law that is in total consonance with the Indian constitution in words as well in spirit and to totally retrain the Indian police force in the new law as well as to respect the fundamental rights of man.This act almost makes the entire police force in India a slave to the executive arm of the state, that is the ruling party.This law is a relic of the past, enacted in the British colonial period that too immediately after the Indian mutiny of 1857.This law is very repressive and has precious little to do with the fundamental rights enshrined in the Indian constitution.This law was meant to suppress dissenting voices and prevent any further mutinies.Though successive free governments have been paying lip service to reform this oppressive act , very little has changed.To know about the full effect of this draconian law one should turn the pages in history when India was put under a state of emergency by her rulers in 1975 and all civil liberties guaranteed to the citizens were suspended unjustly.Very curiously many of the Indian freedom fighters who belonged to the Indian congress and who are revered in India now, were incarcerated under this law and had to endure great torture and hardships.Whether this could be achieved is a matter of political will, which is again dependent upon the rulers willingness to let go their past privilges that have served their interests too well so far