Aditya Kalakoti, Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University Mr. Ashutosh Mishra, Assistant Professor, Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University 1. ABSTRACT Ensuring police accountability while granting them autonomy is a fundamental challenge in democratic government. While policing units are protected from political interference and are able to enforce the law impartially, too much autonomy can hinder accountability, transparency, and citizen oversight of police. In turn, too much...