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Foreword: Director Central Bureau of Investigation

The CBI Manual was last published in 1991 and needed updating to account for changes in technology, globalization, and laws over the past 15 years. A new set of Standard Operating Procedures was compiled by consulting experts in criminal justice. The new CBI Manual incorporates legal changes like the Information Technology Act and expands the CBI's jurisdiction and capabilities in investigating economic crimes and cybercrimes both within India and abroad. It also establishes new protocols for technical units and command centers to improve the precision, quality, and speed of investigations. The director expresses appreciation for officers who updated the manual.

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Foreword: Director Central Bureau of Investigation

The CBI Manual was last published in 1991 and needed updating to account for changes in technology, globalization, and laws over the past 15 years. A new set of Standard Operating Procedures was compiled by consulting experts in criminal justice. The new CBI Manual incorporates legal changes like the Information Technology Act and expands the CBI's jurisdiction and capabilities in investigating economic crimes and cybercrimes both within India and abroad. It also establishes new protocols for technical units and command centers to improve the precision, quality, and speed of investigations. The director expresses appreciation for officers who updated the manual.

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FOREWORD

The previous CBI (CRIME) Manual was published in 1991. Since then, the forces
of liberalization and globalization have rapidly transformed our society, economy, politics,
the whole country and the world in ways we had never imagined. Today, technology has
come to pervade every aspect of our life and the working environment. Paralleling this
globalization movement has been the globalization of crime. Criminals are adapting
new technology and exploiting liberal policies to perpetrate crime with greater
speed, accuracy and anonymity.

In such a scenario, it has become imperative for the CBI to adapt itself to the
fast-changing environment. Higher standards of investigation and prosecution can only
be sustained if we focus our attention on the development of new skills relevant to the
techno-driven society. With this in mind, we have consulted some of the most
experienced and wisest persons involved in working of the Criminal Justice System to
compile a new set of Standard Operating Procedures for the CBI. The changes
brought about by the Vineet Narain Judgement of the Supreme Court in 1997,
Information Technology Act, 2000, Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003, Securities
and Exchange Board of India Act, 1994, and a host of other laws, have been taken into
consideration while re-drafting the CBI Manual. The establishment of the CBI
Academy, the Directorate of Prosecution, the Command Centre and Regional
Training Centres in CBI have added new dimensions to the working of the
organization. Today, the CBI has the legal mandate and the capability to investigate and
prosecute crime and criminals not only throughout India, but even abroad.

The functional and geographical expansion of CBI has led to a revision of the
jurisdiction of its Branches/Regions and Zones. New sets of instructions relating to
emerging areas of concern like Economic Offences and Cyber Crimes have been added.
Protocols for using the Technical Units and Command Centre have been laid down.
These are likely to improve the quality, precision and speed of investigation. The
new Manual also lays stress on the foundational principles of the organization. The
Motto, Mission and Vision of the CBI have been clearly defined to guide the
organization and its officers in future.

I take this opportunity to place on record my appreciation of all the Officers of


CBI and others, who volunteered in updating this Manual and worked as a team to
complete this exercise in due time. I am happy to write this foreword for the CBI
Manual2005.

(U.S. MISRA)
New Delhi Director
15 JULY 2005 Central Bureau of Investigation

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