The person who heads the police station is known as:
(a) Collector
(b) Superintendent
(c) Inspector
(d) Tehsildar

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The correct Answer: (c) Inspector

The officer in charge of a police station is called the Station House Officer (SHO). In most Indian states, the SHO holds the rank of Inspector (sometimes Sub-Inspector in very small/rural stations). The SHO/Inspector is responsible for:

Law & order in the station’s jurisdiction (beats/outposts under the PS).
Registration of cases (FIRs), maintaining the station diary (roznamcha) and case records.
Investigation supervision: guiding SIs/ASIs/constables, ensuring evidence collection, arrests, case diaries, and charge-sheets under the IPC/CrPC.
Community policing & prevention: night patrols, beat system, coordinating with local committees and schools.
Court duties & coordination with prosecutors, forensic units, and higher officers.

Why the other options are incorrect:

(a) Collector: District Magistrate (revenue & general administration), not head of a police station.

(b) Superintendent:Superintendent of Police (SP/SSP) commands the district police, supervising multiple police stations—not a single PS.

(d) Tehsildar: Revenue officer at the tehsil level (land records, revenue courts), not police.

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