Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah addressed the 26th All India Fingerprint Conference 2026 in New Delhi, launching the National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB) Abhigyan, CrPI, e-Prosecution 2.0 and e-Forensics 2.0 applications. These applications are designed to facilitate the speedy disposal of pending cases and ensure timely delivery of justice, with the key objective of completing the entire judicial process from FIR registration to conviction within three years.
The Ministry of Home Affairs is working in collaboration with the Supreme Court and High Courts to prepare a blueprint for reducing pendency of cases, including establishing evening courts and creating new mechanisms for clearing pending criminal cases in higher courts. The government has undertaken comprehensive criminal law reforms since August 2019, integrating science and technology as integral components of the justice system.
Significant technological infrastructure has been established, including the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) implemented across all 17,840 police stations nationwide with access to 37 crore 68 lakh FIR records. The e-Courts system connects 22,000 courts, the e-Prisons system contains data on 2 crore 29 lakh prisoners, and the e-Forensics database includes information on 34 lakh 48 thousand cases. The Crime Multi Agency Centre (Cri-Mac) maintains 43 lakh 16 thousand alert records.
The National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) contains approximately 1 crore 29 lakh fingerprint records, alongside records of 9 lakh 91 thousand narcotics offenders and data relating to 3 lakh 65 thousand human trafficking cases. These databases are being transformed into actionable intelligence through AI and machine learning to identify repeat offenders and inter-state criminal networks, moving toward a predictive policing framework aimed at preventing crimes before they occur.
Training programs are being emphasized to cover scientific evidence generation, charge sheet drafting, and the entire process up to filing charge sheets. The government requires states to prioritize database quality and security, implement specialized AI and machine learning teams for crime pattern analysis, and ensure proper collection and storage of forensic evidence including DNA samples. Several cases have already resulted in convictions, including life imprisonment, within 90 days of the new criminal laws' implementation.