𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝?

Police cover the face of accused of few reasons. You have often seen especially on television
that when Police presents the accused before the media their faces are covered with a black cloth
after seen this a question arises in back of the mind that why Police don’t show the face of
accused?
Many people questions why faces of accused are covered before presenting them before the
media, they thought Police should show their faces before media so that everyone gets a lesson
that if they commit the crime they can also be behind the bars.
it is in the Constitution of Pakistan that says every accused person is innocent until his crime is
proved. And if the Police showed the face of the criminals or accused then the general public
would get it as he is the real and original criminal behind this crime before his crime is proved in
the court of law.
This thing is not in line with the justice delivery system and also has a negative impact on his
reputation and honor.
There is another fact that why police covered the face of accused and that is Identification
Parade.
In 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞, Police shows 4 to 5 similar-looking person like the accused such as
body weight, height, and color and then calls the complainant to identify the real criminal. So, if
the Police reveal the face of the accused before the identification parade then there is no benefit
of the identification parade. For perfect identification, it is necessary that police do not reveal the
face of accused or it does so then this action will not do proper justice to the accused person.
Identification Parade is also very useful that if it not done with the proper rules and regulation
then the defender’s lawyer will get the benefit of it and explain to the court that the Police did
not do the Identification parade properly and if the court is satisfied then the defender has many
benefits.
OK let’s talk about a rule which is Presumption of Innocence
𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
Presumption of Innocence is a legal principle which means that every accused is innocent until
his guilt is proved. To prove the guilt, it is the duty of the complainant or persecution to collect
and present the evidence before the court of law so that the criminals could be punished
accordingly.
If the proper evidence is not there then the court may acquit the accused. The rule of presumption
of innocence is applicable is no many counties as well as in Pakistan. It is stated as a universal
right of every accused in article 11 of Universal Declaration of Human Right of 1948 which
states that “no shall be held guilty until proved”.

To conclude the above said arguments it can adhere that Police does right by covering the face of
accused and it is a legal principle that is applicable in many modern countries of the world