Consider the following:

1. Warren Hastings was the first Governor General who established a regular police force in India on the British pattern.
2. A Supreme Court was established at Calcutta by the Regulating Act, 1773.
3. The Indian Penal Code came into effect in the year 1860.

Which of the statements is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2
2. 2 and 3
3. 1 and 3
4. 1, 2 and 3

Explanation

Option (b) is correct

• Statement 1 is incorrect as the establishment of a regular police system on the British pattern is attributed to Lord Cornwallis, who in 1791 reorganised policing by introducing the thana system with darogas, rather than Warren Hastings. Statement 2 is correct because the Regulating Act of 1773 provided for the establishment of a Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William, Calcutta, which was set up in 1774 with Sir Elijah Impey as its first Chief Justice. Statement 3 is also correct since the Indian Penal Code was drafted in 1834 by the First Law Commission under Macaulay, enacted in 1860, and brought into force on 1 January 1862.

Answer: (b) 2 and 3