Chanakya Knew This Problem Existed
Chanakya wrote in the Arthashastra that a state which denies its citizens access to justice corrodes its own authority faster than any external enemy. He wasn't describing a hypothetical. He was describing a structural temptation, the gatekeeper who benefits from keeping the gate shut. The police constable who tells you to "come back tomorrow" or the SHO who insists your matter is "civil, not criminal" is that gatekeeper. The law anticipated him. Here is how to go around him.
