(MENAFN- Live Mint) The first criminal report under India's new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, (BNS) which replaces the Indian Penal Code (IPC) from today, July 1, has been registered at the Kamla market Police station in Delhi, ANI reported.
An FIR under Section 285 of the BNS, has been registered against a street vendor for obstruction under the foot over bridge of New Delhi Railway Station.
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Special CP, Training, Chhaya Sharma told ANI, the FIRs are being registered under the new sections as the laws have come into effect. She mentioned that a key point of the new laws was the focus on digital evidence, and emphasized the role of forensic experts.
"We have prepared a pocket booklet - divided into 4 parts - and it contains IPC to BNS, new sections added to BNS, categories that now come under 7 years of punishment, and a table that contains sections needed for everyday Policing...", Sharma was seen telling ANI.
The new laws were passed in the parliament in December 2023, aimed at overhauling the existing colonial laws. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) were passed in Parliament December 2023. These laws replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), 1973, and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 respectively.
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The sanhitas represented laws that had been framed by Indians, for Indians, home minister Amit Shah had said while passing the new laws in the parliament, according to a report by The Indian Express.
The BNS also introduced a handful of new crimes. Clause 69, is one of the notable ones, and penalises sexual intercourse through the employment of“deceitful means”. Critics are of the view, that in some cases, this might end up criminalising consensual relationships and provide a fillip to the“love jihad” narrative, reported The Indian Express.
While the new laws came at a time when India's criminal laws needed an update, the consultation process that happened during the pandemic, has been a hasty process.
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