Today (24 Feb), the government declared that three new criminal statutes are set to be implemented from July 1, replacing the nation’s colonial-era laws. The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill will take the place of the Indian Penal Code of 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) of 1973, and the Indian Evidence Act of 1872, respectively.
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NEW DELHI: The government announced Today that three new criminal legislations are slated to take effect from July 1, serving as replacements for the nation’s outdated colonial-era laws. The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill are set to supersede the Indian Penal Code of 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) of 1973, and the Indian Evidence Act of 1872, respectively.
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These laws received parliamentary approval and were subsequently sanctioned by President Droupadi Murmu last December.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, during their introduction in Parliament last year, highlighted that the new laws focus on
“Indianness, the Indian Constitution, and the well-being of the people.”
He further asserted that the implementation of all systems under these three laws would elevate the Indian criminal justice system to the forefront of global advancement within five years.
Sub Section (2) of Section 106 of the BNS, which concerns ‘causing death of a person by rash and negligent driving of a vehicle’, has been put on hold for now.
The said proviso had invited protests in many parts of the country.
This was because it increases the maximum prison sentence to ten years for those involved in such offences who end up fleeing the scene of the crime, instead of reporting to the police or Magistrate.
They were passed by the Lok Sabha on December 20 before being passed by the Rajya Sabha on December 21.
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