Bhubaneswar: The first FIR under the new criminal laws, which came into force from midnight of July 1, was registered at a police station in Gwalior, Home Minister Amit Shah informed on Monday.
“…The first case (under the new laws) has been registered at a police station in Gwalior. It was a case of theft, someone’s motorcycle was stolen. The case was registered at 12.10 am…As far as the case against a vendor (registered at a Police Station in Delhi) is concerned, there were provisions for the same earlier too and it is not a new provision. Police used the provision to review it and dismissed that case,” he clarified at a press briefing.
It was earlier reported that a case under Section 285 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, was registered against a street vendor, selling water and tobacco on a cart, for obstructing a road near New Delhi Railway Station in the Kamla Market area.
Laxmisagar PS gets 1st case in Odisha:
In Odisha, the first case under the new laws was reportedly registered at Laxmisagar police station in Bhubaneswar by the Commissionerate Police. An attempt to murder case was registered at Laxmisagar police station in Bhubaneswar. According to sources, the FIR was registered on the basis of a complaint lodged by one Rudra Pratap Das, alleging that three bike-borne miscreants slashed the neck of his father, Gauranga Charana Das, using a blade near Chintamaniswar temple here on June 29.
“The accused had been threatening them against filing a police complaint. We received the complaint this morning. An FIR has been registered under the new law,” IIC of Laxmisagar police station Shyamsundar Rao told the media. The case has been registered under Sections 126 (2), 115 (2), 109 (1) and 3 (5) of BNS, the sources added.
At least 17 circulars/SOPs were issued in phases by the Crime Branch to facilitate processes police officers are required to adhere to during investigation and registration of cases under BNS, BNSS and BSA, Odisha DGP Arun Kumar Sarangi told the media. “Master trainers have been imparting training and all the investigating officers have been trained. We have set up a help desk and the training will be a ongoing process. We have collaborated with the National Law University for the training of the senior officers,” he said. The officers have also been trained in Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS).
India’s criminal justice system saw a major overhaul as three new criminal laws- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) – replaced the colonial-era Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), and Indian Evidence Act, respectively.
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