Delhi News: The first FIR u/s of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, was registered at Kamla Market PS in Delhi, news agency ANI reported on Monday.
A case was registered against a street vendor, u/s 285 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, for obstruction under foot over the bridge of New Delhi Railway Station and making sales.
Special CP, Training, Chhaya Sharma said, “Law doesn’t function on retrospective effect. So, the law is that the old cases (registered earlier) will be dealt with under IPC and CrPC will be in effect (for those cases). But when new cases are registered from today, 1st July, sections of BNS (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita) will be invoked for those…Similarly, the process of investigation that begins today will follow Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and not CrPC…Old cases will be dealt with under old sections – CrPC and IPC. New cases will be dealt with sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).”
Key reforms include mandatory videography of crime scenes for heinous crimes. The new law entails that judgments in criminal cases be delivered within 45 days of trial completion, and charges must be framed within 60 days of the first hearing.
