New Delhi: The Delhi Police registered its first FIR under the provisions of the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita penal code against a street vendor selling water and tobacco products from a cart that was allegedly obstructing a public road in the Kamala market area of central Delhi on Monday, officials said.
Three new criminal laws came into force on Monday, introducing far-reaching changes to India's criminal justice system.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) replaced the colonial-era Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and the Indian Evidence Act respectively.
The FIR was registered under Section 285 of the BNS which states: "Whoever, by doing any act or omitting to put in order any property in his possession or charge, causes danger, obstruction or injury to any person in any public place." public way or line of navigation, will be punished with a fine that may amount to 5,000 rupees."
Police said Pankaj Kumar, 23, from Patna, Bihar, was found selling water, bidi and cigarettes from a cart under a footbridge near New Delhi railway station around 12.15am.
The FIR, a copy of which we have, stated that a patrolling officer asked Kumar to move his makeshift car away from the road as it was hindering the movement of people.
The officer also asked four or five passers-by to become witnesses, but they refused, the FIR stated.
After Kumar ignored the officer's instructions, a case was registered at 1.30 am.
The patrol officer used the e-Pramaan app to record the seizures made, the FIR further stated.
The app, run by the Delhi Police's Crime Branch, will directly send the content to police records for further investigation, an officer said.
The Delhi Police has imparted training to its 30,000 personnel (from sub-inspectors and assistant inspectors to assistant commissioners and deputy commissioners) who are responsible for registering FIRs and conducting investigations.
The force was one of the first in the country to begin training personnel on the new criminal laws, officials said.
Meanwhile, police chief Sanjay Arora said the force had started registering FIRs under the three new laws.
He told reporters during the Delhi Police Commissioner's Day celebrations at Kingsway Camp that the force was lucky that the new laws came into effect that day.
"We are fortunate because today is Commissioners' Day and on that same day these laws are implemented," Arora said.
The first FIR under the new laws was registered early on Monday, he added.
Three new criminal laws came into force on Monday, introducing far-reaching changes to India's criminal justice system.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) replaced the colonial-era Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and the Indian Evidence Act respectively.
The FIR was registered under Section 285 of the BNS which states: "Whoever, by doing any act or omitting to put in order any property in his possession or charge, causes danger, obstruction or injury to any person in any public place." public way or line of navigation, will be punished with a fine that may amount to 5,000 rupees."
Police said Pankaj Kumar, 23, from Patna, Bihar, was found selling water, bidi and cigarettes from a cart under a footbridge near New Delhi railway station around 12.15am.
The FIR, a copy of which we have, stated that a patrolling officer asked Kumar to move his makeshift car away from the road as it was hindering the movement of people.
The officer also asked four or five passers-by to become witnesses, but they refused, the FIR stated.
After Kumar ignored the officer's instructions, a case was registered at 1.30 am.
The patrol officer used the e-Pramaan app to record the seizures made, the FIR further stated.
The app, run by the Delhi Police's Crime Branch, will directly send the content to police records for further investigation, an officer said.
The Delhi Police has imparted training to its 30,000 personnel (from sub-inspectors and assistant inspectors to assistant commissioners and deputy commissioners) who are responsible for registering FIRs and conducting investigations.
The force was one of the first in the country to begin training personnel on the new criminal laws, officials said.
Meanwhile, police chief Sanjay Arora said the force had started registering FIRs under the three new laws.
He told reporters during the Delhi Police Commissioner's Day celebrations at Kingsway Camp that the force was lucky that the new laws came into effect that day.
"We are fortunate because today is Commissioners' Day and on that same day these laws are implemented," Arora said.
The first FIR under the new laws was registered early on Monday, he added.
