Bhubaneswar, The three new penal laws that came into force on Monday will ensure timely delivery of justice, said Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan.
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) have replaced the British-era Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and Indian Evidence Act, respectively.
Speaking to the media, Harichandan said there was a national demand to reform British-era criminal laws. "The country's legal system faced several challenges under these colonial laws. With the new laws, the legal system is expected to overcome these issues, ensuring that justice is delivered without delay as a time limit has been set," he said. he.
The minister said the new laws will help minimize the pendency of cases in various courts.
Senior BJD leader Pratap Keshari Deb expressed concern over the implementation of the new laws and emphasized the complexities involved in their implementation.
Odisha DGP Arun Sarangi said that the state's teacher trainers and investigation officers have been trained on the new criminal laws both online and offline.
"Additional training programs will be carried out in the future. The Crime and Crime Monitoring Systems and Networks (CCTNS) platform has been updated to support the new laws, and the software has been updated in all police stations in "A helpdesk has been set up at the State Crime Records Bureau to assist officials, and various SOPs have been issued to field police officers, which will be updated as necessary," he added.
The Sakhya app, developed by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), will rope in investigating officials to conduct videography of crime scenes, he added.
Meanwhile, the Odisha police registered its first FIR under the new penal code, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, against a person for allegedly threatening an employee of a private company.
The FIR was registered at Laxmisagar police station in Bhubaneswar under sections 126 (2), 115 (2), 109, 118 (1) and 3 (5) of the BNS, based on a complaint by the son of the victim, Rudra Prasad Das. .
The FIR stated that three people attacked Rudra's father Gouranga Charan Das with a knife near Chintamaniswar temple on June 29. Inspector-in-charge of Laxmisagar Police Station P. Shyam Sundar Rao registered the case (No. 370/24) and assigned SI G. Saha to investigate.
According to Rao, the accused had been threatening Gauranga for several days and attacked him on June 29. The complainant said the miscreants threatened Gauranga again on Monday, prompting him to lodge the FIR.
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) have replaced the British-era Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and Indian Evidence Act, respectively.
Speaking to the media, Harichandan said there was a national demand to reform British-era criminal laws. "The country's legal system faced several challenges under these colonial laws. With the new laws, the legal system is expected to overcome these issues, ensuring that justice is delivered without delay as a time limit has been set," he said. he.
The minister said the new laws will help minimize the pendency of cases in various courts.
Senior BJD leader Pratap Keshari Deb expressed concern over the implementation of the new laws and emphasized the complexities involved in their implementation.
Odisha DGP Arun Sarangi said that the state's teacher trainers and investigation officers have been trained on the new criminal laws both online and offline.
"Additional training programs will be carried out in the future. The Crime and Crime Monitoring Systems and Networks (CCTNS) platform has been updated to support the new laws, and the software has been updated in all police stations in "A helpdesk has been set up at the State Crime Records Bureau to assist officials, and various SOPs have been issued to field police officers, which will be updated as necessary," he added.
The Sakhya app, developed by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), will rope in investigating officials to conduct videography of crime scenes, he added.
Meanwhile, the Odisha police registered its first FIR under the new penal code, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, against a person for allegedly threatening an employee of a private company.
The FIR was registered at Laxmisagar police station in Bhubaneswar under sections 126 (2), 115 (2), 109, 118 (1) and 3 (5) of the BNS, based on a complaint by the son of the victim, Rudra Prasad Das. .
The FIR stated that three people attacked Rudra's father Gouranga Charan Das with a knife near Chintamaniswar temple on June 29. Inspector-in-charge of Laxmisagar Police Station P. Shyam Sundar Rao registered the case (No. 370/24) and assigned SI G. Saha to investigate.
According to Rao, the accused had been threatening Gauranga for several days and attacked him on June 29. The complainant said the miscreants threatened Gauranga again on Monday, prompting him to lodge the FIR.
