What is New?
- Provision for Zero FIR
- Online registration of police complaints
- Mandatory videography of crime scenes for all heinous crimes
- reporting incidents by electronic communication
- no need to visit a police stn.
- judgement in criminal laws to come within 45 days
- of completion of trial
- provisions against
- false promise of marriage
- gang rape of minors (death sentence/life imprisonment)
- mob lynching
- statement of woman rape victim to be recorded by woman police officer in presence of her guardian/relative
- Sedition ➡️ secession / act against the country’s sov/uni/integ.
Police Custody
- under BNSS (CrPC)
- beyond 15 days
- 60 days ➡️ 10yr+ punishment for the crime
- 40 days for other crimes
- from judicial to police custody
- bail can be denied
- retrograde step
- time for proper investigation by police
- beyond 15 days
Note the following
- States are free to amend BNSS
- BNS (IPC) to be amended to include sexual crimes against men & transgenders