New Delhi: As the brand new legal legal guidelines got here into impact on Monday, the primary FIR underneath Part Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, was registered at Kamla Market Police Station in Delhi.
A case has been registered towards a avenue vendor underneath Part 285 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for obstructing the foot overbridge at New Delhi Railway Station and making gross sales. The accused, recognized as Pankaj Kumar, a resident of Barh, Bihar, was promoting tobacco and water on a cart close to the primary highway, inflicting hindrance to commuters.
In line with the FIR cited by information company ANI, police patrolling the world requested Kumar to take away his cart, however he ignored the officers. This incident led to the registration of the primary FIR underneath the brand new legal legal guidelines at Kamla Market Police Station in Delhi.
Delhi: First FIR u/s of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 registered at Kamla Market PS in Delhi. Case registered towards a avenue vendor u/s 285 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for obstruction underneath foot over bridge of New Delhi Railway Station and making gross sales.
— ANI (@ANI) July 1, 2024
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam will change the outdated British-era Indian Penal Code, Code of Legal Process, and Indian Proof Act, respectively.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita includes 358 sections, which is fewer than the 511 sections within the IPC. It consists of 20 new crimes and will increase the imprisonment sentences for 33 offenses. Fines have been raised for 83 crimes, and obligatory minimal punishments have been launched for 23 offenses. Group service penalties have been established for six crimes, and the Act has repealed or eliminated 19 sections.
