A training programme on the recent three amendments in criminal law was held in Al-Ameen Law College, Bengaluru on June 10. The Union Government recently amended and rechristened three colonial laws namely Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and Evidence Act as Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Nagrika Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya SakshyaAdhiniyam. These amendments will come into force on 1st July 2024. A notification to this effect is already issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) was enacted on December 25, 2023, repealing and replacing the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) as the new penal code of the country. Under this law, sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple: (a) Death; (b) Imprisonment for life; (c) Imprisonment, which is of two descriptions, namely: (1) Rigorous, that is, with hard labour; (2) Simple; (d) Forfeiture of property; (e) Fine; (f) Community Service.
The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) was introduced on August 11, 2023 to replace the CrPC. Literally meaning ‘Indian Civil Protection Code’, it is the main legislation on procedure for administration of substantive criminal law in India. It amends provisions on bail, expands the scope of property seizure, and alters powers of police and magistrates.
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