Criminal procedure bill

The bill aims to modernize protocols from old British colonial-era procedures contained in the Criminal Procedure Code of 1898.
The third bill, the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023, aims to establish fundamental principles and rules of evidence for fair trials as an overhaul of the Indian Evidence Act of 1872.

The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022Convicted or arrested for offences punishable with rigorous imprisonment of one year or morePersons

The Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920 allows police officers to collect certain identifiable information (fingerprints and footprints) of persons including convicts and arrested persons.

Is the Criminal Procedure Bill a kalbahya (obsolete)?

Moving the Bill, Shah said it was being brought as the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920, “has become kalbahya (obsolete) from the point of view of time and science”

“The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022, will not only fill those obsolete gaps… but it will also widen the scope of evidence for conviction

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What is the criminal procedure (identification) bill 2022?

The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 seeks to replace the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920

The bill provides for legal sanction for taking appropriate body measurements of persons who are required to give such measurements to "make the investigation of crime more efficient and expeditious"

What is the Criminal Procedure Bill?

The criminal procedure bill seeks to replace the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920 passed by a voice vote after Shah assuaged the concerns raised by the Opposition, which claimed the draft law was "draconian" and could convert India into a "police state

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