Along with the recent execution of criminal law modifications, the first FIR under the newly implemented Section 173 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) was filed in Delhi on Monday. Pankaj Kumar, a native of Barh, Bihar, was allegedly arrested and charged under Section 285 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), according to the FIR.

NEW DELHI: On Monday, the first complaint under Section 173 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) was filed in Delhi, coinciding with the implementation of the new criminal legislation.

A street vendor was accused of conducting sales while blocking a foot over bridge at the New Delhi Railway Station, in violation of Section 285 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

According to the information in the FIR, the defendant was obstructing and inconveniencing bystanders by selling water and tobacco items from a cart close to the main route.

The accused was asked to move his cart by the police officers cruising the area, but he defied their orders. All FIRs will now be filed in accordance with BNS regulations. Nevertheless, until their final resolution, cases filed prior to July 1 shall be tried in accordance with the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), and Indian Evidence Act. These British-era statutes have been superseded by the modern criminal justice system.

There are 358 sections in the BNS, compared to 511 in the IPC. In addition to increasing fines for 82 crimes, it adds 21 new ones, raises the length of incarceration for 41 crimes, establishes a minimum sentence for 25 crimes, and requires community work as a punishment for six offenses. Nineteen parts have also been eliminated.

With the inclusion of nine sections and 39 sub-parts, the elimination of fourteen sections, and modifications to 177 sections, the BNSS now includes 531 sections as opposed to 484 in the CrPC. The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), which has 170 sections, revisions in 24 sections, two new sub-sections, and the removal of six sections, will replace the Indian Evidence Act, which had 166 sections.

After lengthy talks with a wide range of stakeholders, including judges, governors, chief ministers, civil servants, police officers, collectorates, Members of Parliament, and legislative assemblies, BNS, BNSS, and BSA are being implemented six months after they were passed.



Home Minister Amit Shah held 158 meetings to review the 3,200 recommendations that were submitted. As a consequence, a contemporary set of criminal laws that use technology to update India's criminal justice system were drafted. Prior to bringing the laws to Parliament for ratification, the government adopted the majority of the recommendations made by the legislative standing committee that was tasked with reviewing the bills.