First FIR registered under new criminal laws for motorcycle theft in Madhya Pradesh
The Opposition on Monday accused the Union government of forcibly passing the laws in Parliament, describing them as an example of ‘bulldozer justice’.
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The first case under India’s new criminal laws was registered for the theft of a motorcycle in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior district on Monday, NDTV reported.
The three new laws – the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 and the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 – came into effect on Monday.
They have replaced the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Provisions under the old laws will continue to apply to offences that were committed before Monday.
News reports initially claimed that a first information report in Delhi was the first case registered under the new laws. However, Union home minister Amit Shah clarified that the first case was filed in Madhya Pradesh, NDTV reported.
“It’s a lie that the first case was registered against a street vendor [in Delhi],” Shah told reporters. “The first case was lodged at 12.10 am in Gwalior for the theft of a motorcycle worth Rs 1.80 lakh.”
The first information report in Delhi was registered at 1.57 am against a street vendor for allegedly obstructing a public space, The Indian Express reported. This is the first case filed under the new laws in the national capital.
The street vendor, Pankaj Kumar, had allegedly encroached on public land near the New Delhi Railway Station and was selling mangoes and other items near a public washroom under...
