Three Criminal Laws: 1860 Indian Judicial Code in place of IPC made in, Indian Civil Defence Rashtrapati Bhavan has been constituted to replace CRPC. 1872 The Indian Evidence Act is going to be replaced by the Indian Evidence Code, These three laws will come into force from July 1, The main purpose of bringing these three new laws is to remove the outdated rules and regulations that have been in place since the British era and replace them with laws that are in accordance with today’s needs.,
After the implementation of these three laws, a lot will change in the criminal law, Like now zero FIR can be registered anywhere in the country, In some cases, the police will not have to take permission from their seniors to arrest the accused., Apart from this, the police can also arrest some accused by handcuffing them., Let us know what changes will be made in the law so that the police can handcuff some accused.,
What is the rule regarding handcuffs,
The Supreme Court has 1980 In the judgment in Prem Shankar Shukla vs State of Delhi, the use of handcuffs was prohibited under Article 21 was declared unconstitutional under, In its decision, the court had said that if there is a need to handcuff a prisoner, the reason for the same must be recorded and permission must be taken from the magistrate., Now section of Indian Civil Defence Code 43 (3) There is a provision for handcuffing a prisoner at the time of arrest or production in court,
Which criminals can be handcuffed,
According to this section, If the prisoner is a habitual offender or has previously escaped from custody or has been involved in organised crime or terrorist activity, has been involved in any drug-related offence, Weapons or ammunition, the killing, rape, Acid Attack, Smuggling of counterfeit coins and notes, human trafficking, If the prisoner is involved in sexual crimes against children or crimes against the state, then such a prisoner can be arrested by handcuffing him or can be produced before a magistrate,
Apart from this, till now the trial of a criminal used to start only when he was present in the court, but now under the new law, a case can be filed against a fugitive or absconding criminal as well. Similarly, many changes will be seen under the new law.
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