UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday asked the Maharashtra Government to implement the three new criminal laws in all police commissionerates of the State as soon as possible. Chairing a review meeting here on their implementation in presence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Shah also said the Maharashtra Government should set up a model directorate of prosecution in accordance with these criminal laws. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam replaced the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act of 1872, respectively. The new laws came into effect from July 1 last year. “Maharashtra Government should implement the new criminal laws in all the commissionerates of the State as soon as possible,” Shah said.

 

The meeting reviewed the implementation and present status of various new provisions related to police, prisons, courts, prosecution and forensics in the State. Shah said the Chief Minister should conduct a bi-weekly review of the implementation of the new criminal laws in the state, while the chief secretary and director general of police should carry out a weekly review. He said the Narendra Modi Government is committed to providing a speedy and transparent justice system to the countrymen and to strengthen the law and order, it is essential for crimes to be registered, so there should not be any delay in filing FIRs. He emphasised that efforts should be made to achieve over 90 per cent conviction rate in cases with sentences of more than seven years, and that the police, government lawyers, and judiciary should work together to ensure that the guilty are punished as swiftly as possible.