If a Bill that Home Minister Amit Shah introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday becomes the law of the land, Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 302 would no longer prescribe the punishment for murder. It would instead relate to the crime of snatching in the proposed Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The BNS has no Section 420 of the IPC, which relates to the offence of cheating, and covers its Section 316.
On Friday, the concluding day of the monsoon session, Shah introduced three Bills in the Lok Sabha to replace colonial-era laws. He said it would overhaul the criminal justice system, end delays, and ensure justice in a maximum of three years. He introduced the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill, 2023; Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) Bill, 2023; and Bharatiya Sakshya (BS) Bill, 2023 that will replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, Criminal Procedure Act (CrPC), 1898, and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 respectively.
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