Two FIRs Registered Under New Criminal Laws in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Telangana police registered their first FIR with a digital signature in Charminar police station under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhitha (BNS), said DGP Ravi Gupta here on Monday. He said that it was against two persons travelling on a bike near Gulzar Houz without a number plate. The vehicle has been seized

The first digital FIR is numbered FIR-no-144 of 2024 under section 173 and 176 BNS in section 281 BNS 30 (A) of the MV Act, Gupta said.

The bike rider is said to be a gig worker while the pillion rider worked in a hotel.

Digital notices have been served to them under the BNSS section of the MV Act, Charminar police said. As per the previous IPC 281 Act, the penalty for such a violation was between Rs 500 and Rs 1,000, while under the revised law, the violation attracts a penalty that can go up to Rs 5,000, said P. Chandrashekar, Charminar law and order SI, who added that they were not supposed to reveal names of violators.

It is reported that a second FIR under BNS was reportedly registered by Rajendrangar police. The FIR numbered 637 of 2024 is regarding death caused by rash negligent driving, under 106 BNS Act. Earlier, such a case used to be booked under 304(A) of IPC.

The victim Sai Ganesh (25), a businessman succumbed to injuries after his speeding vehicle rammed into a divider at PVNR Express Highway Pillar No. 295.

Reliable police sources said that Ganesh was reportedly participating in a late-night car race, which is being investigated. Action would be taken against those participating in such care races and also its organisers, sources said.

“We booked a case under section 106 of the new BNS Act instead of 304 (a) of IPC,” said Rajendranagar police inspector Castro.

The conviction is now up to five years whereas under 304 IPC it was up to two years, he said.

Meanwhile, the country’s first FIR under new sections of BNS 2023, was registered on Monday by Delhi’s Kamla Market police.

The IPC has been replaced by BNS, CrPC by BNSS (Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita) and the Indian Evidence Act with BSA (Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam), a senior police officer said.

BNS has 358 sections as against the 511 sections of IPC. Over 20 new crimes (sections) have been added to Sanhita, and prison sentences have been increased to 33 crimes, he said.

Fine amount has been increased in 83 crimes, while mandatory minimum punishment has been introduced in 23 crimes, said senior advocate M. Mahesh.

Another advocate Ahad Qureshi said that the new rule introduces community service as a penalty for six crimes.