Panchkula (Haryana) [India], January 11 (HBTV): Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini announced on Friday that the state will implement three new criminal laws by February 28, 2025.

Speaking at a press conference, Saini said, 'Discussions have been held over that. We are going ahead swiftly. The three criminal laws will soon be implemented in Haryana. We will be able to complete the process by 28th February.'

The laws to be implemented are the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023; Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023; and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), 2023. These laws, introduced on July 1, 2024, aim to make India’s legal system more transparent, efficient, and adaptable to contemporary societal needs.

With this, Haryana will become the first state and the second region after the Union Territory of Chandigarh to implement the new criminal laws in their entirety.

Earlier, Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated Chandigarh for fully implementing the laws. Addressing a program dedicated to these laws, Shah termed it a 'golden day for the Indian criminal justice system.'

'Today is a golden day for the Indian criminal justice system—as Chandigarh has become the first unit to fully implement all the three new criminal laws. Police, jail, judiciary, prosecution, and the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) are all working to completely implement the new laws,' Shah said.

He highlighted that the previous criminal laws, including the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), and Evidence Act, were outdated and primarily intended for the protection of British rule.

'Earlier laws were 160 years old—they were made in the British parliament and were more for the protection of British rule, not for the people. The laws that PM Modi has brought are made by Indians,' he said.

Shah also urged the Uttar Pradesh government to ensure the implementation of the new criminal laws across all seven police commissionerates in the state.

The seven police commissionerates in Uttar Pradesh are Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Prayagraj, and Varanasi.

(ANI)