Notes on the new criminal laws

Short notes on how the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita has changed bail, quashing and procedure, with the judgments that explain them.

Bail

Anticipatory bail under Section 482 BNSS

What changed when Section 438 of the CrPC became Section 482 of the BNSS, and what did not.

Quashing

Quashing under Section 528 BNSS

The inherent powers of the High Court after the new law, and why the old case law still governs.

Bail

Regular bail under the BNSS

Sections 478 to 483, the new rule for first-time undertrials, and police custody in parts.

Procedure

Zero FIR, e-FIR and the new time limits

How an FIR is now registered, when the police may first enquire, and the clocks the Sanhita sets for the trial.

Let justice
be done.

Fiat justitia