Question
Download Solution PDFThe Centre introduced a new bill called the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022. This Bill will repeal the Identification of Prisoners Act which was established in _______.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 1920.
Key Points
- Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022 seeks to repeal the Identification of Prisoners Act 1920. The said Act, in its present form, provides access to a limited category of persons whose body measurements can be taken
- As per the Bill, any person convicted, arrested, or held under any preventive detention law will be required to provide “measurements” to a police officer or a prison official.
- Resistance to or refusal to allow the taking of measurements under this Act shall be deemed to be an offense under section 186 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
- It authorizes law enforcement agencies to collect, store and analyze physical and biological samples of convicts and other persons for the purposes of identification and investigation in criminal matters.
Additional Information
- This was done in the backdrop of the State of UP vs Ram Babu Misra, where the Apex Court had highlighted the need for amending this law.
- The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 28th March 2022. It was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 6th April.
- The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) will be the central agency to maintain the records
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