Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduces three new Criminal Bills in Lok Sabha

New Delhi: The government yesterday withdrew three bills which were to replace the British-era Criminal Bills and brought three new legislations in the Lok Sabha incorporating the changes recommended by the Parliamentary Standing Committee. The three new bills are the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023, and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill, 2023. They are intended to replace the Indian Penal Code 1860, the Criminal Procedure Act, of



1898, and the Indian Evidence Act, of 1872.