While discussing the three new criminal law bills in Lok Sabha, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said in the proposed laws, there will be a provision for the death penalty for the crime of mob lynching.
Notably, the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita Bill, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita Bill and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill were passed in Lok Sabha today.
Shah also announced that the Centre has decided to do away with the sedition law, as he cited how the British had used it to put Indian freedom fighters in jail.
“The sedition law made by the British, under which Tilak Maharaj, Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel, and many of our freedom fighters remained in jail for years and that law continues till date. For the first time, the Modi government has decided to completely abolish the sedition law,” he said while speaking in the Lok Sabha.
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which will replace the Indian Penal Code, focusses on justice rather than punishment, Amit Shah stated.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill, 2023, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023 were first introduced in Parliament during the Monsoon Session. Shah tabled the amended versions of the bills during the Winter Session.
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