In Bhopal, rule book in a malkhana and a race against time as new criminal laws kick in | Long Reads News

[ad_1] AS THE deadline for implementing India’s three new criminal laws approached, the station head of the Kotwali Police Station, Bhopal’s oldest, stayed up until 3 a.m. on Saturday – to supervise three teams tracking a chain snatcher. Starting July 1, the new laws will replace the three colonial-era criminal laws that have for over a century formed the foundation of India’s criminal justice system – the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) comee in place of the IPC, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) for the CrPC, and the Bharatiya Sakshya…