'It is like wholesale training…', Kiran Bedi reacts to implementation of three new criminal laws

This is now wholesale training of change the the new provisions which have come. It's like a it's like an overhauling of the mental training of the police officers of millions, lakhs anywhere in India. So it's not only for Constabulary or sub inspectors. Everybody has to be oriented towards the new laws. It's a growth, it's a growth. There will be always due to views to it, no law, no empowerment of the police, suits everybody. But what you have to really look at is the largest security of the country. Ma'am, 3 new criminal laws will be implemented from tomorrow onwards. So what do you have to say on this? Over the years we've been training police officers in batches in courses, different laws time to time. Their millions of these are the forces though million like in wholesale training or wholesale training. This is now wholesale training of change the the new provisions which have come whether it's in the under the evidence or criminal procedure or under the Penal Code. So what is happening is this full sensitized. It's like a it's like an overhauling of the mental training of the police officers of millions lacks anywhere in India. So in a way it is bringing together in one mindset the thousands and thousands of police officers of all ranks. By the way, because it is a new law. So new law has to be learnt from the DGP to the constable. So it is not only for Constabulary or sub inspectors. Everybody has to be oriented towards the new laws and not only police, the prosecution, the legal fraternity, the magistracy and all others who have to now read the new laws. That means they are all becoming students of criminal justice system. Prisons, even prisons, even prisons have been given a responsibility that if after particular defined definition the prison is the prisoner is still with you in prison. It is the duty of the prison Superintendent to inform the court that he has already done this much. See this. So they are binding down every aspect of the criminal justice system and bring in more transparency. Like 0 fire, no geography limit, no police station limit. If you are from here elsewhere and this is not your area police station, you can still register in a fire. Its called the 0 fire. So geography is not the constraint. Police station is no more the constraint. You get a copy of it and it's the duty of the police officer now to send it to the police station concerned. Similarly, if there's an arrest, it has to be announced, it has to be on record that this so and so has been arrested. Even any arrest has been made which is petty offences below 3 years of imprisonment. The DSP has to clear it, he has to approve it. So that means higher level of accountability of arrest, not general mass arrest like that. A Superintendent, deputy Superintendent approves the arrest. Then every arrest which has been made has to be brought into the designated police officer of the district which is Superintendent to police. Similarly, there were sometimes direct complaints to the magistrate against police officers. Now go to the Superintendent. First make a complaint and then the if you are not satisfied with the answer from the Superintendent, the ad want to go to the magistrate. Magistrate will not issue direct summons immediately to the police. They will ask a report from the Superintendent. See now there are levels of checks and balances. Handcuffers not there and gangsters were always held hand in hand and exchanging dirty sweat and perseveration may be transmitting diseases. You never know because sweat is a disease when you touch each others hand. That's why we say namaste. We don't shake hands because height not hygienic. Hygienic is namaste, handshakes are not. That's why we use in COVID. Remember distance maintaining it was basically to avoid. Now handcuff has been brought back for gangsters in certain crimes, which will be relief for the police and also may be if the courts. If the man runs away, then the best important Another very important for feature is you start. If there is a its a crime earned property the the ceiling, the ceiling can come in much faster. That means proceeds of crime can be can be even decided upon even and given back to the person to whom this the crime was. So lots of things which we were always looking for that this should happen early chit funds problem, remember housing problem, those funds, they can be now be distributed by the magistrate and hand it over to the victims. So there is a victim angle woman shes been cheated and lure of marriage and promotion or job and saying we will marry, we will get married and she doesn't. There's now a specific offense against this for for the benefit of the woman. There's a preliminary inquiry where FIR may be not immediately registered. There may be a preliminary inquiry to do to look at the truth of the matter. That means false affairs will will become avoidable. So there are many, many offence safeguards for victims, for women, for children, child raped child, gang raped child. You always said child, gang raped girl child is called death penalty. It is given as death penalty now if the child is girl child has been gang raped. So I think this is what is leading to, it will lead to well they will evolve, they will grow. But as I said, 22 parallel laws systems will prevail now, laws which were under the Indian Penal Code, CRPC and Evidence Act and now under these through the BNS, the BNSS and the BSA. So two laws will. So lawyers naturally police officers will have to keep both the laws in mind in the investigation. Judges will also have to do, lawyers will have to do. And I think it will take another two decades minimum, at least 20 years before the earlier issues get cleared and the new systems come. But remember these laws have come after delay of 150 years, some of them hundred and 150 years. And the earlier laws had all British, British nomenclatures, British Parliament, British Crown, all these J&K was clearly written in the Penal Code excluded. So how? Because there it was a British law and British were it was suiting, it was accusatorial. Is it more accused oriented Dundit punishment? Its a fact here. Do you also have community service? So for minor offenses you can also do the be given all right, given social work, Jajake go serve the community, maybe in a hospital, maybe do road construction, maybe do difficult work. It depends on the judge and I told you the judge now has to have a substitute judge cannot be just absent judge. If the judge is on leave, the judicial magistrate is on leave. He has to leave a link magistrate link judge. So that means no, the AAJ judge Sabniyai, no judge is not present. Another judge is there but the judge is there to hear you. So there are lots of Intuit as the more you read the more you understand but it is it is for the larger it's a growth it's a growth there will be always due to views to it. As I said, every law has a two sides of the same coin and many Bharat question on these three laws they are saying and it should be implement for us. So how you all power coming is coming with accountability. See that I tell every arrest is to be in the knowledge of the Superintendent. Every arrest has to be prior cleared by deputy Superintendent. Isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it raising accountability? On one hand it is raising accountability. On the other hand, its convenience of all experts. Experts can give evidence now, don't have to come to the court again and again, can do video conferencing, more use of technology, see. So every aspect of what was happening in the has been included and I think many lawyers were probably pleading for these also. So as I said, no law, no empowerment of the police suits everybody. There's an the way of looking at the victim angle or the accused angle. But what you have to really look at is the largest security of the country, security and integrity of the country and the people. That's a larger role of the government of the day and it's accountable to the people.