Timely Justice
• Timeline of
delivery of justice fixed: Our endeavour will be to ensure justice within 3
years
• FIR
registered within 3 days on filing complaint through electronic medium
• Investigation
report in sexual harassment will have to be sent within 7 days.
• Charges
will be framed within 60 days of the first hearing.
• In case of
absence of the proclaimed offenders, trial within 90 days
• Judgment
will have to be given within 45 days of the end of trial in criminal cases.
Crimes against women and children
• Priority:
Crimes against women and children
• There are
35 sections related to crimes against women and children, in which about 13 are
new provisions and some amendments in the remaining sections
• Gangrape:
20 years of punishment/life imprisonment
• Gangrape of
a minor: Death sentence/life imprisonment
• Making
false promises/having sexual relations by hiding identity is now a crime
• Victim's
statement will be recorded in front of a woman officer in presence of victim's
guardian at her residence
Use of technology
• To create
the most modern justice system in the world
• All the
modern technologies that will come in the next 50 years will be integrated in
it
• Computerization
of the process from police investigation to court
• Zero FIR,
E-FIR, charge sheet will be digital
• Victim will
get information within 90 days
• In cases
where punishment is 7 years or more forensics is mandatory
• Permission
for recording of evidence in investigation
• Videography
of the entire process of police search is mandatory
• E-statement
for rape victim
• Audio-video
recording will be presented in the court.
• E-appearance:
Appearance of witnesses, accused, experts and victims through electronic
medium.
Promotion of forensics
• Forensics
compulsory for all punishable crimes with 7 years or more
• Promotion
of scientific methods in investigation
• Target to
take the conviction rate to 90%
• Forensics
compulsory in all states/union territories
• Infrastructure
in States/Union Territories will be ready in 5 years
• Creating
labs at various places to strengthen forensic infrastructure
Mob lynching
• Mob
lynching has been defined for the first time
• Murder/serious
offence motivated on the basis of race/caste/community, sex, place of birth,
language etc.
• Provision
of 7 years imprisonment for the convict
• In case of
Permanent disability of victim, 10 years of sentence/life
imprisonment to the convict
Victim-centric laws
• 3 key
features of victim-centric laws
-Opportunity for the victim to present his case
-Right to information and
-Right to compensation for loss
• Institutionalization
of filing Zero FIR
• Now FIR can
be filed anywhere
• Victim has
the right to receive a copy of the FIR in free of cost
• Information
on the progress of investigation within 90 days
