Hit-and-run cases will be punishable by 10 years imprisonment while a lenient view is taken in cases of road accidents where the accused attends to the victims by taking them to hospital, Shah said. The bills provide for timelines from the registration of FIRs to the investigation and filing of charge sheets. Trial in absentia will now take place of accused such as those in bomb blasts or economic offences who, after committing crimes, are hiding, he said.
Shah attacked the Congress for having misused the provision of sedition the most and clarified that the criticism of the government that it had surreptitiously brought back the provision in the form of “deshdroh” was misplaced.
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The Lok Sabha has resumed the discussion on three criminal law bills.The bills are Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, which seek.