Ensure 100% rollout of new criminal laws, Shah tells Maha govt

NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah Friday asked Maharashtra govt to ensure 100% rollout of new criminal laws as soon as possible, particularly in the 10 police commissionerates, and target 90% conviction rate in criminal cases entailing a sentence of more than seven years.
Chairing a review meeting on the implementation of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) in Maharashtra, in the presence of CM Devendra Fadnavis, Shah underlined the need for state police, govt lawyers and judiciary to join forces to ensure that the guilty are punished as swiftly as possible.
The meetingwas attended by Maharashtra chief secretary and DGP, DGs of Bureau of Police Research and Development and the National Crime Records Bureau, among others.
Directing the state's senior police officers to regularly monitor cases of organized crime, terrorism and lynching to prevent misuse of sections related to these crimes, Shah said a system should be put in place to record evidence through video-conferencing across facilities such as prisons, govt hospitals, banks, forensic science laboratories (FSL), etc. FIRs must be transferred through Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), he said while suggesting that Maharashtra upgrade to CCTNS 2.0 and

Inter-operable Criminal Justice System

(ICJS) 2.0.