Govt Will Introduce New Drafts For IPC, CrPC In Parliament Soon : Union Home Minister Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that Government will soon introduce new draft bills for the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Penal Code in the Parliament.

"Regarding the improvements in CrPC and IPC, several suggestions have been received.  I'm looking into it in great detail, and several hours daily have been invested into this. We will come with new CrPC, IPC drafts in the Parliament in a short time", Shah said while addressing the 'Chintan Shivir' of Home mMnisters of all states on Thursday at Surajkund in Haryana.

It may be noted in March 2020, the Central Government had constituted a Criminal Law Reforms Committee to make suggestions to revise IPC, CrPC and the Indian Evidence Act 1872. The Committee was headed by Professor Dr Ranbir Singh, the then VC of National Law University Delhi and consisted of Professor Dr.GS Bajpai, the then Registrar of NLU-D, Professor Dr.Balraj Chauhan the VC of DNLU, Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani and GP Thareja, former District and Sessions Judge, Delhi.

In February 2022, the Committee submitted a report to the Government, after taking suggestions from the public. In April 2022, the Law Ministry had told the Rajya Sabha that the Government has undertaken a process of comprehensive review of the criminal laws.