NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill that seeks to take measurements of convicts and other accused persons for purposes of identification and investigation in criminal matters.
The bill was passed by a voice vote after home minister Amit Shah allayed concerns raised by the opposition which claimed that the draft law was draconian.
The bill replaces the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920.
Shah said the bill has been brought in to ensure that police and investigators remain two steps ahead of criminals. “There should be no apprehension,” he added. “Next-generation crimes cannot be tackled with old techniques. We have to try to take criminal justice system to the next era,” Shah said.
Noting that members expressed a lot of opposition at the time the bill was being introduced, Shah said concerns were expressed from the point of view of human and personal rights by them. Their concerns are legitimate but these are already accounted for in this bill, he said.
“If we do not bring about the required changes in the law, we will lag behind in providing courts with the evidence to prove a crime, conviction rate will not increase and in a way help would not be provided in investigations,” Shah said.
The intention of the government is to strengthen the law, to prove crime, isolate criminals and give them a chance to reform, he said.
“Our intention is to strengthen the internal security and law and order of the country,” Shah said.
The government had last Monday introduced the bill in Lok Sabha amid uproar by the opposition which dubbed the measure as “illegal” and “unconstitutional”.
The bill was passed by a voice vote after home minister Amit Shah allayed concerns raised by the opposition which claimed that the draft law was draconian.
The bill replaces the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920.
Shah said the bill has been brought in to ensure that police and investigators remain two steps ahead of criminals. “There should be no apprehension,” he added. “Next-generation crimes cannot be tackled with old techniques. We have to try to take criminal justice system to the next era,” Shah said.
Noting that members expressed a lot of opposition at the time the bill was being introduced, Shah said concerns were expressed from the point of view of human and personal rights by them. Their concerns are legitimate but these are already accounted for in this bill, he said.
“If we do not bring about the required changes in the law, we will lag behind in providing courts with the evidence to prove a crime, conviction rate will not increase and in a way help would not be provided in investigations,” Shah said.
The intention of the government is to strengthen the law, to prove crime, isolate criminals and give them a chance to reform, he said.
“Our intention is to strengthen the internal security and law and order of the country,” Shah said.
The government had last Monday introduced the bill in Lok Sabha amid uproar by the opposition which dubbed the measure as “illegal” and “unconstitutional”.
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