A Review OnThe Analysis Of India's New Penal Code: The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

Mrs Rupa Jha, Assistant Professor, Sri Krishna Jubilee Law College, Gannipur, Muzaffarpur, Bihar

ABSTRACT

July 1, 2024, saw the implementation of three historic criminal laws in India: The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhinayam (BSA), which superseded three antiquated laws from the British era. In addition to offering a more effective and efficient framework for combating crime, the new laws seek to completely overhaul India's criminal justice system. In order to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which has been in effect for a century, this article will examine the salient aspects of the BNS. By adding new, vaguely defined offenses, the BNS worsens the retributive system, upholds the growth of state and police authority, and keeps crimes that have their roots in outmoded moral principles. It is argued that the legislation seems to have been written primarily with the intention of promoting a nationalist agenda meant to in still a sense of patriotism in the general public, while also giving the impression that we are moving past colonial legacy in terms of out-of-date colonial regulations.