Lok Sabha passes Criminal Procedure Identification Bill
New Delhi, April 4: The Lok Sabha passed a bill that seeks to make the investigation of crime more expeditious and increase the conviction rate on Monday.
The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 was passed in the lower house after a reply by Home Minister Amit Shah. Several members of the opposition urged that the bill should be referred to a standing committee. Amit Shah stated that those who are citing human rights should also think about the human rights of rape victims.
"They (Opposition) only worry about rapists, looters...But the Centre does worry about the human rights of law-abiding citizens," he added.
The bill, which seeks to replace the Identification of Prisoners Act of 1920, makes it legal to take proper body measurements of anyone who are obliged to do so to "make the investigation of crime more efficient and expeditious".
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The bill seeks to outline ''measurements'' to include finger impressions, palm-print and foot-print impressions, photographs, iris and retina scan, physical, and biological samples and their analysis. It further seeks to empower the National Crime Records Bureau of India to collect, store and preserve the record of measurements, as well as for sharing, dissemination, destruction and disposal of records.
The bill moreover seeks to empower a Magistrate to direct any person to give measurements and empower police or prison officer to take measurements of any person who resists or refuses to give measurements.
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