'It is like wholesale training…', Kiran Bedi reacts to implementation of three new criminal laws

Retired IPS Kiran Bedi reacted to the three new criminal laws that are going to be implemented from July 1 onwards and called the implementation of BNS, BNSS and BSS ‘growth’ and termed it as ‘wholesale training’ for Police officials. She further added that no empowerment of law and police suits everybody. Speaking to ANI, Kiran Bedi said, “It is like a wholesale training that Police are getting. It is like the full sensitization of the mental training of the police officers of millions. It is growth. There will always be two views to it. Every arrest will come with accountability. No empowerment of law and police suits everybody. There is an accused angle and there is a victim angle. But what you have to look at is the security, integrity and the people of the country.” Notably, the three laws -- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, and Bharatiya Sakshya Sanhita (BSS), 2023 will replace the colonial era Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973 and Indian Evidence Act, 1872. The Ministry of Home Affairs notified in February that the three laws shall come into force on July 1, 2024.