At 12.05am, forgery FIR is Kolkata’s 1st case under BNS

Falguni Banerjee, Tamaghna Banerjee & Dwaipayan Ghosh / TNN / Updated: Jul 2, 2024, 12:17 IST

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Kabirdham district's Mohantola police station files first FIR under Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita against Golu Thackeray for assault and verbal abuse, showcasing the shift from IPC laws for quick justice.

At 12.05am, forgery FIR is Kolkata’s 1st case under BNS

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KOLKATA: A forgery complaint from Bansdroni in south Kolkata, recorded at 12.05am, became Bengal’s first registered case under Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, the new criminal code that replaced the 164-year-old Indian Penal Code on Monday.
An FIR was drawn up on the basis of a complaint by a 40-year-old woman who allegedly lost Rs 2.4 lakh to cheats, four of whom were named and slapped under multiple sections, including 318 BNS, which now replaces the old IPC 420 for cheating.

At 12.05am, forgery FIR is Kol’s 1st case under BNS

Just five minutes later, at 12:10 am, a case of rash and negligent driving was registered under BNS against an unidentified biker at Arambag in Hooghly.

The Hooghly district police also registered the first murder case in the state under the new law — 103 BNS in place of 302 IPC — after they arrested a father-son duo on charges of beating to death a 22-year-old in Tarakeshwar, 70 km from Kolkata. “We recorded one of the first cases under the new criminal code. All officers in our police district have been properly trained and provided with a ready reckoner that they can refer to while writing the cases under the new code,” said Hooghly police superintendent Kamanshis Sen.

The state’s third FIR under BNS, and the second in Kolkata, was once again registered at Bansdroni police station at 12.15am and yet again pertained to forgery. In this case, too, the complainant was a woman.
Till 8pm on Monday, Kolkata recorded over 75 FIRs under BNS and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita that replaced the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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