2024-07-02 14:25:01
From a constable in Karnataka being booked for murdering his wife to the kidnapping of a month-old baby in Uttar Pradesh, there were a wide array of cases that were filed on the first day of the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the criminal law that replaced the IPC Monday.
A look at the first cases from across India.
In Madhya Pradesh, an FIR was registered under BNS Section 296 (obscene acts and songs) at 12:16 am at Bhopal’s Hanumanganj police station. In his complaint, Praful Chauhan claimed that the suspect — identified as one Raja alias Harbhajan — waylaid him while he was on his way home late in the night and began swearing at him. “When I asked him not to abuse me, he hurled even louder abuses and ran home. Local residents also witnessed the incident,” the FIR read.
In Delhi’s Kamla Market Police Station, where a vendor was booked under Section 285 (danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation) for selling his wares under a foot bridge near the New Delhi Railway Station.
Similar FIRs were also registered in Goa and Gujarat.
According to reports, the first FIR under BNS in Gujarat was lodged around 1 am at Chiloda police station in Gandhinagar against a person named Nikul Bihola (19) under Section 285, for parking his motorcycle that obstructed public movement.
At the Parliament Street police station in New Delhi. (File photo)
Likewise, in Goa’s Margao, a street vendor was booked for “selling plastic on the road”.
In both cases, vendors were booked under Section 285 of BNS (danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation).
Telangana’s first FIR under the new criminal code was filed at Rajendranagar Police Station under Cyberabad Police Commissionerate Monday morning.
The FIR, filed under BNS Section 104 (causing death due to negligence), pertained to the death of a driver who crashed his car into the median on PVNR Expressway around 2 am. Police said that the driver, Sai Ganesh, was speeding towards the airport and the car skidded and overturned, causing his death.
Uttar Pradesh’s first two FIRs came from Amroha and Bareilly. In Amroha, a 48-year-old farmer, Jagpal Singh, was electrocuted, leading to a case of negligence (Section 106) against his neighbours Rajveer alias Rajju (48), and his son Bhup Singh alias Bholu (29). The state’s second FIR pertained to the disappearance of a month-old baby from a Bareilly hospital. A case of kidnapping (Section 97) was registered at Bareilly’s Baradari police station on the back of a complaint from the baby’s father Sushil Kumar.
Kerala’s first FIR was at Malappuram’s Kondotty police station, where a 24-year-old youth, Mahammed Shafi, was booked for rash driving (Section 281). According to the police, Shafi was caught speeding at midnight.
He was also booked under The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
In Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham district, the first case to be registered was under Section 296 (obscenity) and 351 (2) (criminal intimidation).
The case pertained to a tractor salesman, Itwari Sahdev Pancheshwar, who claimed that a customer hurled abuses and threatened him over a sale.
Uttarakhand’s first case was registered at Jwalapur Police Station in Haridwar. In his complaint, the complainant, Bharadwaj, claimed he was sitting at Ravidas Ghat along the Ganga at around 1:45 am when two unidentified people robbed him of his phone and cash of Rs 1,400 at knifepoint and shoved him towards the river before fleeing. According to police, a case of robbery under Section 309 (4) (robbery) was lodged within 30 minutes of receiving the complaint.
Himachal Pradesh’s first FIR pertained to an alleged assault case and was registered at the Dhanotu Police Station in Mandi. According to the police, the complainant discovered “illegal mining” near his house at around 12:15 am and when he objected, he was attacked.
A case was registered under Sections 126 (2) (wrongful restraint), 115 (2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 352 (insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), and 351 (2) (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the BNS.
“So far, five FIRs have been registered under the BNS in the state,” a police officer said.
Rajasthan’s first case under BNS pertained to assault and damaging public property. According to DGP (State Crime Records Bureau) Hemant Priyadarshy, a case under sections 115(2) (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 126(2) (wrongful restraint), 324 (4) (punishment for mischief leading to loss or damage to the amount of Rs 20,000 to 1 lakh and section 324 (5) (punishment for mischief leading to loss or damage of an amount over 1 lakh) was registered at Pali’s Sadri Police Station Monday morning. The incident allegedly took place at 7:30 am, and the FIR was lodged at 10:22 am, the officer said.
In Jammu and Kashmir, police registered five cases in different districts. While the first case deals with sections 281 (rash driving) and 125 (endangering life or personal safety of others) and was registered in Anantnag, the second one pertained to illegal mining and was registered under sections 303 (theft) and 329 (criminal trespass).
Theft cases were also registered in Srinagar and Sopore while the fifth case was registered in Kulgam for criminal force and assault against woman (Section 74) and hurt (Section 115).
Karnataka’s first FIR was over the death of a 60-year-old woman in a road accident in Hassan district Monday morning. The woman, a resident of Halebeedu, was returning from a pilgrimage to Kashi and Ayodhya with her friends when the accident occurred.
A case was also registered against a police constable, arrested for the murder of his wife in Hassan district. This is the first such case in the state under the new criminal law.
