Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita has clause to check 'misuse of power' by cops
misuse of power by cops, Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) has introduced clause 37b, which requires the state government to designate a police officer not below the rank of assistant sub-inspector to maintain information related to arrests and arrestees.
The clause requires such information to be displayed in any manner, including in digital mode, at every police station and district headquarters.
As per provisions of BNSS, the fact as to who has been informed about the arrest shall be recorded in a police station register in such form as the state government may provide. «Provision has also been made to enable the medical practitioner conducting medical examination of an arrested person to conduct one more examination if such practitioner deems it fit. Clause 58 of BNSS says that an arrestee may be produced before a magistrate within the first 24 hours of arrest even if such magistrate does not have jurisdiction,» said an official.
The category of persons who could be informed about the arrest has been expanded to include 'any other person', apart from the provision related to informing any relative or a friend, the official quoted above said.
A new clause 172 in Chapter XII on 'Preventive Action of the Police' has been added, as per officials. It provides that persons must conform to the directions of police, which are issued while preventing the commission of a cognizable offence.
To prevent misuse of provisions related to arrests by police in cases where offences are punishable with imprisonment of
