New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday held a review meeting with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath here on the implementation of three new criminal laws in the state.
The implementation and current status of various new provisions related to police, prisons, courts, prosecution and forensics in Uttar Pradesh were reviewed in the meeting, a Home Ministry statement said.
Senior officials of the Home Ministry and Uttar Pradesh government, including Union Home Secretary, Director General of the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) and Director General of the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) were present in the meeting.
During the meeting, Shah said that the three new criminal laws brought by the government are not punishment oriented but victim-centric and their aim is to ensure speedy justice. He asked the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister to review the progress of implementation of new criminal laws in the month of February and implement these laws fully in the state as soon as possible.
Shah said that the full implementation of new criminal laws in states with large populations like Uttar Pradesh will send a positive message across the entire country.
He stressed that 100 percent implementation of the new criminal laws should be ensured in all the seven Commissionerates of Uttar Pradesh by March 31 and in the entire state as soon as possible.
Emphasising the need to increase the use of technology, the Home Minister said that there should be more than one forensic mobile van available in every district of the state.
He also mentioned that forensic teams should be divided into three categories – serious, common, and very common – so that resources and experts can be used more efficiently and serious cases can be given priority.
Shah said that there should be regular and continuous monitoring of how many of the total registered Zero FIRs have been transferred to the respective states. Adding that the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister should review the progress of implementation of the three new laws every 15 days and the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police once a week with officials of all the departments concerned.
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