Code Of Criminal Procedure  

The new criminal codes, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, have become effective from today onwards. The new laws were created to replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, Indian Evidence Act, and the Code of Criminal Procedure to provide speedy and fair justice to new types of crimes.

The telecommunication blackout is related to the imposition of Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure on Monday across Srinagar, which prohibits an assembly of more than four persons in an area

The two retired police officers, accused in the Ishrat Jahan alleged encounter case, have sought that proceedings against them in the case be dropped as the state government has decided not to grant sanction to the CBI to prosecute them as required under section 197 of the CrPC