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Under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the visit of a forensic expert to the scene of crime to collect evidence is compulsory for offences punishable with imprisonment of:

  1. A.Three years or more
  2. B.Five years or more
  3. C.Seven years or more
  4. D.Ten years or more

Correct answer

C. Seven years or more

Explanation

The correct answer is C, seven years or more. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita makes forensic investigation compulsory for offences punishable with imprisonment of seven years or more: a forensic expert must visit the scene of crime, collect the forensic evidence and record the process on a mobile phone or another electronic device. Where a State does not have the facility, it may use the facility of another State until it builds its own. Options A, B and D are wrong because the threshold fixed by the Sanhita is seven years and not three, five or ten; the seven year mark is also used in other places in criminal procedure, for example the rule laid down by the Supreme Court in Arnesh Kumar on arrest in offences punishable with imprisonment of up to seven years, which is why the figure is worth remembering. The provision is meant to raise the conviction rate by placing scientific evidence at the centre of investigation.

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The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 has replaced which of the following laws?

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  2. B.The Indian Penal Code, 1860
  3. C.The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
  4. D.The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013
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