The new laws established severe penalties for crime against the women and to address the loopholes by defining organized crime.
It has been stated that hit-and-run cases will incur a 10-year imprisonment penalty.
The new laws stated that leniency is exercised in road accident scenarios where the accused promptly attends to victims by taking them to the hospital, as it has been highlighted by the Union minister Amit Shah in the Parliament.
The bill passed outlined specific timelines for various stages which is starting from FIR registration to investigation and filing of charge sheets.
The Union Home Minister Amit Shah mentioned that the cases which involves accused individuals, such as those related to bomb blasts or economic offenses, who attempt to evade justice, trials in absentia will be conducted.
It has also been emphasized by Amit Shah that the introduction of a timeframe for filing mercy petitions and only the individuals who are convicted and on death row are eligible to submit such pleas within the period of 30 days after the Supreme Court confirms the punishment. Others are not permitted for filing such appeals.
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