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New Bill Meant to Replace IPC Removes Safeguards Against False Implication in Terror Cases (thewire.in)

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'All safeguards have been bypassed in the new law. Now any police officer can register a first information report (FIR) against anyone saying the person is a terrorist,' lawyer M.S. Khan, who specialises in terror cases, said.

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[–] xuxebiko@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

In the case of the MCOCA and the UAPA, Khan says there are provisions that before an FIR is filed, there should be approval from a senior police officer. Secondly, the investigation into such cases can only be carried out by an officer of a particular rank. Third, there is a bar on the court in taking cognisance of such cases without government sanctions, he explains.

Such safeguards, he says, are missing in the proposed law.

BNS makes the dreaded UAPA look reasonable. Nice, no?