Noida Police officials met with people of numerous villages here on Thursday to discuss the impact and execution of recent legal changes, as well as to solve local issues and raise knowledge about the new criminal laws.
At the Noida Village Residents Association meeting, which took place in Rohillapur village, Sector 132, citizens from Shahpur, Garhi, Gejha, Chalera, and Atta villages conversed with senior police personnel, among them Assistant Commissioner of Police Praveen Kumar.
On July 1, three new criminal laws went into force in India, significantly altering the country’s criminal justice system. The Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, and the Indian Evidence Act from the British era were superseded, respectively, by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam.
As part of their continuous drive to promote awareness about the new legislation, the Noida Police stated in a statement following the dialogue that the goal of the interaction with the village people was to “inform the community about new laws and address their concerns.”
“ACP Singh underlined that the new rules are meant to serve as means of delivering justice, not as punitive measures carried over from the colonial past, while outlining their nature. We will keep talking about these rules with the public, but they were designed with today’s conditions in mind,” he stated in a statement.
Ranjan Tomar, president of NOVRA, emphasised the difficulties that rural communities face, especially the requirement for efficient community policing in the absence of the local panchayat system.
He emphasised how crucial it is to set up a procedure to improve public-police interaction.
“A system must be established to determine who in the community can assist in improving district administration,” said Tomar.
In addition, NOVRA discussed tenant-landlord conflicts, discrimination against rural inhabitants from the Noida Authority, and the necessity of a community policing policy following COVID-19 during the meeting.
ACP Singh announced plans to fight online fraud and mobile snatching, create digital volunteers, empower women, and monitor concerns through the creation of a WhatsApp group with local dignitaries.