New criminal laws in effect

• Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) that replaces the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.PC.). 
• The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which replaces the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
• The Bharatiya Sakshya (BS), which replaces the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
• First information reports (FIRs) are filed through the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network Systems (CCTNS), a programme that functions under the National Crime Records Bureau. A significant upgrade to the CCTNS will help people file an e-FIR, without visiting a police station, and a zero FIR, which can be filed irrespective of the jurisdiction of the crime location.
• The BNSS mandates compulsory audio-video recording of search and seizure in each criminal case and mandatory forensic examination in all cases where an offence attracts punishment of seven years or more.
• The recordings will have to be submitted before the court electronically “without delay.”
• Under Section 105 of the BNSS, the scope of audiovisual recording during search and seizure includes the process of preparing a list of seized items and the signature of witnesses.
• eSakshya (e-evidence), a mobile based application to help police record scene of crime, search and seizure in a criminal case and upload the file on the cloud-based platform, several States depending on their capacities have devised their own systems.