- It is a mobile application designed to help police record crime scenes, conduct searches, and seizures, and upload files to a cloud-based platform.
- The National Informatics Centre (NIC) developed the eSakshya app, which will be available to all police stations.
- If there are connectivity issues, police can record on their devices, generate a hash value, and upload the file later. Alternatively, they can directly upload through eSakshya, requiring good internet speed.
Implementation of three new criminal laws from 1 July
- The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) will replace the Indian Penal Code, 1860; the Bharatiya Sakshya (BS) will replace the Indian Evidence Act, 1872; and the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) will replace the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898.
- The BNSS mandates compulsory audiovisual recording of searches and seizures in every criminal case and mandatory forensic examination for offences punishable by seven years or more.
- Police officials will need to upload a selfie after completing the procedure. Each recording can be up to four minutes long, with multiple files allowed per FIR.
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