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Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022
March 31 , 2022
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- Recently, the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 was introduced in Lok Sabha.
- It would allow the police and prison authorities to collect, store and analyze physical and biological samples, including retina and iris scans.
- It will also seek to apply these provisions to persons held under any preventive detention law.
- It also authorizes taking measurements of convicts and "other persons" for identification and investigation in criminal matters.
- It doesn't define the "other persons" implying its ambit beyond convicts, arrested persons, or detainees.
- Police personnel up to the rank of Head Constable have been authorized to record the measurements.
- It has been argued that the Bill was beyond the legislative competence of Parliament as it violated the fundamental rights of citizens including the right to privacy.
- It has been argued that the bill violates Article 20 (3) of the Constitution.
- It has been argued that the bill also violates human rights provisions as laid out in the United Nations charter.
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