PM Modi: Nyaya Sanhita strengthens democracy's core

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the idea and purpose of old criminal laws, designed by British, was to punish Indians and keep them enslaved whereas the Nyaya Sahita strengthens the spirit of basis of democracy - “Of the People, By the People, For the People.”

- TBG NETWORK

The Prime Minister stated that the old criminal laws were the means of oppression and exploitation of Indians for the British regime. Addressing a programme marking the successful implementation of the three new criminal laws, PM Modi said, “In 1947, when our country became independent after centuries of slavery, after the wait of generations, after the sacrifices of the people, when the dawn of independence came, what kind of dreams there were, what kind of enthusiasm there was in the country. The countrymen thought that since the British had left, they would also be freed from the British laws. These laws were the means of the British oppression and exploitation. These laws were made when the British regime was ready to do anything to maintain its grip on India.” “The freedom struggle of 1857 shook the roots of the British rule, then in 1860 the British introduced the Indian Penal Code i.e. IPC. A few years later, the Indian Penal Act was introduced, that is, the first structure of the CrPC came into exist