AN CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE IDENTIFICATION ACT, 2022

AUTHOR – DEV KUMAR SHARMA, STUDENT AT INDIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LEGAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, GOA

BEST CITATION – DEV KUMAR SHARMA, AN CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE IDENTIFICATION ACT 2022, ILE WEEKLY REVIEW (ILE WR), 1 (2) OF 2023, PG. 16-20, APIS – 3920 – 0037 | ISBN – 978-81-964391-3-2.

ABSTRACT

The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act of 2022 has been approved by India’s parliament after a protracted debate. The 1920 Identification of Prisoners Act, which allowed for the use of identification and investigative techniques on detainees, is being repealed through legislation. The 2022 Act’s extended definition of measures now encompasses physical and biological samples, behavioural characteristics like handwriting, fingerprint imprints, palm prints, and iris and retina scans (as well as their analysis). The phrase “and their analysis” in measurement reports implies that profiles can be created from a range of data sources. Measurements must be kept in digital or electronic form for 75 years, according to the Act. The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act of 2022 states that a person is detained under any of the country’s preventive detention laws if they are arrested in connection with an offense that is punishable under any law that was in effect at the time of the arrest or if they are convicted of an offense that is punishable under any law that was in effect at the time of the offense. The person in question may not be required to consent to the collection of his biological samples under the terms of this Act if the offense was not committed in violation of a law that was in effect at the time it was committed, or if the sentence for the offense was less than seven years in prison.. The author also wants to give a brief overview of the Act and many other connected topics. The author in this article will also give a brief about certain provisions which are considered to be violets of fundamental rights

Keywords –criminal identification act, measurement, prisoners data, constitution, database