Criminal Law
Shaping India’s New Criminal Justice System with Modern Procedures, Digital Evidence and Stronger Victim Rights
Criminal Law Services at Foresight Law Offices
India’s criminal justice system has undergone a historic transformation. Effective July 1, 2024, the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), and Indian Evidence Act have been replaced by three new criminal laws in India: the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA). At Foresight Law Offices, our experienced criminal law team in India, including highly skilled criminal lawyers in Delhi, is equipped to navigate this dual-regime and represent clients in complex criminal matters under the new framework.
Expertise in Criminal Law
The BNS introduces nearly 20 new offences under criminal law in India, such as mob lynching, cyberstalking, acid attacks, and fraud under false promises of marriage, while abolishing sedition and replacing it with treason. Sentencing has become stricter, with increased fines, minimum punishments, and even community service for select offences. The BNSS emphasizes procedural efficiency through mandated timelines, e-FIRs, Zero FIRs, e-summons, videography of crime scenes, and enhanced safeguards for arrestees. The BSA modernizes evidentiary rules by formally recognizing electronic records, emails, logs, social media, and digital signatures as admissible evidence.
Area of Expertise
Services We Offer
Defence & Prosecution
Representation in trials under criminal law in India, under both pre-2024 statutes and the new BNS, BNSS, and BSA.
Bail & Custody Matters
Advisory and litigation on arrest procedures, remand timelines, and rights of the accused.
White-Collar & Cybercrime
Defence in cases of fraud, financial crimes, cyberstalking, and digital offences under the new code.