Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday clarified that the first case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was filed in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior and not the one filed against a street vendor in Delhi.
"The first case [under the new law] has been registered at a police station in Gwalior. It was a case of theft, someone's motorcycle worth ₹1.8 lakh was stolen. The case was registered at 12.10 am," said Shah.
"As far as the case against a vendor [registered at a police station in Delhi] is concerned, there were provisions for the same earlier too and it is not a new provision. Police used the provision to review it and dismissed that case," added Shah.
The three new criminal laws - Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam - came into force on Monday.