Updated On: 01 July, 2024 08:27 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The case was registered under three new criminal laws, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) that replaced the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act, respectively.

Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis addresses the media. Pic/Sameer Abdedi
The first FIR under the new Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) was registered by the Sawantwadi police in Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra on Monday, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said in the state assembly, reported PTI.
As per the news agency report, Fadnavis did not give details of the case.