The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill was passed by the Parliament of India in which of the following years?

Correct option is A

The correct answer is (A)   2022

• ​The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 28, 2022, and passed by the Rajya Sabha on April 6, 2022.
  

• The Act allows police to collect specific information from suspects and prisoners.
• Fingerprints, Photographs, Iris and retina scans, Biological samples, Behavioral attributes, such as signatures and handwriting.

Purpose of the Act

• The Act replaces the outdated Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920, a colonial-era law that allowed police to collect limited physical measurements of suspects.
• It incorporates recommendations from the 87th Report of the Law Commission of India to modernize identification processes.

Critics argue that the Act provides the government with access to extensive personal data, raising concerns about its potential violation of:

• Constitutional rights
• The 2017 Supreme Court ruling on privacy