NEW DELHI: The new criminal procedure rules also have provisions to protect the rights of the victim, including in cases of abuse. A copy of the FIR should be given to the victim. The progress of the investigation should be reported. E-FIR can be filed from anywhere.

• Mandatory FIR within 90 days in every case
• The charge sheet should be filed within 90 days. The court can grant another 90 days and not more than that
• The trial can be conducted even if the accused is absconding.
• Victims should be heard before withdrawing cases with sentences of seven years or more.
• Death sentence can be commuted to life imprisonment, life imprisonment to seven years and seven years imprisonment to three years only.
• Magistrate court trial in trivial cases.
• Courts should not summon retired police officers for evidence. Instead the relevant SP information should be provided
• Unauthorized custody will be prevented. An officer at each police station to inform the relatives that the accused is in custody
• Those with political influence will not be given undue relaxation in punishment