![Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Kerala High Court](http://media.assettype.com/barandbench%2F2024-07%2F97badd0a-c47d-4ea4-8b43-45f912cd58a7%2F10.jpg?w=480&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max)
The Kerala High Court has held that appeals filed on or after July 1, 2024, the day on which the three new criminal bills came into effect shall be governed by the procedure provided under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, [BNSS] and not the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [CrPC]. [Abdul Khader v. State of Kerala]