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“Community sensitisation is key to bring down crime”
Bhubaneswar, 28/08/2024(Odisha Samachar )-Guests at a workshop on” Humanising Justice through Restorative Justice” on Wednesday attributed the view on the introduction of community service as a form of punishment in the newly introduced Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita(BNS), 2023 represents a continuation of this trend, aligning with the contemporary views on Restorative Justice.
The systems all over the World have demonstrated that community service can be an effective alternative to incarnation, especially for non-violent offenders.
Section 4(f) of the BNS formally introduces community service, this legislative change aims at to provide an alternative to punishment, adressing issues like prison overcrowding and promoting the rehabilitation of offenders, thereby solving petty offences at community level.
The one-day workshop held at the SAMPRITI peace training cum resource centre in Bhubaneswar being organised by the Society for Nature, Education, and Health (SNEH) discussed at length on various aspects of BNS especially on community policing besides, promoting community involvement where both victim and offender get a chance to resolve amicably the ‘offences’ of the non-violent nature.
The Program was inaugurated by ACP (Communication) Sarat Chandra Sahu, in the presence of Retired Superintendent of Police, SitaramSatpathy, SNEH president Subarna Ghosh, Judicial expert Dr Bijoy Chandra Mohapatra,Ex Commissioner for the Persons with Disabilities, Govt. of OdishaKasturiMohapatra, Odisha Human Rights Protection Council General Secretary and Senior High Court Advocate Naresh Chandra Jena and Development Activist Subas Chandra Panda.
The workshop was attended by Members of civil society, advocates, social workers, members of the Judiciary, educationists, human rights activists and Journalists. 
SNEH project coordinator DibakarMahali spoke on the ongoing interventions in the Salia Sahi slum and presented the principles and components of Restorative Justice. He said that SNEH is actively lobbying for a Restorative Justice Bench in local Police Stations.
The program, supported by the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), Kolkata, aimed to raise awareness among civil society members about the principles and benefits of Restorative Justice.
