The Rajya Sabha passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 which enables investigating officers to collect the biometric details.The Bill has already been passed in the Lok Sabha. Features of the Bill The Bill proposes to allow Police to collect finger impressions, palm prints impressions, footprint impressions, photographs, iris and retina scans, scans, physical and biological samples. It also proposes the collection of signatures, handwriting or any other examination referred under Section 53 or Section 53A of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). The record of measurements shall be retained for a period of 75 years from the date of collection. Under the present law, the Police are permitted to take finger and footprint impressions of a limited category of convicts and non-convicted persons. It further provides that any resistance to taking of measurements will be an offence under Section 186 (obstructing public servant) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), attracting a jail term of three months or fine up to Rs 500 or both. Replying to the possible misuse of the bills provision the Union Home Minister said that the collected data will not be made available to the Police agencies. National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) will be accountable for storage and maintenance of Data. He also clarified that the provisions will be used only in the cases of heinous crimes and the government will provide the clarifications in the rules. The government clarified that such persons, who are not convicted or arrested for crime against women or children or those who are in custody for an offence punishable with imprisonment for a period less than seven years, can deny permission to give their biological samples