FROM PRISONERS TO SUSPECTS: RECONFIGURING STATE POWER UNDER THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (IDENTIFICATION) ACT, 2022

FROM PRISONERS TO SUSPECTS: RECONFIGURING STATE POWER UNDER THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (IDENTIFICATION) ACT, 2022 Abdus Sami Osman Chaus, Ph.D. Research Scholar, Yashwantrao Chavan Law College & Ph.D. Research Centre, Pune (India) Download Manuscript doi.org/10.70183/lijdlr.2026.v04.32 The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022 represents a significant transformation in India’s framework of criminal identification by expanding the categories of The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022 represents a significant transformation in India’s framework of criminal identification by expanding the categories of individuals from whom biometric and biological data may be compulsorily collected. Unlike the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920, which primarily targeted convicted persons and limited custodial categories, the 2022 legislation extends biometric extraction to individuals arrested, detained, or subjected to preventive proceedings.