New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- A firing incident was reported in PS Jafrabad in Delhi at around 1.40 AM. After the Delhi Police had reached the place, they found that a man named Faizal (30 years old) was dead. His brother, Nadeem (33 years old), who was taken to the JPC hospital, was also declared dead by the doctors.

The incident happened in the R/o Gali No. 30/8, and police took immediate action to file a case under Sections 103(1)/3(5) BNS and 25/27 of the Arms Act at Jafrabad Police Station.

Section 103(1) of the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) directly deals with punishment for murder, while Sections 3 and 5 (and related) of the older Arms Act, 1959, deal with the licensing/prohibition and use of arms, with Section 27 specifying severe p...