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First Information Report
(F.I.R.) & You
F.I.R. is the abbreviated form of First Information
Report. It is the information recorded by the police
officer on duty, given either by the aggrieved
person or any other person about the commission of
an alleged offence. On the basis of the F.I.R. the
police commences its investigation.
WHO CAN FILE AN F.I.R.
Any person can file an F.I.R. He need not be the
aggrieved person. It may be merely hearsay and need
not be by the person who has had firsthand knowledge
of the facts.
WHERE TO FILE AN
F.I.R.
An F.I.R. can be filed in the police station of the
concerned area in whose jurisdiction the offence has
occurred. It must be made to the officer-in-charge
of the police station and if he is not available the
Assistant Sub Inspector is competent to enter upon
the investigation
HOW TO FILE AN F.I.R.
When a wrong has been committed and the aggrieved
person or any other person wants to file a F.I.R. it
shall be filed in the following manner.
Go to the police station and meet the
officer-in-charge.
Step by step in an orderly sequence narrate to the
officer every information relating to the commission
of the offence.
The officer shall reduce the information given in
writing.
The information given shall be signed by the person
giving it.
The information given shall be entered in a book to
be kept by the officer.
COPY OF THE INFORMATION AS RECORDED SHALL BE
GIVEN FREE OF COST TO THE INFORMANT.
WHERE AN OFFICER-IN-CHARGE
REFUSES TO RECORD THE INFORMATION
If the officer in charge refuses to record the
information, the information may be sent in writing
and by post, to the Superintendent of Police
concerned who, if satisfied that such information
discloses the commission of a cognizable offence,
shall either investigate the case himself or direct
an investigation to be made by any police officer
subordinate to him.
INVESTIGATION
Once the F.I.R. has been registered the
investigation in the case shall begin.
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