In order to maintain a legal system in a large country like India, the constitution had laid down the system of Law. As against Indian army and other paramilitary forces, our police force is responsible for maintaining the internal peace and security of the country. But everybody is interested in visiting The reason behind this behavior is that people are not aware of the working procedure. Have you ever wondered from where does any crime and the process of criminal start from? Yes, you are correct in your guess, it starts from FIR or First Investigation Report. In this article, we have provided all the information related to FIRs and have been tried in various suspicions.
What is an FIR?
Information related to any criminal offense registered with police for police action is called first investigation report (FIR). FIR is a written document, prepared by police after receiving information about some cognizable offense This information is often registered as a victim. Any person can not However, many a time police does not register FIR on the information provided by the common people. In this situation, people have moved to court According to Section 154 of IPC 1973, the process of an FIR is defined. It is that informative document based on which police carry the legal proceedings.
When is an FIR filed?
FIR is filed only for cognizable offenses (those offenses in which police does not require any warrant to arrest). According to it, the police have the right to be arrested If an offense is not cognizable, the FIR is filed and in this case, the action is possible without the intervention of the court.
How is an FIR filed?
There are 3 ways to file an FIR:
1. The victim can directly approach the police station and can file a FIR through his orally or written statement.
2. The FIR received by the information received via PCR call.
3. After receiving information of an offense, the duty officer of the police station sends ASI to the site, ASI writes a chit (a short report) after recording the statements of the witness. Based on this short report, the police file an FIR This method is only for heinous crimes.
