FIR: First Information Reports
Introduction
Crime is as old as mankind in itself. There is hardly any civilization in the world which has not witnessed the upward trend in the crime graph. The forms of crime and the pattern of commission of crimes has varied from place to place and at the same place from time to time. The uneven development, greed, malpractices, high handedness, corruption at every level, uneasy money, defective educational system, deterioration of the values, broken homes, busy schedule of the parents, teaching shops of the teachers and what not has become order of the day.
Definition and discussion of F.I.R
F.I.R used for First information Report.
A First Information Report (FIR) is a written document prepared by police organizations in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan when they receive information about the commission of a cognizable offence. It is generally a complaint lodged with the police by the victim of a cognizable offense or by someone on his or her behalf, but anyone can make such a report either orally or in writing to the police.
An FIR is an important document because it sets the process of criminal justice in motion. It is only after the FIR is registered in the police station that the police take up investigation of the case. Anyone who knows about the commission of a cognizable offence, including police officers, can file an FIR.
As described in law,
When information about the commission of a cognizable offence is given orally, the police must write it down.
The person giving information or making a complaint has a right to demand that the information recorded by the police be read to him or her.
Once the information has been recorded by the police, it must be signed by the person giving the information
Relevant Provision:
Information in cognizable cases :
154. Every information relating to the commission of a cognizable offence if given orally to an officer in charge of a police-station, shall be reduced to writing by him or
Crime is as old as mankind in itself. There is hardly any civilization in the world which has not witnessed the upward trend in the crime graph. The forms of crime and the pattern of commission of crimes has varied from place to place and at the same place from time to time. The uneven development, greed, malpractices, high handedness, corruption at every level, uneasy money, defective educational system, deterioration of the values, broken homes, busy schedule of the parents, teaching shops of the teachers and what not has become order of the day.
Definition and discussion of F.I.R
F.I.R used for First information Report.
A First Information Report (FIR) is a written document prepared by police organizations in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan when they receive information about the commission of a cognizable offence. It is generally a complaint lodged with the police by the victim of a cognizable offense or by someone on his or her behalf, but anyone can make such a report either orally or in writing to the police.
An FIR is an important document because it sets the process of criminal justice in motion. It is only after the FIR is registered in the police station that the police take up investigation of the case. Anyone who knows about the commission of a cognizable offence, including police officers, can file an FIR.
As described in law,
When information about the commission of a cognizable offence is given orally, the police must write it down.
The person giving information or making a complaint has a right to demand that the information recorded by the police be read to him or her.
Once the information has been recorded by the police, it must be signed by the person giving the information
Relevant Provision:
Information in cognizable cases :
154. Every information relating to the commission of a cognizable offence if given orally to an officer in charge of a police-station, shall be reduced to writing by him or