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Understanding the Law related to First Information Report ( FIR )
FIR shall be registered by the officer in charge of police station in the case of reporting of the cognizable offence u/s 173(1) of BNSS-2023.
For FIR shall also be registered for non-cognizable offence u/s 174.
The purpose of the registration of FIR is to set the criminal machinery in motion.
Registration of FIR is mandatory as per the guidelines of the apex court issued in the case of Lalita Kumari Vs Station of UP,2014.
None registration of FIR is the offence u/s 199 of BSN-2023. It is also a contempt of court, Department proceeding can be initiated agaisnt the erring officer.
FIR cannot be registered as a tool of harassment & to settle civil score.
FIR cannot be registered as a tool of harassment and to settle the civil score. Commissionerate Police Vs Devender Anand & Ors., Supreme court , Crl. Appeal No. 834 of 2017