What do you mean by FIR?
FIR Means First Information Report
What are the Essentials of FIR (Under Sec 154)?
- First Information Report
- Relates to every information with respect to Cognizable Offences.
- FIR can be Oral or Written
- Read Before Informant
- Signature of Informant
- Records are Maintained in Prescribed Book
- Public Document
- No Evidentiary Value
What does CRPC Stand for?
(CRPC) means criminal Proceeding Court
1. First Information Report
It is the First Information Report and this is the initial step of the investigation if you see any kind of serious offence or you have information related to Cognizable offences like murder, rape etc. you can submit this report to the enforcement authorities and on the basis of this report investigation will proceed.
2. Relates to every information with respect to Cognizable Offences.
If you want to Lodge an FIR then all the information must be related to only Cognizable or serious offences. Information related to Non-Cognizable Offences is Irrelevant to file an (FIR).
3. FIR can be Oral or Written
4. Reduce into Writing
5. Read before Informant
6. Signature of Informant
After completion of an FIR in written form, the police Should take the Signature of the informant on the FIR report.
7. Records are Maintained in Prescribed Book
Police have a Specific book where they submit the details of the offences on a regular book. They maintained the records in that prescribed book.
8. A Public Document
The first information report is a Public Document So anyone can see this document with the permission of the relevant In charge of that Document. it is not a private Document.
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