Registration Of FIR (First Information Report)

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As per Section 154 Cr.P.C./ 175 of BNSS it is provided that it is the duty of the Police Officer to lodge the FIR, if the information discloses the commission of a cognisable offence; thus, in respect of any cognizable offence for lodging the FIR is mandatory for the in-charge of the police station concerned.

The Five Judges' Bench of the Hon'ble Apex Court in Lalita Kumari vs. Government of Uttar Pradesh and others reported in MANU/SC/1166/2013 : (2014) 2 SCC 1, having considered a catena of the judgments, held that the FIR is a pertinent document in the criminal law procedure of our country and its main object from the point of view of the informant is to set the criminal law in motion and from the point of