DE-CODING FIRST INFORMATION REPORT (F.I.R) Upon receiving information about the commission of a cognizable offence, police prepares a written document called First Information Report (F.I.R). Anyone who knows about the commission of a cognizable offence can lodge an F.I.R. The informant/person lodging F.I.R may be: · The victim or any person on behalf of the victim, · witness, · police, · a minor etc. Even a telephone call is sufficient to register an F.I.R. The object of F.I.R is to set the criminal justice system/machinery of law in motion, enabling the police to investigate the offence. No F.I.R means no investigation and no conviction. First Information Report has no evidentiary value and it must be lodged at the earliest, because any unreasonable delay in lodging F.I.R creates a room to do...
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