Question

Visit the nearest police station and understand the procedure of filing a First Information Report (FIR) with the help of your teacher.

Answer 1

The essential point of filing a FIR is to set criminal law into action and not to state all the minute details therein. A First Information Report (FIR) is the first step in a criminal case record by the police.

It includes:

• the basic knowledge of the crime committed,
• place of commission
• time of commission
• who was the victim, etc.

The nearest police station was visited to understand the proceedings of FIR. It was a working day and the policemen welcomed us. They treated us well and gave details of the FIR and its steps.

• First Information Report (FIR) is a written document set by the police when they get information about the commission of an offence. It is an account of information that reaches the police first, and that is why it is called the First Information Report.
• A copy of the FIR is provided to the accused.
• FIR is filed only for cognizable offences (those offences in which police do not require any warrant to arrest). The police have the right to arrest the accused person and investigate into the matter.
• If an offence is not cognizable, the FIR is not filed, and in this case, the act is not possible without the intervention of the court.
• FIR for cognizable (serious) Offences has been defined u/s 2(c) of the C.P.C., 1973. This is the class of offences in which the police has the authority to make an arrest without a warrant. These offences are serious in nature, and thus the aim is to avoid the criminal or accused of harming others. Hence, the police have been given the right to make an arrest without a warrant.