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F.I.R. means First Information Report, made to the Officer-in-Charge of a Police Station, about commission of a cognizable offence. In effect, itamounts to putting law in to motion by giving information relating to the commission of a cognizable offence .The informant / Complainantcan inform or lodge the FIR in writing and also orally. If the information is given orally, the Officer-In-Charge shall get it reduced to writing,and read it over to the complainant. If it is correctly recorded, the complainant / Informant sign the same and it will be treated as FIR andrecorded in a register of the Police Station. The Complainant / Informant is entitled to get a FIR copy free of cost. |