First information Report ndash ........

Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) 1973 Cognizance

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First information Report–

Relates to cognizable or non-cognizable

Is given to a Magistrate or Police officer

Relates prima facie to a cognizable offence

May be given to the District Magistrate.

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Explanation:

Section 154 of Code of Criminal Procedure –
154. Information in cognizable cases.—(1) Every information relating to the commission of a cognizable offence, if given orally to an officer in charge of a police station, shall be reduced to writing by him or under his direction, and be read over to the informant; and every such information, whether given in writing or reduced to writing as aforesaid, shall be signed by the person giving it, and the substance thereof shall be entered in a book to be kept by such officer in such form as the State Government may prescribe in this behalf: