File a case as soon as a complaint is received without giving reason for limitation Orders of the Director General of Police
Mumbai: There is always a delay in registering the complaint after questioning the person who comes to the police station with a complaint. When the reason behind this is asked, sometimes there is no truth in the complaint but the reason for the limitation is given. But now the Director General of Police has taken notice of this. Even though there is a provision of filing zero number FIR, if there is any evasion by the police, then action will be taken against them, instructions have been given to file zero number FIR without giving any reason. Orders have been issued to all police stations in the state under the signature of Special Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) Suhas Warke. (File a case as soon as a complaint is received without giving reason for limitation Orders of the Director General of Police)
When any incident occurs, a common man goes to the police to file a complaint, but it is often seen that the common man is not fully aware of the law. So they suffer when they have to go from one police station to another police station. But Section 154 of the CrPC clearly states that any police station can register an FIR, whether it has jurisdiction or not. The decision has been taken as the police are reluctant to register a zero FIR when there is a rule that a common man can register a zero FIR there even though the case is not related to that police station.
Crime related to women should be registered immediately
A police station registering a zero FIR is not empowered to investigate the case filed, but if a crime has been committed against a woman, under Section 498 of the IPC, a woman can file an FIR against her in-laws related to harassment and if the police station wants to investigate, they can .
Attention was drawn in the budget session
This is not my area, so you should go to the police station in your area and file a complaint. But the people’s representatives raised the issue in the budget session that there are complaints that the police are not registering the crime on the basis of extending the limits. It was discussed in detail in the hall and the police force was ordered to look into the matter seriously.
