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{{short description|Type of police document in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries}}
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A '''First Information Report''' ('''FIR''') is a document prepared by [[police]] organisations in [[South Asia]]n and [[Southeast Asia]]n countries including [[Myanmar]], [[India]], [[Bangladesh]], and [[Pakistan]] when they receive information about the commission of a [[cognisable offence|cognizable offence]], or in [[Singapore]] when the police receive information about any criminal offence. It generally stems from a complaint lodged with the police by the victim of a cognizable offence or by someone on his or her behalf, but anyone can make such a report either orally or in writing to the police, so it is necessary to know about cognizable offences. These are serious criminal offences that pose an immediate danger to society such as murder, rape, or robbery. {{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}

For a non-cognisable offence an entry in a [[community service register]] or in the station diary is made.

Each FIR is important as it sets the process of criminal justice in motion. It is only after the FIR is registered in the police station that the police take up investigation of most types of cases. Anyone who knows about the commission of a cognisable offence, including [[police officer]]s, can file an FIR.

As described in law:
* When information about the commission of a cognisable offence is given orally, the police must write it down.
* The complainant or supplier of the information has a right to demand that the information recorded by the police be read to him or her.
* Once the information has been recorded by the police, it must be signed by the person giving the information.
* The complainant can get a free copy of an FIR.

An FIR includes the date, time, place, incident details, and a description
of the person(s) involved.

== References ==
=== Citations ===

{{Reflist}}
investigation begin immediately after recording of FIR- "Rao Shiv Bahadur Singh V. State of Madhya Pardesh, 1954 Cri.LJ.921,. 1953 AIR 394-SC-Larger Bench.
Quashed:- FIR quashed if it does not disclose cognizable offence- 1982 Cri.L.J. 819(SC).

=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |title = Criminal Justice and Supreme Court |isbn = 81-7764-904-3 |pages = 5–19 |chapter = First Information Report |publisher = Allied Publishers |year=2005 }}
* {{cite book |title=Policing India in the New Millennium |page=120 |editor = P. J. Alexander |author= R. Deb |publisher=Allied Publishers|year=2002 |ISBN = 978-81-7764-207-0 |chapter=Police Investigations: A Review}}
* {{cite book |title=Animal Laws of India |author1=Maneka Gandhi |author2=Ozair Husain |author3=Raj Panjwani |chapter=How to file an FIR |publisher=Universal Law Publishing Co. |year=2006 |ISBN = 978-81-7534-528-7 |page = 795 }}
* {{Cite book|last=Raj Kumar (Professor of law)|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/999636877|title=FIR and role of police : legislative and judicial trends|isbn=978-81-8484-648-5|location=New Delhi|oclc=999636877}}
* {{cite book |pages=95–97 |title = Courts Police Authorities & Common Man |author=Sunil Goel |publisher=Srishti Books }}
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== External links ==
* [http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/publications/police/fir.pdf Complete information about what an FIR is, who can file it, rights of people, etc.] ([[Portable Document Format|PDF]] format)
* {{cite web |url = http://www.fixindia.org/fir.php#1 |title = FAQs about filing an FIR in India | website = fixindia.org |access-date = February 20, 2012 }}

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