The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that police are mandatorily required to register FIR when approached by complainants willing to report a cognizable offence Police must register FIR in cognizable offence, says Supreme Court. The verdict was declared by a five judge Constitution bench led by Chief Justice P Sathasivam. The bench, in its ruling, stated that adequate disciplinary action must be taken against all police officers who fail to register a First Information Report (FIR) on complaints against cognizable offence. The bench also stated that all preliminary investigations must be completed within no more than seven days. The objective of preliminary investigations, according to the law, is just to evaluate whether or not the complaint provides sufficient information about a serious offence (instead of evaluating the veracity of the complaint). It is worth mentioning here that cognizable offence is those where investigative officers are allowed to arrest the accused even without warrant. According to new amendments in law in 2013 now even eve teasing a girl is cognizable offence.
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 21:07:03 +0000
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