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If the offence is a cognisable offence, then a First Information Report (FIR) is created and registered. A CSR is also called a daily diary report or diary report. After filing a police complaint, the CSR receipt is used as a proof of filing a complaint in the police station and also for claiming insurance settlements.
Delhi Police traces its history back to a small security force, established in 1854, under the assistant of British Resident to the Mughal Imperial Courts. [10] In 1861 after the adoption of the Indian Police Act, Delhi Police remained a part of the Punjab Police until India gained independence in 1947.
A first information report (FIR) is a document prepared by police organisations in many South and Southeast Asian countries, including Myanmar, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, when they receive information about the commission of a cognisable offence, or in Singapore when the police receive information about any criminal offence. It generally ...
While some states have enacted their own police acts post-independence, such as the Bombay Police Act of 1951, the Kerala Police Act of 1960, the Karnataka Police Act of 1963, and the Delhi Police Act of 1978, the core issues of police accountability and public trust remain largely unaddressed. The landmark judgment in Prakash Singh v.
Police Complaints Authority (PCA) is a body that adjudicates allegations of improper or shoddy investigations, refusal to file FIRs, custodial torture [1] and high-handedness against the police. [2] [3] But its recommendations are high authorities and recognised governmental authority upon the state government for action against errant police ...
The Project will interconnect about 15000 Police Stations and additional 5000 offices of supervisory police officers across the country; It will digitize data related to FIR registration, investigation, and charge sheets in all police stations. It would help in developing a national database of crime and criminals
In policing on the Indian subcontinent, a chargesheet is prepared after first information reports (FIRs), and charges an individual for (some or all of) the crimes specified in those reports. [ 1 ] [ unreliable source ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
The CBI was originally constituted under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act to operate within the territory of Delhi. As policing and law is a subject that falls within state powers under the structure of Indian federalism, the CBI needs prior consent from other state governments in order to conduct investigations within their territory.