A man said his laptop got stolen from bus. Police recorded information but bluntly refused to register FIR without bribe.
Similarly, FIR is also needed when Driving license is lost/pick pocketed or when passport is lost, when sigbed cheques are lost, when signed blank documents are stolen.
Even if Supreme Court Advocate's proximity card to enter Supreme Court is lost, an FIR is needed.
A question is pending before large bench of SC to decide whether police is bound to register FIR of every such crime information.
Until the question is taken up by large bench of SC and is decided, such complaints of asking for bribe for registering FIR may continue to happen.
The question is very serious. It affects mass of public. It is desired that uncertainty in law be settled at earliest.
Haresh Raichura
8/8/13
A question is pending before large bench of SC to decide whether police is bound to register FIR of every such crime information.
Until the question is taken up by large bench of SC and is decided, such complaints of asking for bribe for registering FIR may continue to happen.
The question is very serious. It affects mass of public. It is desired that uncertainty in law be settled at earliest.
Haresh Raichura
8/8/13
