All complaints and informations received in a Police Station are entered in some general register.
Here, police may give an Inward Receipt Number to informant.
But this is not same as a FIR (First Information of Crime Register).
Here, after registering inward number, no time bound procedures appear to follow..
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FIR..
It is only when police applies mind to complaint and decides that some crime has happened, it is required to be registered as FIR.
Once a FIR is registered, the police has to take certain time bound steps. .....
A copy of FIR is to be sent to Magistrate in next 24 hours....
Investigation of FIR is to be completed in 90 days....
A final report is to be given to Magistrate in 90 days.
Etc.
These are the main differences. FIR sets criminal law into motion. General Inward number does not do so.
Haresh Raichura
2/9/14
