How to File an FIR in India: Step by Step Process
You can file an FIR at any police station in India, free of charge, and you do not have to go to the station…
- Takes
- FIR is registered immediately on receipt of information; where a preliminary enquiry is allowed it must be completed within 14 days
- Costs
- Free. A copy of the FIR must be given to the informant or victim forthwith, free of cost, under Section 173(2) BNSS
- Authority
- State Police (officer in charge of the police station)