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- A Zero FIR was registered at Saikul police station in Kangpokpi district, Manipur the hometown of May 4 incident victims.
- When a police station receives a complaint regarding an alleged offence that has been committed in the jurisdiction of another police station, it registers an FIR and then transfers it to the relevant police station for further investigation.
- This is called a Zero FIR. No regular FIR number is given.
- After receiving the Zero FIR, the revenant police station registers a fresh FIR and starts the investigation.
- The provision of Zero FIR came up after the recommendation in the report of the Justice Verma Committee.
- The term first information report (FIR) is not defined in the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973, or in any other law.
- In police regulations or rules, information recorded under Section 154 of CrPC is known as First Information Report (FIR).
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