𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧 𝗕𝗘 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗙 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗥 ?

𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧 𝗕𝗘 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗙 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗥 ?

Even a common man knows how Problematic it is to get the #FIR registered? On one ground or other #Police refuses to register FIR. What is the remedy then ? Shall we approach #HighCourt / #DistrictJudge / #MagistrateCourt for the registration of FIR or shall Superintendent of Police be approached ?

As per the law laid down by #SupremeCourt in the matter of 𝑀. 𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑟𝑠. 𝑉𝑠. 𝑆. 𝐽𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑘𝑖 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑟𝑠. Criminal Appeal No. 102 of 2011 Decided On: 20.03.2020 – on the refusal of Police to register FIR, 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑺𝑯𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆 of his District. And 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝑰𝑹, 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆'𝒔 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅. Any other course of action is #illegal. In the above matter, Supreme Court set aside the direction of High Court to register FIR because Complainant has approached High Court directly. 

The following is the law as laid down by Supreme Court :-

 

11. 𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 P𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝐹𝐼𝑅 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 154 𝐶𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 154(3) 𝐶𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑦𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝐼𝑅 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑, 𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑛𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑑, 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 156(3) 𝐶𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑. 𝐼𝑓 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 156(3) 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝐼𝑅 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒, 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛, 𝑛𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.==============================

Advocate, High Court of Bombay.