Identify the incorrect statement regarding the nature and characteristics of a First Information Report (FIR):

Report about cognizable offence

Information given to the police officer

Information first in point of time

It must always be given in writing

A First Information Report (FIR) refers to:

A complaint made to the High Court

A complaint made to a Magistrate

A complaint filed under Section 222(1) B.N.S.S.

Information relating to the commission of a cognizable offence given to an officer in charge of a police station

A First Information Report (FIR) suggests that:

it is the earliest and the first information of a cognizable offence prevented by an officer in charge of a police station

it is the earliest and the first information of a cognizable offence recorded by an officer in charge of a police station

it is the earliest and the first information of a cognizable offence committed by an officer in charge of a police station

In reference to information relating to the commission of a cognizable offence, which of the following statements is incorrect?

It may be given orally to an officer incharge of a police station

It is reduced to writing by or under the direction of the officer incharge of the police station

Information reduced to writing is to be signed by the person giving it

Copy of information cannot be given, free of cost, to the informant

Which of the following is not an essential element of a First Information Report (FIR)?

It is an information given to the police officer.

Information must relate to cognizable offence.

It is an information first in point of time.

Information may relate to any offence whether cognizable or non-cognizable.

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Chapter XIII: Information to the Police and Their Powers to Investigate (Sections 177–196)

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