WHAT IS ZERO FIR ? जीरो एफ.आई.आर. क्या है? I زیرو ایف آئی آر کیا ہے؟

ZERO FIR means that an FIR can be registered in any police station of India without considering the jurisdiction limitation and area of the crime.

     The provision of ZERO FIR was introduced by the recommendations of the Justice Verma Committee Report in the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013 after the brutal incident of Nirbhaya gang rape case in Delhi. 

        This Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 was passed by the Lok Sabha( House of People) on 19th March 2013, and by the Rajya Sabha ( Council for states ) on 21st March 2013 , and further assent of the President was received on 2nd April, 2013.

    Now after this amendment in the Criminal Law, no police official can refuse to register ZERO FIR even the reported offense has been committed outside that police station jurisdiction /limitation. 

    The police official is bound to receive the compliant of the aggrieve person and after registering the Zero FIR and after preliminary enquiry to transfer the same in the actual jurisdictions police station. 

    If a crime is committed with traveler, then the victim can inform the nearest police station during the journey, and the police official of that police station is bound to lodge Zero FIR and then transfer to the police station that has actual jurisdiction.

        The police official who refuses to register Zero FIR can be booked under Section 166 A of Indian Penal Code, and departmental enquiry may be initiated against him, and without initial action or investigation the police official cannot transfer the case to the appropriate police station. 

Procedure to file a Zero FIR:

➤The procedure to file Zero FIR is the same as filing an FIR, and which is mentioned in the Section 154 of Criminal Procedure Code. 

➤The difference is only in the Serial number which is given ZERO (0) by the police station where information was given and after transferring the actual jurisdiction, the Serial number Zero is replaced by a number.