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Definition :

First information report, An information given under sub-s. (1) of s. 154 Cr PC is commonly known as first information report (FIR) though this term is not used in the Code. It is a very important document. And as its nickname suggests it is the earliest and the first information of a cognizable offence recorded by an officer in charge of a police station, T.T. Antony v. State of Kerala, AIR 2001 SC 2637: (2001) 6 SCC 181.