SUPREME COURT & HIGHCOURT Rulings on POLICE

Facts
Held
1.2 : F.I.R. AND REGISTRATION OF F.I.R.
Ramsinh Bavaji Jadeja vs State of Gujarat*
The injured body of victim was brought to hospital by his brother, eye-witness. The
Head Constable on duty at hospital informs PSI on telephone about fight and dead body
of having been brought to hospital. Having received the telephonic message, the Police
Sub Inspector immediately reached the hospital and he first recorded the statement of
brother of deceased. He sent the said statement to the city police station, for registering
a case. Thereafter he held the inquest on the dead body of the deceased for postmortem;
prepared the injury report in respect of the injuries on the person of brother of
deceased and sent him for medical examination and treatment. Then he went to the
scene of occurrence and collected blood-stained crust of cement plaster and examined
witnesses. Under the circumstances mentioned above the statement of brother of
deceased, which was recorded by the. Investigating Officer, afteueaching the hospital
should be treated as the First Informatiol1 Report and not the cryptic telephonic
message of Head Constable.
Every telephonic information about commission of a cognizable offence irrespective of
nature and details of such information cannot be treated as FIR.
*1994 Cr.L.J. 3067