01029nam a22001097a 4500008004100000100001900041245004400060260003200104300003400136520071700170773003200887240827b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d aQureshi, Hanif aWhether India is ready for online FIRs  aThe Indian Police Journal  a65(4), Oct-Dec, 2018: p.73-80 aThe criminal justice system is set in motion once a complaint is registered as a First Information Report (FIR) under section 154 Cr.P.C. However, the common man faces hurdles in registering an FIR in a police station. Non-registration promotes impunity for the accused and causes injustice. It also biases the system in favor of the powerful few in society. Senior police officers and courts have time and again emphasized that free registration of crime is mandatory, yet compliance is not complete. We examine the reasons for this malaise and suggest ways about implementing the ideal of free and fair registration of FIRs.- Reproduced https://bprd.nic.in/uploads/pdf/IPJ%20Oct-Dec%202018%20(for%20web).pdf  aThe Indian Police Journal