LEGAL WORD
Zero FIR
Legal term · Criminal procedure
Zero FIR
- Type: Legal term
- Area of law: Criminal procedure
1 What it means
An FIR registered at any police station regardless of where the offence happened, then transferred to the right station. The BNSS recognises it.
2 Use it in a sentence
She filed a Zero FIR at the nearest station even though the offence happened in another district.
3 Make it stick
Write your own sentence using Zero FIR about a case or topic you are studying this week, then check it against the meaning above.
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