Made under: BNSS s.173(2) (CrPC s.154(2))
Application for a copy of the FIR — s.173(2) BNSS (s.154(2) CrPC) and a certified copy
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To,
The Station House Officer, Police Station ________________, District ________________
(and, where the case is before a court, the Copying Section, Court of the Judicial Magistrate, ________________)
Subject: Application for a copy of FIR No. ________________ dated ________________, Police Station ________________.
Made under: Section 173(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [formerly Section 154(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973], under which a copy of the information recorded is to be given forthwith, free of cost, to the informant; and Sections 74 and 75 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 [formerly Sections 74 and 76 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872], under which a person entitled to inspect a public document is entitled to a certified copy of it on payment of the legal fees.
Sir,
1. I am ________________, resident of ________________, mobile ________________.
2. I am the informant / the victim / the accused in the FIR above. My connection with it is as follows:
________________
3. Under Section 173(2) BNSS [s.154(2) CrPC] a copy of the information recorded is to be given to the informant free of cost. If I am not the informant, I seek a certified copy on payment of the legal fees, which are enclosed.
4. In Youth Bar Association of India v. Union of India, (2016) 9 SCC 473, the Supreme Court directed that copies of FIRs, except in certain sensitive categories, be uploaded on the police or State website within 24 hours of registration.
I therefore request that a copy of the said FIR be supplied to me at the earliest.
Yours faithfully,
________________
________________
Place: ________________
Date: ________________
Enclosures: as per the list attached.What to attach
- The FIR number, its date and the police station — all three correct. One wrong digit and the file is not found.
- A photocopy of your ID.
- The copying fee or court-fee stamp, as the local rules require.
- If you are the informant, say so — the first copy is free under BNSS s.173(2) (CrPC s.154(2)).
- Check the State police website first: FIRs are to be uploaded there within 24 hours.