{"id":352235,"date":"2025-07-03T11:30:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T06:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=352235"},"modified":"2025-07-04T18:08:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T12:38:37","slug":"kerala-high-court-fir-on-online-complaint-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/07\/03\/kerala-high-court-fir-on-online-complaint-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Can police refuse an FIR for an unsigned email complaint from abroad? 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It appeared that the Director General of Police, Kerala, had forwarded the complaint to the jurisdictional police station. Subsequently, the Police had refused to take action on the complaint, stating that an unsigned complaint sent through email could not be accepted, and that since the petitioner was residing in Australia, her personal presence could not be secured. The petitioner had approached this Court, challenging the same.<\/p>\n<h3>Analysis and Decision<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court stated that the implementation of Section 173 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (\u2018BNSS\u2019), marked a significant shift in how the police handled information relating to the commission of a cognizable offence. Section 173 of the BNSS granted statutory recognition to the concept of Zero FIR, which now deals with the registration of FIRs in cognizable cases. Zero FIR had been introduced primarily to ensure that victims could file complaints regardless of jurisdiction. Consequently, the police could not refuse to register an FIR if a cognizable offence was made out in the complaint, even if the complaint was forwarded from a foreign country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In light of this, the Court concluded that the rejection of the complaint filed by the petitioner, on the grounds that it was unsigned and sent via e-mail from Australia, could not be justified.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court noted that the complaint had been submitted in 2020. The petitioner had submitted that she was willing to file a fresh complaint. In view of the same, the Court disposed of the present case, directing the station house officer to act upon any fresh complaint submitted by the petitioner, in accordance with the procedure prescribed under the BNSS, particularly Section 173 thereof.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">X v. State of Kerala, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/3OquwEOs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 SCC OnLine Ker 4030<\/a>, decided on 20-06-2025<\/span>]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case :<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For Petitioner:<\/span> T.B.SHAJIMON, GOVINDU P.RENUKADEVI ,SAJEEV.T.P.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For Respondent:<\/span> .E.C.BINEESH-SR.PP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8220;Section 173 of the BNSS granted statutory recognition to the concept of Zero FIR, which now deals with the registration of FIRs in cognizable cases. 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