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It means that an FIR can be filed in any police station, irrespective of the jurisdictional limitations and location of the incident. The respective police station takes in the FIR and marks it as a zero FIR by giving it serial number zero and immediately transfer the documents over to the concerned jurisdiction.

Origin of the concept of Zero FIR:
The notion of Zero FIR is to institute a jurisdiction free FIR. It was introduced by the recommendation of the Justice Verma Committee in the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013 after the ghastly Delhi rape case.The Amendment was passed by the Lok Sabha on 19 March, 2013 and by the Rajya Sabha on 21 March, 2013 and received the President’s assent on 2 April, 2013 and is deemed to have come into force from the 3rd day of February, 2013.The 2012 Rape case led to several legal consequences through the Criminal Law Amendment, one of which was the concept of Zero FIR.
Registering an FIR was made mandatory for the police after the Amendment. ‘No police officer can refuse to register an FIR, if the offence being reported occurred outside their police station’s jurisdiction. He/ She is bound to register the FIR (this is called a zero FIR) and forward it to the concerned police station.’

Definition of Zero FIR:

An FIR that can be filed at any police station irrespective of the place of crime and area of jurisdiction is referred to as a Zero FIR. The FIR that is registered at the police station regardless of place of incidence or jurisdiction will later be transferred to the police station that has competent jurisdiction upon conducting preliminary investigation.
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In the case of Satvinder Kaur vs. State (Government of NCT Delhi), The complainant had appealed in the Supreme Court against the order of the High Court, where the High Court had quashed the FIR filed at Delhi Police Station by the complainant.  The Supreme Court held that, Police can investigate the case, which does not fall under their jurisdiction.

Legal provisions for Zero FIR:

There is no explicit provision in the Code of Criminal Procedure to accommodate Zero FIR.
·         However, Section 460 of the Code ans          Under clause (c) of section 166A[vii] of Indian Penal Code, 

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  1. NiLeSh31 May 2020 at 03:17

    informative & knowledgeable artice about the zero FIR.

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