Centre asks States not to discriminate against minorities in registering FIR

New Delhi: The Centre has asked all states and union territories not to discriminate against minorities while registering an FIR as timely filing of chargesheet and speedy trial restore the faith of different communities. In a communication, the Home Ministry said, as per the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), a police officer is duty-bound to register a case on the basis of any information disclosing a cognisable offence and FIR has to



be registered irrespective of territorial jurisdiction.

The Ministry asked the state governments to ensure that the instructions are circulated amongst all concerned departments, organisations and others for strict compliance. The advisory, which was sent on Monday, comes in the backdrop of lynching of a Muslim man over rumours of eating beef in Dadri in Uttar Pradesh.