The term 'First Information Report is not mentioned in the CrPC but these words are understood to mean information recorded under section 154 of the code. It means the information which reaches the officer-in-charge of a police station first on point of time about the commission of a cognizable offense. First information report may be regarding a non-cognizable offense which is dealt with in section 155 of the CrPC. The word 'information means something in the nature of a complaint or accusation, or at least information of a crime, given with the object of putting the police in motion in order to investigate, as distinguished from information obtained by the police when acting for investigating a crime.
