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WHAT IS ZERO FIR ? زیرو ایف آئی آر کیا ہوتی ہے؟
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ZERO FIR: Zero FIR (Zero First Information Report) means that a FIR can be registered in any Police Station, on receipt of complaint, irrespective of its territorial jurisdiction and the same can be transferred later to the appropriate Police Station After collection of evidences by Police.(Appropriate police station is one within whose local jurrisdiction the offence actually taken place)
For example an offence of Murder took place at some area which comes under the jurisdiction of Police Station A. The person who saw the dead body at B approached the nearest Police Station at B and informed the same. In such a situation police incharge of B police Station cannot excuse themselves saying that the case does not fall within their jurisdiction and it falls within the jurrisdiction of A Police Station. They should take immediate action (like collecting samples, getting information from eye witnesses, etc.). Later the case will be transferred to Police Station A police Station.
ZERO FIR can be filed at any police station – even if you are far off from the place of incident and you may/ may not be sure of the correct jurisdiction? Place where the offence actually taken place? There are provisions to do so and the same can be transferred to the appropriate police station limits when these are available. Such an FIR is called the Zero FIR!
However, there are chances that the police station you visit may plead unawareness of such a concept. You should still report an FIR for the record the evidences need to be collected in very short span like blood samples, port martem Report and statement of eye witnesses etc. are required to be collected immediately otherwise it may gets destroyed or tampered by Offenders.
Why Zero FIR needed?
Incidents like accident, murder and r**e require immediate action from the concerned authorities and rush to take samples, getting information from eye witnesses and getting circumstantial details. A Zero FIR helps to take note of this initial action regardless of trying to figure out in which limits or territorial jurrisdiction the crime / offence took place.

خلع کے کیس میں اگر بیوی نے من گھڑت، بے بنیاد اور جھوٹے الزامات لگائے ہوں تو ہتک عزت کا دعویٰ کیا جا سکتا ہے.

(PLD 2006 Lah 401)

Even a stranger can file application for exhumation . 2014 _ Pcrlj _ 219

Registration of FIR is not necessary for exhumation . 2008 _ crlj _ 246

No time limit is fixed for exhumation or re postmortem . 2014 _ Pcrlj _ 219 & 2008 _ Scmr _ 1086

Application for exhumation can be given on mere ground of suspicion . 2010 _ Pcrlj _ 4

In case of death of a witness , his statement recorded u/s 161 crpc is not admissible piece of evidence . 2007 _ Pcrlj _ 1192

Accused persons can not be convicted merely on account of last seen evidence without any corroboration . 2013 _ crlj _ 291

Accused was implicated in the cases on the basis of sniffing dogs . Bail granted to accused . 2011 _ crlj _ 641 & PLJ _ 2009 _ crc _ 382

457/380 . Accused was involved in the case on the basis of foot prints and foot trackers evidence . Foot trackers evidence is weak type of evidence . Bail granted . 2012 _ Pcrlj _ 1794

Accused entered in a house and committed murder , afterwards accused took away rifle of deceased , offence 404 ppc would be applicable instead of s. 380 ppc . PLJ _ 2010 _ crc _ 219