Police Not Required to Verify Credibility Before Registering FIR, Rules Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has clarified that the police are not required to ensure the credibility or authenticity of information at the stage of registering an FIR. If the complaint is of a cognisable offence, then the police are bound to register it. 

The Court reiterated the statement which was previously made in Ramesh Kumari v State (NCT of Delhi).

The Bench made these observations while upholding the order of the Delhi High Court to register the FIRs against former Commissioner and Inspector of the Delhi Police over alleged intimidation, falsification of records and forgery during their CBI deployment.

[Vinod Kumar Pandey & Anr. v Seesh Ram Saini & Ors.]