P&H: Declines to Order FIR Registration, Points Complainant to BNSS Remedies
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has declined to direct the police to register an FIR on a man’s complaint alleging forged bills and signatures, holding that he should first pursue the remedies available under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
Barinder Singh approached the Court under Section 528 BNSS, seeking an order directing the police to register an FIR against a private respondent and to decide his representation. He alleged that the respondent had prepared fake bills, forged his signatures on cheques to create a false financial liability, and made a false police complaint.
The State told the...
