Police Complaint Generator

About the Police Complaint Generator

When something is stolen, a phone or document is lost, money is taken in an online fraud, someone harasses you or a family member goes missing, the first step is a written complaint at the police station. This generator writes it — in English, Hindi or Marathi — from what you enter: your details, the date, time and place, what happened in your own words, and the details the police need to act: the IMEI of a phone (checked with its check digit), each transaction ID or UTR of a fraud, a description of a missing person, suspects and witnesses.

It asks for a First Information Report under section 173 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — which any police station must take, wherever the offence happened (zero FIR), and which you can also give electronically — or, for a lost article, for a report to be recorded. If the police refuse, it writes the letter to the Superintendent of Police under section 173(4). The checks tell you what to do alongside: block the handset on CEIR, call 1930 and tell your bank at once after a fraud, insist on an FIR for a missing child, and stick to true facts, because false information is itself an offence (BNS ss.217, 248).

Common uses

• Reporting a stolen phone and getting the report you need to block it on CEIR.
• An FIR request after an online fraud, with every transaction ID in one table.
• A complaint about stalking, threats or online harassment, with suspects and witnesses.
• Reporting a missing family member with a full description.
• Writing to the Superintendent of Police when a station will not register your complaint.

How an FIR works under the BNSS

• Any police station: information about a cognizable offence can be given to the officer in charge of any police station, “irrespective of the area where the offence is committed” — the zero FIR (s.173(1)).
• Orally, in writing or electronically: oral information is written down and read back to you; information sent electronically is taken on record once you sign it within three days (s.173(1)).
• Free copy: you get a copy of the FIR free of cost (s.173(2)).
• Women complainants: information from a woman about the offences listed in the proviso — rape and other sexual offences, sexual harassment, voyeurism, stalking and acid attacks (BNS ss.64–71, 74–79, 124) — is recorded by a woman police officer.
• Preliminary enquiry: for offences punishable with three years or more but less than seven, the officer may, with a DSP’s permission, first hold an enquiry of up to 14 days (s.173(3)).
• Non-cognizable offences: the police enter the information and refer you to the Magistrate; they need the Magistrate’s order to investigate (s.174).

If the police refuse to register it

Send the substance of the information in writing and by post to the Superintendent of Police, who must investigate personally or have a subordinate officer investigate if it discloses a cognizable offence (s.173(4)). Choose “Superintendent of Police” in the form to write that letter; keep the postal receipt. If that fails too, apply to the Magistrate, who can order an investigation on an application supported by an affidavit (s.175(3)) — get a lawyer’s help for that.

Lost or stolen phone: CEIR

After you have the police report, get a duplicate SIM for your number and ask for the handset to be blocked on the Department of Telecommunications’ CEIR service on Sanchar Saathi. You need a copy of the police report, an identity proof and the IMEI; the purchase invoice is optional. The phone is blocked on every network within 24 hours; if someone uses it, you get an alert and the police station is told. Keep the request ID — you need it to unblock the phone when you get it back. The IMEI is on the box and usually on the invoice; a dual-SIM phone has two.

Online fraud: 1930, the portal and your bank

Call the National Cyber Crime Helpline 1930 or report on cybercrime.gov.in at once, and tell your bank in writing. Under the Reserve Bank’s rules on unauthorised electronic banking transactions — since 28 November 2025 in its Responsible Business Conduct Directions (for commercial banks, paras 67–72; they replaced the circular) — your liability is zero when the fault lies with neither you nor the bank and you report within three working days of the bank’s alert, limited if you report within four to seven, and set by the bank’s board-approved policy after that; the bank must credit the disputed amount within 10 working days of your report. If you shared an OTP or password, you bear the loss until you report it — another reason to report immediately.

Missing persons

Report without delay and take a recent photograph. For a missing child, the Supreme Court directed that the complaint be registered as an FIR, with an initial presumption of abduction or trafficking until the investigation shows otherwise (Bachpan Bachao Andolan v. Union of India, (2014) 16 SCC 616). In an emergency call 112, the nationwide Emergency Response Support System.

Sources

• Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 — ss.173, 174, 175
• Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 — ss.217, 248
• Sanchar Saathi — CEIR (Department of Telecommunications)
• National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal and I4C, Ministry of Home Affairs — helpline 1930
• Emergency Response Support System 112 (MHA)
• Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks – Responsible Business Conduct) Directions, 2025, paras 67–72 — customer liability in unauthorised electronic banking transactions
• Bachpan Bachao Andolan v. Union of India, (2014) 16 SCC 616
• IMEI check digit: 3GPP TS 23.003 (Luhn over the first 14 digits)

Limitations

• A template, not legal advice. The police decide which offences apply; you do not need to name sections.
• Hindi and Marathi documents download as DOCX or print through your browser — the PDF engine here draws Latin scripts only. The tool does not translate: type your facts in the language you choose.
• State police procedures for online FIRs and lost-article reports differ; use your State police website or app where it offers one.
• It does not file anything for you. Emergencies need a call to 112, not a letter.

Privacy

Everything happens in your browser. Your name, address, phone numbers, IMEI and transaction details are not uploaded or stored by MySmartCoPilot. If you tick Keep a draft in this browser, the form is saved in this browser’s local storage until you untick it — leave it off on a shared computer.