1. A Zero FIR can be lodged at a police station, even though the place of commission of a cognizable/non-cognizable offence is outside the territorial jurisdiction of that police station.
2. The Officer-in-Charge of the police station where a Zero FIR has been lodged may, with the permission of the competent authority, initiate a preliminary enquiry.
3. Under Zero FIR, it is obligatory for the informant to furnish information electronically.
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Explanation:
Statement 1 is not correct: Under the BNSS Act, Zero-FIRs can be filed only against cognisable offences and not for non-cognisable offences.
Statement 2 is correct: Section preliminary 173(3) of BNSS has also given statutory recognition for conducting years or enquiry of cases punishable with imprisonment of three after the more but less than seven years.
Statement 3 is not correct: Section 173 of BNSS for the first time purports to introduce the concepts of "Zero FIR" by stating that every information relating to the commission of a cognizable offence irrespective of the area where the offence is committed, may be given orally or by electronic communication to an officer-in-charge of a Police station.
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