Which one of the following provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 gives the…

The expression FIR is not statutorily defined in the BNSS. Section 173 (formerly section 154 CrPC) regulates information relating to the commission of a cognizable offence and its recording, commonly called the first information report, including information given by electronic communication and information irrespective of the area where the offence was committed, but it is not a definition of that expression. Sections 174 and 175 concern information in non-cognizable cases and the police officer's power to investigate cognizable cases respectively.