Section 154 CrPC

Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in India deals with the procedure for filing a police complaint. It states that when information about the commission of a cognizable offense is given orally or in writing to an officer in charge of a police station, he shall enter the substance thereof in a book prescribed by the State Government in that behalf, hereinafter referred to as the “general diary”, and refer the information to the police officer of the concerned police station.