The e-Zero FIR System for Cybercrime

Context

What It Is

• A digital, borderless law enforcement framework that automatically generates a First Information Report for reported cyber financial crimes, irrespective of police jurisdiction.
• Nodal body: the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Legal Basis

• Rests on Section 173(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, which permits information about a cognizable offence to be given electronically, and irrespective of the area where the offence is committed.
• This is the provision that replaced Section 154 of the CrPC, 1973, and it is what made e-Zero FIR legally possible — a rare case of a new criminal procedure code directly enabling a technology solution.

System Integration — Three Pillars

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1. National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) and Helpline 1930
2. State/UT e-Crime Police Stations
3. NCRB’s Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS)

Aim

• Accelerate law enforcement action against cybercriminals.
• Eliminate jurisdictional delays in filing complaints.
• Enable instant freezing of defrauded funds.
• Facilitate swift restoration of lost money to victims.