Hello. I'm a U.S. citizen of indian ancestry. I've been in india for an extended time, living with some
distant relatives, and doing a bit of work with some ngo's related to animal welfare.
On june 22, 2011, i was the victim of a serious physical assault, perpetrated by 5 people. The police stated that an FIR will be filed once medical records are received. The locals i asked stated this is normal ( at the time i didn't realize that most people here have no idea how their own legal system is supposed to work ).
Around July 15th i was called to the station to file an FIR, one injury was listed as grievious, and the officers who called me in, spent 1 hour insisting that i not file an FIR, then told me to return the next day, the next 3 days i returned and the officers were not available.
A week later they went to my flat, insisted no fir, but still took a complete statement, and said this is the FIR, the sho will stamp it etc in a few days. nothing still.
I called the us embassy around august 3rd, they contacted the officers, who claimed i never submitted a statement etc., they returned 4 days later, took yet another statement, and nothing.
The embassy called again, and was unable to contact the sho. embassy says they will contact a deputy commissioner on wednesday.
I have repeatedly been to the station, and can not get hold of the sho. i called a deputy comm. yesterday who told me to stop into the deputy commi's office on tuesday, though he did not specify if he would lodge the FIR for me.
I have also read a magistrate can order an FIR.
I have talked to a couple advocate in the last 2 weeks, unfortunately they were quite unhelpful and some of the things they stated were incorrect.
Now luckily i have stumbled upon this website and a few others, i've been able to read up on the correct order for a criminal proceeding, and clearly everything on my case has been incorrectly handled by the police.
I have seen now that, most police refuse to file firs, they make it very difficult, and most ppl give up, and most criminals win.
Anyhow, any advice would be much appreciated, a lot of time has already been wasted. I would like to get an FIR lodged right away, not to mention the medical reports and a charge sheet.
Do i at this point need to see a magistrate to order an FIR? And how on earth do i find an advocate that has proper information and can help me out, as opposed to giving me bad information and ripping me off. Additionally i only speak english.
