P.V. Sanjay Kumar, J.

1. The grievance of the petitioner is that the police authorities have not registered a FIR on his complaint dated 14.9.2015. The scope and import of the statutory obligation of the police to register a FIR upon receiving a complaint is no longer res Integra. In Lalita Kumari v. Government of Uttar Pradesh, 2014 (1) ALD (Crl.) 159 (SC) : (2014) 2 SCC 1, the Supreme Court, speaking through a Constitution Bench, summarized the law in connection with the registration of crimes as under:

1. The registration of a FIR is mandatory under Section 154 Cr.P.C., if the information discloses commission of a cognizable offence and no preliminary inquiry is permissible in such a situation.

2. If the information received does not disclose a cognizable offence but indicates the necessity for an inquiry, a preliminary inquiry may be conducted only to ascertain whether a cognizable offence is disclosed or not.

3. If the inquiry discloses the commission of a cognizable offence, the FIR must be registered. In cases where the preliminary inquiry ends in closing the complaint, a copy of the entry of such closure must be supplied to the first informant forthwith and not later tha