Technically an email of fax could also work, but government records are best in terms of credibility, so telegram. Registered letter is good too, but the contents of it aren't recorded - leaves room for denial.
Justice B N Agarwal had ruled (reporting from article - can't find Supreme Court website link on this laptop)
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The court has provided a detailed mechanism to citizens to make the police accountable. The bench comprising Justices Agrawal and G S Singhvi said if the police refused to register an FIR, the aggrieved person could move the area chief judicial magistrate with a complaint against the concerned officer.
Posting the order on the Supreme Court website "so that the people of India may know what directions have been given by this court", the bench said, "The chief judicial magistrate or the chief metropolitan magistrate, as the case may be, shall take action in a case of inaction upon filing of a complaint petition and give direction to institute the case within a specified time-frame."
If the police failed to act even thereafter, "the CJM or CMM shall not only initiate action against the delinquent police officer but punish them suitably by sending them to jail, in case the cause shown is found to be unsatisfactory".
Moreover, the concerned CJM or CMM court should intimate the disciplinary authority "at once by fax as well" about the errant officer, who would be immediately placed under suspension pending departmental proceedings.
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It is highly unlikely that the cops will refuse FIR after getting a telegram. But the telegram itself is not FIR - you will still have to send/submit a written complaint. This is best written by a lawyer/yourself and If cops are avoiding FIR, they may alter details to make less severe sections applicable.
Vidyut
Wow I never few that the police have to recognize the telegram as a FIR...
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Vidyut Kale
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