Lalbazar Police Station
1 Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata,Kolkata, West Bengal– 700001
Location & Address
- Full Address
- 1 Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata
- City
- Kolkata
- District
- Kolkata
- State
- West Bengal
- PIN Code
- 700001
- GPS Coordinates
- 22.57260, 88.36390
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Contact Information
Primary Phone
033-22141414
About Police Stations in Kolkata
Police stations in Kolkata operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They handle emergency response, FIR registration, NC reports, lost property, and more.
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About Lalbazar Police Station
Lalbazar Police Station is a police station serving the 1 Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata area of Kolkata in Kolkata district, West Bengal. It falls within PIN code 700001. Like every police station in India it operates twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year, including public holidays.
Lalbazar Police Station is commanded by a Station House Officer, normally an Inspector in an urban posting such as Kolkata and a Sub-Inspector in smaller towns. Both ranks can register an FIR, so you do not need to wait for a particular officer to be on duty before a cognizable offence is recorded.
Because Kolkata district covers both dense residential pockets and commercial stretches, the mix of work reaching Lalbazar Police Station ranges from property offences and vehicle theft to verification paperwork and neighbour disputes.
The listed landline for Lalbazar Police Station is 033-22141414. Use it for non-urgent enquiries — to confirm the station is handling your matter, to ask which documents to bring, or to check whether a particular officer is on duty. Station landlines are not staffed the way an emergency line is, so for anything urgent dial 100 or 112 instead, which routes you to a control room that can dispatch the nearest available unit.
Every service described below is provided free of charge. No officer at Lalbazar Police Station or anywhere else is entitled to charge you a fee for registering a complaint, recording a lost-property report, issuing your copy of an FIR or NC, or carrying out address verification.
Services Available at Lalbazar Police Station
A police station handles a far wider range of everyday civic work than most people expect. These are the services Lalbazar Police Station provides to residents of Kolkata and the surrounding Kolkata area.
Registering an FIR
For any cognizable offence — theft, burglary, assault, fraud, criminal intimidation — Lalbazar Police Station must register a First Information Report under Section 173 BNSS. You are entitled to a free copy before you leave.
Filing an NC
Non-cognizable matters and lost property are recorded as an NC entry. This is what residents of Kolkata most often need when a phone, wallet, passport or set of vehicle documents goes missing.
Women's helpdesk
Lalbazar Police Station is required to run a women's helpdesk, and a statement about a sexual offence must be recorded by a woman officer — at a place of the survivor's choosing, including her own home.
Passport & address verification
Passport applications from PIN 700001 are routed here for verification. The beat constable will visit your address, so keep photo ID, a utility bill and any rental agreement ready.
Tenant & staff verification
Landlords in Kolkata can submit tenant verification here, as can households engaging drivers, domestic workers or security staff. The service is free.
Cybercrime complaints
Online fraud can be reported at Lalbazar Police Station regardless of where the offender is located. Call 1930 first — the freeze window on transferred funds is measured in minutes, not days.
Lost & found reports
Lost documents and belongings are logged and a report issued. Banks, insurers, the RTO and the passport office all require this copy before issuing any duplicate.
Traffic & accident reports
Road accidents within the Kolkata jurisdiction are recorded here. For an accident in progress call 112 first — the control room dispatches both police and ambulance.
Senior citizen assistance
Most state forces maintain a senior-citizen register and conduct welfare visits. Elderly residents living alone near Kolkata can ask to be added at the front desk.
Visiting Lalbazar Police Station: What to Expect
Getting there. The station is located at 1 Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata. Use the map above for turn-by-turn directions — the Directions button opens your default maps application with the station already set as the destination.
When to go. Lalbazar Police Station is open around the clock, but it is not equally busy around the clock. Mid-morning, roughly between ten and one, is the peak for walk-in complaints and verification queries. If your matter is not urgent, arriving early in the morning or in the late afternoon usually means a shorter wait and an officer with more time to hear you properly.
Who you will meet. Your first contact is the duty officer at the front desk. Explain your matter briefly and they will direct you — to the writer for a report, to the women's helpdesk, or to the SHO for something more serious. If you are unsure whom you need, always start at the front desk rather than wandering the building.
How long it takes. A straightforward lost-property NC generally takes fifteen to thirty minutes. An FIR takes longer, because the officer must record your statement in full and read it back to you. Verification paperwork is usually submitted in a few minutes, with the actual field visit following days later.
Language. You are entitled to have your statement recorded in a language you understand, and to have it read back to you before you sign. Never sign a statement you have not understood, and never sign a blank sheet.
What to carry with you
- A government photo ID — Aadhaar, driving licence, voter card or passport
- Any documents relating to your matter: bills, receipts, agreements, prescriptions
- Photographs or screenshots, with the originals kept on your device
- Names and phone numbers of any witnesses
- A written summary of what happened, with dates and times, so nothing is forgotten
- A pen — and a second copy of anything you are handing over
Other Police Stations Near Lalbazar Police Station
If Lalbazar Police Station is not the right jurisdiction for your matter, or you simply need a station closer to where you are right now, these other stations serve Kolkata and the surrounding area. Remember that under Zero FIR any of them must record a cognizable complaint regardless of where the offence took place.
Park Street Police Station
Park Street, Kolkata, West Bengal
033-22265555
Alipore Police Station
8, Belvedere Road, Kolkata-700027
033-2479-1021
Amherst Street Police Station
57, Raja Ram Mohan Sarani, Kolkata-700009
033-2350-6670
Anandapur Police Station
757 Madurdaha, Hossainpur, Kolkata-700107
033-2443-5000
NC or FIR — Which One Applies to My Complaint?
NC stands for Non-Cognizable, and it is the most misunderstood term people meet at a police station. An NC is a formal register entry recording that you reported something — for an offence where police cannot investigate or arrest without a magistrate's permission.
The distinction turns on the seriousness of the offence, not on how upset you are. Minor assault without injury, public nuisance, defamation, simple trespass and most neighbour disputes are non-cognizable. Because the power to arrest is a serious intrusion, the law reserves it for graver crimes.
In practice most NCs filed in Kolkata are not disputes at all — they are lost property. The copy you receive is what your insurer, bank, the RTO or the passport office will demand before issuing a duplicate. Our lost and found guide covers what to do for each document type.
If a station says your matter is “only an NC” but you believe a cognizable offence occurred, say so politely and ask for the refusal in writing. You can then escalate to the Superintendent of Police, or apply to a magistrate under Section 175(3) BNSS.
Commonly filed as an NC in Kolkata
- A lost passport, PAN card or driving licence
- Missing vehicle registration or insurance papers
- Address or character verification for an employer
- A lost mobile phone, wallet or handbag
- A minor boundary or parking dispute with a neighbour
| Aspect | FIR (Cognizable) | NC (Non-Cognizable) |
|---|---|---|
| Free copy for you | Yes — legally guaranteed | Yes — always ask for it |
| Investigation starts | Immediately | Only after a magistrate's order |
| Typical offences | Theft, assault, burglary, fraud, kidnapping | Lost property, nuisance, minor disputes, defamation |
| Governing provision | Sec. 173 BNSS | Sec. 174 BNSS |
| Can police refuse? | No, for a cognizable offence | They must still record the entry |
| Court permission needed | No | Yes |
How Do I File an FIR at Lalbazar Police Station?
Everything the police can lawfully do about a serious crime begins with one document: the First Information Report. It is recorded under Section 173 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, which replaced Section 154 of the old Code of Criminal Procedure. Until an FIR exists the police have no legal basis to investigate, arrest, or seize evidence.
Only a cognizable offence gets an FIR. "Cognizable" means grave enough that an officer may arrest without first obtaining a warrant. Theft, burglary, assault causing hurt, kidnapping, rioting and murder all qualify. For anything less serious a station such as Lalbazar Police Station records a Non-Cognizable entry instead.
You need no lawyer, no stamp paper, no written application and no fee. Walk in, tell the duty officer what happened, and they must write it down, read it back to you in a language you understand, and take your signature or thumb impression.
The one thing never to skip is your free copy. Section 173(2) BNSS entitles every informant to a copy at no cost — anyone asking you to pay is acting unlawfully. Note the FIR number, the date and the recording officer's name; you will need all three for insurance, for court, and for every follow-up. If a station refuses outright, our complaint guide sets out the escalation route to the SP and then to a magistrate.
What to state
Date, time and exact place, what was done and by whom, the value of anything lost, and any injury caused.
Language rights
Your statement must be recorded in a language you understand and read back before you sign. Ask for this — it is not optional.
Is there a deadline?
No time limit applies to a serious offence, though a long unexplained delay may be raised by the defence at trial. Report promptly.
After filing
Keep the copy safe, note the Investigating Officer's name and number, and ask when to check back on progress.
Do I Have to Go to the Station Nearest the Crime?
Every police station in Kolkata is assigned a defined geographical area — its jurisdiction. As a rule the station covering the place where the incident happened is the one that investigates, not the station nearest your home.
It is the commonest reason people are sent away from a station and give up. A bag stolen on a train belongs to the Government Railway Police for that section of track. A car broken into in a mall car park belongs to the station covering the mall, even if you live thirty kilometres away. Online fraud follows where the loss occurred — generally wherever you are in Kolkata.
Zero FIR removes the burden of working this out. Introduced after the Justice Verma Committee, it lets you register an FIR at any station regardless of jurisdiction. The station numbers it zero, records the complaint in full, takes urgent action such as a medical examination, then transfers the file onward.
A station refusing a Zero FIR is not exercising discretion — it is committing an offence under Section 199 BNS, and for sexual offences that carries up to two years. The practical takeaway: in an emergency go to whichever station you can reach fastest. Sorting out jurisdiction is the police's job, not yours.
How Do I Report Online Fraud in Kolkata?
Of everything reported to police in Kolkata, online fraud grows fastest and punishes delay hardest. Money leaving your account passes through mule accounts within minutes. Once withdrawn as cash or converted to crypto, recovery is close to impossible.
That is why 1930 exists. Run under the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, it plugs into the system that can send a freeze instruction to the receiving bank in near real time. That window is the golden hour.
Call 1930 first — before your bank, before posting about it, before going to a station. Have the transaction ID, amount, time and your account number ready. Follow with a written complaint at cybercrime.gov.in, which returns a trackable acknowledgement number.
You may also report at any station including Lalbazar Police Station. None may refuse for want of a cyber cell or because the offender is in another state — the loss occurred where you are. Our cybercrime reporting guide walks through the evidence to preserve.
Job and task scams
Small payments for 'tasks' that build trust before a large deposit is demanded and vanishes.
Fake customer care
Search-engine results leading to spoofed helpline numbers that talk you into screen-sharing.
Digital arrest scam
Callers posing as police, CBI or customs claiming you are implicated and demanding money. No agency works this way.
Sextortion
Threats to publish intimate images. Report it — the law protects you and your identity is not disclosed.
What Actually Happens Inside a Police Station?
Behind the front counter a station splits into distinct functions, and going straight to the right one is the difference between twenty minutes and half a day.
The front desk is staffed continuously, including at night and on holidays. The duty officer there is your first contact for everything. If unsure whom to see, start here.
The writer or record room keeps the registers: FIR, NC, the general diary logging every event of the day, and the roznamcha recording officers' movements. Your free copy is produced here.
The malkhana is the secured store for seized and recovered property — where anything of yours sits until a court orders its release on superdari. The lock-up holds people in custody, never beyond twenty-four hours without a magistrate, never women overnight without a woman constable, and never a juvenile.
Most stations are busiest between ten and one. If your matter is not urgent, arriving early or late afternoon means a shorter wait — or skip the trip and check which station is actually closest to you first.
What Verification Services Can I Get at Lalbazar Police Station?
Most people's only contact with a police station has nothing to do with crime. It is verification — the background check behind a passport, a tenancy, a job or a licence. Knowing how it runs in Kolkata will save you weeks. Our guide to contacting the police covers what to prepare for each type.
Event and protest permission
Public gatherings, processions and loudspeaker use need prior permission from the local station or DCP office.
Police Clearance Certificate
States you have no adverse record — required by most immigration authorities. Apply via Passport Seva, not the station directly.
Passport verification
Triggered when you apply at a Passport Seva Kendra. The beat officer visits your address — keep Aadhaar, a utility bill and any rental agreement ready.
Character certificate
Often required for government jobs and licences. Issued by the station covering your address after a routine record check.
Verification is a free government service. No officer may charge for visiting your address or issuing a report. If asked for money, report it to the state Anti-Corruption Bureau or Vigilance Commission — see our sources and methodology.
What Protections Do Women and Children Have in Kolkata?
Women and children are owed safeguards under Indian law considerably stronger than routine procedure, and every station — Lalbazar Police Station included — must honour them. Knowing they exist is often the difference between a complaint being taken seriously and being talked out of the door.
For women
- Zero FIR applies fully — any station must record the complaint regardless of jurisdiction.
- The survivor's identity may not be disclosed — publishing it is itself an offence.
- Medical examination is free at any government or private hospital under Section 397 BNSS.
- Domestic violence falls under the 2005 Act, allowing protection, residence and monetary relief orders.
- Every station must run a Women's Helpdesk, staffed by a woman officer wherever posting strength allows.
For children
- Children in conflict with the law go before the Juvenile Justice Board, never a regular lock-up.
- Offences against children are handled under POCSO, 2012, which mandates child-friendly procedure throughout.
- CHILDLINE 1098 operates round the clock and will physically reach a child in distress.
- The officer recording a POCSO statement must not be in uniform, and the child must never be made to meet the accused.
- Reporting a known or suspected sexual offence against a child is legally compulsory — silence is itself punishable.
Helplines: 1091 women's helpline, 181 domestic abuse, 1098 CHILDLINE, 112 any emergency. All free, all twenty-four hours, all working from a phone with no balance. See every emergency number explained.
Do My Rights Change Inside a Police Station?
Your rights do not stop at the station door — that is where they matter most. Articles 20 and 21, reinforced by the Supreme Court in D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal (1997), protect every person in India — complainant, witness or arrested person alike, and whether you are at Lalbazar Police Station or anywhere else.
On arrest the officer must state the grounds, wear visible identification of name and rank, and prepare an arrest memo attested by a family member or a respectable local person, recording the time and place. You may have one friend or relative informed.
You must be produced before a magistrate within twenty-four hours excluding travel. Custody beyond that needs judicial authorisation. You may meet a lawyer of your choice during interrogation, and receive a medical examination every forty-eight hours.
Women cannot be arrested before sunrise or after sunset without a magistrate's prior written permission, and any arrest or search of a woman must be by a woman officer — see our women's safety guide. Anyone under eighteen goes before the Juvenile Justice Board, never an ordinary lock-up.
As a complainant, Section 179 BNSS matters too: a woman, anyone under fifteen or over sixty, and anyone with a disability or acute illness cannot be compelled to attend a station outside their district. In those cases the police must come to you.
Mistakes That Cost People Their Case
Waiting to 'gather more proof'
You do not need a complete case to report. Police have investigative powers you do not — delay only loses evidence.
Accepting a verbal refusal
If a station refuses a cognizable offence, ask in writing, then escalate to the SP or a magistrate under Sec. 175(3) BNSS.
Signing something you have not read
Never sign a blank sheet or a statement not read back to you in a language you understand. You are entitled to both.
Not noting the officer's details
Record the name, rank and buckle number of whoever handles your matter. Every escalation route asks for it.
Calling the bank before calling 1930
For online fraud the freeze instruction comes through the 1930 system. Minutes on hold with your bank are minutes the money keeps moving.
Leaving without your free copy
Both an FIR and an NC entitle you to a copy at no cost. Without it you cannot claim insurance, apply for duplicates, or prove you reported anything.
None of this is legal advice. For a matter already in court, or a serious allegation against you, speak to a qualified advocate. Free legal aid is available to every woman, every child and anyone below the income threshold through the District Legal Services Authority — start with our help guides.
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Lalbazar Police Station: Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about visiting, contacting and filing complaints at Lalbazar Police Station in Kolkata.
What is the phone number of Lalbazar Police Station?
The listed telephone number for Lalbazar Police Station is 033-22141414. Use it for non-urgent enquiries — confirming the station handles your matter, checking which documents to bring, or asking whether a particular officer is on duty. In an emergency dial 100 or 112 instead, which reaches the West Bengal control room and can dispatch the nearest unit.
See other stations near this oneWhere is Lalbazar Police Station located?
Lalbazar Police Station is located at 1 Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata in Kolkata, Kolkata district, West Bengal, PIN code 700001. The map on this page gives turn-by-turn directions from wherever you are.
All police stations in KolkataWhat are the opening hours of Lalbazar Police Station?
Lalbazar Police Station is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, including public holidays, with a duty officer always at the front desk. It is busiest between roughly 10am and 1pm, so for anything non-urgent an early-morning or late-afternoon visit usually means a shorter wait.
Can I file an FIR at Lalbazar Police Station?
Yes. Lalbazar Police Station must register a First Information Report for any cognizable offence under Section 173 BNSS and cannot refuse. You are entitled to a free copy before you leave. Under Zero FIR the station must also record your complaint even if the offence occurred elsewhere, then transfer the file to the correct jurisdiction.
How to file an FIRHow do I file an NC at Lalbazar Police Station?
Visit Lalbazar Police Station and tell the duty officer what happened. For a non-cognizable matter — most often lost property such as a phone, wallet, passport or vehicle documents — the station records an NC entry and gives you a free copy. That copy is what your bank, insurer, the RTO or the passport office will ask for before issuing a duplicate.
Reporting lost propertyWhich areas fall under Lalbazar Police Station?
Lalbazar Police Station serves the 1 Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata area of Kolkata in Kolkata district. Jurisdiction boundaries are set by the West Bengal Police and can be redrawn, so call the station to confirm your address falls under it before travelling.
Police jurisdiction across West BengalCan I report a missing person at Lalbazar Police Station?
Yes, and immediately — there is no twenty-four hour waiting period, despite the persistent myth. If the missing person is under eighteen, Lalbazar Police Station must register an FIR straight away on the presumption of kidnapping and upload details to the TrackChild portal. Bring a recent photograph and a description of clothing.
Reporting someone missingAre there other police stations near Lalbazar Police Station?
Yes — Kolkata is served by several stations, and under Zero FIR any of them must record a cognizable complaint regardless of jurisdiction. If this station is not the right one for your matter, or simply not the closest to you right now, the nearby stations listed on this page are all valid alternatives.
All stations in KolkataWho is the SHO of Lalbazar Police Station?
The Station House Officer is the Inspector or Sub-Inspector currently in command, and the posting changes periodically with transfers, so we do not publish individual officer names. Ask at the front desk, or call ahead. Both an Inspector and a Sub-Inspector can register an FIR, so you need not wait for a specific officer.
Do I have to pay anything at Lalbazar Police Station?
No. Registering an FIR or NC, receiving your free copy, address and tenant verification and lost-property reports are all free government services. No officer is entitled to charge for them. If you are asked for money, report it to the West Bengal Anti-Corruption Bureau or Vigilance Commission.
Does Lalbazar Police Station have a women's helpdesk?
Yes. Every police station in India, Lalbazar Police Station included, must operate a women's helpdesk. A statement about a sexual offence has to be recorded by a woman officer and may be given at a place of the survivor's choosing, including her own home. The women's helpline 1091 and domestic-abuse line 181 both run around the clock.
Women's safety resourcesIs Lalbazar Police Station the right station for my complaint?
It depends on where the incident happened rather than where you live. If the location falls inside this station's jurisdiction, yes. If not, you may still report here — Zero FIR requires Lalbazar Police Station to record a cognizable complaint and forward it to the correct station.
Compare stations in KolkataCan I get passport verification done at Lalbazar Police Station?
If your address falls under this jurisdiction, yes — passport applications from PIN code 700001 are routed here automatically once you apply at a Passport Seva Kendra. A beat constable visits your address, so keep Aadhaar, a utility bill and any rental agreement ready.
Police verification explainedCan I report a road accident to Lalbazar Police Station?
Yes, for accidents within the Kolkata jurisdiction. But if an accident is unfolding, call 112 first — the control room dispatches police and ambulance together and reaches you faster than travelling to a station. Indian law protects good-faith rescuers, and no hospital may refuse emergency treatment or demand payment first.
Traffic and accident guidance