A motorcycle theft reported from a Central Delhi locality became the first FIR to be uploaded on city police's website today, however, the initiative may not bring the transparency which the capital's High Court intended to impart in the system.

Though a first of its kind initiative, those who want to download an FIR need to know either the FIR number or the names of the complainant or victim or accused. Otherwise, the result will be shown nill.

"We don't think that this initiative is bringing any transparency into the system. You need to know some parametres to access the website. The information is not easily available. This itself defeats the purpose," said P Dileep, a lawyer.

"We have uploaded all the FIRs dated January 31," Delhi Police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat said.

The first to be uploaded in the website was the FIR No.

10, registered at Chandni Mahal police station yesterday, on a motorcycle theft.

The FIR was registered on a complaint filed by 25-year- old Himanshu Sharma claiming that his motorcycle was stolen from outside his house.

According to the FIR, Sharma parked the vehicle outside his residence in Sitaram Bazar area on the evening of January 30 and early morning next day, he found it missing.

The FIR said Sharma had called the Police Control and approached police post regarding the missing of the motorcycle at around 12:30 am. The FIR was registered at 3:55 pm.

The Delhi Police started uploading FIRs in its website -- www.delhipolice.nic.in -- from today following instructions from Delhi High Court on December 6 last year.

According to the High Court order, an accused is entitled to get a copy of the FIR within 24 hours of its registration and police cannot deny supplying it.

The court had said the FIRs should be uploaded within 24 hours of its registration though it exempted the force from making public FIRs on sensitive issues.

However, whenever it does not make FIRs public, such a decision has to be taken by an officer not below the rank of DCP and they have to inform the area magistrates.

According to a senior police official, an accused can apply for the copy of an FIR at a charge of Rs 25 for four pages and an extra Rs 10 for each extra page.

"The accused can approach the police station in person or depute another person or his lawyer to collect the FIR registered against him," Bhagat said.

FIRs on sensitive issues like terrorism, national security, rape, molestation and kidnapping for ransom will not be uploaded, he said.