Video narration
Is every complaint about wrongdoing automatically a complaint under the BNSS? Not quite. In everyday speech, a complaint can be any grievance. Legally, the word is narrower. It must allege that someone committed an offence. The allegation can be oral or written, and must be made to a Magistrate to seek action under the BNSS. The person may be known-identified by name-or unknown. Naming the person is not essential. A police report is excluded. An allegation given to police does not become a BNSS complaint to a Magistrate merely because it reports wrongdoing. Quick test: is it an oral or written allegation of an offence, made to a Magistrate, against a known or unknown person, to seek action under the BNSS? If yes, it fits. So, no: not every grievance is a BNSS complaint. It is that specific allegation to a Magistrate-not a police report.