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TMI Blog2025 (5) TMI 1619X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n of the multiple FIRs in each of the States to one district within the respective States. It should also be noticed that as far as the original prayer made in the petition is concerned, on facts, it was clearly not maintainable since a similar prayer made by the petitioner in Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 206 of 2020 filed in this Court on 20.07.2020 was rejected on 17.08.2020. Considering the fact that the petitioner is now seeking the alternative prayer and the respective States during the hearing have not objected to the same, we have decided to entertain the petition in the special facts and circumstances of the case. 2. In all, there are 64 FIRs registered in 10 States. The States concerned which are parties to the writ petition are P ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... dhu has been in custody since 11.10.2018. He was the Managing Director of KIM Infrastructure and Developers Limited (for short 'KIDL'). The petitioner along with other directors is alleged to have floated two schemes for allotment of developed land where customers were lured to be part of a lumpsum payment plan or a deferred payment plan. 6. When the matters stood thus, Writ Petition No. 3332 of 2010 was filed before the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at its Gwalior Bench for inquiry against financial companies including 'KIDL', on the ground that the companies were seeking deposits from the public with promise of repayment with higher returns ranging from 15 to 20 per cent. The High Court ordered an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investig ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e opposed the clubbing, at the hearing there was a broad consensus about consolidating the cases in the respective States. 10. Heard learned Senior Counsel/Counsel for the parties. The law in this issue is now fairly well settled. It has been held by this Court that multiplicity of proceedings will not be in larger public interest. Further, since many States have invoked local Acts, particularly the Act dealing with the Protection of Interest of Depositors, transferring them out of the State also will not serve the ends of justice. Hence, the correct course of action would be to merge the FIRs with the earliest FIR in the State concerned. It is clarified that if the first FIR in the respective States of Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... , the following FIR will now be merged with FIR No. 13/2019 registered at Hamirpur, P.S. Sujanpur Tira. Sr. No. FIR No. Date Police Station Place 1. 202/2019 09.12.2019 Jawali Kangra 14. In the State of Madhya Pradesh, the following FIR will now be merged with FIR No. 496/2018 dated 05.12.2018 registered at Jabalpur P.S. Lordganj. Sr. No. FIR No. Date Police Station Place 1. 176/2020 24.05.2020 Kotwali Anuppur Anuppur 15. In the State of Punjab, the following 16 FIRs will now be merged with FIR No. 198/2018 dated 23.10.2018 registered at SAS Nagar, P.S. Phase I. Sr. No. FIR No. Date Police Station Place 1. 183/2020 12.08.2020 Dasuya Hoshiarpur 2. 62/2021 21.04.2021 Dasuya Hoshiarpur ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 11.05.2019 Harbans Mohal East (Commissionerate Kanpur City) 6. 57/2019 14.05.2019 Harbans Mohal East (Commissionerate Kanpur City) 7. 480/2020 Sungarhi Pilibhit 8. 409/2019 Sungarhi Pilibhit 9. 119/2019 15.02.2019 Sigra Kashi (Commissionerate Varanasi) 10. 189/2019 29.05.2019 Bhadohi Bhadohi 11. 406/2019 19.05.2019 Cantt Gorakhpur 12. 361/2019 18.06.2019 Sigra Varanasi 13. 463/2019 23.10.2019 Sigra Varanasi 14. 280/2022 Bareilly Faridpur 18. In the State of Uttarakhand, the following 4 FIRs will now be merged with FIR No. 107/2018 dated 30.10.2018 registered at Pithoragarh P.S. Kotwali Pithoragarh. Sr. No. FIR No. Date Police Station Place 1. 165/2019 24.0 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r has been granted bail in connection with the principal proceeding/criminal case to which the other cases have been clubbed, the bail so granted must enure to the petitioner's favour in the other FIRs now clubbed as well. We further clarify that if the principal FIR is limited to offence under the general law/Penal Code but the subsequent FIRs contain allegations attracting offences under the special enactment or certain other IPC offences and if the bail granted is only for some offences under the general law, the Special Court is entitled to insist for a fresh bail application to be filed by the petitioner in relation to those offences including under the Special Act. The said bail application(s) shall be decided on its own merits in acc ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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