Connected cross FIRs and coordinated investigation support transfer to SIT, while prior order remains undisturbed.

A cross FIR arising from the same court-campus incidents was treated as part of the same cluster of connected matters, and for consistency and effective investigation it was directed to travel with the other cases already entrusted to the SIT (CBI). The request to set aside the earlier order dated 28.10.2010 was rejected because the investigation was still at a preliminary stage and the accused's procedural rights remained protected by law. The application was therefore partly allowed only to the extent of transfer of the cross FIR to the SIT (CBI).

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Issues: Whether the cross FIR arising out of the same court-campus incidents should be assigned to the SIT (CBI), and whether the earlier order dated 28.10.2010 should be set aside.

Analysis: The matter arose in the Court's extraordinary jurisdiction under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India. The Court treated the cross FIR as part of the same cluster of incidents occurring inside the District Court and held that, for consistency and effective investigation, it should travel with the other connected cases already entrusted to the SIT (CBI). At the same time, the Court found no justification to recall or set aside the order dated 28.10.2010, noting that the investigation was still at a preliminary stage and that the accused's procedural rights remained protected by law.

Conclusion: The application was partly allowed by transferring the cross FIR to the SIT (CBI), but the prayer for setting aside the order dated 28.10.2010 was rejected.

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