https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=274646 The SC held that a second FIR is impermissible where the later allegations arise from the same transaction already covered by the first FIR. Further material must be dealt with through further investigation and a supplementary report under Section 173(8) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, not by registering a fresh FIR for connected offences. Because the alleged killing of the material witness was found to be part of the same chain of events and inseparably linked to the earlier conspiracy, the second FIR was quashed and the resulting charge sheet was directed to be treated as supplementary to the first FIR. en-us Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:58:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=274646 The SC held that a second FIR is impermissible where the later allegations arise from the same transaction already covered by the first FIR. Further material must be dealt with through further investigation and a supplementary report under Section 173(8) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, not by registering a fresh FIR for connected offences. Because the alleged killing of the material witness was found to be part of the same chain of events and inseparably linked to the earlier conspiracy, the second FIR was quashed and the resulting charge sheet was directed to be treated as supplementary to the first FIR. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=274646