https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291865 Distinct offences arising from one FIR may be tried together where they form the same transaction under the Code of Criminal Procedure. The court applied the test of proximity of time, continuity of action, unity of purpose, and a common substratum, noting that both charge sheets stemmed from the same FIR, involved common accused, witnesses, and documents, and related to acts of impersonation and forged documents used to conceal the alleged bribe money. Separate trials were found likely to cause conflicting findings and prejudice, so the offences were directed to be clubbed and tried together. en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 09:15:57 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291865 Distinct offences arising from one FIR may be tried together where they form the same transaction under the Code of Criminal Procedure. The court applied the test of proximity of time, continuity of action, unity of purpose, and a common substratum, noting that both charge sheets stemmed from the same FIR, involved common accused, witnesses, and documents, and related to acts of impersonation and forged documents used to conceal the alleged bribe money. Separate trials were found likely to cause conflicting findings and prejudice, so the offences were directed to be clubbed and tried together. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 09 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291865