https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305226 A second FIR lodged by the same informant against the same accused on the same sale agreement and substantially identical allegations of fraud and forgery was an abuse of process and could not be sustained. Since the first FIR was already pending and the later FIR would expose the accused to multiple criminal proceedings for the same alleged offence, the Court held that such successive FIRs offend Articles 21 and 22 of the Constitution; the second FIR and all proceedings founded on it were quashed. en-us Tue, 23 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 22 Nov 2022 22:48:29 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305226 A second FIR lodged by the same informant against the same accused on the same sale agreement and substantially identical allegations of fraud and forgery was an abuse of process and could not be sustained. Since the first FIR was already pending and the later FIR would expose the accused to multiple criminal proceedings for the same alleged offence, the Court held that such successive FIRs offend Articles 21 and 22 of the Constitution; the second FIR and all proceedings founded on it were quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 23 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305226