https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=771347 Multiple FIRs arising from the same course of conduct should be consolidated State-wise with the earliest FIR in the concerned State, rather than transferred outside the State, because multiplicity of proceedings is not in the larger public interest and special enactment matters should proceed before the competent Special Court. After clubbing, the first FIR becomes the principal FIR, later FIRs are treated as statements under Section 161 CrPC, and the investigating officer may file supplementary charge-sheets using material from the merged FIRs. If cognizance has already been taken, those matters also merge with the principal FIR, and bail granted in the principal matter extends to the clubbed matters, subject to a fresh application where different special-law offences are involved. en-us Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 24 May 2025 09:00:55 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=771347 Multiple FIRs arising from the same course of conduct should be consolidated State-wise with the earliest FIR in the concerned State, rather than transferred outside the State, because multiplicity of proceedings is not in the larger public interest and special enactment matters should proceed before the competent Special Court. After clubbing, the first FIR becomes the principal FIR, later FIRs are treated as statements under Section 161 CrPC, and the investigating officer may file supplementary charge-sheets using material from the merged FIRs. If cognizance has already been taken, those matters also merge with the principal FIR, and bail granted in the principal matter extends to the clubbed matters, subject to a fresh application where different special-law offences are involved. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=771347