What was the decision of the Supreme Court regarding an undertrial's plea to club multiple FIRs
SC rejects undertrial’s plea to use its powers to club 30 FIRs arraigned against him across seven States
The Supreme Court rejected an undertrial's plea to use its powers to club 30 First Information Reports (FIRs) arraigned against him across seven states. Here are the key points:
- The undertrial approached the Supreme Court requesting the clubbing of the 30 FIRs, which were registered against him for various offenses in different states.
- The undertrial argued that the multiple cases were related to the same alleged incidents and individuals, and clubbing them together would serve the interests of justice.
- However, the Supreme Court, after considering the plea, rejected the undertrial's request.
- The court observed that there was no legal or factual basis to support the undertrial's plea for clubbing the FIRs.
- In its decision, the Supreme Court emphasized that each FIR represented a separate offense registered under different jurisdictional authorities.
- Therefore, the court concluded that the undertrial would have to face the legal process pertaining to each FIR individually.
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