Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court
Clubbing of FIRs | 10 MPID Act/IPC/PCMC Act Cases Consolidated for Single Trial; Subsequent FIRs as Section 161 Statements : Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court consolidated 10 FIRs across six districts against a cooperative society director under the MPID Act, IPC and PCMC Act, directing a single trial at Nashik. The first FIR serves as the main case while subsequent FIRs are treated as Section 161 statements, curbing multiplicity of proceedings in economic offence cases.