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The Delhi High Court set aside four First Information Reports (FIRs) filed at Jaffrabad Police Station, over the accused allegedly setting a compound ablaze during the North East Delhi riots in 2020, and ruled that five FIRs cannot be registered for the same cognisable offence, news agency PTI reported.
He noted that if there is any information found against the accused, it can be mentioned in the one FIR, which is not quashed.
He said, “However, if there is any material that has been found against the accused the same can be placed on record in FIR No.106/2020," The Indian Express quoted.
The order was passed in response to four petitions filed by Tara Anul, a counsel representing one of the accused in the cases.
As per the Delhi Police, the properties damaged were different and the individuals had also undergone distinct damages.
\Saying that the law has been "settled keeping in line with the principles enunciated by the Supreme Court of India," the bench said there can be nor more than one FIR or probes in the matter.
(With inputs from PTI and The Indian Express)
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