Satinder Singh Bhasin vs State Of Uttar Pradesh

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2022 Supreme(SC) 1955

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
A.M. KHANWILKAR, ABHAY S. OKA, J.B. PARDIWALA, JJ.
Satinder Singh Bhasin – Appellant
Versus
The State Of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. - Respondent(s)
Writ Petition(S)(Criminal) No(S). 197/2021 With W.P.(Crl.) No.292/2021, W.P.(Crl.) No. 452/2021, W.P.(Crl.) No. 518/2021, W.P.(Crl.) No. 59/2022, W.P.(Crl.) No. 91/2022, W.P.(Crl.) No.114/2022, W.P.(Crl.) No. 522/2021
Decided on : 12-05-2022.SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
A.M. KHANWILKAR, ABHAY S. OKA, J.B. PARDIWALA, JJ.
Satinder Singh Bhasin – Appellant
Versus
The State Of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. - Respondent(s)
Writ Petition(S)(Criminal) No(S). 197/2021 With W.P.(Crl.) No.292/2021, W.P.(Crl.) No. 452/2021, W.P.(Crl.) No. 518/2021, W.P.(Crl.) No. 59/2022, W.P.(Crl.) No. 91/2022, W.P.(Crl.) No.114/2022, W.P.(Crl.) No. 522/2021
Decided on : 12-05-2022.

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Parties : Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG, Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG, Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv, Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv, Mr. Mrinal Elkar Mazumdar, Adv, Mr. O.P. Shukla Adv.
Mr. Nitin Chowdary Pavuluri, Adv., Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv., Ms. B.L.N. Shivani, Adv,Ms. Shreya Jain, Adv., Ms. Shivika Mehra, Adv., Mr. Manvendra Singh, Adv., Mr. Aman Sharma, Adv., Ms. Aakanksha Kaul, Adv, Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv, Mr. B K Satija Adv, Mr. Harish Pandey Adv, Mr. Raghav Sharma, Adv, Mr. Ritiwiz Rishabh Adv.
Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR, Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR, Mr. Raj Bahadur, AOR, Mr. S.K.Singhania, Adv, Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv, Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor Adv., Mr. S.V. Raju, ASG, Mr. Vinod Diwakar, AAG, Mr. Garvesh Kabra, AOR, Mr. Sathwik Mishra, Adv., Mr. B.B. Dubey, Adv., Mr K.M.Natraj, ASG, Ms. Ranjana Narayan, Adv, Mr Rajan Kr.Chourasia, Adv, Mr.Shailesh Madiyal, Adv, Mr.Sughosh Subramanyam, Adv, Mr. Mohammed Akhil Nazeer, Adv, Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR, Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv., Mr. Vishal Gosain, Adv, Ms. Rudrani Tyagi, Adv, Mr. Sunil Fernandes, AOR, Mr. Praney Sharma, Adv, Ms. Nupur Kumar, Adv, Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv., Mr. Vishal Gosain, Adv, Mr. Viresh B. Saharya, AOR, Ms. Rudrani Tyagi, Adv, Mr. Akshat Agarwal, Adv., Mr. R. Basant, Sr. Adv., Mr. Saurabh Soni, Adv., Mr. Akshay Girish Ringe, AOR, Mr. Ravi Prakash Mehrotra, Sr.Adv., Mr. Apoorv Srivatava, Adv., Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR, Mr. Vinod Diwakar, AAG, Mr. J. K. Das, Sr. Adv., Mr. Garvesh Kabra, AOR, Mr. B. N. Dubey, Adv., Mr. Vishal Kumar Singh, Adv., Mr. Srinivas Vishven, Adv., Mr. Dhawal Uninan, Adv., Mr. Dhawal Uniyal, Adv., Mr. Garvesh Kabra, AOR, Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, AOR, Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv., Mr. Alok Pandey, Adv., Mr. Prateek Som, Adv., Mr. Sudhir S. Rawat, Adv., Mr. Vishrov Mukerjee, Adv., Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv., Mr. Alok Pandey, Adv., Mr. Prateek Som, Adv., Mr. Sudhir S. Rawat, Adv., Mr. Vishrov Mukerjee, Ad, Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR, Mr. Amandeep Mehta, Adv., Mr. Gopal Prasad, AOR, Ms. Shalya Agarwal, Adv, Mr. Udit Bansal, Adv, Mr. Divyank Tyagi, Adv, Ms. Divya Sharma, Adv., Mr. Suryajyoti Singh,Adv., Mr. Gopal Jha, AOR, Mr. Parijat Kishore, AOR, Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv., Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR, Mr. Anuj Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Prem Prakash, AOR Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Mr. Ravinder Kumar Yadav, AOR Mr. Sanjay Kumar Dubey, AOR Mr. Sarthak Arora, Adv. Ms. Nidhi, AOR Mr. Shree Pal Singh, AOR Mr. Gaurav Sharma, AOR Mr. Avinash Sharma, AOR Mr. Rajeev Singh, AOR Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, AOR M/S. V. Maheshwari & Co., AOR Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, AOR Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. s.K. Rajora, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. E. Vinay Kumar, Adv. Ms. Suriti S. Sinde, Adv. Ms. Deepti Rane, Adv. Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR Mrs. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR Mr. Varun K. Chopra, Adv. M/S. Vkc Law Offices, AOR Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR Mr. S. K. Verma, AOR Mr. Vishal Prasad, AOR Mr. Shree Prakash Sinha, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Mishra, Adv. Ms. Mohua Sinha, Adv. Mr. Nawalendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shekhar Kumar, AOR Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Mr. Satinder S. Gulati, Adv. Mrs. Kamaldeep Gulati, AOR Mr. Anish R. Shah, AOR Mr. Krishnamohan K., AOR Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR Mr. Himanshu Bhushan, AOR Mr. Kanishk Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Shashank Singh, Adv. Mr. Madhav Saraswat, Adv. Mr. Pushkin Chaudhary, Adv. Ms. Chitra Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. K.P. Singh, Adv. Mr. Prashant Chaudhary, AOR Mr J P Pathak Adv Mr. Kumar Mihir, AOR Ms. Garima Bajaj, AOR Mr. Raghavendra Mohan Bajaj, Adv. Mr. Samar Singh Kachwaha, Adv. Mr. Agnish Aditya, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Bansal, Adv. Mr. Karan Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vivek Narayan Sharma, AOR Mr. Ajay Pratap Singh, Adv Mr. Rajbir Singh Bal, Adv Mr. Sushant Prakash, Adv Mr. Rishabh Shukla, Adv Ms. Manisha Ambwani, AOR Mr. M C Dhingra, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Bansal, Adv. Mr. Subhash Chandra, Adv. Mr. Govind Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Shukla, Adv. Dr. Vinod Kumar Tewari, AOR Mr. Vivek Jain, AOR Mr. Zulfiquar Menon, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar Shekhari, Adv. Mr. Nitin Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mrinal Bharti, Adv. Mr. M C Dhingra, Adv. Mr. Govind Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Paridhi Singh, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Shukla, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Dhingra, AOR Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Mr. Amandeep Mehta, Adv. Mr. Amitabh Kr. Chaubey, AAG Mr. Anand Shankar, AOR Mr. R. K. Rathore, Adv. Ms. Jaspreet Gogia, AOR

Headnote:(A) Indian Penal Code, 1860 - Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 409, 201, 120B; Companies Act, 2013 - Section 76A; RBI Act - Section 58B(4A) - Consolidation of multiple FIRs related to the Bike Bot Scheme - Supreme Court has ordered the consolidation of 118 FIRs into one principal FIR to avoid multiplicity of proceedings, ensuring expedity and public interest. - FIR No.206/2019 is designated as the principal FIR for further proceedings. (Paras 10-12)

(B) Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 - Section 161 - The supplementary charge sheet in the consolidated FIR will include all relevant statements from the separate FIRs merged into it. The trial is to proceed from the stage of the supplementary charge sheet. (Paras 13-15)

(C) Writ Procedure - Lifecycle of the writ petitions is partly allowed, with the status of FIRs addressed as they flow from one scheme or scheme operator. (Paras 19-20)

Table of Content
1. reliefs sought regarding multiple firs (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8)
2. principal fir identified for consolidation (Para 9 , 10 , 11)
3. court's order on firs and investigation (Para 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19)
4. partially allowed writ petitions concerning consolidation (Para 20)
5. disposition of pending applications (Para 21)

ORDER :

1. By way of these writ petitions, the petitioners have sought overlapping reliefs concerning Bike Bot Scheme. In Writ Petition (Crl.) No.197/2021, following reliefs have been claimed by the petitioner:

b) Grant bail to the Petitioner and direct his release from custody with respect to all the F.I.R.s emanating out of the Bike Bot Scheme registered within the jurisdiction of Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and at any other place without the knowledge of the Petitioner and/or,

c) Grant protection to the Petitioner in all the FIRs already lodged and in all the future FIRs with regard to Bike Bot Scheme, wherein the Petitioner will be arrayed as Accused, and/or,

d) In the alternative grant bail to the Petitioner on interim basis till such time that his bail applications pending before the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad are finally adjudicated upon and decided by the High Court upon resumption of normal bail hearings and/or

e) any other Order this Hon'ble Court deems fit in the present case.

2. In Writ Petition (Crl.) No.292/2021, the petitioner has sought following reliefs:

B. Consolidate and club all the FIRs in regard to Bike Bot Scheme, wherein the petitioner has been arrayed and will be arrayed as accused; and;

C. Grant bail to the Petitioner and direct his release from custody with respect to FIR No.385/2019, dated 03.04.2019 (Annexure P-8) and FIR No.697/2019, dated 11.07.2019 (Annexure P-11) registered with P.S. Dadri, Gautam Budh Nagar, Noida, U.P., list of FIRs annexed as Annexure P 20 and other FIRs emanating out of the Bike Bot Scheme registered or to be registered within the jurisdiction of Uttar Pradesh and at any other place; and;

D. Quash all proceedings qua the Petitioner in FIR No.385/2019, dated 03.04.2019 (Annexure P-8) and FIR No.697/2019, dated 11.07.2019 (Annexure P-11) registered with P.S. Dadri, Gautam Budh Nagar, Noida, U.P., list of FIRs annexed as Annexure P-20 and other FIRs emanating from the Bike Bot Scheme already lodged in the state of Uttar Pradesh, except FIR No.866 of 2019, registered by PS Dadri, Gautam Budh Nagar and that all the FIRs so quashed be treated as section 162 Cr.P.C. statements and be merged with the lead investigation in FIR no.866 of 2019; and

E. Grant protection of no coercive action to the Petitioner in all the FIRs already lodged and in all the future FIRs with regard to Bike Bot Scheme, wherein the Petitioner will be arrayed as Accused, and;

F. Pending the adjudication of this Petition, stay all coercive action/arrest against the Petitioner in all the FIRs already lodged and in all the future FIRs with regard to Bike Bot Scheme, wherein the Petitioner will be arrayed as Accused;

G. Pass any other Order this Hon'ble Court deems fit in the facts and circumstances in the present case.

3. In Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 452/2021, following reliefs have been claimed by the petitioner:

b) Grant bail to the Petitioner and direct his release