The court emphasized that the repeated registration of FIRs and the petitioner's detention were found to be legal, and the petition for habeas corpus was not maintainable.

JUDGMENT

Arvind Singh Sangwan, J. (Oral). - On oral request of learned counsel for the petitioner, the main case is taken up for hearing for today itself.

Annexures A-1 to A-3 attached with CRM-W-1125-2021 are taken on record.

Prayer in this petition is for issuance of a writ in the nature of habeas corpus directing the official respondents to release the petitioner, who is presently confined in District Jail, Kurukshetra, in pursuance to his arrest in FIR No.96 dated 20.04.2021 under Sections 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC and Sections 12, 12 (1)(B) of Passport Act and FIR No.118 dated 13.05.2021 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC and Section 71 of Information and Technology Act, both registered at Police Station City Pehowa, District Kurukshetra as well as to quash the remand order dated 31.05.2021 and the order dated 05.07.2021 passed in aforesaid FIRs by the Illaqa Magistrate respectively, being illegal and erroneous.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner stands arrested in five FIRs, details of which are given as below: -

Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the allegations levelled in all five FIRs are similar in nature and are arising out of the same incident, therefore, repeated registration of the FIRs or repeated arrest of the petitioner is illegal and his custody is also illegal and he should be released from the custody by issuing a writ in the nature of habeas corpus. It is further submitted as under: -

(a) FIR No.63 was got registered on a complaint given by SSP, Amritsar with the allegations that one Harmanjit Singh, arrested by Amritsar Police, is a gangster and during investigation, it has come to notice of the police that said gangster Harmanjit Singh got a passport bearing No.T388936 issued from Passport Office, Chandigarh and address mentioned on the same is Ward No.14, Fauji Plot, Pehowa, Kurukshetra. On verification, it was found that address of the gangster was found to be fake and he obtained the passport on the basis of fake documents, therefore, action be taken against the person, who has prepared the fake documents.

(b) Later on, the petitioner was arrested in FIR No.70 got registered by one Naveen Puri with the allegations that the petitioner is habitual in preparation of fake passports by preparing false and fake documents and is helping the criminals in running away from India, by charging huge amount. Certain instances have been given in the FIR, wherein the persons, who are involved in FIR under Section 307 IPC, were helped by the peti