IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VISHAL MISHRA ON THE 9th OF OCTOBER, 2025 WRIT PETITION No. 38532 of 2025 RAVI SHANKAR TIWARI @ RAVI AND OTHERS Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Appearance:

Shri Vishal Vincent Rajendra Daniel - Advocate for the petitioner.

Shri A.S.Baghel - V.S. Choudhary - Government Advocates for the respondents/State.

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The present petition has been filed seeking the following reliefs :-

“7.1. Issue a writ of Mandamus directing that the subsequent nine (09) FIRs i.e.:

Crime No. 649/2024 at P.S. Kotwali - Tikamgarh, Crime No.650/2024 at P.S. Kotwali - Tikamgarh, Crime No.65 1/2024 at P.S. Kotwali - Tikamgarh, Crime No.652/2024 at P.S. Kotwali - Tikamgarh, Crime No.604/2024 at P.S. Kotwali - Damoh, Crime No.570/2024 at P.S. Chanderi -Ashok Nagar, Crime No.897/2024 at P.S. Basoda - Vidisha, Crime No.067/2025 at P.S. Kotwali - Ashok Nagar and Crime No.390/2025 at P.S. Seronj - Vidisha Registered within the State of Madhya Pradesh relating to non-

payment of depositors’ maturity amounts be clubbed and proceeded with the principal FIR No. 273/2024 dated 31.07.2024 at Police Station Palera, District - Tikamgarh, M.P., by treating the said FIR as the Principal FIR, in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court;

Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction that no further FIR containing similar allegations be registered in the State of Madhya Pradesh and all or raising from common cause of action, relating to non- payment of maturity proceeds be treated as statements under section 161 CrPC/180 BNSS in Crime No. 273/2024 at P.S. Palera, District — Tikamgarh, M.P., and accordingly be proceeded with, as per the guidelines set out by the Hon’ble Apex court;

Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction to the effect that in the cases where investigation officer had already filed police report Chalan under section 173 CrPC before the concerned Court and the concerned court has taken cognizance thereof, the said a FIRs and criminal cases would also stand transferred and merged/clubbed along with the principal FIR referred above and be tried by the Court having jurisdiction to try the case concerning the principal FIR, as-per the procedure established and elaborated by the Hon’ble Apex court; and Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction to the effect that if any accused has been granted bail in connection with the principal FIR or in any other FIR will stand club/merged, the bail so granted in favour of any accused, must ensure/ be applicable in all cases, which have been clubbed, in favour of such accused until the Court of competent jurisdiction cancels the same for any reason including breach of any bail condition.”

2. It is argued that with respect to same act committed by the petitioner as many as 9 FIRs have been registered against him at various places in the State of Madhya Pradesh.

3. Counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that if the trial is proceeded at different places with respect to the FIR registered against the petitioner, then the petitioner will be facing great hardships, as they are required to travel at various places to participate in a proceeding and there is a possibility of different findings recorded by the Courts and as the allegations which are made against the petitioner are one and the same in all the FIRs. There is every possibility that there may be different verdicts given by the Trial Court as they are proceeding in different trials with respect to the same incident. Placing reliance upon the judgments passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of T.T.Antony Vs. State of Kerala reported in (2001) 6 SCC 181 as well as Abhishek Singh Chauhan Vs. Union of India and others reported in 2022 SCC Online SC 1936, Ravinder Singh Sidhu Vs. State of Pu