The court emphasized the need for timely judicial proceedings while addressing FIRs consolidated in prior orders concerning investigations.

ORDER

1. During the course of the hearing it is brought to our notice that the FIRs of the investigation in relation to the Project in question were clubbed/consolidated by this Court in these proceedings vide order dated 12.05.2022.

2. The instant petitioner in relation to a dispute, unrelated to the issue in question, preferred an application under Section 482 of Cr. P.C. before the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad being Application No.25724 of 2022 in which the further proceedings in case No.1559 of 2019 arising out of the first F.I.R being No 353 of 2015 registered against the present petitioner stands stayed. At the time, when this Court had passed the order of clubbing of the FIRs and the investigation in relation thereto, there were just 41 + 5 = 46 FIRs.

3. Shri Garvesh Kabra, learned Standing Counsel for the State of Uttar Pradesh has invited our attention to the fact, by placing on record document indicating that at least 55 FIRs stand registered against the instant petitioner.

4. We notice that the FIR, first point in time i.e. 353 of 2015 dated 09.06.2015 was registered only under Section 406 IPC. Whereas subsequent several FIRs are registered under Sections 406 , 420,467, 468, 471, 504, 506, 389 and 120B of IPC and in almost all the FIRs not only the investigation is complete but the Trial Court has taken cognizance.

5. We are also informed that the SLP (Crl.)Dy. No.39376/2025 arising from the order passed in Crl. Miscellaneous Application No.25724 of 2022 preferred by one of the parties, before this Court, was disposed of vide order dated 28.07.2025 with a request to the High Court to decide the said application expeditiously, and preferably within a period of three months from the date of passing of the order i.e.28.07.2025. We are informed that till date no progress has been made therein.

6. Shri Gopal Sankaranarayanan, learned senior counsel submits that to this effect an I.A. No.285421/2025 already stands filed seeking clarification of our order dated 12.05.2022. Let reply to this application be filed before the next date of hearing. In fact, copy thereof can be handed over to us in the Court during the course of the proceedings.

7. Ordinarily, today itself we would have transmitted the record of Application filed under section 482 of Cr.PC. being No.25724/2022 from the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad to this Court and ourselves dealt with the matter on merits, but however, we refrain from doing so at this point in time, but direct the Registrar General of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad to send a soft copy of the said file to this Court latest by Monday i.e.on 09.02.2026.

8. Registrar (Judl.)concerned of this Court is directed to forthwith communicate this order to the Registrar General of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad.

9. We have heard Mr. Dhruv Mehta, learned senior counsel and he was on his legs when the Court rose for the day.

10. List on 09.02.2026 at 2.00 P.M.