JUDGMENT :-

Swatanter Kumar, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. A cardinal question of public importance and one that is likely to arise more often than not in relation to the lodging of the First Information Report (FIR) with the aid of Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short, ‘the Code’) or otherwise independently within the ambit of Section 154 of the Code is as to whether there can be more than one FIR in relation to the same incident or different incidents arising from the same occurrence.

3. The above question arises from the factual matrix which, shorn of the unnecessary details, can be stated as follows:

4. On 16th November, 2007, one Parvez Parwaz, Respondent No.2, claiming himself to be a social activist filed an application under Section 156(3) in the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gorakhpur. According to this complaint, one Mahant Aditya Nath Yogi, Member of Parliament and leader of an unregistered organization called the Hindu Yuva Vahini had been spreading hatred amongst Hindus and Muslims for a number of years and has also been causing fear amongst the Muslim community and harming them, demolishing the properties of Muslims and carrying out other a