New Delhi: The Allahabad High Court has said that registering a second FIR in a case with the same background is legally valid if it reveals new facts and/or concerns different offences, rejecting the argument that only one FIR can be filed related to an incident.

A two-judge bench of Justices Chandra Dhari Singh and Lakshmi Kant Shukla dismissed a plea by four men, who had sought to quash an FIR on a forgery case related to a fake business and stay their arrest.

“The present FIR discloses new and distinct offences allegedly committed after registration of the first case. The bar against a second FIR operates only where both relate to the same incident or transaction,” the court said in its 30 October order. Show Full Article

The two FIRs

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