Supreme Court of India

The State (nct) of Delhi v. Khimji Bhai Jadeja

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Bench Sanjay Kumar and Alok Aradhe JJ.
Decided 6 January 2026

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What the Court ordered

Viewed thus, we set aside the answers on questions (a) & (b) by the Division Bench of the High Court. The judgment dated 08.07.2019 passed by the High Court of Delhi in Criminal Reference No. 1 of 2014 is, accordingly, set aside to that extent. The appeal is allowed in the aforestated terms.

Judgment, 23

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose as regards the consolidation of FIRs; and whether or not the offences allegedly committed against the 1,852 complainants were part of the ‘same transaction’. Headnotes† Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss. 218-223 – Consolidation/ clubbing of FIRs – FIR registered u/ss. 420 and 120B IPC that accused and his accomplices, including the respondent induced large number of people to invest their monies and duped them by falsely claiming to triple money in a few days – Investigation revealed that altogether 1,852 victims cheated to the tune of ₹46.40 crores…

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