The court held that, Criminal law does not recognise the terms ‘same cause of action’. A per se FIR cannot be cancelled once evidence implicating the petitioner in a conspiracy has been discovered. As soon as an accused makes an attempt to commit an offence, they are subject to punishment, and many offences of this nature can be charged simultaneously. When the facts and circumstances of the case warrant it, a person may be charged with both offences concurrently under Sections 138 of the NI Act and 420 of the IPC.
