119 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA CHANDIGARH CRM-M-37769-2025 (O&M) Date of Decision: 18.07.2025 MAULANA ARSHAD HUSSAIN …Petitioner V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Ms. Sunita Gupta Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Geeta Sharma, DAG Haryana. **** HARPREET SINGH BRAR J. (Oral) Present petition has been filed under Section 528 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking issuance of directions to learned trial Courts that 45 FIRs, lodged against the petitioner at Police Stations, Nagina, Ferozepur Jhirka, Sadar Nuh, Rozka Meo and Pinangwan, all within District Nuh (Mewat), be conducted before a single competent Court District Nuh (Mewat) as the same are pending before learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Nuh, Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Ferozepur Jhirka, Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Pinangwan, District Mewat as is apparent from case status of these FIRs (Annexures P-9 to P-48). Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is facing trial in 45 different FIRs and the trial of those FIRs are commencing before different Judicial Magistrate(s) Ist Class and all the FIRs have been registered within the jurisdiction of District Nuh and the cases are listed before the concerned Courts falling with the jurisdiction of the same district and attending the trial before different Judicial Magistrate(s) Ist Class is causing grave inconvenience and hardship to the petitioner. Further, it would also be causing inconvenience to the prosecution witness also, which would AJAY GOSWAMI 2025.07.18 17:26 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CRM-M-37769-2025 (O&M) -2- delay the conclusion of the trial. Therefore, he prays for assigning trials of all the 45 FIRs filed against the petitioner to one Judicial Magistrate. Notice of motion. Ms. Geeta Sharma, DAG Haryana, who is present in the Court accepts notice on behalf of respondents and opposes the prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner for clubbing of all the FIRs, however, she submits that it would be in the interest of expeditious disposal of trial, if all the 45 FIRs registered against the petitioner, may be listed before the same Court. In view of the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case and also in the interest of justice, learned District & Sessions Judge, Nuh is directed to assign trial of all 45 FIRs registered against the petitioner, to one Judicial Magistrate Ist Class in the District Nuh in order to expeditiously dispose of all the FIRs. Present petition is disposed of in aforesaid terms. (HARPREET SINGH BRAR) 18.07.2025 JUDGE Ajay Goswami Whether speaking/reasoned Yes/No Whether reportable Yes/No AJAY GOSWAMI 2025.07.18 17:26 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document