The petitioner, Alok Sarkar, filed a writ petition before the Gauhati High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, challenging the registration of four successive FIRs against him by different police stations across Assam (Rangia, Dispur, Tihu, and Dhula) based on substantially identical allegations relating to an alleged fraud in a government skill development programme worth Rs. 80 crores. The petitioner contended that all four FIRs contained verbatim or near-identical allegations concerning the same transactions involving two private companies, and that the multiple FIRs were filed with mala fide intent solely to harass him. He argued that under the Cr.P.C., only the first FIR in respect of a cognizable offence is legally maintainable and that subsequent FIRs on the same cause of action constitute an abuse of the process of law. The petitioner prayed for consolidation/clubbing of all subsequent FIRs (Dispur P.S. Case No. 2365/2022, Tihu P.S. Case No. 100/2022, and Dhula P.S. Case No. 268/2022) with the first FIR registered as Rangia P.S. Case No. 673/2022 for a single investigation by Rangia Police Station. The judgment text provided does not record the final order or outcome of the court.