New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it will not direct clubbing of FIRs against a man accused of defrauding thousands of investors across states, while rejecting the plea of ​​Saga Group’s Sameer Aggarwal, who fled to Dubai after allegedly misappropriating the maturity amount of Rs 10,000 crore of depositors in a co-operative society.Appearing for the absconding accused, senior advocate R Basant told a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalaia Bagchi that the court had in the past clubbed FIRs together if they were based on the same basic allegations, to save the accused from having to travel from one state to another to attend the trial.CJI Kant said that when a person cheats thousands of investors, each incident becomes the subject of an independent FIR. There are 33 FIRs against Agarwal in UP, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana for failing to pay maturity amounts to depositors.“Putting together the primaries is a boon for the accused. Those who are cheated have to travel long distances to testify before the court, while the accused enjoys sitting at one place. The investigating agencies should catch this person and bring him to India to face trial,” it said. “If a group of duped people come together to club an FIR, the court will take it into consideration. Our approach must be victim-centric.” It said that if the accused deposits Rs 10,000 crore for refund, the court will consider his plea.