A special court here in Maharashtra has ordered clubbing of two FIRs registered in connection with the lynching of three persons, including two sadhus, in the Palghar district in April 2020 "to avoid wastage of time and resources and to avoid multiplicity of litigations".

The order to club the two FIRs was passed by additional sessions judge Rajesh Gupta on August 12 based on an application filed by the prosecution. A copy of the order was made available on Saturday.