Supreme Court · 1970 INSC 98 · Decided 20 April 1970
Bhagwan Prasad Srivastava v. N. P. Misra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1970 INSC 98 · [1971] 1 S.C.R. 317
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 139/1967
- Decided
- 20 April 1970
- Bench
- A.N. RAY, I.D. DUA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 197
Headnote
Code of Cr'mi11al P•ocedure, (5 of 1898) s. 191-Scope of. 317 The respondent filed a complaint stating that the appellant, a civil surgeon used defamatory and abusive words and got the respondent push­ ed out by the cook of the hospital. On the question whether tlie case was covered by s. Court could take cognizance Cit the complaint, HELD : The case was not coveced by s. 197 Cr. P.C. The object and purpose underlying section 197 Cr. P.C. is to afford protection to public servants against frivolous, vexatious or false prosecution for offences alleged to have been committed by
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