Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 40 · Decided 10 February 1987
K. CH. Prasad v. SMT. J.VANALATHA Devi and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 40 · [1987] 2 S.C.R. 216
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 829/1985
- Decided
- 10 February 1987
- Bench
- G.L. OZA, M.M. DUTT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 120(b), 467, 471; CrPC Section 197
Headnote
F G K. CH. PRASAD v. SMT. J.VANALATHA DEVI AND ORS. FEBRUARY 10, 1987 [G.L. OZA AND M.M. DUTT, JJ] Criminal Procedure Code, 1973-s.197-Applicab/e only when public servant not removable from office save by or with sanction of ~ Government-Officer of nationalised bank-Though 'public servant' being filed nnder s. 120(b) read with ss.467 and 47 I of the Indian Penal Code, the Metropolitan Magistrate summoned the appellant and thereafter rejected his objection abont the maintaina­ bility of his prosecution for want of sanction under s. 197 of the Crimi­ nal Procedure
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