Supreme Court · 1983 INSC 42 · Decided 19 April 1983
Manohar Nath Kaul v. State of Jammu & Kashmir
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1983 INSC 42 · [1983] 2 S.C.R. 791
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 677/1980
- Decided
- 19 April 1983
- Bench
- D.A. DESAI, RANGANATH MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 420; CrPC Section 197(1), 197
Headnote
Crin1inal Procedure Code-s. 197 (1)- Public Servant charged wlth the offence of cheating-When sanction for prosecution necessary? Section 197 (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides that when a public servant is accused of any offence alleged to have been committed by him while acting or offence without the previous sanction of the appropriate govern_ment. The appellant. who was Regional Offi~er of the Directorate of Field Publicity of the Governn1ent of India, travelled by air by obtafning air tickets in lieu of exchange orders. Under the rules, the cost of the~e tickets was
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