Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 521 · Decided 24 July 2015
Nanjappa v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 521 · [2015] 8 S.C.R. 685
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1867/2012
- Decided
- 24 July 2015
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, AMITAVA ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 465; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 19
Headnote
A s· Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988: s.19 - Sanction required uls. 19- Competency of trial court to take cognizance C of offence alleged against the public servant - Held: In the absence of a valid previous sanction required uls.19 of the Act, the trial Court is not competent to take of such sanction can be raised at any stage of the proceedings - D. The competence of the court trying the accused depends upon the existence of a valid sanction - In case the sanction is found to be invalid, the court can discharge the accused relegating the parties to a ~tage where the
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