Supreme Court · [2024] 12 S.C.R. 777 · Decided 13 December 2024
Om Prakash Yadav v. Niranjan Kumar Upadhyay & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- [2024] 12 S.C.R. 777
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 5267/2024
- Decided
- 13 December 2024
- Bench
- J.B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 197
Headnote
Issue arose as regards whether in the absence of the grant of sanction for prosecution u/s.197 CrPC, the CJM, Firozabad could have taken cognizance of the charge sheets against the respondents; and whether the offence or the act alleged to have been committed by said to have been done while acting or purporting to act in the discharge of official duty. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.197 - Prosecution of Judges and public servants - Incident of indiscriminate firing by eight persons including main accused at
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