Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 304 · Decided 24 July 2001
P.K. Pradhan v. State of Sikkim Represented BY the Central Bureau
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 304 · [2001] 3 S.C.R. 1119
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1118/2000
- Decided
- 24 July 2001
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, S.N. PHUKAN, B.N. AGRAWAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 5(2); CrPC Section 197; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 5(2), 5, 13(2), 13, 5(1)(d)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Section 197. A B Public servant-Prosecution of-Sanction-Requirement of-Held: C There has to be a reasonable connection between the act complained of and the discharge of official duty-If there is no such reasonable connection no sanction is required-Question of at the time of conclusion of trial or even after conviction-The question of sanction may be left open to be decided in the main judgment- D . Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, Ss. 5(2) and 5(/)(d)-Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Ss. 13(2) and 13(/)(d). A charge sheet was filed
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