Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 406 · Decided 27 April 2017
Seeni Nainar Mohammed v. State REP. BY Deputy Superintendent of Police
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 406 · [2017] 3 S.C.R. 312
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 498/2012
- Decided
- 27 April 2017
- Bench
- PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE, R.F. NARIMAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC
Headnote
Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 - s.20A - Cognizance of offence - Prior approval of sanctioning authority - Compliance of - On facts, individual attacked by appellants with weapons, resulting in his death - Conviction of the appellants uls. J 20B rlw and 149 JPC and ss. 3(2), (3), (4) of TADA and sentenced to life imprisonment by courts below - On appeal, held: Section 20-A(l) must be construed by indicating that prior approval from the competent authority is mandatory for taking cognizance of offence punishable under TADA - However,
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