Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 86 · Decided 13 February 2001
Seeta Hemchandra Shashittal and ANR. ETC. v. State of Maharashtra and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 86 · [2001] 1 S.C.R. 990
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 176/2001
- Decided
- 13 February 2001
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC; Constitution Article 21; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 5(2), 13(2)
Headnote
Prevention of Corruption Act. 1947/Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988-Section 5(2)/ Section 13(2) read with Section 13(/)(e). C Offences relating to corruption-Cogni::.ance of-Period for completing investigation-Non-prescription of-A public sen•ant booked for acquiring assets far in excess of involving voluminous records, large number of properties situated at various places and hundreds of documents regarding shares, fixed deposits etc. required to be scrutinised-Government taking two years to D accord sanction for prosecution-Such delay not attributable to investigating
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