Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 221 · Decided 6 May 1998
State of Bihar v. Kamla Prasad Singh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 221 · [1998] 3 S.C.R. 201
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 769/1989
- Decided
- 6 May 1998
- Bench
- G.T. NANAVATI, S.P. KURDUKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 190, 197, 202, 102
Headnote
B ' Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 : Sections 190, 197 and 202-Prosecution of police officials-Cognizance of offence by Magistrate-Requirement of sanction of Government- c Magistrate, after inquiry uls 202, coming to conclusion that police officials appeared to have acted while discharging or without a proper sanction by the Government. A complaint was filled by respondent No. 1 in the Court of Chief D b.. Judicial Magistrate, Patna alleging that a police party comprising respondents no. 2 to 4 raided his house without any warrant of search and assaulted his wife, abused her and
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