Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 997 · Decided 4 August 2009
State of Madhya Pradesh v. Sheetla Sahai & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 997 · [2009] 12 S.C.R. 1048
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1417/2009
- Decided
- 4 August 2009
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, CYRIAC JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 197; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13, 19
Headnote
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973: Section 197 - Sanction for prosecution - Whether public servants act in their official capacity or purport to act in their official capacity such action would attract the provisions of Section 197 - Thus sanction for prosecution was required to be obtained Act, 1988 - Sections 13, 19. In this appeal on the basis of the facts of the case and contentions raised on both sides, the main question that arose for consideration was whether sanction for prosecution in terms of Section 197 Cr.P.C. was required to be obtained. Dismissing the appeal, the
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