Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 206 · Decided 24 March 2004
State of Orissa Through Kumar Raghvendra Singh and ORS. v. Ganesh Chandra Jew
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 206 · [2004] 3 S.C.R. 504
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 35/1998
- Decided
- 24 March 2004
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34; CrPC Section 482, 197
Headnote
OF ORISSA THROUGH KUMAR RAGHVENDRA SINGH AND ORS. V. GANESH CHANDRA JEW MARCH 24, 2004 [DORAISWAMY RAJU AND ARIJlT PASA YAT. JJ.] Code of Criminal Procedure, 197 3-Section 197-Sanclion- C Requirement of-Acting or purporting to act in discharge of official duty-­ Meaning of-Cognizance without in discharge of official duty-Cognizance without sanction is prohibited D Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973--Section 482-Quashing o}--Officers E of forest department arresting R for il/egal~v possessing ivory-Complaint flied by R alleging assault a~d maltreatment during arrest and thereafter-On
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