Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 876 · Decided 17 December 2014
State of Punjab v. Labh Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 876 · [2014] 11 S.C.R. 312
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2168/2010
- Decided
- 17 December 2014
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, UDAY UMESH LALIT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 2181409146514671120; CrPC Section 197, 173; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13
Headnote
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988: s. 13(1 )(c) rlw s.13(1)(2); Penal Code, 1860 - ss.2181409146514671120-8 - C Sanction for prosecution of retired employees - Held: Sanction to prosecute public servant for the offences under POC Act is not required if the public servant had already retired on prosecution u/s.197 Cr.P.C is available to the concerned 0 public servant even after retirement - Code of Criminal Procedure, 193 - s.197. Partly allowing the appeal, the court HELD: In the present case the public servants in E question had retired on 13.12.1999 and 30.04.2000. The sanction to
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