Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 171 · Decided 18 March 2013

State of Uttarakhand v. Yogendra Nath Arora

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
2013 INSC 171 · [2013] 5 S.C.R. 233
Case number
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 459/2013
Decided
18 March 2013
Bench
C.K. PRASAD, V. GOPALA GOWDA (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Dismissed
Case type
Criminal
Acts & sections cited
Prevention of Corruption Act Section 19(1)(c)

Headnote

A B Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - s.19(1)(c) - Sanction for prosecution - Competent authority - Employee of an C undertaking of the State of Uttar Pradesh - Consequently taken on deputation and posted in a undertaking of the State of Uttarakhand - While working there, case lodged rlw s. 13(1 )(d) and 13(2) of the Act - Respondent repatriated on the same day to his parent D organization by the State Government of Uttarakhand which also granted sanction for his prosecution - High Court quashed prosecution holding that the State Government of the Uttar Pradesh was competent

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