Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 50 · Decided 7 January 2025
The State of Punjab v. Hari Kesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 50 · [2025] 1 S.C.R. 651
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 104/2025
- Decided
- 7 January 2025
- Bench
- BELA M. TRIVEDI, PRASANNA BHALACHANDRA VARALE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 19(3), 19(4), 7, 13(2)
Headnote
Whether the High Court was justified in quashing the Sanction Order and setting aside the proceedings arising therefrom, thereby allowing the petition filed by the accused. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Whether High Court was correct in quashing commenced and the prosecution had already examined seven witnesses - Correctness: Held: The petition for quashing of Sanction Order was filed by the respondent after the trial court framed the charge and commenced the trial, rather after the prosecution examined five witnesses -
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