Supreme Court of India

Indu Bhusan Chatterjee v. The State of West Bengal

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Reported as [1958] 1 S.C.R. 1001
Bench Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha J.
Decided 26 November 1957

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Pu.bLic servant-Prosecution-Sanction-Essentials of a valid sanction-Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 (2 of 1947), ss. 5 (2), 6-Indian Penal Code (Act 45 of 1860), s. 161. The appellant, a public servant, was convicted under s. 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1917, and under s. 161 of the Indian Penal Code on a charge of accepting a sum of Rs. 100 as illegal gratification. It was contended for the appellant that the conviction was bad on the ground that the sanction for his prosecution was not valid because the officer competent to sanction the prosecution (1) had not applied his

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