Supreme Court of India

Ram Kumar v. State of Haryana

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Reported as [1987] 1 S.C.R. 991
Bench M.P. Thakkar and B.C. Ray JJ.
Decided 13 January 1987

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Criminal Procedure Code, 1973: Sections 132(a) & 197(2)- Armed Forces/Forces charged with maintenance of public order- Prosecution of-Safeguards-Whether a sanction to prosecute can sur- rogate for a sanction to take cognizance. The Trial Court, without any previous sanction of the State Government under s.197 Cr.P. . took cognizance in respect of a charge, that the appellant bad, in the purported discharge of bis duties, used force in excess of what was necessary and thereby committed an offence. The High Court, in appeal by the appellant, however, took the view that inasmuch as the State

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