Supreme Court of India

Ajay Agarwal v. Union of India and Ors

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Reported as [1993] 3 S.C.R. 543

Decided 5 May 1993

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What the Court ordered

We hold that sanction under section 188 is not a condition precedent to take cognizance of the offence.

Judgment, page 24

Where later benches applied it

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2025 Gurdeep Singh v. The State of Punjab referred to
2024 Ram Prakash Chadha v. The State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2022 Mohammad Irfan v. State of Karnataka referred to
2014 State through Cbi New Delhi v. Jitender Kumar Singh referred to
2013 Yakub Abdul Razak Memon v. The State of Maharashtra, through Cbi, Bombay referred to
2012 Baliya@ Bal Kishan v. State of M.P. referred to
2011 Thota Venkateswarlu v. State of A.P. Tr. Princl. Sec. & Anr. referred to

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