Supreme Court of India

Suresh Kumar Bhikamchand Jain v. Pandey Ajay Bhushan and Ors.

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Reported as [1997] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 524
Bench G.N. Ray and G.B. Pattanaik JJ.
Decided 27 November 1997

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-Section 197-Criminal complaint against Government servants-Sanction for prosecution from government- Want of-Plea of bar against cognizance-Raising of-Held, question of sanction can be considered at any stage of the proceedings-The question of sanction should not be confused with the scheme of trial-The usual procedure of leading evidence against the merits of the prosecution case by way of defence evidence is not required to be followed for bringing materials in support of plea of bar for want of sanction. Practice and Procedure-Jurisdictional error-Plea

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