Supreme Court of India

State of Kerala v. V. Padmanabhan Nair

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Reported as [1999] 3 S.C.R. 864
Bench K.T. Thomas and M.B. Shah JJ.
Decided 14 July 1999

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we have no doubt that the High Court has committed a grave error in quashing the prosecution proceedings.

Judgment, page 6

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Indian Penal code, 1860/ Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947/Criminal Procedure Code, 1973: Sections 406, 409, 201 109 read with 120- /Section 5(2)/Section 197-Respondent employed in the Public Works Department- Defrauded Government by misappropriating steel rods in conspiracy with others-Arraigned before the Special Judge after three years of retirement alongwith others-Sought discharge on the grounfi of want of prior sanction under Section 197 Cr. P. .-Contention overruled-Respondent challenged the order in revision-Revision allowed-High Court quashed the criminal proceedings on the ground

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