Supreme Court of India
Seeta Hemchandra Shashittal and Anr. Etc. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
For the aforesaid reasons we are not inclined to quash the criminal prosecution merely on the ground of delay highlighted by the appellants.
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
Prevention of Corruption Act. 1947/Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988-Section 5(2)/ Section 13(2) read with Section 13(/)(e). Offences relating to corruption-Cogni::.ance of-Period for completing investigation-Non-prescription of- public sen•ant booked for acquiring assets far in excess of his known sources of income-Charges heel filed after a long delay-Case involving voluminous records, large number of properties situated at various places and hundreds of documents regarding shares, fixed deposits etc. required to be scrutinised-Government taking two years to accord sanction for
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