Supreme Court of India

K. Kalimuthu v. State by D.S.P.

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Reported as [2005] 3 S.C.R. 1

Bench Arijit Pasayat and S.H. Kapadia JJ.

Decided 30 March 2005

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From the headnote

a Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Section 197-ProteCtion under-Scope and ambit of-Sanction for prosecution of public servant-Held: Protection to public servant under Section I 97 is available if the act or omission for which he was charged had reasonable connection with the discharge of his official duty-Question relating to sanction, need not necessarily be considered as soon as complaint is filed and may be determined at a later stage of proceeding. Section 197-Applicability of-Discussed Words and phrases : Cognizance-Meaning of .· "Official" and "official duty"-Meaning of-Jn the context

Where later benches applied it

2019 The State of Telangana v. Sri Managipet @ Mangipet Sarveshwar Reddy relied on
2016 Amal Kumar J Ha v. State of Chhatisgarh & Anr. relied on
2016 Devinder Singh & Ors. v. State of Punjab through Cbi relied on
2015 Nanjappa v. State of Karnataka relied on
2023 A. Srinivasulu v. The State Rep. by the Inspector of Police referred to
2012 Dr. Subramanian Swamy v. Dr. Manmohan Singh and Another referred to
2024 Nara Chandrababu Naidu v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr. mentioned
2009 Jamiruddin Ansari v. Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr. mentioned
2006 Parkash Singh Badal and Anr. v. State of Punjab and Ors. mentioned
2006 Sankaran Moitra v. Sadhna Das and Anr. mentioned
2005 Romesh Lal Jain v. Naginder Singh Rana and Ors. mentioned
2005 State of Karnataka through Cbi v. C. Nagarajaswamy mentioned

Of those, 4 relied on · 2 referred to · 6 mentioned

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