Supreme Court of India

State through Inspector of Police, A.P. v. K. Narasimhachary

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Reported as [2005] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 197
Bench S.B. Sinha and R.V. Ra Veendran JJ.
Decided 7 October 2005

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that two views ate possible and the view of the High Court cannot be· said to be wholly improbable; it cannot be said, in view of the discussions made hereinbefore, that the materials brought on records would lead to only one conclusion, Le., the guilt of the accused.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-Section 197-Sanction for prosecution of a Government Servant given by Governor-Original order of sanction produced in court duly authenticated by authorized officer- Admissibility of-Held, it is a public document and is admissible in evidence­ Any one conversant with signature of authorized officer can prove it-Proof by experts under Sections 45, 47 of Evidence Act not necessary and High Court wrongly held otherwise-Evidence Act, 1872-Sections 76 to 78. Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988-Sections I 3(J)(d), 13(2)-Benefit of doubt-Complainant applied for

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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