Supreme Court of India
State Inspector of Police, Visakhapatnam v. Surya Sankaram Karri
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the impugned judgment need not be interfered with.
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988-Sections 13(2) and 17- Conviction under, for possession of assets disproportionate to known sources of income-Correctness of-Held: Sanction for prosecution of Chief Commercial Inspector was accorded by officer who was not authorized in law, thus being without jurisdiction, is nullity-Investigation was carried out by officers not under authorization of Superintendent of Police, thus wholly illegal-Also investigation was not conducted in fair manner, as such Inspector suffered miscarriage of justice-Thus, order of High Court setting aside the conviction
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Maharana Pratap Singh v. The State of Bihar & Ors
- 2022 Zakir Abdul Mirajkar v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
Of those, 1 referred to · 1 not applicable
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