Supreme Court of India
K.karunakaran v. State of Kerala
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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-Section 197-Prosecution without Sanction-Challenged-High Court holding sanction not necessary since the person was not holding the office when cognizance was taken-Additional a/legation of victimization by prosecution due to ma/a fides and political rivalry in view of certain facts brought on record-Held: Decision of High Court regarding status on the date of taking cognizance justified-Since the additional facts regarding allegation of mala fides not brought to the notice of High Court, direction to High Court to consider the plea relating to malafides.
Where later benches applied it
- 2011 Abhay Singh Chautala v. C.b.i
- 2022 Himanshu Kumar and Others v. State of Chhattisgarh and Others
- 2018 Common Cause (a Regd. Society) & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 mentioned
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