Supreme Court of India
Choudhury Parveen Sultana v. State of West Bengal and Anr.
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Code of criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 197 - Protection under - Availability of - Intimidation by police official - In the course of investigation - Complaint against - Cognizance of, taken by Magistrate - High Court quashing the proceedings holding that prior sanction u/s. 197 requir:ed before initiation of criminal proceedings, since the offence committed during discharge of official duties - On appeal, held: Protection uls. 197 is not available if the public servant misuses or exceeds its authority- On facts, acts done by the public servant cannot be said to be part of official duty -
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Where later benches applied it
- 2012 General Officer Commanding v. Cbi and Anr
- 2016 Punjab State Warehousing Corp. v. Bhushan Chander & Anr.
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