Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab & Anr. v. Mohammed Iqbal Bhatti

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Reported as [2009] 11 S.C.R. 790
Bench S.B. Sinha and Deepak Verma JJ.
Decided 31 July 2009

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.197 - State's power of review in the matter of grant of sanction in terms of s.197 - c Sanction for prosecution refused by competent authority - Matter again placed before competent authority after about 2 years and sanction granted - High Court holding that State had no power of review - Interference with - Held: Not called for - High Court had perused the entire records and arrived at a finding of fact that no fresh material was placed before the competent authority for reconsidering the matter- Perusal of earlier order showed that before the competent

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