Supreme Court of India

State of Madhya Pradesh v. Sheetla Sahai & Ors.

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Reported as [2009] 12 S.C.R. 1048

Bench S.B. Sinha and Cyriac Joseph JJ.

Decided 4 August 2009

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From the headnote

CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973: Section 197 - Sanction for prosecution - Whether public servants act in their official capacity or purport to act in their official capacity such action would attract the provisions of Section 197 - Thus sanction for prosecution was required to be obtained - Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - Sections 13, 19. In this appeal on the basis of the facts of the case and contentions raised on both sides, the main question that arose for consideration was whether sanction for prosecution in terms of Section 197 Cr.P. . was required to be obtained. Dismissing the

Authorities it was built on

1955 Matajog Dobey v. H. C. Bhari cited by 16
2006 Sankaran Moitra v. Sadhna Das and Anr. cited by 16

Where later benches applied it

2016 Amal Kumar J Ha v. State of Chhatisgarh & Anr. relied on
2012 General Officer Commanding v. Cbi and Anr relied on
2015 Prof. N. K. Ganguly v. Cbi New Delhi referred to
2013 Gulam Sarbar v. State of Bihar (now Jharkhand) referred to
2012 N.V. Subba Rao v. State, through Inspector of Police, Cbi/spe,visakhapatnam, A.P. referred to
2023 Tarun Kumar v. Assistant Director Directorate of Enforcement mentioned
2017 State Represented by Deputy Superintendent of Police v. K. N. Nehru Etc. distinguished

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 distinguished · 3 referred to · 1 mentioned

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