Supreme Court of India
State of Maharashtra through C.B.I. v. Mahesh G. Jain
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Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988: c s.19(1) read with ss. 7, 13(1)(d) and 2 - Public servant- Sanction for prosecution - Demand and acceptance of illegal gratification - Trial court on merits holding against accused, but acquitting him solely on the ground that sanction order was defective - Hih Court declining leave to appeal prayed by prosecution - Held: When there is an order of sanction by competent authority indicating application of mind, the same should not be lightly dealt with - Minor irregularities and flimsy technicalities are to be ignored and cannot be allowed to become tools
Authorities it was built on
- 1995 Superintendent of Police(c.b.i) v. Deepak Chowdhary and Ors.
- 1979 Mohd. Iqbal Ahmad v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- 2005 C.S. Krishnamurthy v. State of Karnataka
- 2007 State of Karnataka v. Ameer Jan
- 2010 Kootha Perumal v. State Tr. Inspector of Police, Vigilance & Anti Corruption
- 2006 R. Sundararajan v. State by D.S.P., Spe, Cbi, Chennai
Where later benches applied it
- 2019 Vinod Kumar Garg v. State (government of National Capital Territory of Delhi)
- 2013 C.B.I. v. Ashok Kumar Aggarwal
- 2024 Fuleshwar Gope v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2017 Seeni Nainar Mohammed v. State Rep. by Deputy Superintendent of Police
- 2014 P.L. Tatwal v. State of Madhya Pradesh
Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to · 1 mentioned
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