Supreme Court of India

Devinder Singh & Ors. v. State of Punjab through Cbi

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Reported as [2016] 6 S.C.R. 295
Bench V. Gopala Gowda J.
Decided 25 April 2016

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Punjab Disturbed Areas Act, 1983 (as amended in 1989) - s.6 - Sanction before prosecution - Prosecution of police officials for cases alleging deaths caused in fake encounters and torture or death in police custody - After obtaining sanction from State Government and without obtaining sanction from Central Government - Need for sanction from Central Gm•ernmenl - Held: Jn case the version of prosecution is found to be correct, /here is no requireme/11 for sanction, as a public servant is not entitled to indulge in criminal activities - Howeve1; it would be open to the accused person to adduce

Where later benches applied it

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

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