Supreme Court of India

Central Bureau of Investigation v. Jagat Ram

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Reported as [2024] 12 S.C.R. 533
Bench Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 3 December 2024

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, we allow the appeal and set aside the judgment and order dated 10.05.2017 in CRA-S-No. 1192-SB of 2002 by the High Court to the extent that it set aside the sanction and the consequent acquittal.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Respondent was convicted u/ss.7, 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2), Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 by the Trial Court. High Court acquitted the respondent holding that the findings of the Trial Court were based on evidence however, as regards the issue of sanction it found that though the sanction order was proved but the official who gave the sanction was not examined. Appeal by CBI. Whether the irregularity of the sanction order, if any, has occasioned or resulted in a failure of justice. Headnotes† Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – ss.19, 19(3)(a), (4) – Previous sanction

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