Supreme Court of India

Abdul Wahab Ansari v. State of Bihar and Anr.

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Bench G.B. Pattanaik, M.B. Shah and S.N. Phukan JJ.
Decided 17 October 2000

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Criminal Procedure Code, 1973: Section 197(1) Public servant-Commission of offence while discharging official duty­ Congnizance of-Plea regarding previous sanction from Appropriate Authority-Raising of-At what stage-Held, can be raised at any stage of proceeding and there is no need to wait for taking such plea till the framing of charge. · Public servant-Appointed as Duty Magistrate to remove the encroachment-Order for firing to control the mob at the encroachment site resulting in death of a person and injuring serval others-Held, the action of the public servant to order open firing was in…

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