Supreme Court of India

P.K. Pradhan v. State of Sikkim Represented by the Central Bureau

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Bench G.B. Pattanaik, S.N. Phukan and B.N. Agrawal JJ.

Decided 24 July 2001

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Section 197. Public servant-Prosecution of-Sanction-Requirement of-Held: There has to be a reasonable connection between the act complained of and the discharge of official duty-If there is no such reasonable connection no sanction is required-Question of sanction can be raised any time after cognizance, at the time of conclusion of trial or even after conviction-The question of sanction may be left open to be decided in the main judgment- .…

Authorities it was built on

1954 Shreekantiah Rama Yya Munipalli v. The State of Bombay cited by 28
1955 Matajog Dobey v. H. C. Bhari cited by 18

Where later benches applied it

2019 Station House Officer, Cbi/acb/bangalore v. B.A. Srinivasan and Anr. relied on
2024 Directorate of Enforcement v. Bibhu Prasad Acharya, Etc. referred to
2024 Fuleshwar Gope v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2016 Surinderjit Singh Mand & Anr. v. State of Punjab & Anr. referred to
2015 Sonu Gupta v. Deepak Gupta & Ors. referred to

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