Supreme Court of India

Station House Officer, Cbi/acb/bangalore v. B.A. Srinivasan and Anr.

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Bench Uday Umesh Lalit, Indu Malhotra and Krishna Murari JJ.
Decided 5 December 2019

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Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947: s.19 – Requirement of sanction – Held: Sanction to prosecute public servant is not required if the public servant has already retired on the date of cognizance of the court – Thus, protection under s.19 is not available to public servant after he demitted his office or retired from service – Public servant. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.197 – Protection under s.197 is available to the public servants when an offence is said to have been committed ‘while acting or purporting to act in discharge of their official duty’, but where the acts are performed…

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