Abu Talib Husain And Another vs State Of U.P. And Another on 22 August, 2023
9. Therefore, for applicability of Section-197 Cr.P.C. even for the person who are deemed to be servant under any statute other than IPC, he must be removable by or with the sanction of Central or the State Government. Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Manish Trivedi Vs. State of Rajasthan reported in (2014) 14 SCC 420 observed that if any act creates a legal fiction to a particular category of employee by adopting the condition of Section-197 Cr.P.C. then those employees are entitled to get the protection of Section-197 Cr.P.C. In the above mentioned judgement, Section-87 of Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 1959 created legal fiction that members of municipal board will be deemed to be public servant as per Section-21 IPC but the word 'Government' mentioned in Section-197 Cr.P.C. was deemed to be substituted by municipal board and for that reason member of municipal board Rajasthan was declared as public servant for the purpose of Section-197 Cr.P.C. Paragraph no.14 of the Manish Trivedi Vs. State of Rajasthan (supra) is being reproduced as under: