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Parkash Singh Badal And Anr vs State Of Punjab And Ors on 6 December, 2006

In another judgment passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of "Prakash Singh Badal and Another Vs. State of Punjab and Others" reported in (2007) 1 SCC 1, it has 17 been held that the offence of cheating under Section 420 of Indian Penal Code or for that matter offences relatable to Sections 467, 468, 471 and 120(B) of IPC can by no stretch of imagination by their very nature be regarded as having been committed by any Public Servant, while acting or purporting to act in discharge of official duty and in such cases, official status only provides an opportunity for commission of offence and accordingly, sanction for prosecution of the competent authority is not required.
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