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Pala Singh & Anr vs State Of Punjab on 23 August, 1972

Further, in the case of Pala Singh v. State of Punjab, , it was observed that 'substantial and compelling reasons', 'good and sufficient cogent reasons', 'strong reasons' are not intended to curtail the undoubted power of an appellate court in an appeal against acquittal to review the entire evidence and to come to its own conclusion; but in doing so the appellate court should not only consider every matter on record having a bearing on the question, of fact and the reasons given by the Court below in support of order of acquittal, but should express the reasons in its own judgment which led it to hold that the acquittal was not justified.
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Albert West Meads vs The King on 19 April, 1948

The views expressed in the aforesaid two decisions, viz., AIR 1920 FC 43 and AIR 1948 PC 138 : 49 Cri LJ 503 was followed by the Judicial Committee in Albert West Meads v. The King, 75 Ind App 185 : (AIR 1948 PC 156 : 49 Cri LJ 660 and Phanindra Chandra v. The King, 76 Ind Appeal 10, AIR 1949 PC 117 : 50 Cri LJ 395 and has been approved by the Supreme Court in R.M. Mathana v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1944 SC 456 (sic). In the opinion of the Supreme Court it is not every offence committed by a public servant that requires sanction for prosecution under Section 197(1), Cr. P.C., nor even every act done by him while he was actually engaged in the performance of official duties; but if the act complained of is directly concerned with his official duties so that, if questioned it could as claimed to have been done by virtue of the office, then sanction would be necessary. It is the quality of the act that is important and if it fails within the scope and range of his official duties the protection contemplated by Section 197 will be attracted. An offence may be entirely unconnected with the official duty as such or it may be committed within the scope of the official duty. Where it is unconnected with the official duty there can be no protection, it is only when it. is either within the scope of the official duty or in excess of it that the protection is claimable.
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