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The Police Act, 1949
Section 302 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Akhilesh Prasad vs Union Territory Of Mizoram on 11 February, 1981
6. Learned counsel for the petitioner next relies upon the judgment of
the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the case of Akhilesh Prasad vs.
Union Territory of Mizoram reported in (1981) 2 SCC 150 and submits that
the Central Reserve Police Force (CRFP) squarely falls within the expression
of "Armed Forces of the Union" as used in Section 197(2) of the Code of
Criminal Procedure. Hence, it is submitted that the learned Sub-Divisional
Judicial Magistrate, Khunti has committed a grave illegality by taking
cognizance, even in the absence of sanction for prosecution; by holding that
the act of the petitioner was beyond the domain of official duty of the
petitioner. Hence, it is submitted that the prayer as prayed for in this
Criminal Miscellaneous Petition be allowed.
Sankaran Moitra vs Smt. Sadhna Das & Anr on 24 March, 2006
8. Having heard the rival submissions made at the Bar and after
carefully going through the materials available in the record, it is pertinent
to mention here that the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the case of
Sankaran Moitra vs. Sadhna Das & Another reported in (2006) 4 SCC 584
had the occasion to consider the sanction of prosecution required in
connection with police officer and in the facts of that case where the
petitioner being the police officer used excessive force in course of duty in
purported performance of his duty, the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India
held that there was requirement for sanction of prosecution of the accused
person of that case.
Devinder Singh & Ors vs State Of Punjab Through Cbi on 25 April, 2016
The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India summarised the
principles regarding the sanction of prosecution under Section 197 of the
Code of Criminal Procedure, in the case of Devinder Singh & Others vs.
State of Punjab through CBI reported in (2016) 12 SCC 87, para-39 of
which reads as under:-
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