M.Mohamed Abbas vs The State Represented By on 1 August, 2023
Author: M.Sundar
matter of engagement of a District Government Counsel, however, a concept of public office does not come into play. However, it is true that ... functionaries named in the Code of Criminal Procedure are public functionaries. They also have a public duty to perform. If the State fails to discharge
specified time, the same would ordinarily be
mandatory but when a public functionary is required to perform a
public function within a time-frame
counsel by
the State must be weighed on the scale of public interest."
Most importantly, the Apex Court, in the case of State ... view, too late in the day for any public functionary or
Government to advance such a contention leave alone
expect this Court to accept
reasons best
known to it.
9. As already said, the public prosecutor in the present case, too has
not acted in a manner befitting ... noted, that all these witnesses are
police officers/officials or public functionaries. It is pertinent to mention that
prosecution evidence came to be closed
such lapses, SIT was constituted on
27
09.11.2022. When accused are condemned publicly and
branded as conspirators levelling serious allegations by
none other than ... conducting
Press Meet and circulating the videos to the important
constitutional functionaries, even before charge sheet is
filed and at the initial stages
Companies Act,
1956, public servants. But protection under Section 197
CrPC is not available to a public servant unless other
conditions indicated in that section ... whenever
there was a felt need to include other functionaries within
the definition of “public servant”, they have been declared
to be “public servants” under
Companies Act, 1956, public
servants. But protection under Section 197 CrPC is not
available to a public servant unless other conditions
indicated in that section ... whenever
there was a felt need to include other functionaries within
the definition of “public servant”, they have been declared
to be “public servants” under
words “public servant” occur,
they shall be understood of every person who is in actual
possession of the situation of a public servant, whatever
legal ... whenever
there was a felt need to include other functionaries within
the definition of “public servant”, they have been declared
to be “public servants” under
Companies Act, 1956, public servants. But protection under Section
197 CrPC is not available to a public servant unless other conditions
indicated in that section ... whenever there was a
felt need to include other functionaries within the definition of
“public servant”, they have been declared to be “public servants”
under