{"id":213487,"date":"2019-04-10T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T09:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=213487"},"modified":"2019-04-18T15:42:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T10:12:41","slug":"pat-hc-prevention-of-corruption-act-complaint-against-public-servant-requires-prior-sanction-of-the-competent-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/04\/10\/pat-hc-prevention-of-corruption-act-complaint-against-public-servant-requires-prior-sanction-of-the-competent-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat HC | Prevention of Corruption Act: Complaint against public servant requires prior sanction of the Competent Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Patna<\/strong><strong> High Court:<\/strong> The Bench of Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. quashed criminal proceedings filed under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 against a Panchayat Secretary, on the ground that the same lacked proper sanction of the competent authority.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Petitioner moved the Court under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 praying for quashing of complaint case registered for offences under Sections 420 and 406 of the Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 13(2) and 13(1) (d) of PC Act. Petitioner, who at the relevant time was posted as Panchayat Secretary, was alleged to have committed irregularity in the purchase of solar panels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Counsel for the petitioner Mr S. R. C. Pandey submitted that a complaint filed by a private person under PC Act against a public servant cannot proceed unless there is proper sanction by the competent authority. Petitioners, being Panchayat Secretary, were public servants under Section 2(c) of the Act, and were thus protected from prosecution without the previous sanction of the State Government in terms of Section 19(1)(b) of the Act.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Counsel for the respondent Mr Anjani Kumar agreed with the petitioner\u2019s submission and submitted that both for preliminary enquiry as well as for lodging of FIR under the PC Act, prior sanction of the Competent Authority is required.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In view of the above, the instant application was allowed. [Rama Prasad Singh v. 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