{"id":309730,"date":"2023-12-20T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T04:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=309730"},"modified":"2023-12-26T17:27:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T11:57:03","slug":"section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanction required under Section 197 CrPC for criminal complaint against Police Officer: Punjab and Haryana HC"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Punjab and Haryana High Court:<\/span> In a petition filed under Section 482<\/a> of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973<\/a> (‘CrPC’) seeking quashment of criminal complaint against police official for commission of offences punishable under Sections 176<\/a>, 177<\/a>, 181<\/a>, 191<\/a>, 192<\/a> & 193<\/a> of the Penal Code, 1860<\/a> (‘IPC’), in a matter pending before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Deepak Gupta, J.<\/p>\n

Factual Matrix<\/h2>\n

A First Information Report (‘FIR’) was registered at Women Police Station under Sections 365<\/a> and 376-D<\/a> of IPC<\/a> and the two accused — husband and wife, were declared proclaimed offender vide order dated 17-05-2017. Both of them applied for anticipatory bail on 16-11-2017 before Additional Sessions Judge, Nuh, which got dismissed on 5-12-2017 with the observation that the couple had concealed the fact of being declared proclaimed offenders previously. This led the couple to come up with another anticipatory bail on 11-01-2018, again concealing the fact of being declared proclaimed offenders earlier.<\/p>\n

During second bail application, reply was filed by the petitioner who was posted as SHO Women Police Station at Nuh, and the said reply also did not disclose before the Court that the said couple had been declared a proclaimed offender. Through order dated 17-01-2018, the Additional Sessions Judge dismissed the bail petition and ordered for proceeding against the SHO and the accused couple under Section 195(1)(a)<\/a> of CrPC<\/a>. A complaint was filed for offences committed under Sections 176<\/a>, 177<\/a>, 181<\/a>, 191<\/a>, 192<\/a> and 193<\/a> of IPC<\/a>. This led the Dusty Magistrate to order issuance of notice against the three.<\/p>\n

Contentions<\/h3>\n

While seeking quashment of criminal complaint and consequential proceedings, it was contended on behalf of the said SHO that she was a member of Haryana Police service currently serving as a Sub-Inspector, and at the time of incident, she was posted as Station House Officer of Nuh. It was stated that the fact regarding accused persons being proclaimed offenders was undisclosed since the investigating officer of the case was not available at the relevant time, and the Court sought immediate filing of report. It was particularly contended that no sanction was obtained from the State Government before filing the complaint against the SHO as required under Section 197<\/a> of CrPC<\/a>, and thus, no Court could take cognizance of the offence. On the other hand, it was contended on part of the State that since the complaint was filed by the Court itself, no sanction under Section 197<\/a> of CrPC<\/a> was required.<\/p>\n

Court’s Analysis<\/h2>\n

The Court perused Clauses (2) and (3) to Section 197<\/a> of CrPC<\/a> and pointed towards Haryana Government’s notification dated 25-07-1980 which extended the benefit of Section 197(2)<\/a> and (3) of CrPC<\/a> to all serving police officials. It further cited ASI Balbir Singh<\/span> v. State of Punjab<\/span>, 1992 SCC OnLine P&H 956<\/a> and Vijay Kumar<\/span> v. State of Haryana<\/span> CRR1274-2015 (P&H)<\/span> regarding mandatory prior sanction by the State Government before launching prosecution against a public servant discharging his\/her duties. Further citing D. Devaraja<\/span> v. Owais Sabeer Hussain<\/span>, (2020) 7 SCC 695<\/a>, the Court hinted towards the need to confirm whether the act was totally unconnected with the official duty, or otherwise, cognizance could not be taken for discharging an official duty without requisite sanction.<\/p>\n

Conclusion – Section 197 of CrPC sanction required<\/h2>\n

The Court came back to the instant case to express that even if it was assumed that the said SHO by filing reply to the accused persons deliberately or negligently skipped on the mention of fact regarding the accused persons being declared proclaimed offenders previously, such an act was performed while discharging her duties as a public servant. Thus, sanction from the State Government under Section 197(3)<\/a> of CrPC<\/a> was necessary to be obtained in view of the Haryana Government’s notification.<\/p>\n

Since no prior sanction was obtained before filing impugned complaint or passing the order dated 19-01-2018, cognizance could not have been taken by the Magistrate. The Court held that the complaint and impugned order could not sustain in the eyes of law and quashed the same.<\/p>\n

[Muniya Devi v. State of Haryana, 2023 SCC OnLine P&H 3602<\/a>, decided on 8-12-2023<\/span>]<\/p>\n\n

Advocates who appeared in this case :<\/p>\n

For Petitioner: Advocate Vaibhav Sharma<\/p>\n

For Respondent: Additional Advocate General Randhir Singh<\/p>\n

Buy Penal Code, 1860   HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"penal<\/a><\/p>\n

Buy Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973  HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"Code<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was contended on part of the State that since the complaint was filed by the Court itself, no sanction under Section 197 of CrPC was required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67513,"featured_media":292826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[13421,49296,61063,35677,37829,2670,52774,34362],"class_list":["post-309730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-criminal-complaint","tag-government-sanction","tag-haryana-government","tag-police-officer","tag-punjab-and-haryana-hc","tag-Punjab_and_Haryana_High_Court","tag-section-197","tag-section-197-crpc"],"yoast_head":"\nSection 197 of CrPC sanction required for criminal complaint against Police Officer: PHHC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Punjab and Haryana HC held that Section 197 of CrPC sanction is required from State Government for criminal complaint against Police Officer.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sanction required under Section 197 CrPC for criminal complaint against Police Officer: Punjab and Haryana HC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Punjab and Haryana HC held that Section 197 of CrPC sanction is required from State Government for criminal complaint against Police Officer.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-20T04:30:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-26T11:57:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/punjab-and-haryana-high-court.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"886\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"590\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ridhi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Sanction required under Section 197 CrPC for criminal complaint against Police Officer: Punjab and Haryana HC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ridhi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/\",\"name\":\"Section 197 of CrPC sanction required for criminal complaint against Police Officer: PHHC\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/punjab-and-haryana-high-court.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-20T04:30:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-26T11:57:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a21428c608a56b14de2f1880af8ab8ea\"},\"description\":\"Punjab and Haryana HC held that Section 197 of CrPC sanction is required from State Government for criminal complaint against Police Officer.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/punjab-and-haryana-high-court.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/punjab-and-haryana-high-court.webp\",\"width\":886,\"height\":590,\"caption\":\"punjab and haryana high court\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sanction required under Section 197 CrPC for criminal complaint against Police Officer: Punjab and Haryana HC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a21428c608a56b14de2f1880af8ab8ea\",\"name\":\"Ridhi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5bb725ff04af51d6ea760aba8bfa827caa7c4b3ff053baff285d71a0ab546955?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5bb725ff04af51d6ea760aba8bfa827caa7c4b3ff053baff285d71a0ab546955?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ridhi\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/scc_editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Section 197 of CrPC sanction required for criminal complaint against Police Officer: PHHC","description":"Punjab and Haryana HC held that Section 197 of CrPC sanction is required from State Government for criminal complaint against Police Officer.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sanction required under Section 197 CrPC for criminal complaint against Police Officer: Punjab and Haryana HC","og_description":"Punjab and Haryana HC held that Section 197 of CrPC sanction is required from State Government for criminal complaint against Police Officer.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2023-12-20T04:30:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-26T11:57:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":886,"height":590,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/punjab-and-haryana-high-court.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ridhi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Sanction required under Section 197 CrPC for criminal complaint against Police Officer: Punjab and Haryana HC","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ridhi","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/","name":"Section 197 of CrPC sanction required for criminal complaint against Police Officer: PHHC","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/punjab-and-haryana-high-court.webp","datePublished":"2023-12-20T04:30:36+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-26T11:57:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a21428c608a56b14de2f1880af8ab8ea"},"description":"Punjab and Haryana HC held that Section 197 of CrPC sanction is required from State Government for criminal complaint against Police Officer.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/punjab-and-haryana-high-court.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/punjab-and-haryana-high-court.webp","width":886,"height":590,"caption":"punjab and haryana high court"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/12\/20\/section-197-crpc-sanction-required-for-criminal-complaint-against-police-officer-phhc\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sanction required under Section 197 CrPC for criminal complaint against Police Officer: Punjab and Haryana HC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a21428c608a56b14de2f1880af8ab8ea","name":"Ridhi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5bb725ff04af51d6ea760aba8bfa827caa7c4b3ff053baff285d71a0ab546955?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5bb725ff04af51d6ea760aba8bfa827caa7c4b3ff053baff285d71a0ab546955?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ridhi"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/scc_editor\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/punjab-and-haryana-high-court.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54331,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2016\/07\/02\/employee-of-a-public-sector-undertaking-not-a-public-servant-under-s-197-crpc\/","url_meta":{"origin":309730,"position":0},"title":"Employee of a Public Sector Undertaking not a \u2018public servant\u2019 under S. 197 CrPC","author":"Sucheta","date":"July 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: Deciding the question as to whether an employee of a Public Sector Undertaking can be considered to be \u2018Public servant\u2019 under Section 197 CrPC, the bench of Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh, JJ held that the protection by way of sanction under Section 197 CrPC is not\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":290479,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/25\/orissa-hc-quashes-criminal-proceedings-against-nesco-orissa-officials-legal-research-legal-news-updates\/","url_meta":{"origin":309730,"position":1},"title":"Orissa HC quashes Criminal proceedings against NESCO Orissa Officials on grounds of absence of Sanction under Section 197 CrPC","author":"Editor","date":"April 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The officers on duty cannot be subjected to undue harassment in the hands of unscrupulous litigants, to prevent malicious prosecution provisions such as Section 168 of the Electricity Act, 2003, are put in place.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Orissa High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MicrosoftTeams-image-508.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MicrosoftTeams-image-508.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MicrosoftTeams-image-508.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MicrosoftTeams-image-508.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":351346,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/06\/24\/police-officer-exceeding-official-duty-still-protected-under-section-197-crpc-patna-hc-scc-times-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":309730,"position":2},"title":"S. 197 CrPC | Police officer, allegedly exceeding official duty, is safeguarded by prior sanction if acts reasonably linked to official functions: Patna HC","author":"Editor","date":"June 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cA mere excess or overreach in the performance of official duty does not, by itself, disentitle a public servant from the statutory protection mandated by law.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Patna High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Patna-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Patna-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Patna-High-Court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Patna-High-Court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":324492,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/16\/bar-sanction-special-legislation-sc-st-atrocities-act-bombay-hc-legalnews\/","url_meta":{"origin":309730,"position":3},"title":"\u201cBar contained in S. 197, CrPC cannot be read into the provisions of a special legislation like SC\/ST Atrocities Act\u201d: Bombay HC","author":"Editor","date":"June 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The Court held that no previous sanction as contemplated under S. 197 CrPC would be necessary for investigating and filing final report for offences under S. 509 IPC and S. 3 of the SC\/ST Atrocities Act, except for the offences punishable under S. 506 IPC.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bombay High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Bombay-High-Court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":276877,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/11\/07\/sanction-reasonable-nexus-section-197-seizure-criminal-procedure-cognizance-discharge-of-duty-legal-updates-legal-news-research\/","url_meta":{"origin":309730,"position":4},"title":"Orissa High Court| Sanction must be issued under Section 197 of CrPC for taking cognizance on having \u2018reasonable nexus\u2019 with official duty","author":"Editor","date":"November 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Orissa High Court: In a criminal miscellaneous petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (\u2018Code\u2019) challenging the legality and judicial propriety of the impugned order of cognizance, on the ground that it is not tenable in law and hence, liable to be quashed in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Orissa High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/orissa_high_court.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/orissa_high_court.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/orissa_high_court.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/orissa_high_court.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/orissa_high_court.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":346620,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/04\/28\/sec-1971-crpc-available-only-to-public-servants-whose-appointing-authority-is-central-state-sc\/","url_meta":{"origin":309730,"position":5},"title":"Section 197(1) CrPC available only to public servants whose appointing authority is Central or State Government; Deputation does not dissolve public servant status: SC reiterates","author":"Editor","date":"April 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"In the matter at hand, the accused was an Executive Engineer, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, and caused wrongful loss in excess of Rs. 13.66 crore to the Government exchequer by changing the terms and conditions of the Detailed Notice Inviting Tender.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Section 197(1) CrPC","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Section-1971-CrPC.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Section-1971-CrPC.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Section-1971-CrPC.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Section-1971-CrPC.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}