Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Sanction for prosecution |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Dismissed |
Headnote | Criminal Law - Sanction for prosecution - Validity of - Legal propositions in regard to grant of sanction - Discussed - Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - s. 19. Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - s. 19 - Disproportionate assets case - Sanction for prosecution - Validity of - Appropriate stage for examining the validity - Appellant-CBI registered case against respondent for possessing disproportionate assets - Trial Court issued summons to the respondent - Respondent filed application challenging the validity of the sanction granted by the competent authority u/s.19 of the Act - Trial court dismissed the application, holding that the issue could be examined during trial - High Court remanded the case to record finding on the question of any failure of justice in according sanction and to examine the sanctioning authority, as a witness even at pre-charge stage, if it deems fit - Plea of appellant that application challenging validity of the sanction at a stage anterior even to framing of the charges would be in contravention of the settled legal propositions - On appeal, held: The stage of examining the validity of sanction is undoubtedly during the trial - However, in the instant case, the impugned order had already been partly complied with before filing petition before the Supreme Court -" Appellant admittedly did not disclose material facts - In the SLP, it was not disclosed that the trial court, after remand, entertained the matter and issued summons to the then sanctioning authority, and in response thereto, an affidavit had been filed by the then sanctioning authority, disclosing that no material had been considered by him while granting sanction - However, the issue as to what prejudice had been caused to the respondent, not considered - Benefit of interim protection B granted by Supreme Court in favour of appellant, where the appellant did not disclose material facts, should be neutralized - Trial court to proceed with the matter from the stage when the stay operated and conclude the same at the earliest. |
Judge | Hon'ble Dr. Justice B.S. Chauhan |
Neutral Citation | 2013 INSC 778 |
Petitioner | C.b.i. |
Respondent | Ashok Kumar Aggarwal |
SCR | [2013] 14 S.C.R. 983 |
Judgement Date | 2013-11-22 |
Case Number | 1838 |
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