https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171752 Pre-permission verification by a police officer, including checking relevant records and ascertaining facts, constituted investigation under the Criminal Procedure Code, so the statutory safeguard requiring prior Magistrate permission under section 5A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 was initially breached. However, the irregularity in the early stage of investigation did not vitiate the conviction because the evidence was found trustworthy, a fair trial was held, and no prejudice to the accused was shown. The Supreme Court restored the conviction and sentence, setting aside the acquittal. en-us Wed, 17 Apr 1963 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:47:59 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171752 Pre-permission verification by a police officer, including checking relevant records and ascertaining facts, constituted investigation under the Criminal Procedure Code, so the statutory safeguard requiring prior Magistrate permission under section 5A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 was initially breached. However, the irregularity in the early stage of investigation did not vitiate the conviction because the evidence was found trustworthy, a fair trial was held, and no prejudice to the accused was shown. The Supreme Court restored the conviction and sentence, setting aside the acquittal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 17 Apr 1963 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171752