https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188038 Sanction under Section 197 CrPC is required only where the alleged act has a direct and reasonable connection with official duty or is done under colour of office; it is not attracted for acts wholly alien to that duty. Applying that test, dishonest misappropriation, tampering with records, and criminal breach of trust were treated as outside the scope of official duty. The accused's employment with a government-owned corporation did not by itself make prior sanction necessary, and the linked offences under Sections 467, 468 and 471 IPC did not change that position. Sanction was therefore not required before prosecution. en-us Wed, 29 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 16 Nov 2016 11:36:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188038 Sanction under Section 197 CrPC is required only where the alleged act has a direct and reasonable connection with official duty or is done under colour of office; it is not attracted for acts wholly alien to that duty. Applying that test, dishonest misappropriation, tampering with records, and criminal breach of trust were treated as outside the scope of official duty. The accused's employment with a government-owned corporation did not by itself make prior sanction necessary, and the linked offences under Sections 467, 468 and 471 IPC did not change that position. Sanction was therefore not required before prosecution. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 29 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188038