https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189447 Prior sanction for prosecution under the Code of Criminal Procedure is required only when the alleged act has a reasonable nexus with discharge or purported discharge of official duty; alleged illegal detention before formal arrest fell outside that protection, so sanction was not required for that charge. The sanction bar on cognizance remains jurisdictional and is not displaced by the court's power to summon additional accused under Section 319; prior sanction therefore continued to be necessary notwithstanding such summoning. The appellate challenge failed, and the view that no sanction was needed for the alleged detention period was affirmed, while the general sanction requirement for protected public servants was maintained. en-us Tue, 05 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:54:57 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189447 Prior sanction for prosecution under the Code of Criminal Procedure is required only when the alleged act has a reasonable nexus with discharge or purported discharge of official duty; alleged illegal detention before formal arrest fell outside that protection, so sanction was not required for that charge. The sanction bar on cognizance remains jurisdictional and is not displaced by the court's power to summon additional accused under Section 319; prior sanction therefore continued to be necessary notwithstanding such summoning. The appellate challenge failed, and the view that no sanction was needed for the alleged detention period was affirmed, while the general sanction requirement for protected public servants was maintained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 05 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189447