https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277398 Sanction under Section 197(1) CrPC is not required for every offence alleged against a public servant; it is necessary only where the act complained of is directly connected with official duty and can reasonably be claimed to have been done by virtue of office. In a prosecution for criminal misappropriation under Section 409 IPC, the requirement depends on whether the alleged acts are so integrally linked with the duties of the office that they are inseparable from them. On the facts stated, receipt of the money, duty to disburse it to the workman, and the acquittance entry and thumb-impression were official acts, so sanction was required and its absence made the prosecution incompetent. en-us Mon, 28 Feb 1955 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:39:25 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277398 Sanction under Section 197(1) CrPC is not required for every offence alleged against a public servant; it is necessary only where the act complained of is directly connected with official duty and can reasonably be claimed to have been done by virtue of office. In a prosecution for criminal misappropriation under Section 409 IPC, the requirement depends on whether the alleged acts are so integrally linked with the duties of the office that they are inseparable from them. On the facts stated, receipt of the money, duty to disburse it to the workman, and the acquittance entry and thumb-impression were official acts, so sanction was required and its absence made the prosecution incompetent. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 28 Feb 1955 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277398