https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291448 Criminal proceedings against Customs officials were found unsustainable where the alleged acts arose during preventive duty on specific intelligence about smuggling of fake Indian currency notes. The documentary record showed a reasonable connection between the complained-of conduct and the discharge of official functions, and the sanctioning authority had refused prosecution sanction after treating the acts as protected good-faith actions taken in pursuance of official duty. In these circumstances, continuation of the criminal case without the necessary sanction was treated as unjustified and liable to be quashed as an abuse of the process of court. en-us Tue, 03 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 11:47:53 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291448 Criminal proceedings against Customs officials were found unsustainable where the alleged acts arose during preventive duty on specific intelligence about smuggling of fake Indian currency notes. The documentary record showed a reasonable connection between the complained-of conduct and the discharge of official functions, and the sanctioning authority had refused prosecution sanction after treating the acts as protected good-faith actions taken in pursuance of official duty. In these circumstances, continuation of the criminal case without the necessary sanction was treated as unjustified and liable to be quashed as an abuse of the process of court. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 03 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291448