https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=293937 Section 197 CrPC protection was treated as unavailable where the conduct complained of could not reasonably be described as an act done in discharge of official duty, since accepting a bribe falls outside that scope; the existing sanction was nevertheless regarded as sufficient for the altered charge structure. Writings of one accused were admissible against a co-accused under Section 10 of the Evidence Act only if there was an independent foundation for believing a conspiracy existed, and once that foundation disappeared the writings lost admissibility. Without that material, the conspiracy convictions under Section 120B read with Section 165 IPC could not stand. en-us Tue, 17 Feb 1948 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 10:17:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=293937 Section 197 CrPC protection was treated as unavailable where the conduct complained of could not reasonably be described as an act done in discharge of official duty, since accepting a bribe falls outside that scope; the existing sanction was nevertheless regarded as sufficient for the altered charge structure. Writings of one accused were admissible against a co-accused under Section 10 of the Evidence Act only if there was an independent foundation for believing a conspiracy existed, and once that foundation disappeared the writings lost admissibility. Without that material, the conspiracy convictions under Section 120B read with Section 165 IPC could not stand. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 17 Feb 1948 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=293937