https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301647 Protection under Section 197 CrPC applies only where the alleged act has a reasonable nexus with official duty or is done in purported exercise of that duty; acts wholly unconnected with duty fall outside the bar, while acts in excess of duty may still be protected if the connection is sufficiently direct. On the facts described, the prosecution was not sustained on this ground. The complaint was also found to contain inherent improbabilities and indicia of mala fides, with no timely grievance of ill-treatment before the Magistrate, so the inherent power under Section 482 CrPC could be used to prevent abuse of process and quash the proceedings. en-us Wed, 24 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 20 Jun 2024 16:37:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301647 Protection under Section 197 CrPC applies only where the alleged act has a reasonable nexus with official duty or is done in purported exercise of that duty; acts wholly unconnected with duty fall outside the bar, while acts in excess of duty may still be protected if the connection is sufficiently direct. On the facts described, the prosecution was not sustained on this ground. The complaint was also found to contain inherent improbabilities and indicia of mala fides, with no timely grievance of ill-treatment before the Magistrate, so the inherent power under Section 482 CrPC could be used to prevent abuse of process and quash the proceedings. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 24 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301647