https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311631 For limitation under Section 468 CrPC, time spent obtaining consent or sanction can be excluded under Section 470(3) only when the governing law makes prior consent or sanction a condition for launching the prosecution. The Gujarat HC noted that the relevant weights and measures statutes identified who may file a complaint, but did not require prior sanction for cognizance. As no statutory precondition of sanction existed, the period spent seeking it could not be excluded from limitation. The complaint was therefore time-barred and cognizance was not validly taken. en-us Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 05 Jan 2024 11:57:01 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311631 For limitation under Section 468 CrPC, time spent obtaining consent or sanction can be excluded under Section 470(3) only when the governing law makes prior consent or sanction a condition for launching the prosecution. The Gujarat HC noted that the relevant weights and measures statutes identified who may file a complaint, but did not require prior sanction for cognizance. As no statutory precondition of sanction existed, the period spent seeking it could not be excluded from limitation. The complaint was therefore time-barred and cognizance was not validly taken. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311631