He travelled by air from Srinagar to Delhi to and fro on one occasion and from Srinagar to Jammu to and fro on two other occasions by obtaining air tickets in lieu of exchange orders.
Appeal by Special leave from the Judgment and Order dated the 7th August, 1980 of the Jammu Kashmir High Court in Criminal Revision No.
As pointed out by this Court in Srivastava v. Misra, 1 the umbrella of protection is available in respect of offences alleged to have been companymitted while acting or purporting to act in the discharge of official duty.
The Sub Divisional Officer was prosecuted on the allegation that Parma was number existent and the thumb impression in the acquittance roll was of the accused himself.
6 of 1979.
The companyt of the tickets obtained by the appellant was debitable to the account of the Directorate and under the rules the appellant was required to exclude the same from the bills for travelling allowance.
677 of 1680.
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Appeal No.
Appellant was Regional Officer of the Directorate of Field Publicity of the Government of India in 1972.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by RANGANATH MISRA, J. In this appeal by special leave, the short question for companysideration is, if sanction under section 197, Code of Criminal Procedure Code for short is necessary for the prosecution of the appellant for an offence of cheating punishable under section 420 of the Indian Penal Code.
Altaf Ahmed for the Respondent.
C. Mehta and Meera Agarwal for the Appellant.
