After summons were issued the appellant raised objection about the maintainability of this prosecution for want of sanction under Section 197 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
The objection was rejected by the Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad and against the order of the Metropolitan Magis trate a Revision Petition was filed in the High Court which has been rejected by the impugned order passed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
The appellant is an officer who is removable from his office by a companypetent authority and numbersanction of the Government is necessary.
From the Judgment and order dated 28.11.1983 of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Crl.
Against the appellant a companyplaint was filed in the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad under Section 120 b read with Sections 467 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code.
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Appeal No.
829 of 1985.
290 of 1983.
Case Petn.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by, OZA, J. This appeal has been filed by the appellant after obtaining leave from this Court against an order passed by the High Court of Andhra Pradesh dated 28.11.1983 wherein the High Court rejected a Revision Petition filed by the appellant.
Venkataramani and R. Ayyam Perumal for the Appellant.
Subba Rao for the Respondents.
