The competent authority should not grant sanction to try government officials if prosecution is “simply vexatious”, the Supreme Court today said.
A bench comprising justices Kurian Joseph and Abhay Manohar Sapre said that once the prosecution is of the view that no case is made out to prosecute an accused, “unless the court finds otherwise, there is no point in making a request for sanction for prosecution.
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