Station House Officer, CBI/ACB/Bangalore vs. B. A. Srinivasan & Anr. – (SC)

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973–Sec. 197–Issue as to whether the alleged act is intricately connected with the discharge of official functions and whether the matter would come within the expression “while acting or purporting to act in discharge of their official duty” would get crystalized only after the evidence is laid and the issue of sanction can be atigated at a later stage as well.