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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 4954 OF 2024 (@ SLP(CRL.) No.7805/2023)
THE STATE OF TELANGANA APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
C. SHOBHA RANI RESPONDENT(S)
WITH
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.4955 OF 2024 (@ SLP(Crl) No. 11432/2023)
O R D E R
1. Leave granted.
2. Aggrieved over the quashing of the proceedings against the
respondents who had been charged under Sections 420, 467, 468,
471 read with 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short,
‘the IPC’) and Section 13(2) read with Sections 13(1)(c) and
(d) of the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act,
1988, the present appeals are filed.
3. Learned senior counsel appearing for the appellants submitted
that the impugned judgment is liable to be set aside as there
is no bar on the grant of sanction after declining it on an
earlier occasion. In any case, the respondents having been
charged under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B of the IPC,
the High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings without
even going into the merits of the case especially when the
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chargesheet has already been filed after investigation.
4. Learned counsel appearing for the respondents submitted that
perusal of the evidence available shows that no case is made
out against the respondents even for the offences punishable
under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B of the IPC. Ins...