A special CBI court on Thursday dropped criminal proceedings against retired police officers D G Vanzara and N K Amin in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case citing that the Gujarat government had not granted permission to prosecute them under section 197 of the CrPC.
This particular section requires the prosecuting agency, in this case CBI, to obtain sanction to try a government official. Though CBI maintained from the start that government sanction is not required in this case, but, upon the court’s insistence, the central agency had sought Gujarat government’s permission to prosecute the two cops. The government denied it saying the encounter took place in line of the cops' duty.
A special CBI court on Thursday dropped criminal proceedings against retired police officers D G Vanzara and N K Amin in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case citing that the Gujarat government had not granted permission to prosecute them under section 197 of the CrPC.
This particular section requires the prosecuting agency, in this case CBI, to obtain sanction to try a government official. Though CBI maintained from the start that government sanction is not required in this case, but, upon the court’s insistence, the central agency had sought Gujarat government’s permission to prosecute the two cops. The government denied it saying the encounter took place in line of the cops' duty.
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