Bar Of Want Of Sanction [U/S 195(1) (a) CrPC] Can't Be Invoked When Probe Is Ordered By HC: SC [Read Judgment]

Once the High Court directs investigation into a specified offence mentioned in Section 195, bar under Section 195 cannot be pressed into service, the bench held.The Supreme Court, in CBI vs M Sivamani, has held that bar under Section 195 IPC cannot be pressed into service when an investigation is ordered by a high court into a specified offence mentioned in Section 195 IPC.In. Once the High Court directs investigation into a specified offence mentioned in Section 195, bar under Section 195 cannot be pressed into service, the bench held. The Supreme Court, in CBI vs M Sivamani, has held that bar under Section 195 IPC cannot be pressed into service when an investigation is ordered by a high court into a specified offence mentioned in Section 195 IPC. Once the High Court directs investigation into a specified offence mentioned in Section 195, bar under Section 195 cannot be pressed into service,” the bench observed.