The Supreme Court held that a police official who is accused of lodging a false case cannot claim that he cannot be prosecuted without the sanction under Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. ".it follows that when a police official is said to have lodged a false case, he cannot claim that sanction for prosecution under Section 197 …
"Custodial death is one of the worst crimes in a civilised society governed by Rule of Law. The Supreme Court had commented about the 'ties of brotherhood' within police, which stall fruitful investigation in cases of custodial violence, as follows : ".rarely in cases of police torture or custodial death, direct ocular evidence of the complicity of the police personnel …
