Prosecution For Offence Of "Waging War Against India" Will Not Stand Without Sanction U/S 196 CRPC: Allahabad Quashes Life Term Of Pak Citizen

The Allahabad High Court has held that prior government sanction under Section 196 of CrPC is mandatory to take cognizance of offences like Section 121-123 IPC and it thereby set aside the order of conviction and sentence of life imprisonment imposed on a Pakistani Jais-E-Mohommad Terrorist group member and another Indian citizen, for want of such sanction. Background The factual matrix of...