According to section 197 of CRPC, government sanction is required to prosecute police officers but this was not followed in PC Pandey's case.
New Delhi: A CBI court has discharged former Gujarat DGP PC Pandey in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case.
The CBI court discharged Pande, who was accused number 35 in the case, due to lack of government sanctions.
According to section 197 of CRPC, government sanction is required to prosecute police officers but this was not followed in PC Pandey's case.
Pandey, a 1972-batch IPS officer, was booked in the fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh alongwith others. He was also the Ahmedabad Police Commissioner during the 2002 post-Godhra riots. The city was one of the worst affected cities in Gujarat.
He was appointed DGP in 2006 after he was repatriated from the Central deputation.
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