A bench, comprising justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, emphasised that Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), cannot be invoked to protect illegal actions and that immunity is not an instrument to cover up acts that are patently unlawful and unrelated to any legitimate exercise of official functions.
"The object behind the enactment of Section 197 CrPC is to protect responsible public servants against institution of possibly false or vexatious criminal proceedings for offences alleged to have been committed by them while they are acting or purporting to act in their official capacity...The provision must not be abused by public servants to camouflage the commission of a crime under the supposed colour of public office," held the bench.
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