The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday directed the trial court to wait till the competent authority grants sanction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to proceed against 10 accused police officers on the charges of fabricating and planting evidences on the premises of a person accused in a single-digit lottery ticket “scam” in 2015.
While quashing the cognisance of offences taken against the accused officers by the trial court in January 2020, the High Court said the proceedings shall continue from the stage of issuance of process only after the CBI submits sanction from their prosecution from the competent authority.
The High Court also made it clear that the trial court cannot proceed against the accused based on the CBI’s chargesheet till the sanction is placed on the record.
