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Police register an FIR and investigate alleged promoting enmity punishable under BNS section 196. Is…

Section 217(1) BNSS provides that "no Court shall take cognizance" of an offence under BNS section 196, among others, without the previous sanction of the Central or State…

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Police register an FIR and investigate alleged promoting enmity punishable under BNS section 196. Is that FIR liable to be quashed solely because the sanction required by BNSS section 217(1) has not yet been obtained?

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Section 217(1) BNSS provides that "no Court shall take cognizance" of an offence under BNS section 196, among others, without the previous sanction of the Central or State Government. The bar applies at the court's cognizance, so the police may register and investigate without sanction, as Pastor P. Raju v. State of Tamil Nadu held under the CrPC; sanction is still needed before cognizance.

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