Lawyer Cannot Be Prosecuted for Requesting On-Duty CBI Officers to Show Identity Cards: Bombay High Court
In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court has discharged two advocates and a law intern who were booked in 2007 for allegedly obstructing Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers during a raid at the premises of one of their clients in Mumbai. The court held that merely asking CBI officers to show their identity cards does not constitute obstruction under Section 353 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Case…
