Summarize the following court judgment. iminal Appeals Nos. 161 to 163 of 1970. Appeals by certificate from the. judgment and order dated May 23	 1969 of the Assam and Nagaland High Court at Gauhati in Cr. Rev. Nos. 36	 39 and 46 of 1968. 82 0 D. Mookherjee	 Avtar Singh	 G. Das	 section P. Nayar and R. N. Sachthey	 for the appellant. Nuruddin Ahmad and N. N. Keswani	 for the respondent. Harbans Singh	 for the respondents. V. M. Tarkunade	 A. L. Arora and D. D. Sharma	 for the respondent. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by ALAGIRISWAMI	 J. Two of the appellants	 Major Lala and Lt. Col. Khanna are Army officers and the appellant in the 3rd appeal	 Gupta	 is a businessman of Gauhati. All of them were put up for trial before the Special Judge appointed under the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1952. One charge which was 	common to all the three of them was that between June 1962 and January 1963 all of them agreed to commit or cause to be committed offences under section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act	 and of cheating punishable under section 420 of the Indian Penal Code	 and these offences having been committed in pursuance of a conspiracy were punishable under section 120B of the Indian Penal Code read with section 5 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and section 420 I.P.C. Mr. Gupta	 the businessman was charged under section 420 I.P.C. as well as section 511 read with section 420 I.P.C. The two Army officers were also charged with offences under section 420 read with section 5 (1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The case was filed before the Special Judge on 28 6 1963 and the charge was framed on 13 2 65. After about 18 out of the 52 witnesses cited by the prosecution had been examined the three respondents filed petitions under section 561A read with section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure before the High Court of Assam & Nagaland on 28 3 68	 1 4 68 and 10 4 68 respectively for quashing the charges. A learned Single Judge allowed these petitions on 23 5 1969 and quashed the charges and the proceedings before the learned Special Judge. He did this on three grounds (1) that the officer who investigated the case was not competent to do so; (2) that the offences that were being tried were noncognizable and the Special Judge could not have taken cognizance of them without sanction under section 196A of the Code of Criminal Procedure	 and (3) that in view of the enormous length of time between 2 2 63	 the date on which the case was 821 registered and 1 4 68	 upto which date some witness had been examined	 the last witness having been examined on 15 1 67	 it entailed undue harassment to the accused persons and the proceedings have to be quashed to prevent further harassment	 abuse of the process of the court and vexation to the accused persons. These three appeals have	 therefore	 been filed by the Union of India by certificate granted by the High Court. We shall first of all deal with the question whether the officer who investigated into these cases was not properly authorized to do so. The officer was an Inspector of the Delhi Special Police Establishment. Under section 5A of the Prevention of Corruption. Act	 before it was amended in 1964	 no officer below the rank of the Deputy Superintendent of Police could investigate into offences punishable under sections 161	 165 and 165A of the Indian Penal Code or under section 5 of the Prevention of Corruption Act without the order of a Presidency Magistrate or a Magistrate of the First Class. In this case the Inspector concerned had obtained the order of the First Class Magistrate of Tezpur. The argument before the High Court	 which was accepted by the learned Judge	 was that as the offences of conspiracy were alleged to have been committed both at Tezpur as well as at Gauhati	 the investigation based on the order of the Tezpur Magistrate alone was not a proper one. In other words	 the argument was that unless the Inspector had been authorized to investigate not only by the First Class Magistrate of Tezpur but also by the First Class of Gauhati district	 he could not have done so. The learned Judge referred to and relied upon the decision in Chinnappa vs State of Mysore(1). It was decided in that case that any First Class Magistrate appointed in a district can issue orders under section 5A of the Prevention of Corruption Act for investigation of a case. From this the learned Single Judge drew the conclusion that in respect of an offence said to have been committed at Gauhati as well as at Tezpur the order of the Tezpur Magistrate was not enough. He also relied upon the decision of the High Court of Assam and Nagaland in Chatterjee vs Delhi Special Police Establishment ( 2 ) . This decision has been upheld by this Court in Union of India vs B. N. Ananthapadmanabhiah(3). But that was a case of a Delhi Magistrate sanctioning an investigation of offences committed in Assam and it was held that such an order was not valid. That decision is. no authority for the proposition that where an offence is committed in more than one place the order of every Magistrate within whose. jurisdiction the offence or part of the offence was committed was necessary in order to (1) A. I. R. (2) I. L. R. 1969 Assam & Nagaland 275. (3) A. I. R. 822 enable the investigation to be carried on. All that is necessary is that the Magistrate who makes the order under section 5A should have territorial jurisdiction over the place where any part of the ingredients of the offence took place. That criterion is amply satisfied in this case. On principle also such a contention seems to be devoid of any substance. The offence of conspiracy or for that matter any other offence might consist of a series of acts and incidents spread over the whole country. Very often one conspirator or one of the offenders might	 not have even met the other conspirator or offender. To accept this contention would be to hold that the Police should go to every Magistrate within whose jurisdiction some part of the conspiracy or one of the ingredients of the offence has taken place. We have no hesitation in rejecting it. He also seemed to have had some doubt as to whether the order of the Magistrate of Tezpur produced before him was a genuine one. To say the least	 the attitude of the learned Judge is most surprising. To put it in his own words : "It does not appear that any order of a Magistrate form part of the record. But at the time of hearing	 such an order was placed before me on behalf of the Prosecution. The application on which the order is said to have been passed by the Magistrate appears to have been addressed to the Court of the Magistrate first class at Tezpur	 wherein it was stated that for preoccupation of the Deputy Superintendent of Police	 the investigation was sought to be made by an Inspector (A Police. The petition is unnumbered undated. What appears curious is that although the application was made before a Magistrate of the first class	 the order passed is supported by a seal of the District Magistrate	 Darrang. The order of the Magistrate runs as follows : "Paper and F.I.R. seen. Shri H. B. D. Baijal	 Inspector is permitted to investigate the case. " There is an illegible signature with date 4 2 63 and below the signature the official designation has not been stated. It appears that no order sheet of the Magistrate has been produced in this regard and in above circums tances	 it cannot be unequivocally said that this document wag obtained in due course of business in compliance with section 5A of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Even assuming that the order is free from doubt	 learned counsel appearing for the petitioners has urged before me that since the venue of the offences has been clearly stated in the charge	 the permission given by the Magistrate for investigation of the offences at Gauhati is not valid." 8 23 If he had any doubts about the genuineness of the order of sanction it was his duty to have gone into the matter thoroughly and satisfied himself whether the order was genuine	 or not. It was his duty to have given a categorical finding regarding the matter. There should have been no room allowed for any doubt or suspicion of any underhand dealing and unfair conduct in a matter of this kind. It was even alleged on behalf of the	 respondents that an order was produced for the first time before the learned Judge and it was taken back by the prosecution. If that was so it proves a woeful lack of care on the part of the learned Judge. He should have retained the order on file and called for the necessary records and information in order to find out whether the order was a genuine one or not. We have before us the order of the Superintendent of the Special Police Establishment dated 2 2 63 entrusting the investigation to Inspector Baijal and directing him to obtain the necessary permission from a competent Magistrate for doing so. We have also been shown the papers relating to the prosecution	 papers given to the accused under section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Item 71 of those papers relates to the order of sanction dated 4 2 1963 given by the Magistrate of Tezpur authorizing the Inspector of the S.P.E. to investigate. Thus	 there is no doubt at all that Inspecor Baijal had been authorized to investigate into	 this case. It only shows rather superficial way the learned Judge chose to deal with this matter. The next question is whether offences under section 161	 165 and 165A of the Indian Penal Code and section 5 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act are cognizable or non cognizable offences. This becomes important for the purpose of deciding whether a sanction under section 196A is necessary. The sanction necessary under section 6 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been accorded by the Government of India. What was contended by the respondents before the	 High Court and was accepted by that Court was that these offences being non cognizable offences a sanction under section 196A(2) is necessary and that prosecution without such sanction is bad. Cognizable offence is defined in section 4(1) (f) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as an offence for which a police officer	 within or without the presidency towns	 may in accordance with the second schedule	 or under any law for the time bring in force	 arrest without warrant. The argument which appealed to the learned Judge of the High Court was that as under section 5A of the Prevention of Corruption Act no officer below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police could investigate or make any arrest without a warrant in respect of offences punishable under section 161	 165 or 165A I.P.C. and section 5 of the Prevention of Corruption Act	 they were not offences for which any police officer can arrest without warrant	 and therefore	 824 they are not cognizable offences. The same argument was repeated before this Court 'by Mr. Tarkunde	 emphasising that "a police officer" means "any police officer" and as any police officer cannot	 under section 5A of the Prevention of Corruption Act	 arrest without warrant but only officers of and above the rank of Dy. Superintendent	 the offences mentioned in that section are noncognizable offences. If we pursue the same line of argument and look at the definition of non cognizable offence in section 4(1) (n) which defines non cognizable offence as an offence for which a police officer	 within or without a Presidency town	 may not arrest without warrant	 it might mean that as these are cases where i police officer of the rank of Dy. Superintendent and above can arrest without warrant these are not non cognizable offences either. How can there be a case which is neither cognizable nor cognizable ? It was sought to be argued that these offences would 'be cognizable offences when they are investigated by the Deputy Superintendents of Police and superior officers and non cognizable when they are investigated by officers below the rank of Deputy Superintendents. We fail to see how an offence would be cognizable in certain circumstances and non cognizable in certain other circumstances. The logical consequences of accepting this argument would be that if the offences are investigated by Deputy Superintendents of Police and superior officers no sanction under section 196A(2) would be necessary but sanction would be necessary if they are investigated by officers below the rank of Deputy Superintendents of Police. One supposes the argument also implies that the fact that an officer below the rank of a Deputy Superintendent is authorized by a Magistrate under the provisions of section 5A would not make any difference	 to this situation. We	 do not consider that this is a reasonable interpretation to place. Under Schedule It of the Code of Criminal Procedure offences under sections 161 to 165 of the Indian Penal Code are shown as cognizable offences. At the end of that Schedule offences punishable with death	 imprisonment for life or imprisonment for 7 years and upwards are also shown as cognizable offences. Under section 5 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act the sentence may extend to seven years. Therefore	 an offence under section 5 of the Prevention of Corruption Act is according to the provision in Schedule II to the Code of Criminal Procedure a cognizable offence. Therefore	 the mere fact that under the Prevention of Corruption Act certain restrictions are placed as to the officers who are competent to investigate into offences mentioned in section 5A would not make those offences any the less cognizable offences. Tile words "notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure" found at the beginning of section 5A(1) merely carve out a limited exemption 'from the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure in so far as they limit the class of persons who 82 5 are competent to investigate into offences mentioned in the section and to arrest without a warrant. It does not mean that the whole of the Code of Criminal Procedure. including Schedule II thereof	 is made inapplicable. Under section 5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure all offences under the Indian Penal Code shall be investigated	 inquired into	 tried	 and otherwise dealt with according to the provisions therein contained. Also	 all offences under any other law (which would include the Prevention of Corruption Act) shall be investigated	 inquired into	 tried	 and otherwise dealt with according to the same provisions but subject to any enactment for the time bring in force regulating the manner or place of investigating	 inquiring into	 trying or otherwise dealing	 with such offences. Section 5A of the Prevention of Corruption Act should be related to this provision in section 5 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure	 which limits the application of the provisions of that Code to be subject to any enactment for the time being in force regulating the manner or place of investigating	 inquiring into	 trying or otherwise dealing with such offences. The only change which section 5A of the Prevention of Corruption Act makes is with regard to officers competent to investigate and arrest without warrant; in all other respects the Code of Criminal Proce dure applies and	 therefore	 there is no doubt that all offences mentioned in section 5A of the Prevention of Corruption Act are cognizable offences. The Assam High Court seems to have taken a line of its own in this matter. In G. K. Apte vs Union of India(") curiously enough the Bench	 of which the learned Judge who dealt with this case was a member	 took the view that though an offence under section 161 is a cognizable offence	 if investigations were made under section 156 of the Code of Criminal Procedure there would be no need for a sanction under section 196A of the Code of Criminal Procedure	 and there can be a conviction under section 161 of the Indian Penal Code	 but if the investigation is made under section 5A of the Prevention of Corruption Act it will be an investigation into a non cognizable offence and there should be a sanction under section 196A for the trial following such investigation. For this conclusion the decision of this Court in H. N. Rishbud & Inder Singh vs The State of Delhi (2) was relied upon. We can see nothing in that case to support this conclusion. Nor are we able to see how if the investigation into an offence of misconduct punishable under section 5(2) is done by a police officer of high rank the offence is cognizable and if investigated by ail officer of a lower rank it is non cognizable. That cannot be a proper criterion for deciding whether an offence is cognizable or non cognizable. Unless there are clear and compelling reasons (1) A.I.R 1980 Assam & nagaladd 43. (2) A. I. R. 5 L797Sup. C. 1./73 826 to hold otherwise the division of offences given in the Code of Criminal Procedure as cognizable and non cognizable should be given effect to. When the same Code makes sanction under section 196A necessary for trial of non cognizable offences it clearly contemplates non cognizable offences as defined in the Code. There is no justification for relying upon extraneous considerations and far fetched reasoning in order to get over the effect of these provisions. We may now refer to certain decisions of various High Courts on this point. In Taj Khan vs The State(") it was held "The fact that the power to investigate or to arrest without warrant has been circumscribed by certain conditions (which conditions were clearly provided for the purpose of safeguarding public servants from harassment at the hands of subordinate police officers) under the proviso. to section 3 of the said Act cannot lead to the conclusion that such offence is non cognizable." In Ram Rijhumal vs The State ( 2) it was held : "The provisions of section 3	 Prevention of Corruption Act can only have one meaning	 and the meaning is that an offence under section 165A of the Penal Code has to be deemed to be a cognizable offence for the purpose of 	the Code of Criminal Procedure. It is only because the Legislature enacted section 5 A of the Prevention of Corruption Act that	 so far as the Presidency town of Bombay was concerned	 no police officer below the rank of a Superintendent of Police could in the case of an offence under section 165 A of the Penal Code	 investigate it without the order of a Presidency Magistrate. There is nothing in the language of section 5 A which would suggest that an offence under section 165 A of the Penal Code is not to be treated as a cognizable offence." In Gulabsingh vs State() it was held that "offence under section 161	 I.P.C. is a cognizable offence. Its nature is not Affected by either section 3 or section 5A of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The requirement that in a cognizable offence	 a police officer should be able to arrest without warrant	 is without any limita tion and section 5A cannot be split. up to mean that an offence can be cognizable in reference to one officer and not in reference to another." (1) A. I R. (2) A. I R. 1958 Bombay 125. (3) A. I R. 1962 Bombay 263. 8 2 7 The learned Judges specifically dissented from the decision in Union of India vs Mahesh Chandra("). In Public Prosecutor vs Shaik Sheriff (2) it was held that "these offences cannot be treated as non cognizable offences when investigated by an officer below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police simply on the ground that such investigation cannot be done without the order of a Presi dency Magistrate or a Magistrate of the First Class. In the same way	 offences under section 5 of the Act cannot be treated as non cognizable even when investigated by a low rank officer. Thus	 the provision in section 5A is of the nature of a special provision which applies to offences specified therein which are cognizable offences including those under section 5 under all circumstances. " They also referred to the decision in Union of India vs Mahesh Chandra (supra) to the effect that an offence under section 161 I.P.C. and under sub. section 2 of section 5	 Prevention of Corruption Act is cogni zable so far as officers of the rank of a Deputy Superintendent of Police and above are concerned	 but so far as the officers below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police are concerned the said offences are non cognizable in so far as they cannot investigate them without the permission of a Magistrate of ' the First Class	 and held that : "the learned Judges only intended to emphasise the provision in S.5 A and chose to refer to it as a non cognizable aspect of the offences comprised in the Act and to describe that aspect also as non cognizable for the limited purpose of the provision in section 5 A." Thus	 the preponderance of opinion of the various High Courts is in favour of the view we are taking. We are	 therefore	 clearly of opinion that the offences under sections 161	 165 and 165A of the Indian Penal Code and section 5 of the Prevention of Corruption Act are cognizable offences and there is no question of their being cognizable if investigated by a Deputy Superintendent of Police and non cognizable when investigated by an Inspector of Police. Nor can there be any question of those offences being cognizable if they are investigated under section 156 of the Cr. P.C. but not when investigated in accordance with the provisions of section 5A of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The question	 therefore	 of the need for a sanction under section 196A does not arise. Consequently	 the need to order re investigation or to begin the trial again after the sanction under section 196A is obtained	 and the consequent inordinate delay and harassment of the officers concerned	 reasons that weighed with the learned Single Judge for quashing the charges	 does not arise. It may incidentally be mentioned that the respondents took nearly three years before they moved the High (1) A. 1. R. 1957 Madhya Bharat 43. (2) A. 1. R. 828 Court for quashing the charges and are	 thus	 to a considerable extent responsible for the delay. On behalf of Mr. Gupta it was argued that he cannot be tried along with the two Army officers. Under section 6 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1952 the Special Judge may try any conspiracy to commit or any attempt to commit or any abetment of any of the offences punishable under section 161	 165 or 165A of the Indian Penal Code or sub section (2) of section 5 of the Prevention of Corruption Act	 and under sub section(3) of section 7 of the same Act a special judge	 when trying any case	 may also try any offence other than an offence specified in section 6 with which the accused may	 under the Code of Criminal Procedure	 1898	 be charged at the same trial. Under section 235 of the Code of Criminal Procedure if in one series of acts so connected together as to form the same transaction	 more offences than one are committed by the same person	 he may be charged with	 and tried at one trial for	 every such offence	 and under section 239 persons accused of the same offence committed in the course of the same transaction	 as well as persons accused of an offence and persons accused of abetment	 or of an attempt to commit such offence	 may be charged and tried together. In The State of Andhra Pradesh vs Kandimalla Subbaih & Anr.(1) this Court observed : "No doubt	 the offence mentioned in charge No. 1 is alleged to have been committed not by _just one person but by all the accused and the question is whether all these persons can be joint tried in respect of all these offences. To this kind of charge section 239 would apply. This section provides that the following persons may be charged and tried together	 namely : (1) persons accused of the same offence committed in the course of the same transaction; (2) persons accused of an offence and persons accused of abetment or an attempt to commit such an offence; (3) persons accused of different offences committed in the course of the same transaction. Clearly	 therefore	 all the accused persons could be tried together in respect of all the offences now comprised in charge No. 1. " In that case the first accused was a public servant and the other accused were private individuals to whom the first accused was alleged to have sold transport permit books intended to be issued (1) 829 to Central Excise Officers for granting permits to persons applying bona fide for licences to transport tobacco. This Court also pointed out that "sub section (3) of section 7 provides that when trying any case	 a special judge may also try any offences other than an offence specified in section 6 with which the accused may under the Code of Criminal Procedure	 1898 be charged at the same trial	 and clearly	 therefore	 accused No. 1 could be tried by the Special Judge for offences under section 120B read with sections 466	 467 and 420 J.P.C.	 and similarly the other accused who are	 said to have abetted these offences could also be tried by the Special Judge. " There is	 therefore	 no objection to Mr. Gupta being tried along with the two Army officers. Though in the revision petitions filed before the High Court the question as to whether on the evidence produced before the Special Judge the offences with which the respondents had been charged could be said to have been prima facie established	 was raised	 the learned Single Judge has not dealt with that question apparently because it was not argued before him. We do not	 therefore	 propose to say anything about the merits of the case. It is not necessary to refer to the	 decision in Madan Lal vs state of Punjab(1) and Bhanwar Singh vs Rajasthan(2) which are relied upon on behalf of the appellants in the view that we have taken that all the offences with which the	 accused are charged are cognizable offences	 and therefore	 the question whether charges which require sanction under s	 196A could be tried alongwith charges which did not require such sanction and the entire charges are vitiated for want of sanction	 as held by the learned Single Judge	 does not arise. The appeals are allowed and the order of the learned Single Judge is set aside. The Special Judge will now proceed to deal with the cases and dispose of them as expeditiously as possible as the matter has been pending for a long time. V.P.S. Appeals allowed.

Two army officers and a businessman were put up for trial before the Special Judge under the Criminal Law Amendment Act	 1952. They were all charged with offences of conspiracy under section 120B	 I.P	. C. read with section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and section 420 I.	P.C. The businessman was charged under s.420 and sections 420 and 511	 I.P.C. The two army officers were also charged with the offences under section 420 I.P.C. read with section 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. After some witnesses were examined by the prosecution	 on a petition by the three accused	 the High Court quashed the charges and the proceedings on the grounds	 (1) that the officer who investigated the case was not competent to do so; (2) that the offences were non cognizable and hence the Special Judge could not take cognizance of them without sanction under section 196A	 Cr. P.C.; and (3) in view of the enormous length of time that elapsed between the date the registration of the case and the examination of the witnesses (about 4 1/2 years)	 to proceed further with the case would be an abuse of the process of Court causing harassment to the accused. Allowing the appeal to this Court	 HELD : (1) (a) Under section 5A of the Prevention of Corruption Act	 before it was amended in 1964	 no officer below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police could investigate into offences punishable under Ss. 161	 165	 165A I.P.C.	 or under section 5 of the Prevention of Corruption Act	 without the orders of a Presidency Magistrate or the Magistrate First Class. Where an offence is committed in more than one place the order of every Magistrate within whose jurisdiction the offence or part of the offence was committed was not necessary to enable the investigation to be carried on. All that is necessary is that the Magistrate who makes the order under section 5A should have territorial jurisdiction over the place where any part of the offence took place. In the present case	 the offence of conspiracy was alleged to have been committed both at Tejpur as well as at Gauhati and the Inspector concerned had obtained the order of the First Class Magistrate	 Tejpur. [821H; 822A C] Chinnappa vs State of Mysore	 A.I.R. 	 Chatterjea V. Delhi Special Police Establishment I.L.R. 1969 Assam and Nagaland 275 and Union of India vs B. N. Ananthapadmanabbiah	 A. I.	R. 	 referred to. (b) The High Court expressed doubt whether the order of the Magistrate of Tejpur was a genuine one. If he had any such doubt it was the duty of the Judge to have gone into the matter thoroughly and satisfied 819 himself whether the order was genuine or not	 and given a categorical finding on the matter. There should have been no room allowed for any doubt	 or suspicion of any underhand dealing or unfair conduct	 in a matter of this kind. [823A C] (2) Under Schedule 11 of the Criminal Procedure Code offences under Ss. 161 to 165	 I.P.C. and offences punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment of 7 years and upwards are shown as cognizable offences. Under section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act the sentence may extend to 7 years. Therefore	 an offence under section 5 of the Prevention of Corruption Act is a cognizable offence. The words 'notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure	 in the section merely carve out a limited exemption from the provisions of Criminal Procedure Code in so far as they limit the class of persons who are competent to investigate	 and to arrest without a warrant. The mere fact that under the Act certain restrictions are placed as to the officers who are competent to investigate into the offences mentioned in section 5A would not make those offences any the less cognizable. Therefore	 the offences under section 161	 165 and 165A of the I.P.C. and section 5	 Prevention of Corruption Act	 are cognizable offences and there is no question of their being cognizable if investigated by a Deputy Superintendent of Police and non cognizable when investigated by an Inspector of Police; nor can there be any question of these offences being cognizable if investigated under section 156	 Cr. P.C. but not when investigated under section 5A	 Prevention of Corruption Act. It is illogical to say that offences would be cognizable in certain circumstances and non cognizable in certain other circumstances. Therefore	 the reed for a sanction under section 196A	 Cr. P.C. does not arise. [824A H; 825A D; 827] Union of India vs B. N. Ananthapadmanabhiah	 A.I.R. 	 Union of India vs Mahesh Chandra	 A.I.R. 1957 Madhya Bharat 3 and Public Prosecutor vs Sheikh Shariff	 A.I.R. 1965 A.P. 372	 referred to. Taj Khan vs The State	 A.I.R. 	 Ram Bijhumal vs The State	 A.I.R. 1958 Bombay 125 and Gulabsingh vs State	 A.I.R. 1962 Bombay 263	 approved. G. K. Apte vs Union of India	 A.I.R. 1970 Assam & Nagaland 43	 disapproved. (3)The need to order re investigation or to begin the trial again after the sanction under section 196A is obtained	 and the consequent inordinate delay and harassment of the officers concerned	 do not arise at all. Hence	 there is no question of quashing the charges on that ground. [827G H] (4) Under section 6 and 7(3) of the Criminal Law Amendment Act	 1952	 and Ss. 235 and 239	 Cr. P.C. the businessman (private individual) and the two army officers	 (public servants) could be tried together. [829A C] The State of Andhra Pradesh vs Kandimalla Subbaiah & Anr. 	 followed.