JAMMU, Aug. 5 -- The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has ruled that an accused retains the right to challenge the validity of prosecution sanction during trial and that earlier observations of the Trial Court cannot operate as a bar to such a challenge.
Justice Shahzad Azeem passed the order in a petition filed by Ashiq Hussain Mir, questioning an order dated October 17, 2023, passed by the Additional Special Judge, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Srinagar, in a challan arising out of ACB FIR No. 24/2019.
The Trial Court had rejected the petitioner's plea regarding the validity of the sanction granted for his prosecution.
During the hearing, Senior Advocate Z.A. Qureshi, assisted by Advocate Anurag Verma, restricted the challenge to the...