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'State cops can probe Central govt employees'
The Morning Standard
|January 21, 2026
THE Supreme Court has held that state police authorities can investigate the offences of bribery under the Prevention of Corruption Act against the central government employees without an approval or consent from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The SC pointed out that Section 17 of the PC Act does not exclude or prevents the state police or a special agency of the state from registering a crime or investigating cases relating to br
This story is from the January 21, 2026 edition of The Morning Standard.
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