JUDGMENT

T.S. THAKUR, J.

1. I have had the advantage of going through the order proposed by my esteemed and noble Brother Kalifulla J. While I entirely agree with the conclusions arrived at by His Lordship, I propose to add a few lines of my own.

2. The draft order has painstakingly and with remarkable lucidity dealt with the question of maintainability of a revision petition before the High Court and concluded that such a revision petition was indeed maintainable. I can make no addition to what Kalifulla, J. has said on that count except to place on record my deep appreciation for an articulate and erudite statement of the legal position on the subject. What has impelled me to add to what is already said is the importance of the second issue that falls for our consideration touching the true and correct interpretation of Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Incidents of abuse of authority by public servants, despite several pronouncements of this Court in which such abuse has been deprecated, and the effect which such abuse has on the confidence of the people in the Rule of Law to which we are committed and the credibility of the institutions that are meant to preser