In directing that a West Bengal police officer be prosecuted for threatening the victim of a shooting incident, the Supreme Court has set aside a high court ruling and reiterated that wrongs committed deliberately by government officials while on duty do not entitle them to protection from being put on trial.

A bench of Justices Altmas Kabir and Markandey Katju maintained the well-known legal position while restoring the prosecution of West Bengal Deputy Superintendent of Police Sahabul Hussain at a magisterial court in Behrampore.