Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in the cipher case. According to a report in Pakistan’s newspaper Dawn, apart from former PM Imran Khan, the country’s former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has also been sentenced to 10 years in this case. Let us tell you that this punishment has been given to former Prime Minister Imran Khan by the special court constituted under the Official Secrets Act. Well, today we will know in this article whether the former Prime Minister of India can be punished by the court and if he can be punished then in which cases it can be done.
First of all know what is the meaning of cipher
former PM Imran Khan The cipher case in which he has been convicted. Let us know about it first. Actually, cipher means a message written in a secret keyword. Such diplomatic communications keep happening between two countries. However, these are kept completely secret and restricted. That means leaking or copying it is completely illegal.
Now understand the laws related to former Prime Minister in India
According to Indian law, as long as a person holds the post of Prime Minister of the country, no investigation can be conducted against him in any case. However, as soon as the person steps down from the post of PM, he will come under the ambit of Indian law, just like any ordinary Indian citizen. This means that the former Prime Minister in India may have to face investigation in any case and if found guilty, action may be taken against him. Such incidents have also happened in history.
Arrest of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
This incident happened after the Emergency of 1977. In fact, when elections were held in the country after the Emergency, the Janata Party won and Morarji Desai’s government was formed at the centre. As soon as the government was formed, demands began to be raised that a case should be filed against Indira Gandhi and she should be arrested. Then came the date of 19 December 1978. On this day, Indira Gandhi was suspended before the Lok Sabha and then a resolution was passed to arrest her.
There was a lot of uproar over this throughout the day, then at night the Speaker of the Lok Sabha issued orders for the arrest of Indira Gandhi. After the Speaker issued the order, the then CBI officer NK Singh was given the responsibility to arrest Indira Gandhi. NK Singh reached Parliament House with his team and arrested Indira Gandhi from there. Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was kept in Delhi’s Tihar Jail for seven days after this arrest.
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