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A larger Bench of the Kerala High Court is set examine whether a Magistrate under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) order investigation against a public servant in absence of a prior sanction under Section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act [AK Sreekumar v State of Kerala & ors].