Personal interest, includes the official interest as well, Ambika Prasad v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (1992) All Cr Cas 200 (All).
Personal interest, within the meaning of the s. 556 of the Criminal Procedure Code is not limited to private interest, and it may well include official interest also, Rameshwar Bhartia v. State of Assam, AIR 1952 SC 405 (406). [Criminal Procedure Code (5 of 1898), s. 556]