Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 397 · Decided 10 May 2016
A. Slvaprakash v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 397 · [2016] 4 S.C.R. 429
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 131/2007
- Decided
- 10 May 2016
- Bench
- A.K. SIKRI, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13(2), 13(1)(d)
Headnote
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - s.13(2) rlw s. JJ(l){d) - Proceedings under - Alleging that appellant-accused as a public servant issued a fake 'stage certificate' dated 9. 6.199 2 in respect of contract awarded to A-3, on tl?e basis whereof payment to the extent of 50% of the contract value held: The work contract awarded to A-3 was under 'Jawahar Rojgar Yojana' - As per Circular dated 23.4.1991, it was permissible for the Panchayat to release 50% of the estimated cost in advance to the contractor on the starting of the project - Thus, Panchayat was empowered to release 50%
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