Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 178 · Decided 11 September 1979
Abdulla Mohammed Pagarkar v. State (Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 178 · [1980] 1 S.C.R. 604
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 224/1977
- Decided
- 11 September 1979
- Bench
- S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, A.D. KOSHAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 120(B)(I), 420, 468, 471
Headnote
Criminal Trial-Public servant charged with the offence of preparing false muster rolls, inflating wages and other bills-Burden of proof on whom lies. Indian Penal Code. Ss. 120(B)(I), 420, 468 and 471 & Prevention of Cor­ ruption Acts. 5(1)(d)-Conviction under-Validity of. A survey carried that the canal connecting two rivers required urgent deepening '8Dd widening to make it navigable for .barges during the monsoon season when the sea turned rough and navigation became hazardous across the mouth of the river. The appellant (A-1) who at that time was the Captain of Ports invited
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