Supreme Court · 1968 INSC 299 · Decided 12 November 1968
Akhtar Alam v. The State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1968 INSC 299 · [1969] 2 S.C.R. 682
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 207/1966
- Decided
- 12 November 1968
- Bench
- J.C. SHAH, V. RAMASWAMI, A.N. GROVER (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 21(12), 21, 161; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 5(1)(d), 5(2), 2, 161
Headnote
Prevention of Corruption Act II of 1947-s. 5(2) read with s. 5(1). Indian Penal Code 1860 s. 21 (12)-Heat! Clerk to Executive Engineer tak­ ing bribe-whether "public servant"-principles for determining whether Head Clerk was an officer of the Corporation within the meaning of s. 21 was convicted under s. 5 (2) read withs. 5(1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act on the allega­ tion that on July 8, 1961 he had committed an offence in obtaining a bribe for the Executive Engineer by resorting to corrupt and illegal means or by otherwise abusing his position as a
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