Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 103 · Decided 6 April 1976
Chaturdas Bhagwandas Patel v. The State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 103 · [1976] 3 S.C.R. 1052
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 250/1971
- Decided
- 6 April 1976
- Bench
- R.S. SARKARIA, P.N. SHINGAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 165A, 5(2), 161; CrPC; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 4(1)
Headnote
F G H CHATURDAS BHAGWANDAS PATEL v. THE STATE OF GUJARAT April 6, 1976 (R. S. SARKARIA AND P. N. SHINGHAL, JJ.J Indian Penal Code (Act 45 of 1860), s. 161-Scope of. Prevention of Corruption Act (2 of 1947), ss. 4(1) a11d 5(1) and (2)­ Statutory presiunption under-Rebuttal by accused. Code of Constable) an<l the Sub-Inspector of Police were charged with offences under s. 161 read with s. 34 and s. 165A, IPC, and !'ndcr s. 5 (2) read with s. 5 (I )(d) Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947. The appellant admitted the receipt of money and its recovery froo1 him but stated that PWs 1 and
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