Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 654 · Decided 24 April 2025
Dashrath v. The State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 654 · [2025] 4 S.C.R. 2536
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2120/2025
- Decided
- 24 April 2025
- Bench
- DIPANKAR DATTA, MANMOHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 313; Constitution Article 142; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13(2), 7, 13(1)(d), 17
Headnote
The conviction of the appellant as well as the sentence imposed on him u/ss.7 and 13(1)(d) r/w. s.13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 is questioned. Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - ss.7 and 13(1)(d) r/w. s.13(2) - Appellant ii) investigation was conducted by an Inspector of Police (PW-4), although in terms of the statutory mandate contained in s.17 of the PC Act, no officer lower in rank than a Deputy Superintendent of Police can investigate the crime; iii) the demand was not proved and the conviction is
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