Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 636 · Decided 16 September 2014
Edmunds Lyngdoh v. State of Meghalaya
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 636 · [2014] 10 S.C.R. 458
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2056/2014
- Decided
- 16 September 2014
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, R. BANUMATHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 420, 1208; CrPC Section 313; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 5(2)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 420, 1208; Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947: s.5(2) -A-1, the Chief Engineer of North C Eastern Hill University (NEHU) - Allegation that A-1 along with other officials of NEHU formed a Purchase Committee - All of them colluded together for procurement of cement at period 1982 to 1985 - The exorbitant rates were accepted without conducting any D survey for ascertaining the then prevalent market rate of cement - Conviction of A-1 u/ ss.420, 1208 /PC and s.5(2) of 1947 Act and of A-4 uls.420 r/w s.1208 /PC challenged - Held: There was ample evidence that the
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