Supreme Court · 1959 INSC 159 · Decided 13 December 1959
Faguna Kanta Nath v. The State of Assam
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1959 INSC 159 · [1959] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 203/1956
- Decided
- 13 December 1959
- Bench
- J.L. KAPUR, K.N. WANCHOO (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 161, 5(2)
Headnote
COURT REPORTS FAGUNA KANTA NATH v. THE STATE OF ASSAM (J. L. KAPUR and K. N. w ANCHOO, JJ.) Criminal Law-Abetment--Bribery-Conviction for bribery set aside-Maintenance of conviction for abetment-Legality-Indian Penal Code (Act XLV of r86o), ss. ro7, r6r, r65A. The appellant was triedJor an prosecution case was that while the complainant was taking paddy for sale K demanded Rs. 200/­ as bribe and threatened him that unless the money was paid the paddy would be seized, that at the instance of K the complain­ ant handed over the bribe money to the appellant for being counted
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