Supreme Court · 1956 INSC 46 · Decided 21 September 1956
G. A. Monterio v. The State of AJMER.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1956 INSC 46 · [1956] 1 S.C.R. 682
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 146/1954
- Decided
- 21 September 1956
- Bench
- NATWARLAL HARILAL BHAGWATI, SYED JAFFER IMAM, P. GOVINDA MENON (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 21(9), 161, 420, 21; Constitution Article 134(l)(c); Prevention of Corruption Act
Headnote
21 682 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [1956) G. A. MONTERIO v. THE STATE OF AJMER. [BHAGWATI, JAFER IMAM and GOVINDA MENON JJ.) "Officer"-Tests to determine who is an 10.ffi.cer'-Metal ea;aminer 1 called chaser, in Railway Carriage workshop-Whether officer­ I ndian Penal Code (Act XLV of He . accepted a sum of Rs. 150 as illegal gratification for securing a job for some person. He was . charged under s. li(l)(d) of t·he Prevention of Corruption Act, 194 7 (Act II of 194 7). 'The appellant contended that he was not an "officer" within the mean­ ing of the
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