Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 620 · Decided 31 August 2015
Indra Vijay Alok v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 620 · [2015] 10 S.C.R. 288
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1917/2008
- Decided
- 31 August 2015
- Bench
- RANJAN GOGOI, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act Section 20
Headnote
Prevention of Coffuption Act, 1988: ss. 7 and 13(1 )(d) rlw c s. 13(2) - Allegation that appellant-Patwari demanded from the complainant bribe for carrying out the mutation in the revenue records - Trial Court found the evidence of complainant (PW-3) and statements of other prosecution witnesses guilty- Conviction D by trial court upheld by the High Court - On appeal, held: E The statement of PW-3 got corroboration by the statement of the superior officer of the appellant's own department-As such courts below committed no error of law in relying on testimony of these witnesses and
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