Supreme Court · 1957 INSC 90 · Decided 25 October 1957
Jaswant Singh v. The State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1957 INSC 90 · [1958] 1 S.C.R. 762
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 66/1954
- Decided
- 25 October 1957
- Bench
- BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA, J.L. KAPUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 165; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 5, 6
Headnote
2S. 762 SUPREME COURT REPORTS JASWANT SINGH v. THE STATE OF PUNJAB (B. P. SINHA and J. L. KAPuR, JJ:) (1958] Criminal trial-Sanction in respect of one offence-Trial for two offentes requiring sanction-If trial wholly void-­ Prevention of Corrupt,!on Act, 1947 (II of1947), ss. 5 (1) (a), 5(1) He was charged with and tried for two offences under s. 5(1) (a) of the Act for habitually accepting or obtaining illegal gratification and under s. 5(1) (d) for receiving illegal gratification from Pal Singh. The Special Judge found both charges proved and convited the appellant. On appeal,
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