Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 809 · Decided 12 September 2018
Kannan v. State REP. BY Inspector of Police
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 809 · [2018] 11 S.C.R. 650
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1580/2011
- Decided
- 12 September 2018
- Bench
- R. BANUMATHI, INDIRA BANERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act Section 7, 13(2), 13(1)(d)
Headnote
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - ss.7 and 13(2) r/w. s.13(1)(d) - Prosecution case was that Deputy Commercial Tax Officer (PW-4) along with A-1, who was then working as Assistant Commercial Tax Officer, inspected a grocery shop (owned by father of PW-2) and seized PW-2 approached A-1 to return the accounts book for which A-1 demanded bribe - PW-2 lodged a complaint before Anti-corruption wing - Trap was arranged to catch the accused - Accordingly, PW-2 went to the office of A-1 where A-1 asked him whether he brought the money and
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