Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 530 · Decided 19 August 2010
Keshav Dutt v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 530 · [2010] 10 S.C.R. 151
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1560/2010
- Decided
- 19 August 2010
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13, 13(1)(d), 7
Headnote
A 8 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988: s.13(1 )(d) - Conviction based on report of handwriting expert - Bribe C amount recovered from the co-accused - Appellant not present on the spot nor did he receive the money - Held: It was only the report of handwriting expert which connected the appellant which was said to be in his handwriting - The handwriting on the paper D was not formally proved by the prosecution - The expert was not examined - In the absence of examination of expert, his report cannot be relied on - The complicity of appellant was thus not established beyond doubt -
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