Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 815 · Decided 12 December 1997
Mahendra Singh Chotelal Bhargad v. State of Maharashtra and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 815 · [1997] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 465
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 663/1994
- Decided
- 12 December 1997
- Bench
- M.K. MUKHERJEE, K.T. THOMAS (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 163, 161, 5(1)(d), 5(2); Prevention of Corruption Act Section 5(1)(d), 5(2)
Headnote
BHARGAD A v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS. DECEMBER 12, 1997 [M.K. MUKHERJEE AND K.T. THOM~S, JJ.) B Indian Penal Code, 1860. Section 163---Conviction unde~Two police officers allegedly demand- ing illegal gratification for dropping oiminal case and directing the gratifica- C tion money to 5(1)(d) read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Cormption Act, 1947-Appellant convicted under Section 16~Held, in view of the acquittal of the police officers, conviction of the appellant under Section 163 !PC w1sus- D tainable--Penal Code, Section 161-Prevention of Conuption Act, 1947,
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