Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 728 · Decided 29 October 2013
Manish Trivedi v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 728 · [2013] 12 S.C.R. 205
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1881/2013
- Decided
- 29 October 2013
- Bench
- C.K. PRASAD, J.S. KHEHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 21; CrPC Section 482; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 2(c)(viii), 13(2), 2(c)
Headnote
RAJASTHAN MUNICIPAL/TIES ACT, 1959: s.87 of the Rajasthan Act rlw s.21, /PC and s.2(c)(viii) of A B c PC Act -- 'Public servant' - Appellant, a Municipal Councillor and Member of Municipal Board - Held: Bys. 87 of Rajasthan Municipalities Act, Legislature has created a fiction that every Member be deemed to be a public D servant within the meaning of s. 21, /PC - Thus, appellant is a public servant within the meaning of s.21,IPC - Penal Code, 1860- s.21 - Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - s.2(c)(viii). PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT, 1988: s.2(c)(viii) - 'Public servant' - Held:
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