Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 503 · Decided 10 July 2024
Mir Mustafa Ali Hasmi v. The State of A.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 503 · [2024] 7 S.C.R. 640
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2845/2024
- Decided
- 10 July 2024
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, SANDEEP MEHTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 7, 13(1)(d)
Headnote
The question arose whether the prosecution was able to prove beyond all manner of doubt the fact that the appellant demanded and accepted bribe from the complainant; and whether the courts below were justified in convicting and sentencing the appellant for offence the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, for the demand and acceptance of illegal gratification. Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - ss. 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) - Demand and acceptance of illegal gratification - Prosecution case that the the appellant-Forest
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