Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 87 · Decided 3 February 1997
Mohmoodkhan Mahboobkhan Pathan v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 87 · [1997] 1 S.C.R. 830
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 381/1990
- Decided
- 3 February 1997
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, K.T. THOMAS (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 5(2); Evidence Act Section 114; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 4, 20, 4(1), 5(1)(d)
Headnote
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947: Section 4( I). Presumption-Arising of-Gratification-Held: It arose only when C prosecution proved that what was received· was "gratification ''-Word "gratification" denoted acceptance of something to the pleasure or satisfaction of the entitled to benefit of doubt­ Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, S.20-Evidence Act, 1872, S.114--Penal D Code, 1860, S.161. E Words and Phrases: "Gratification''-Meaning of-Jn the context of S.4(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947. The appellant-accused was convicted under
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