Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 769 · Decided 14 October 2015
N. Sunkanna v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 769 · [2015] 12 S.C.R. 882
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1355/2015
- Decided
- 14 October 2015
- Bench
- M.Y. EQBAL, C. NAGAPPAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act Section 7, 13(1)(d)
Headnote
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988- ss. 7, 13(1)(d) rlw c 13(2) and 20-Allegation of demand and acceptance of bribe - Trap arranged- Recovery of tainted notes from the accused - During trial complainant turned hostile- The courts below relying on the Panch Witnesses and drawing presumption ul s. was no 0 evidence to prove that the accused made any demand­ Mere recovery of the tainted currency notes from the accused without proof of demand will not bring home the offence u/ s. 7 -In absence of proof of demand offence uls.13(1)(d) is also not established- Unless there is proof of
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