Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 395 · Decided 10 April 2007
Naresh Kumar Madan v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 395 · [2007] 4 S.C.R. 1040
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 519/2007
- Decided
- 10 April 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 21; Constitution; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13(l)(d), 13(2)
Headnote
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