Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1280 · Decided 15 December 2022
Neeraj Dutta v. State (GOVT. of N.C.T. of Delhi)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1280 · [2022] 5 S.C.R. 104
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1669/2009
- Decided
- 15 December 2022
- Bench
- S. ABDUL NAZEER, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, A.S. BOPANNA, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN, B.V. NAGARATHNA (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Reference answered
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 313; Evidence Act Section 3, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 7, 13(1)(d), 20
Headnote
Prevention of Corruption Act 1988: ss.7 and 13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2) - In the absence of evidence of the complainant (direct/ primary, oral/documentary evidence) it is permissible to draw an inferential deduction servant u/ss.7 and 13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2) of the Act based on other evidence adduced by the prosecution. Reference Matter - Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 - Whether B. Jayaraj v State of A.P & P. Satyanarayana Murthy v D. Insp. Of Police, State of A.P. in conflict with M.
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