Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 535 · Decided 2 August 2011
P. Parasurami Reddy v. State of A.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 535 · [2011] 9 S.C.R. 656
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 462/2003
- Decided
- 2 August 2011
- Bench
- V.S. SIRPURKAR, T.S. THAKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13(2)
Headnote
PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT, 1988: c ss. 7 and 13 (1) (d) rlw s. 13 (2)- Conviction by trial court for demanding and taking illegal gratification - Upheld by High Court - HELO: Prosecution has not been able to prove that the accused had fixed the time and place to receive the money - As per the on 12.1.1994, he was driven away by the accused­ There is no evidence as to what happened thereafter - Besides, the treated currency notes could not be found out nor is there any explanation for the same - The only circumstance that the test of fingers of accused was positive E would not be
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