Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 234 · Decided 20 November 1978
Prakash Chand v. State (Delhi Administration)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 234 · [1979] 2 S.C.R. 330
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 193/1974
- Decided
- 20 November 1978
- Bench
- R.S. SARKARIA, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 161; CrPC Section 162; Evidence Act Section 8; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 5(2)
Headnote
Pn::Yen~ion Df Corn1ption Act-Uncorroborated testimony of trap wi•ess, "' whether suffecient foundation for canviction-E\·idence Act S. 8, cMUiHCt of accused confronted by police officer during investigation, admissibility-Whether excluded by s. 162 Cr. P.C. 1974. Prakash Chand an 5(1)(d) read withs. 5(2) of the Pre­ vention of Corruption Act ands. 161 IPC, for demanding and acccpti.g Rii. 30'/­ bribe from the trap witness Ram Niwas Sharma, an architect, for permitting him to make some necessa.ry corrections in the building plans submittN by him to oomply with
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