Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 958 · Decided 28 January 2015
R.P.S. Yadav v. Central Bureau of Investigation
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 958 · [2015] 1 S.C.R. 789
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 9/2012
- Decided
- 28 January 2015
- Bench
- F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA, ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act Section 7, 13(2)
Headnote
A B Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - ss. 7, 13(2) rw s. 13(1 )(d} - Public servant taking gratification for an official act C - Appellant-MCD employee allegedly took bribe from the complainant for issuance of licence - Conviction and ·sentence of the appellant u/ss. 7, 13(2) rw below, on the basis of the evidence of the complainant and the trap witnesses - Sustainability of - Held: Not D sustainable - No legally acceptable evidence either from the complainant or from the other so called independent witness or the shadow witness in order to show that the mandatory
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