Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 204 · Decided 31 August 1976
Rabindra Kumar Dey v. State of Orissa
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 204 · [1977] 1 S.C.R. 439
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 193/1971
- Decided
- 31 August 1976
- Bench
- P.N. BHAGWATI, S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; Evidence Act Section 105, 5, 154; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 5(2)
Headnote
RABINDRA KUMAR DEY v. STATE OF ORISSA August 31, 1976 [P. N. BHAGWATI AND _S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, JJ.J Preve111io11 of Corruption A ct, 1947-Sec. 5 ( 1) (c) and 5(1 )(d) r /1v Sec. 5(2)-Misappropriating Gort. Funds-Retaining Go1·t. Funds by a Gort . .serram-Ei•idnw2 Act. Sec. 154-When Effect of non exan1ination of n1aterial witness-Conviction on e\·id!!nce of a ..solitary \Vitness_:_ivhether adven,19 infer2nce can be drawn against accused for 1101 leading evidence-Onus of prosecutio11-Presu1nption of innocence. The appellant who was the Additional District Magistrate
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