Supreme Court · 1963 INSC 182 · Decided 28 August 1963
Sajjan Singh v. The State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1963 INSC 182 · [1964] 4 S.C.R. 630
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 98/1960
- Decided
- 28 August 1963
- Bench
- S.K. DAS, M. HIDAYATULLAH, K.C. DAS GUPTA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 161, 165; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 161, 165, 5(2)
Headnote
28 630 SUPREME COURT REPORTS . [1964] SAJJAN SINGH ti. THE STATE OF PUNJAB (S. K. DAs, AcTING C. J., M. HmAYATULLAH AND K. C. DAs GUPTA, JJ.) CorrUption-Criminal misconduct in discharge of official duty­ Conviction based on presumption-Validity-Prevention of Corrup.­ tion Act, 1947, (2 of after sanction by the Government had been obtained for his prosecution under s. 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and s. 161/165 of the Indian Penal Code he was tried by the special judge on a charge under s. 5(2) of the Act. The allegation made was that the appellant demanded his
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