Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 161 · Decided 25 May 1971
Som Nath v. Union of India & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 161 · [1971] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 848
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 102/1969
- Decided
- 25 May 1971
- Bench
- G.K. MITTER, C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM, P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act Section 5(2), 5(l)(c); Land Acquisition Act Section 4, 6
Headnote
v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR. May 25, 1.171 • [G. K. M!TJ'ER, c. A. .VAID!ALINGAM AND P. JAGANMOHAN c D E G H REDDY 11.) Preventio". of Corruption Act (2 of 1941), •· 5(1)(c}--Scope of. Sanction for pr0Jecution-Principle1 for granting. Practice and Procedure-Duty of land acquired for that purpose, along with valuable crops stand­ ing on the land. He postponed giving delivery of the land to the contrac­ tor for the extension work. Instead, he allowed one of the owner,s cf the land to cut the crop and take it away without in any way accounting fer it. A
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