Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 753 · Decided 13 July 2007
State, Cbi, Hyderabad v. Edwin Devasahayam
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 753 · [2007] 8 S.C.R. 333
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1009/2002
- Decided
- 13 July 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, D.K. JAIN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act Section 7
Headnote
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 7: Corruption-Demanding and accepting of bribe by an Officer of Railways from his subordinate-Complaint to CBI-Investigation-Charge sheet-Trial Court found accused guilty of offence punishable uls. 7 of the Act-Reversed by High Court observing that Held: Plea relating to lack of authority of the secretary in granting the sanction for the prosecution of the accused appears to have been given up before the High Court-Without indicating any reasons, High Court could not have drawn an adverse conclusion that the relevant records not placed
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