Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 341 · Decided 6 March 2009
State of A.P. v. M. Radha Krishna Murthy
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 341 · [2009] 4 S.C.R. 67
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 386/2002
- Decided
- 6 March 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (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) - Conviction under, for demanding and accepting bribe - Acquittal by High Court relying on Hari Dev Sharma's C case that since part of prosecution case version about demand and acceptance not proved, remaining part of the case Not sustainable - In Hari Dev Sharma's case no rule of universal application laid down that whenever aipart of case relating to demand and D acceptance is not acceptable, whole case would fail even if case relating to trap, recovery of money and chemical test by prosecution is established -
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