Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 219 · Decided 31 March 2004
State of Andhra Pradesh v. C. Uma Maheswara Rao and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 219 · [2004] 3 S.C.R. 665
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 468/1998
- Decided
- 31 March 2004
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 1208; Evidence Act Section 4, 114; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 7, 13, 20, 13(2), 20(1)
Headnote
OF ANDHRA PRADESH A v. C. UMA MAHESWARA RAO AND ANR, MARCH 31, 2004 [DORAISWAMY RAJU AND ARIJIT PASAYAT, JJ,] B Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988-Sections 7, 13 & 20(/)/ Evidence Act, 1872-Sections 4 and 114-Public Servants convicted for taking gratification from complainant for clearance of gratification jiwn the facts produced unless proved otherwise by accused-On facts and evidence, accused are guilty of accepting gratification-Hence, conviction upheld. Respondent-public servants were members of a Tender Opening Committee and were associated with the processing of
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