Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 384 · Decided 6 May 2015
State of Andhra Pradesh v. P. Venkateshwarlu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 384 · [2015] 6 S.C.R. 262
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1317/2008
- Decided
- 6 May 2015
- Bench
- PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE, UDAY UMESH LALIT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act Section 7, 20
Headnote
c PreventionofCorruptionAct, 1988-ss. 7and13(1)(d) rlw s. 13(2) - Case of illegal gratification - Trap laid and the accused caught demanding and accepting bribe - Conviction and sentence uls. 7 and 13(1)(d) rlw s. 13(2) by trial court, however set aside by the High Court - On appeal, held: D and acceptance of bribe proved by the prosecution - Recovery of tainted money proved- Same was witnessed by key eye witnesses and their testimonies corroborated by other material witnesses - Offence u/s. 7 confirmed by the unchallenged recovery of E the tainted amount - Defense raised various
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