Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 530 · Decided 12 August 2013
State of Punjab v. Madan Mohan Lal Verma
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 530 · [2013] 7 S.C.R. 1130
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2052/2010
- Decided
- 12 August 2013
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, S.A. BOBDE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 313; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 7, 13(1)(d)
Headnote
PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT, 1988: ss. 7 and 13(1)(d) read with s.13(2) - Conviction by trial C court, set aside by High Court - Held: Demand of illegal gratification is sine qua non for constituting an offence under the Act - Meie recovery of tainted money is not sufficient to convict the payment of bribe or that the money was taken voluntarily as D a bribe - High Court accepted the defence version made u/s 313Cr.PC that possibility of Phenolphthalein powder appearing on the hands of-accused when he shook hands with the complainant, cannot be .ruled out -Executive Magistrate, who
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