Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 602 · Decided 13 October 2004
State of West Bengal v. Kailash Chandra Pandey
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 602 · [2004] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 437
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1406/2003
- Decided
- 13 October 2004
- Bench
- D.M. DHARMADHIKARI, A.K. MATHUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 136; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 7
Headnote
B Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988-Section 7-Demand of money by way of illegal gratification by accused-Trap laid, accused apprehended a~d currency notes recovered from his pocket-Conviction under-Acquittal by High Court on basis of infirmities in the prosecution case-Justification of- C Held: Chemical Examination, non-seizure of pyjama given to accused to wear after taking the pant, money kept in the left hand pocket but hand wash taken of right hand, bills passed prior to tender of money to accused and non-production of envelope does not improbablise the D prosecution
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