Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 80 · Decided 5 February 2014
State Through Cbi New Delhi v. Jitender Kumar Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 80 · [2014] 2 S.C.R. 621
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 943/2008
- Decided
- 5 February 2014
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, A.K. SIKRI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3(1); CrPC Section 4(1), 4(3); Prevention of Corruption Act Section 3(1), 4(1), 4
Headnote
PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT, 1988: A B Purpose of enactment - Held: Although Indian Penal c Code provided for punishment for the offence of bribery and corruption even against the public servants, Parliament, in its wisdom, noticed that the Code was not adequate to meet the exigencies of time and a special legislation with a view to eradicate the evil of bribery and D corruption from the society - Consequently, the Prevention of Corruption Act was enacted - Penal Code, 1860. s.3(1) - Jurisdiction of Special Judge to proceed against a non-public servant - Held: A Special Judge
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