Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 662 · Decided 4 May 2009
Subbusingh v. State BY Public Prosecutor
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 662 · [2009] 7 S.C.R. 383
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 402/2002
- Decided
- 4 May 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, D.K. JAIN, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act Section 7, 12
Headnote
A B Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - ss. 7 rlw 12 and 13(2) rlw 13(1)(d) r/w 12 and 20-Demand and receipt of bribe - By police officer (A 1) through his friend (A2) -- Threatening C the complainant to implicate him in criminal case - Trap arranged - Phenolphthalein test positive -Acquittal of by trial court - High Court convicting A-1 while upholding acquittal of A-2 - On appeal, held.: Facts of the case and conduct of A-1 establish his guilt - The occurrence D leading to demand of the bribe also established - Once it is proved that money was demanded as br{/Je and the same was
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