Supreme Court · 1958 INSC 22 · Decided 21 March 1958
The State of Bihar v. Basawan Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1958 INSC 22 · [1959] 1 S.C.R. 195
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 134/1955
- Decided
- 21 March 1958
- Bench
- VIVIAN BOSE, NATWARLAL HARILAL BHAGWATI, T.L. VENKATARAMA AIYYAR, S.K. DAS, A.K. SARKAR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 161
Headnote
S.C.R. • spPREME COURT REPORTS THE STATE OF BIHAR v. BASA WAN SINGH 195 -(BHAGWATI, VENKATARAMA AIYAR, s. K. DAS, A. K. SARKAR and VIVIAN BosE, JJ.) . Criminal Law-Bribe-Trap-Testimony of the raiding party­ Reliability-I ndependent corroboration-Whether essential-Whether circumstantial of Rs. roo as a bribe from two persons, B and P, for dropping a case which he had instituted against B under the Essential Supplies (Temporary Powers) Act, 1946. The prosecu­ tion case was that when the demand for the bribe made by the res.r-ondent could not be avoided, B and P approached
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