Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 480 · Decided 27 April 2007
V.K.PURI v. Central Bureau of Investigation
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 480 · [2007] 5 S.C.R. 807
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 635/2007
- Decided
- 27 April 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 178, 177; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13
Headnote
B Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988-ss. 13(/)(e) & 5(3)-0ffence by public servant of acquiring assets disproportionate to his known sources of income-Territorial jurisdiction of Special Court under the Act-Jurisdiction in which the offence would be triable-Determination of-Held: Each Court, C bar application of s.178, CrPC, hence, the/act that the accused has a part of his known source of income at Delhi would confer jurisdiction upon the Court at Delhi-Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-ss. 177 & 178-Interpretation of Statutes-Purposive construction. D Appellant was an officer in
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