Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 992 · Decided 12 December 2006
V. Venkata Subbarao v. State Represented BY Inspector of Police, A.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 992 · [2006] SUPP. 10 S.C.R. 729
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 970/2000
- Decided
- 12 December 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act Section 20
Headnote
B Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988: s.20-Demand of illegal gratification made by a Manda/ Revenue Officer c (MRO) for allowing PW-3 to cut and remove casurina trees-Intervention by appellant resulting in reduction of amount to Rs.2000-Trap laid-Offer alleged to have been made to appellant which Court-On appeal, held, an innocent officer falsely implicated on account of animosity- Illegalities committed in the trap proceedings are galore-Trap proceeding D envisages secrecy and not a wide publicity-Trap party consisting of 8 persons-No explanation as to why services of an unknown person,
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