Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 718 · Decided 9 August 2017
Vasant Rao Guhe v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 718 · [2017] 8 S.C.R. 570
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1279/2017
- Decided
- 9 August 2017
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, AMITAVA ROY, A.M. KHANWILKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13(1)(e)
Headnote
8 S.C.R. 570 V ASANT RAO GUHE v. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH (Criminal Appeal No. 1279 of2017) AUGUST09,2017 [DIPAK MISRA, AMITAVA ROY AND A.M. KHANWILKAR, JJ.I Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988: s.13(1)(e) rlw. s.13(2) - Concurrent conviction under - If justified- Held: A public servant charged during the period of his office - To succeed in D a criminal trial, the prosecution has to pitch its case beyond all reasonable doubt and lodge it in the realm of "must be true" category and not in the domain of "may be true" - However, in the instant case the prosecution
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