Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 956 · Decided 21 January 2015
Vinod Kumar v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 956 · [2015] 1 S.C.R. 504
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 554/2012
- Decided
- 21 January 2015
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA (1-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 313; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 7, 13(2)
Headnote
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - ss. 7 and 13(2) - Public servant taking illegal gratification - Public servant- C octroi inspector accepting bribe - Conviction and sentence ulss. 7 and 13(2) on basis of the trap laid, examination and cross-examination of the prosecution witnesses by the can be drawn that the inspector had received or accepted the said currency D notes on his own volition - Testimony of PW6, an independent witness and PW-7 show that the prosecution was able to prove demand, acceptance fWd recovery of the amount - Though PW 7 was cross-examined after 20 months
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