Supreme Court of India

Sajjan Singh v. The State of Punjab

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Reported as [1964] 4 S.C.R. 630
Bench S.K. Das J.
Decided 28 August 1963

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CorrUption-Criminal misconduct in discharge of official duty­ Conviction based on presumption-Validity-Prevention of Corrup.­ tion Act, 1947, (2 of 1947), s. 5(3). The appellant was an overseer and then became a Sub-Divi­ sional Officer in the Irrigation Department. On the basis of a com­ plaint, a case was registered against him and after sanction by the Government had been obtained for his prosecution under s. 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and s. 161/165 of the Indian Penal Code he was tried by the special judge on a charge under s. 5(2) of the Act. The allegation made was that

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