Supreme Court of India

Abdulla Mohammed Pagarkar v. State (union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu)

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Reported as [1980] 1 S.C.R. 604
Bench S. Murtaza Fazal Ali and A. D. Koshal JJ.
Decided 11 September 1979

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What the Court ordered

In the result, therefore, we A accept both the appeals, set aside the conviction recorded against and the sentences imposed upon each of the appellants and acquit them of the charge in its entirety.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Criminal Trial-Public servant charged with the offence of preparing false muster rolls, inflating wages and other bills-Burden of proof on whom lies. Indian Penal Code. Ss. 120( )(I), 420, 468 and 471 & Prevention of Cor­ ruption Acts. 5(1)(d)-Conviction under-Validity of. survey carried out by the Port Trust suggested that the canal connecting two rivers required urgent deepening '8Dd widening to make it navigable for .barges during the monsoon season when the sea turned rough and navigation became hazardous across the mouth of the river. The appellant ( -1) who at that time was the Captain

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to · 2 mentioned

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