Supreme Court of India

M. Sunderamoorthy v. The State of Tamil Nadu through Inspector of Police

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Reported as [1990] 2 S.C.R. 335
Bench V. Ramaswami and M. Fathima Beevi JJ.
Decided 5 April 1990

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Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947: Sections 4( 1), 5( l)(d) and 5(2)-Accused shown to have accepted money which was not legal remuneration-Proves guilty conduct-Rebuttal must be by explana­ tion which must be true, not merely plausible. The appellant was an Accountant-cum-Headclerk in the Forest Training School, PW-3 the Principal of the training school, and PW-I the canteen contractor. The prosecution alleged that on the basis of a complaint made by the appellant that the food served in the canteen was substandard, PW-3 issued a show cause notice to PW-I, as to why the licence for the

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