Supreme Court of India
Mohmoodkhan Mahboobkhan Pathan v. State of Maharashtra
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What the Court ordered
For the above reasons we entertain a reasonable doubt, on the admitted facts, that what appellant collected from PW-1 could have been the charges which he was lawfully obliged to collect from any person applying for three copies of the sale deeds.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947: Section 4( I). Presumption-Arising of-Gratification-Held: It arose only when prosecution proved that what was received· was "gratification ''-Word "gratification" denoted acceptance of something to the pleasure or satisfaction of the recipient-If there was reasonable doubt that what was received by the accused was towards lawful charges he was entitled to benefit of doubt Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, S.20-Evidence Act, 1872, S.114--Penal Code, 1860, S.161. Words and Phrases: "Gratification''-Meaning of-Jn the context of S.4(1) of the Prevention of
Where later benches applied it
- 2004 State of Andhra Pradesh v. C. Uma Maheswara Rao and Anr.
- 2004 T. Shankar Prasad v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- 2003 State of Andhra Pradesh v. V. Vasudeva Rao
- 2000 Madhukar Bhaskarrao Joshi v. State of Maharashtra
Of those, 4 mentioned
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