Supreme Court of India

Union of India through Inspector, Cbi v. Purnandu Biswas

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Reported as [2005] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 181
Bench S.B. Sinha and R.V. Raveendran JJ.
Decided 7 October 2005

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Prevention of Corruption Act, I 988: Section I 3(J)(d) read with Section I 3(2)-lllegal gratification­ Presumption under-Accused, a Surveyor in Mercantile Marine Department of Government of India at a Seaport, demanded a certain sum as illegal gratification from a subagent for clearance of a merchant vessel-Accused made inspection of the said vessel and found certain defects, which were rectified by the Master of the vessel-The vessel was subsequently released­ However, demand of gratification continued on the premise that unless the amount was paid other vessels of the subagent would be

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