Supreme Court of India

B. Noha v. State of Kerala and Anr.

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 8 S.C.R. 368
Bench Arijit Pasayat and Lokeshwar Singh Panta JJ.
Decided 6 November 2006

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Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Ss. 7, l 3(J)(d) and 13(2): Demanding and accepting of illegal gratification by a public servant- Testimony of interested witnesses-Evidentiary value-Held: Evidence on record clearly established demand and acceptance of illegal gratification­ Since it is proved that acceptance of money was conscious and voluntary, no burden cast on prosecution to prove demand/motive by direct evidence­ There was no basis to believe that the prosecution witness intended to falsely implicate the accused-Hence, evidence of such witness does not suffer from any

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