Supreme Court of India

State, Cbi, Hyderabad v. Edwin Devasahayam

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Reported as [2007] 8 S.C.R. 333
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasa Yat and D.K. Jain JJ.
Decided 13 July 2007

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Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 7: Corruption-Demanding and accepting of bribe by an Officer of Railways from his subordinate-Complaint to CBI-Investigation-Charge sheet-Trial Court found accused guilty of offence punishable uls. 7 of the Act-Reversed by High Court observing that sanction for prosecution as obtained was defective-On appeal, Held: Plea relating to lack of authority of the secretary in granting the sanction for the prosecution of the accused appears to have been given up before the High Court-Without indicating any reasons, High Court could not have drawn an adverse

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