Supreme Court of India

Ganapathi Sanya Naik v. State of Karnataka

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Reported as [2007] 9 S.C.R. 939
Bench S.B. Sinha J.
Decided 14 September 2007

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What the Court ordered

Accordingly we allow the appeal, set aside the judgment of the High Court, and order the appellant's acquittal.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947-s. 13(/)(d) rlw s. 13(2)-Demand of illegal gratification-Prosecution for-Trap arranged-Money recovered from the table and not from the person of accused-Defence of false implication . on account of animosity-Acquittal by trial court-Conviction by High Court-On appeal, held: In view of the facts of the case, accused liable to be acquitted. Appellant-accused was prosecuted for an offence punishable u/s 13 (1) (d) r/w s. 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947. Prosecution case was that the accused a village accountant had demanded bribe from PW 6 for

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