Supreme Court of India

C.M. Girish Babu v. C.B.I. Cochin, High Court of Kerala

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Reported as [2009] 2 S.C.R. 1021

Decided 24 February 2009

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we find it difficult to sustain 8 the conviction of the appellant under Section 7 of the said Act.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988: s. 7 - Prosecution for conspiring and committing offence c of demanding and accepting illegal gratification - Prime witness declared hostile - Conviction by trial court holding that demand and acceptance of the gratification proved - High Court convicting uls. 7 for accepting the gratification and ' holding that demand not proved - On appeal, held: ~ Acceptance of gratification by the accused also not proved beyond reasonable doubt - Therefore, acquitted. s. 20 - Presumption under - Nature of - Held: Such presumption is rebuttable and not inviolable.

Authorities it was built on

1966 V. D. Jhangan v. State of Uttar Pradesh cited by 9

Where later benches applied it

2021 N. Vijayakumar v. State of Tamil Nadu relied on
2016 V. Sejappa v. The State by Police Inspector Lokayukta, Chitradurga relied on
2014 B. Jayaraj v. State of A.P. relied on
2012 Narendra Champaklal Trivedi v. State of Gujarat relied on
2024 The State of Karnataka v. Chandrasha referred to
2018 The State of Gujarat v. Navinbhai Chandrakant Joshi Etc. referred to
2015 State of Andhra Pradesh v. P. Venkateshwarlu referred to
2015 Vinod Kumar v. State of Punjab referred to
2014 Satvir Singh v. State of Delhi through Cbi referred to
2012 Mukut Bihari & Anr. v. State of Rajasthan referred to
2014 Baldev Singh v. State of Punjab not applicable

Of those, 4 relied on · 6 referred to · 1 not applicable

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