Supreme Court of India

State of Kerala and Anr. v. C.P. Rao

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Reported as [2011] 6 S.C.R. 864

Bench Asok Kumar Ganguly and Deepak Verma JJ.

Decided 16 May 2011

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid settled principles of law, we find it difficult to take a view different from the one taken by the High Court.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - ss. 7 and 13(2) rlw s.13(1)(d) - Bribery case - Non-examination of complainant - Effect of - Allegation that respondent demanded illegal gratification from complainant CW1 for allotting pass marks to -Pharma students in practical examination - Conviction of respondent by trial court - High Court acquitted the respondent on the ground that the complainant was not examined - Justification of - Held: Justified - In view of the examination system prevailing, respondent alone was not in a position to allot higher marks - Besides, it is the case of the

Authorities it was built on

1960 Sanwat Singh & Others v. State of Rajasthan cited by 19

Where later benches applied it

2018 The State of Madhya Pradesh v. Rajaram @ Raja relied on
2016 V. Sejappa v. The State by Police Inspector Lokayukta, Chitradurga relied on
2022 Neeraj Dutta v. State (govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi) referred to
2017 Mukhtiar Singh (since Deceased) through His L.R. v. State of Punjab referred to
2015 Selvaraj v. State of Karnataka referred to
2014 Satvir Singh v. State of Delhi through Cbi referred to
2013 State of Punjab v. Madan Mohan Lal Verma referred to
2012 Syed Ahmed v. State of Karnataka referred to
2012 Mukut Bihari & Anr. v. State of Rajasthan referred to
2014 Somabhai Gopalbhai Patel v. State of Gujarat not applicable

Of those, 2 relied on · 7 referred to · 1 not applicable

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