Supreme Court of India

B. Jayaraj v. State of A.P.

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Reported as [2014] 4 S.C.R. 554

Bench P. Sathasivam J.

Decided 28 March 2014

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we cannot sustain the conviction of the appellant either under Section 7 or under 13(1)(d)(i)(ii) read with Section 13(2) of the Act.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - ss. 7 and c 13(1 )(d)(i)(ii) r/w s. 13(2) and 20 -Complainant had a fair price shop - He alleged that appellant, Manda/ Revenue officer, demanded bribe from him for release of PDS items - Conviction of appellant u/ss. 7 and 13(1)(d)(i)(ii) r/w s.13(2) by the Courts below - Justification - Held: Not justified - PW- 2, the complainant, did not support the prosecution case insofar as demand of illegal gratification by appellant is concerned - Prosecution did not examine any other witness, present at the time when the money was allegedly handed over to

Authorities it was built on

2009 C.M. Girish Babu v. C.B.I. Cochin, High Court of Kerala cited by 11
2010 C.M. Sharma v. State of A.P. Th. I.P. cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2022 Rajesh Gupta v. State through Central Bureau of Investigation relied on
2021 N. Vijayakumar v. State of Tamil Nadu relied on
2016 V. Sejappa v. The State by Police Inspector Lokayukta, Chitradurga relied on
2024 The State of Karnataka v. Chandrasha referred to
2024 M/s Karnataka Emta Coal Mines Limited and Another v. Central Bureau of Investigation referred to
2023 P. Sarangapani (dead) Thr. Lr Paka Saroja v. State of Andhra Pradesh referred to
2023 Neeraj Dutta v. State (govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi) referred to
2022 Neeraj Dutta v. State (govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi) referred to
2018 The State of Gujarat v. Navinbhai Chandrakant Joshi Etc. referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 6 referred to

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