Supreme Court of India

Neeraj Dutta v. State (govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi)

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Bench Abhay S. Oka and Rajesh Bindal JJ.

Decided 17 March 2023

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What the Court ordered

Hence, the appeal must succeed. We set aside the impugned judgment and the judgment of the Special Court and set aside the conviction and sentence of the appellant. The bail bonds of the appellant stand cancelled. Appeal is allowed.

Judgment, Para 20

From the headnote

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 : ss. 7, 13(1)(d), 13(2) – Proof of demand of illegal gratification – Prosecution case that a trap was laid and the appellant-Electricity Inspector came with the co-accused and demanded the documents and bribe of Rs.10,000/- which was paid by the complainant – Special Court holding that there was sufficient circumstantial evidence on record to prove the guilt of the appellant, convicted her for the offence punishable u/ ss. 7 and 13(i)(d)(i) and (ii) rw 13(2) – High Court upheld the same – On appeal, held : Apart from the evidence of PW-5-shadow witness, there is no other evidence that is pressed into service by the prosecution for proving the demand by the appellant…

Authorities it was built on

2014 B. Jayaraj v. State of A.P. cited by 9
2000 M.narsinga Rao v. State of Andhra Pradesh cited by 9

Where later benches applied it

2025 Raju @ Umakant v. The State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2025 Dashrath v. The State of Maharashtra referred to
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
2024 Mir Mustafa Ali Hasmi v. The State of A.P. referred to
2024 Sita Soren v. Union of India referred to

Of those, 6 referred to

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