Supreme Court of India

Devinder Kumar Bansal v. The State of Punjab

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Reported as [2025] 3 S.C.R. 1531
Bench J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan JJ.
Decided 3 March 2025

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What the Court ordered

Held as under:— 1542 [2025] 3 S.C.R. Supreme Court Reports “.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose whether the High Court justified in denying anticipatory bail to the petitioner in connection with FIR registered against the petitioner for the offence punishable u/s.7 of the 1988 Act and s.61(2) of the BNS 2023. Headnotes† Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – s.61(2) – Illegal gratification – Anticipatory bail – Denial – Petitioner-Audit Inspector with the Government demanded illegal gratification in connection with conducting of audit during the tenure of complainant’s wife as Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat – Co-accused

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