Supreme Court of India
Jaswinder Singh (dead through Lrs.) v. State of Punjab
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What the Court ordered
Accordingly and in the light of the above, the impugned judgment and order of the learned Special Judge, Hoshiarpur dated 25.02.2004 in Corruption Case No. 7 of 2002 as affirmed by the High Court vide the judgment and order dated 28.11.2013 are hereby set aside. It is declared that the charge framed against Jaswinder Singh under Sections 7 and 13(2) of the PC Act could not be proved. Jaswinder Singh is thus cleared of the said charges. Consequently, the appeal is allowed.
Judgment, 22-23
In brief
The appellant, a Patwari (described in evidence as Naib Tehsildar), was alleged to have demanded Rs. 10,000 (later settled at Rs. 9,500) from the informant Kulwant Singh for mutating the land of the informant's deceased brother in favour of his legal heirs. A trap was laid by the Vigilance Bureau on 19.04.2002 with phenolphthalein-treated currency notes, a shadow witness (PW-2 Onkar Singh) and official witnesses, and after a signal the raiding party recovered 19 notes of Rs.…
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