Supreme Court of India

Bharat Raj Meena v. Central Bureau of Investigation

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Bench Dipankar Datta and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh JJ.
Decided 16 September 2026

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that there are certainly elements of doubt in the manner the trap was executed, which the Trial Court ignored.

Judgment, page 46

In brief

The appellant, as Divisional Security Commissioner, RPF, Palakkad, was alleged by the CBI to have demanded and collected illegal gratification from RPF personnel seeking transfers and postings, using two subordinates, Constable Anantha Narayanan (PW-2) and Head Constable Abdul Gafoor (PW-7), as intermediaries; both were arraigned as accused, later pardoned under Section 306 CrPC and examined as approvers. In the trap of 04.08.2005 arising from complainant Nandakumar's (PW-6) allegation, the appellant declined the money when it was offered directly in his chamber and asked that it be given to PW-2, from whom the tainted Rs.…

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