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ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY
Suraj Singh @ Deepak Singh – Appellant
Versus
State Of Jharkhand – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Anil Kumar Choudhary, J. - Heard the parties through video conferencing.
2. This appeal has been preferred against the Judgment of Conviction dated 20.10.2020 and Order of Sentence dated 31.10.2020 passed by the learned Special Judge, A.C.B., Hazaribag in Special Case No.45 of 2014 (CNR No. JHHB 01- 0039362014) whereby and where under, the learned court below has held appellant-convict guilty for the offence punishable under Section 8 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The appellant-convict has been sentenced to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for three years and nine months and to pay a fine of Rs.7,000/- for the offence punishable under Section 8 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and in default of payment of fine to undergo Simple Imprisonment for a period of one year.
3. The case of the prosecution in brief is that the complainant-P.W.6- Shankarlal Yadav being a driver of a truck while going in the highway with his truck loaded with pulses, from Madhya Pradesh to Kolkata, on the way at Atka the co-accused District Transport Officer, Hazaribag stopped his truck and took away all the documents of the truck as well as the driving licence of the complainant and t
The prosecution must prove both the demand and acceptance of illegal gratification to substantiate a conviction under the Prevention of Corruption Act; mere recovery of bribe money without proven dem....
In absence of essential ingredient of demand of money by accused, no offence punishable under Section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 or Section 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 re....
Criminal Law - Demand of illegal gratification - Benefit of doubt - Absence of essential ingredient of demand of bribe, presumption in this case under Section 20 of Act, 1988 - Thus this is a fit cas....
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