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SHEEL NAGU, HIRDESH
Pushpa W/o Ramesh Kumar Goyal – Appellant
Versus
State Of Madhya Pradesh – Respondent
Certainly. Based on the provided legal document, here are the key points:
The case involves a revision filed by the petitioner against charges framed by the trial court under sections 13(d) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, and section 120(b) of the Indian Penal Code (!) .
The facts relate to allegations of collecting bribe money from a complainant, with the petitioner asserting no knowledge that the amount was a bribe and claiming that her involvement was based on instructions from her superiors (!) (!) .
The petitioner, a contractual supervisor, contends she had no authority or role in the transaction and was unaware that the money was bribe money. She argues that the charges were framed without proper appreciation of the record and that there is no evidence linking her to the offence (!) .
The opposing counsel maintains that at the charge-framing stage, only the materials presented by the prosecution should be considered, and that the court is not required to evaluate evidence or defenses at this stage (!) .
The legal framework for charge framing is outlined, emphasizing that the court’s role at this stage is to determine whether there are sufficient grounds to proceed, based on the material on record, and not to evaluate the evidence in detail (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) .
The court notes that tainted money was recovered from the petitioner’s possession, which is a significant material consideration (!) .
The petitioner’s claim of ignorance regarding the money’s nature is regarded as a defense that cannot be assessed at this preliminary stage (!) .
The presumption provisions under the relevant section of the Prevention of Corruption Act are acknowledged, which facilitate inference of guilt if certain elements are proved, unless the accused proves otherwise (!) .
The court clarifies that the challenge to the conviction in a case is different from a challenge at the charge-framing stage; the latter involves a limited review based on the material on record (!) .
After considering the material and legal principles, the court finds that there are sufficient grounds to proceed with the case against the petitioner and that the charges were properly framed (!) .
The petition for revision is dismissed, with the court clarifying that its observations do not constitute an opinion on the merits of the case but are solely for disposal purposes (!) .
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ORDER
HIRDESH, J.
1. The petitioner has filed this revision under section 397/401 of CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE , 1973 ( in short “Code”) against the charges framed by the learned trial Court, Special Judge, Lokayukt, Raisen (M. P) under sections 13(d) and 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (in short “PC Act”) and section 120(b) of INDIAN PENAL CODE in Special Case No. Lok/02/2021.
2. In brief, the facts of the case are that on 10-5-2016, the complainant Smt. Chandra Prabha Rathore submitted a written complaint in the O/o of SP Lokayukt, Bhopal that she is the President of Shri Devi Helping Group which is involved in providing food to some of the wards of Begumganj Raisen. The expenditure of the food provided by the said Group is borne by the State Government and the amount thereof was disbursed on the sanction of Project Officer-Archana Bajpayee and then sent to Raisen by her, after which, the amount for the said project is credited to the account of Helping Group. It was alleged in complaint that the husband of Smt. Archana Bajpayee, Shri Vikas Tiwari is demanding Rs. 19,000/- for withdrawal of money. On the same day, the complainant was given DVR to record the demand conversa
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