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Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Directors in CBI Case for Lack of Sanction Under Section 197 CrPC. Directors of Companies Cannot Be Prosecuted Without Prior Sanction as They Were Public Servants Under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

The case involves two criminal revision applications filed by directors of companies against whom the CBI had initiated prosecution. The applicants we...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Sanction Order in Corruption Case Due to Non-Application of Mind by Competent Authority. Sanction under Section 19 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 must be granted after proper consideration of all material evidence, not merely based on police report.

The petitioner, a public servant working as Deputy Electrical Inspector, was trapped by Lokayukta Police on 18.12.2010 while allegedly accepting a bri...

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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused in Corruption Case Due to Lack of Credible Evidence and Uncorroborated Trap Proceedings. Demand and Acceptance of Bribe Not Proved Beyond Reasonable Doubt Under Sections 7, 13(1)(d) and 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

The appellant, Mahalingappa, a retired Junior Engineer of KPTCL, was convicted by the Special Judge and Principal Sessions Judge, Bidar, in Special Ca...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Criminal Revision Petition Against Prosecution of Retired Public Servant Under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Sanction for Prosecution Rejected While Petitioner Was in Service Cannot Be Revived After Retirement.

The petitioner, Shankarappa K A S, was a public servant working as Assistant Commissioner in the Revenue Department, Government of Karnataka. A trap w...

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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Corruption Case Due to Unreliable Trap Witness and Lack of Corroboration. Demand and Acceptance of Bribe Not Proved Beyond Reasonable Doubt Under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

The appellant, P. Somaraju, was an Assistant Commissioner of Labour in Hyderabad. The complainant, S. Venkat Reddy (PW-1), a licensed labour contracto...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal in Corruption Case Due to Invalid Sanction and Unreliable Evidence. Demand of Bribe Not Proved Beyond Reasonable Doubt Under Sections 7, 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

The State of Maharashtra appealed against the judgment of the Special Judge at Thane acquitting the respondent, Rajendragiri Vikramgiri Gosavi, for of...

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Bombay High Court Acquits Tax Collector in Corruption Case Due to Hostile Complainant and Lack of Corroboration. Conviction under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 set aside as sole reliance on panch witness testimony was insufficient.

The appellant, Suresh son of Ramaji Pandav, a Tax Collector with the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, was convicted by the trial court for offences under...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Acquittal of Accused in Corruption Case Due to Unreliable Trap Witness and Lack of Proof of Demand. The prosecution failed to prove demand of bribe beyond reasonable doubt under Sections 7, 13(1)(d) and 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Anti Corruption Bureau, Chandrapur filed an appeal against the acquittal of Vithoba Pidurkar, who was charged und...