Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Loco Foreman in Prevention of Corruption Act Case: Section 4 Presumption Does Not Violate Article 14. The Court holds that acceptance of bribe by public servant triggers statutory presumption and classification of public servants under the Act is based on intelligible differentia with rational nexus to eradicating corruption.
15 Dec 1959The appellant, a Loco Foreman in the railways, faced prosecution for accepting a sum of Rs. 375 from a railway contractor. The prosecution alleged tha...




