Supreme Court of India

The State by S.P. through the Spe Cbi v. Uttamchand Bohra

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Bench K. M. Joseph and S. Ravindra Bhat JJ.
Decided 9 December 2021
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What the Court ordered

Held as under: (SCC pp. 401-02, paras 10-11) “10. … If two views are possible and one of them gives rise to suspicion only, as distinguished from grave suspicion, the trial Judge will be empowered to discharge the accused and at this stage he is not to see whether the trial will end in conviction or acquittal.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – ss.13(1)(e), 13(2) – -1, a public servant was accused of accumulating assets disproportionate to his known sources of income in collusion with other accused – Respondent accused of abetting and/or conspiring with -1 – According to the prosecution, -1 acquired a flat, through a company – Respondent was alleged to be close associate and financer of -1 and his family – Chargesheet against the respondent quashed by High Court – On appeal, held: Role attributed to the respondent is that he helped in the execution of the sale deed of the property which was…

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