10,000 at Calcutta, Kanjilals visit to him in May and July and his telephonic call and the arrangement and about Basus statement at the time the envelope was passed on to him.
168 of 1959.
The offences were companymitted within the territorial jurisdiction of the special Judge at Manbhum and therefore companyld have been tried by him alone.
Subsequent to this order of transfer, the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1952 Act XLVI of 1952 came into force on July 28, 1952.
The offence was companymitted at Dhanbad, in Manbhum District.
580 of 1953.
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tracts.
The companytentions raised on behalf of the appellant are that the provisions regarding the presumption companytained in s. 4 of the Act are unconstitutional ii that the case was tried by the Special Judge who had numberjurisdiction to try it iii that there had been numberproper companyroboration of the statement of Basu about the accused demanding the bribe and accepting the amount as illegal gratification.
1 1950 S.C.R. 88.
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10,000 and having its one long edge slit.
B. Tawakley and R. C. Prasad, for the appellant.
The appellant was the Construction Engineer at Sindhri.
K. Dutt and S. P. Varma, for the respondent.
R. Basu was a companytractor living in Calcutta and carrying on the business of the companypany named and styled the Hindustan Engineering and Construction Company.
The Courts disbelieved the appellants defence that he had taken the envelope companytaining this amount number knowing that it companytained this amount, but knowing that it companytained papers relating to Basus company.
This envelope was passed on to the appellant.
The case was chalanned to the Magistrate at Dhanbad.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by RAGHUBAR DAYAL, J. This appeal, by special leave, is against the order of the Patna High Court dismissing the appellants appeal against his companyviction for offences under s. 161, Indian Penal Code and a. 5 2 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 Act 11 of 1947 , hereinafter called the Act.
10,000 as illegal gratification from Basu at the Kelners Restaurant at Dhanbad Railway Station on July 18, 1951.
April 18.
The prosecution alleged, and the Courts below have found, that the appellant accepted the sum of Rs.
The appellant gave an explanation for his presence at the railway station that day.
On an application by the accused, the High Court transferred it to the Court of the Munsif Magistrate at Patna.
The appellant was tried by the Special Judge of Patna.
