other persons acting with his consent committed the corrupt practice of bribery in the form of --
(1) offering gratification to respondent ... annexure 1 to the election petition are given particulars of bribery and paragraph 2 says --
"2. Respondent No. 1 approached Shri Jai Singh
consequently such a gift could not fall within the definition of "bribery" as given in Clause (A) of Sub-section (1) of Section ... election petitions in relation to a charge of a corrupt practice of bribery?
(2) Whether, in the circumstances of this case. Ajaib Singh would also
petitioner has alleged that respondent 1 committed corrupt practices of bribery as defined in S. 123(1) of the Act, as well as the corrupt ... kindly be made.
5. The material facts on which the charge of bribery rests are given in para 9 of the petition. The first instance
alternative it was found that even if this corrupt practice of bribery was committed by Shri Karam Singh without the consent of Shri Gurbanta Singh ... void on this ground also.
(3) With regard to the question of bribery, we have the statement of Kartar Chand P. W. to whom
promising money to the voters, he committed a gross corrupt practice of bribery as envisaged under Section 123(1) of the Representation of the People ... respondent No. 1 had made statement, which constituted gross corrupt practice of bribery under Section 123(i) of the Act. Therefore, it was submitted that
averments made in the election petition bear out a change o bribery, defined as under, in Section 123(1)(A)(b)(ii) of the Representation ... People Act :--
"(1) 'Bribery' that is to say :--
(A) Any gift, offer or promise by a candidate or his agent
that the respondent and her election agent committed the corrupt practice of bribery within the meaning of Section 123(1) of the Act by making
from the following statement of Objects and Reasons therefor:
The scope for bribery and corruption of public servants had been enormously increased by war conditions ... render the Criminal Law more effective in dealing with cases of bribery and corruption of public servants.
8. The preamble of the Act is again
Petition No.4554 of 2014 (O&M) -2-
for "taking bribery by exchanging the hands of money and granting
of CLU/Licence ... therefore, two points raised: "(i) Whether the alleged
allegations of bribery levelled in the alleged are correct? (sic); (ii)
Whether the CLU/licence
Representation of the People Act. This corrupt practice deals with "bribery" which is described as any gift, offer or promise by a candidate ... safe to base a finding of the commission of corrupt practice of bribery on this kind of unimpressive and inconsistent evidence. The counsel
