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G.V. Nanjundiah vs State (Delhi Administration) on 12 August, 1987

39 The appreciation of evidence as done by the learned Special Judge is not proper. He has proceeded as if the appellant was already guilty and put a reverse burden of proving his innocence on the appellant. In this case, panch Sarolkar (PW 2) had previously also acted as a panch in trap cases on two occasions. Thus, he was acquainted with the police officers. His evidence, therefore, needed to be appreciated cautiously by taking this into consideration, but the Special Judge has accepted his evidence as true and reliable by holding him to be a respectable person only by virtue of his 'being a public servant'. That, the panch had acted twice previously as such, was pointed out to the learned Judge. The decision of the Supreme Court of ::: Uploaded on - 28/04/2016 ::: Downloaded on - 29/04/2016 00:00:19 ::: Tilak 33/34 APPEAL-210-11(J) India, in the case of G.V.Nanjundiah Vs. State (Delhi Administration) (supra) was also pointed out to him, but he tried to wriggle out of it by referring to a decision delivered by the Bombay High Court. What he further observed is indeed shocking. He observed : In the present case, "there should not be any doubt that the panch witness is a respectable person being a public servant". All that can be said about these observations is that by the present logic, the appellant also should be held as a respectable person 'being a public servant', (and therefore, not likely to take bribe).
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B.Jayaraj vs State Of A.P on 28 March, 2014

concerned, it is a settled position in law that demand of illegal gratification is sine qua non to constitute the said offence and mere recovery of currency notes cannot constitute the offence under Section 7 unless it is proved beyond all reasonable doubt that the accused voluntarily accepted the money knowing it to be a bribe. The above position has been succinctly laid down in several judgments of this Court.
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