State Of Maharashtra And Anr. vs Prabhakarrao And Anr.

The Supreme Court addressed whether members of the managing committee and the chairman of a co-operative society qualify as 'public servants' under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The Bombay High Court had quashed an FIR based on a precedent related to the 1947 Act. The Supreme Court distinguished the two statutes, noting that the definition of 'public servant' under Section 2(c) of the 1988 Act is broader and different from the definition in the 1947 Act and the Indian Penal Code.