Supreme Court of India · 2005-07-20
Ganga Kumar Srivastava vs The State Of Bihar
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2005 SUPREME COURT 3123
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Ganga Kumar Srivastava
- Respondent
- The State Of Bihar
- Author
- Tarun Chatterjee
- Bench
- B.N.Agrawal, Tarun Chatterjee
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 161 IPC and Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, affirming the findings of the lower courts. The Court established that the demand and acceptance of bribe were sufficiently proven through the testimony of the complainant and corroborating witnesses. The appeal was dismissed, and the concurrent sentences of one year imprisonment were maintained.