Supreme Court of India · 2018-12-07
THE STATE OF GUJARAT vs NAVINBHAI CHANDRAKANT JOSHI
- Citation / case number
- SC 2018/31452
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- THE STATE OF GUJARAT
- Respondent
- NAVINBHAI CHANDRAKANT JOSHI
- Author
- R. BANUMATHI THE CHIEF RANJAN GOGOI
- Bench
- HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court modified the conviction of the accused under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, holding that the ingredients of Section 8 were established due to the recovery of bribe money from the accused. The Court noted that the accused was incorrectly identified as a government servant, but upheld the conviction under Section 8, reducing the sentence from one year to six months. The judgment was modified accordingly.