The Supreme Court has reiterated that the public servant cannot be held guilty of accepting a bribe unless the prosecution has established the demand of a bribe and its subsequent acceptance by the public servant. The Court said that when a trap is laid down to catch the public servant red-handed for accepting bribe, then the factum of demand of …
The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently upheld the acquittal of two public servants accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act, observing that the de facto complaint deviated from trap proceedings and the chain of evidence was incomplete. However, despite strict instructions to not deviate from the trap proceedings, he signed summons served on him by one of the accused, who …
