SATVIR SINGH Vs. STATE OF DELHI
LAWS(SC)-2014-8-61
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA (FROM: DELHI)
Decided on August 20,2014

SATVIR SINGH Appellant
VERSUS
STATE OF DELHI Respondents





Cited Judgements :-

HARPAL SINGH BUNDELA VS. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH [LAWS(MPH)-2017-9-107] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. DOLARRAI TRIKAMBHAI VAGHELA [LAWS(GJH)-2015-1-129] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. MAFATLAL KACHRABHAI RATHOD [LAWS(GJH)-2015-1-332] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. BALVANT CHHAGANBHAI RATHOD ASST P CONSTABLE [LAWS(GJH)-2015-2-111] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. HIRALAL HARKISHANDAS NAVANI [LAWS(GJH)-2015-2-121] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. YUSUFBHAI RAHIMBHAI BELIM [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-216] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. KAMESHVARPRASAD KISHORIPRASAD SINHA [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-239] [REFERRED TO]
VITTHALBHAI NATHABHAI PATEL VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-277] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. JAYESHKUMAR RAMNIKLAL JANI [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-182] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. BALASHANKAR DEVSHANKAR KATHWADIA [LAWS(GJH)-2015-2-233] [REFERRED TO]
HASMUKHGIRI HARIGIRI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-140] [REFERRED TO]
RAMESH ASHARAM PATHAK VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-155] [REFERRED TO]
VIJENDRANATH SACHADINAND BHARGAV VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-174] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. AMROLI VIBHAG VIVIDH KARYAKARISAHAKARI MANDLI LTD [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-176] [REFERRED TO]
JAVANTILAL NATHALAL VALAND VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-5-7] [REFERRED TO]
FATESINH BHARMAL GOHIL VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-5-39] [REFERRED TO]
RAMESHCHANDRA AMBARAM SADHU VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-5-76] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF MAHARASHTRA VS. RAMRAO MAROTRAO KHAWALE [LAWS(BOM)-2017-5-74] [REFERRED TO]
DEVIDAS LOKDOJI KADAM VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS [LAWS(BOM)-2017-12-270] [REFERRED TO]
K.V. RAGHURAM AND ORS. VS. STATE [LAWS(KAR)-2015-9-36] [REFERRED TO]
KUSH KUMAR TIWARY VS. STATE OF JHARKHAND [LAWS(JHAR)-2021-3-14] [REFERRED TO]
MALAY KUMAR VS. STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH DISTRICT MAGISTRATE CUM DIS [LAWS(PAT)-2018-5-98] [REFERRED TO]
DHARMENDRA VS. STATE [LAWS(RAJ)-2022-5-250] [REFERRED TO]
V.GOPAL REDDY VS. STATE OF TELANGANA [LAWS(TLNG)-2019-4-98] [REFERRED TO]
JAI NARAIN VS. STATE OF HARYANA [LAWS(P&H)-2015-10-112] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. RAMABHAI KODERBHAI VANKAR [LAWS(GJH)-2019-7-198] [REFERRED TO]
R.JAGADESWARA REDDY VS. STATE OF A.P. [LAWS(APH)-2020-12-251] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. BHIKHABHAI @ MUKESH MANJIBHAI KATARA [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-105] [REFERRED TO]
MADHABHAI MALABHAI CHAMADIA VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-289] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. AARATBHAI SAYABABHAI PATEL [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-299] [REFERRED TO]
KISHORBHAI MEGHJIBHAI GOHIL VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-104] [REFERRED TO]
RAMANBHAI ASHABHAI CHAUHAN VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-159] [REFERRED TO]
GOVINDSINH KARANSINH JADEJA VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-170] [REFERRED TO]
LILABEN VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-5-94] [REFERRED TO]
BHIKHABHAI BHAGABHAI MERJA VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-5-121] [REFERRED TO]
WAHEEDUL HASAN @ WAHEEDUL HAQUE VS. STATE OF U P AND ANOTHER [LAWS(ALL)-2018-4-267] [REFERRED TO]
ARUN SAMBHAJI KHANVILKAR VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2022-8-180] [REFERRED TO]
BHAGWAN NIVRUTTI WAGH VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2023-6-1170] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. BHARATSINH LAXMANSINH KHANT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-7-213] [REFERRED]
STATE OF GUJ VS. GOBARBHAI PARSHOTTAMBHAI [LAWS(GJH)-2015-2-241] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. MOHMEDISHAK MUSABHAI TADHA [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-52] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. ASHOKKUMAR RAVISHANKAR PANDYA [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-320] [REFERRED TO]
PARESHKUMAR RASIKLAL DARJI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-321] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. MUKESHBHAI KANTIBHAI PANCHAL, & 1 [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-356] [REFERRED TO]
CHIMANLAL NARANDAS PANDYA VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-136] [REFERRED TO]
NAVINBHAI CHANDRAKANT JOSHI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-150] [REFERRED TO]
HASMUKHBHAI RAIJIBHAI PATEL VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-165] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. THAKORE BHARATJI TEJAJI AND ORS. [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-201] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. JIVANLAL CHHAGANLAL CHAVDA & OTHER [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-270] [REFERRED TO]
MANUBHAI GAMBHABHAI PARMAR VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-5-64] [REFERRED TO]
LAXMIPRASAD AMBALAL BRAHMBHATT VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-371] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. BALVANTBHAI BECHARBHAI PATEL [LAWS(GJH)-2015-2-124] [REFERRED TO]
THE STATE OF GUJARAT VS. SHAMJIBHAI ASHABHAI MAHESHWARI [LAWS(GJH)-2015-1-61] [REFERRED TO]
NEERAJ KUMAR SINGH, VS. STATE OF JHARKHAND [LAWS(JHAR)-2020-7-40] [REFERRED TO]
KRISHAN CHANDER VS. STATE OF DELHI [LAWS(SC)-2016-1-8] [REFERRED TO]
ANIL KUMAR SONI VS. STATE OF PUNJAB [LAWS(P&H)-2015-2-795] [REFERRED TO]
RAJESH BHALLA VS. STATE OF PUNJAB [LAWS(P&H)-2015-5-73] [REFERRED TO]
MURLIDHAR PRASAD VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2018-7-281] [REFERRED TO]
SITARAM SINGH VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2018-7-381] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF ORISSA VS. DR. DEBANANDA TUDU [LAWS(ORI)-2016-11-58] [REFERRED TO]
NATHUSINH RAVATSINH PARMAR VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-161] [REFERRED TO]
GIRISHBHAI VALLABHBHAI PATEL VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-173] [REFERRED TO]
HIRALAL CHHAGANLAL PRAJAPATI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-189] [REFERRED TO]
ARVIND DIGAMBAR PETKAR VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-98] [REFERRED TO]
SABBIRALI KASAMALI SAIYED VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-132] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. AMIR MAHERALI SOMANI [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-204] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. NATUBHAI DOHATSINH GOHIL [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-215] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. DAKUBHAI HARIBHAI VAISHNAV [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-222] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. JETHALAL BABALDAS PATEL [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-229] [REFERRED TO]
JITENDRAKUMAR KANTILAL YAGNIK VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-5-75] [REFERRED TO]
JETHALAL AMRABHAI KHIMSURIYA VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-5-92] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. RAMESHCHANDRA BABULAL BHANUSHALI [LAWS(GJH)-2015-2-112] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF U P VS. RAM PAL SINGH AND ANOTHER [LAWS(ALL)-2017-3-410] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF MAHARASHTRA VS. RAGHUNATH DNYANDEV KATKAR [LAWS(BOM)-2023-2-100] [REFERRED TO]
KIRAN CHANDER ASRI VS. STATE OF HARYANA [LAWS(P&H)-2015-5-300] [REFERRED TO]
JEET SINGH VS. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION [LAWS(P&H)-2017-11-46] [REFERRED TO]
DR. RAM KUMAR HIMANSHU, SON OF LATE CHATURGUN RAM, RESIDENT OF 28 MCPW, P.M.C.H., P.S. PIRBAHORE, DISTRICT PATNA VS. THE STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2014-12-77] [REFERRED TO]
KESHRAM CHAUDHARY VS. LOKAYUKTA SPECIAL POLICE ESTABLISHMENT, BHOPAL [LAWS(MPH)-2017-9-83] [REFERRED TO]
PRAKASH SHAMBHUPRASAD JOSHI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-331] [REFERRED]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. ZALA INDRAKUMAR BACHUBHA [LAWS(GJH)-2015-5-19] [REFERRED TO]
UMEDSINH MULUJI RATHOD VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-5-73] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. SURESHBHAI RAIJIBHAI BHIL [LAWS(GJH)-2015-7-129] [REFERRED]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. PRAVIN CHANABHAI SOLANKI [LAWS(GJH)-2015-8-100] [REFERRED]
MUKESHKUMAR VINODCHANDRA SONI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-437] [REFERRED TO]
THE STATE OF GUJARAT VS. PATHUBHAI VIRSANGBHAI CHAUDHARI AND ORS. [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-4] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. RANCHHODBHAI ALIAS BHIKHABHAI VASRAMBHAI DESAI [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-100] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. KRISHNABHAI RAMABHI PARMAR [LAWS(GJH)-2015-2-110] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. ASGAR FIDALI RAMPURWALA [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-163] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. MAHESHCHANDRA KISHORCHANDRA TRIVEDI [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-231] [REFERRED TO]
DATHABHAI ALUBHAI CHHASIYA VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-324] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. JASVANTSINH SARDARSINH CHAUHAN AND ORS [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-357] [REFERRED TO]
DHYAN SINGH VS. STATE OF HARYANA [LAWS(P&H)-2015-8-23] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. RAMNIKLAL RANCHODBHAI SOLANKI UNARMED POLICE CONSTABLE [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-227] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. BACHUBHAI MOHANBHAI BHATIA [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-228] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. DAHYABHAI CHIMANLAL RANA [LAWS(GJH)-2015-2-175] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. REKHABEN HANSABHAI BHARWAD [LAWS(GJH)-2015-2-189] [REFERRED TO]
MADHUSUDANBHAI PARBATJI VAJA MANAGER VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-5-49] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. BHIKHABHAI RAMDAS PATEL [LAWS(GJH)-2015-1-306] [REFERRED TO]
THE STATE OF GUJARAT VS. BHANUBHAI CHANDUBHAI MIYATRA [LAWS(GJH)-2015-1-62] [REFERRED TO]
SHANTILAL HARIBHAI VANKAR VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-274] [REFERRED TO]
DR. JAI KUMAR JAIN VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(PAT)-2018-8-187] [REFERRED TO]
SATYENDRA SINGH @ SATYANDER AND ORS. VS. THE STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2018-6-286] [REFERRED TO]
RAM NARESH TIWARY VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2019-2-60] [REFERRED TO]
VINOD KUMAR VS. STATE OF PUNJAB [LAWS(SC)-2015-1-69] [REFERRED TO]
R.S. ASHATKAR VS. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, BHOPAL (M.P.)(INDORE BENCH) [LAWS(MPH)-2018-3-365] [REFERRED TO]
J. SRINIVAS RAO VS. STATE [LAWS(TLNG)-2019-11-36] [REFERRED TO]
B P GAUTAM VS. STATE OF SIKKIM [LAWS(SIK)-2015-4-2] [REFERRED TO]
RAJENDRA KUMAR DUBEY VS. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH [LAWS(MPH)-2018-2-69] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF A P VS. SHAIK JHAJA MOINUDDIN [LAWS(APH)-2015-3-15] [REFERRED TO]
TALLURI GILBERT SUBHASHAN KUMAR VS. STATE OF A. P. [LAWS(APH)-2023-7-192] [REFERRED TO]
NOORAHAMMAD AND ORS VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA [LAWS(SC)-2016-2-5] [REFERRED TO]
RAJENDRA SHINDE VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2018-3-255] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. DEVSHI @ DALO CHANABHAI VAGHERA VANKAR [LAWS(GJH)-2015-2-240] [REFERRED TO]
VIRABHAI BHANABHAI VANKAR VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-44] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. RAMANBHAI KALABHAI CHAVDA [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-127] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. RAJESHBHAI RAMNIKLAL SANGANI [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-140] [REFERRED TO]
MALDE RAJDE KOLI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-188] [REFERRED TO]
NURUDIN RAJABALI VINDHANI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-295] [REFERRED TO]
DILIPSINGH DULESINGH REHAVAR VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-375] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. JADAV MAHEMOODBHAI NASIBBHAI & OTHER [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-409] [REFERRED]
DILIPBHAI PREMSHANKER TRIVEDI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-271] [REFERRED TO]
RAMESHCHANDRA CHHAGANLAL JOSHI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-339] [REFERRED]
SAVJIBHAI KOYABHAI PATEL VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-5-123] [REFERRED TO]
R. JAGADESWARA REDDY VS. STATE OF A.P. [LAWS(APH)-2021-12-58] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. KALPESHBHAI BHIKHABHAI BHAVSAR [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-49] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. MOHANBHAI MEDHABHAI DAFDA [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-82] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. THAKOR CHENAJI GALABJI [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-162] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. BHAGIRATH KANJIBHAI & 3 [LAWS(GJH)-2015-2-218] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. KANTIBHAI KHATUBHAI PARMAR & ANR [LAWS(GJH)-2015-2-234] [REFERRED TO]
H K THAKOR ASST COLLECTOR OF CUSTOM VS. POONAMCHAND LAXMICHAND KOTADIA & OTHER [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-284] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. ABDULBHAI MUSABHAI SHEIKH [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-202] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. PATHUBHAI VIRSANGBHAI CHAUDHARI & 3 [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-283] [REFERRED TO]
JAYESH HASMUKHBHAI HAKANI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-105] [REFERRED TO]
NAVINCHANDRA CHANDULAL BAROT VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-158] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. SUBHASH DHARAMSINH VASAVA & 1 [LAWS(GJH)-2015-3-304] [REFERRED TO]
SAMJUBHAI ODHAVJIBHAI PAGHDAR VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2015-4-103] [REFERRED TO]
STATE VS. G. KALEESWARAN [LAWS(MAD)-2020-1-634] [REFERRED TO]
STATE VS. V.R. MURALI [LAWS(MAD)-2015-2-199] [REFERRED TO]


JUDGEMENT

- (1.)This appeal is filed by the appellant against the judgment dated 07.01.2011 and order on sentence dated 08.03.2011 passed in Criminal Appeal No.337 of 1999 by the High Court of Delhi, whereby the High Court reversed the order of acquittal dated 11.03.1999 recorded by the Trial Court in C.C No. 19 of 1993 and convicted the appellant for the offence punishable under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') with rigorous imprisonment for one year and a fine of Rs.50,000/-, in default of payment of fine, to further undergo three months simple imprisonment. The appellant has prayed for allowing the appeal by setting aside the impugned judgment of the High Court and to acquit him from the charge urging various facts and grounds in support of the questions of law framed in this appeal.
(2.)For the purpose of considering the rival legal contentions urged by the learned counsel for the parties and with a view to find out whether this Court is required to interfere with the impugned judgment and order of conviction and sentence of the High Court, the necessary facts are briefly stated hereunder:
The complainant, Ramesh Suri (PW-2), was running a business of import and export of buttons, zips, etc. in the name and style of M/s Erica Enterprises. It is alleged that the appellant along with his colleague P.S.Saini (both Inspector Customs (Preventive)) visited the office cum godown of the complainant (PW2) on 4.07.1989 and that P.S.Saini demanded a bribe of Rs.2 lakhs from the complainant, one lakh each for himself and the accused as the articles kept in the godown were notified goods and since his firm was not a notified dealer, the complainant has violated the provisions of Customs Act, 1962.

(3.)Further, on 07.07.1989, it is alleged by the prosecution that the appellant telephonically contacted the complainant (PW-2) and reiterated the demand as made by P.S.Saini. During the time of telephonic conversation, the brother-in-law of the complainant Ram Malhotra was sitting with him. The complainant said only an amount Rs.60,000/- could be arranged by him and the same was delivered at the residence of the appellant on 08.07.1989 at 8.00 a.m. as the rest of the amount would be arranged within 3-4 days and will be paid to the appellant.


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