LAWS(SC)-1957-10-3

JASWANT SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

Decided On October 25, 1957
JASWANT SINGH Appellant
V/S
STATE OF PUNJAB Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The sole point in this appeal against the judgment and order of the Punjab High Court pronounced on December 31, 1953, is the validity and affect of the sanction given under S. 6 (1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act (Act 2 of 1947), hereinafter termed the Act.

(2.) The appellant was prosecuted for receiving illegal gratification and the charge against him was in the following terms:

(3.) The argument raised by the appellant in this court is that as the sanction was confined to illegal gratification of Rs. 50 paid by Pal Singh and the charge was for habitually accepting illegal gratification the trial was without jurisdiction and the appellant could not be convicted even for the offence which was mentioned in the sanction. The sanction was in the following terms: