https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157756 Section 2 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, which adopted the definition of "public servant" from section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, was held to include later amendments to section 21 because the two enactments were supplementary and the anti-corruption statute would otherwise be rendered less effective. On that construction, an employee of a Government company fell within the extended definition of public servant. The respondent's conviction was therefore sustained, and the sentence was modified in view of the circumstances, with imprisonment reduced to the period already undergone. en-us Tue, 15 Jul 1975 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:11:58 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157756 Section 2 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, which adopted the definition of "public servant" from section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, was held to include later amendments to section 21 because the two enactments were supplementary and the anti-corruption statute would otherwise be rendered less effective. On that construction, an employee of a Government company fell within the extended definition of public servant. The respondent's conviction was therefore sustained, and the sentence was modified in view of the circumstances, with imprisonment reduced to the period already undergone. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 15 Jul 1975 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157756