https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172135 A deeming provision in Section 73(4) of the Shivaji University Act was given its plain meaning, and an examiner appointed by the University for specified work and paid remuneration from University funds was treated as a public servant for criminal law purposes. At the charge stage under Section 227 CrPC, the court reiterated that only grave suspicion can justify trial; on the materials, there was no trap, the FIR was delayed, no incriminating article was recovered, and witness statements came much later. The materials were held insufficient to sustain charges, and the prosecution could not proceed. en-us Tue, 08 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:55:49 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172135 A deeming provision in Section 73(4) of the Shivaji University Act was given its plain meaning, and an examiner appointed by the University for specified work and paid remuneration from University funds was treated as a public servant for criminal law purposes. At the charge stage under Section 227 CrPC, the court reiterated that only grave suspicion can justify trial; on the materials, there was no trap, the FIR was delayed, no incriminating article was recovered, and witness statements came much later. The materials were held insufficient to sustain charges, and the prosecution could not proceed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 08 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172135