https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184344 A bribery conviction could not be sustained where the appellate court rejected the prosecution's essential foundation, namely the alleged earlier demand and part-payment, yet attempted to rely on the later recovery evidence alone. The SC held that the prosecution story was an indivisible whole and that the recovery could not be treated as an independent case when it did not stand by itself on the pleaded version. Suspected circumstances could not replace proof beyond reasonable doubt, and a new theory that the recovered amount was the bribe could not be introduced after the vital factual basis had been disbelieved. The conviction and sentences were set aside. en-us Tue, 04 May 1976 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 29 Dec 2016 18:51:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184344 A bribery conviction could not be sustained where the appellate court rejected the prosecution's essential foundation, namely the alleged earlier demand and part-payment, yet attempted to rely on the later recovery evidence alone. The SC held that the prosecution story was an indivisible whole and that the recovery could not be treated as an independent case when it did not stand by itself on the pleaded version. Suspected circumstances could not replace proof beyond reasonable doubt, and a new theory that the recovered amount was the bribe could not be introduced after the vital factual basis had been disbelieved. The conviction and sentences were set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 04 May 1976 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184344