https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272564 Section 4(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 was treated as a valid rebuttable presumption because public servants accused of bribery form an intelligible class linked to the object of combating corruption, so the Article 14 challenge failed. The Court further held that the presumption arises once it is proved that a public servant accepted money other than legal remuneration, since "gratification" is used in its ordinary sense and is not confined to direct proof of a bribe. On the facts, the accused's loan explanation was found improbable and did not rebut the presumption, so the conviction and sentence were sustained. en-us Tue, 15 Dec 1959 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 11:31:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272564 Section 4(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 was treated as a valid rebuttable presumption because public servants accused of bribery form an intelligible class linked to the object of combating corruption, so the Article 14 challenge failed. The Court further held that the presumption arises once it is proved that a public servant accepted money other than legal remuneration, since "gratification" is used in its ordinary sense and is not confined to direct proof of a bribe. On the facts, the accused's loan explanation was found improbable and did not rebut the presumption, so the conviction and sentence were sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 15 Dec 1959 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272564