https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311889 Demand and acceptance of illegal gratification remain the foundational facts for offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; recovery of tainted money and a phenolphthalein reaction cannot sustain conviction without reliable proof of demand. The analysis notes that the prosecution relied mainly on the complainant's version, but the alleged demand was weakened by delay in complaint, no convincing evidence of repeated pursuit, absence of the shadow witness, and the fact that other witnesses only repeated what the complainant said. On that reasoning, the demand was not proved beyond reasonable doubt and the conviction could not be sustained. en-us Fri, 04 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 18 Jan 2024 22:02:22 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311889 Demand and acceptance of illegal gratification remain the foundational facts for offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; recovery of tainted money and a phenolphthalein reaction cannot sustain conviction without reliable proof of demand. The analysis notes that the prosecution relied mainly on the complainant's version, but the alleged demand was weakened by delay in complaint, no convincing evidence of repeated pursuit, absence of the shadow witness, and the fact that other witnesses only repeated what the complainant said. On that reasoning, the demand was not proved beyond reasonable doubt and the conviction could not be sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 04 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311889