https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456993 At the charge stage, corruption-related allegations could not be sustained where the material did not show direct or reliable circumstantial evidence of receipt of illegal gratification by the public servants, so the derivative conspiracy and abetment charges also failed. By contrast, documents, bank records, and letters rogatory created grave suspicion that the Hinduja petitioners had joined a pre-contract conspiracy to cheat the Government and misstate the role of intermediaries, so the Sections 120B and 420 IPC charges were maintained. The documentary trail also supported the forgery allegation against the company, and the Section 465 IPC charge was upheld. en-us Wed, 04 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:47:06 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456993 At the charge stage, corruption-related allegations could not be sustained where the material did not show direct or reliable circumstantial evidence of receipt of illegal gratification by the public servants, so the derivative conspiracy and abetment charges also failed. By contrast, documents, bank records, and letters rogatory created grave suspicion that the Hinduja petitioners had joined a pre-contract conspiracy to cheat the Government and misstate the role of intermediaries, so the Sections 120B and 420 IPC charges were maintained. The documentary trail also supported the forgery allegation against the company, and the Section 465 IPC charge was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 04 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456993