Case Law Analysis
|Kerala High Court
Section 7 & 13(1)(d) PC Act | Proof of Bribe Demand and Acceptance Must Be Beyond Reasonable Doubt; Decoy Witness Not Mandatory : Kerala HC
Kerala High Court reaffirms that conviction under the Prevention of Corruption Act requires conclusive proof of both demand and acceptance of bribes, not merely circumstantial evidence. The ruling clarifies that corroboration by a decoy witness is not essential if the prosecution's evidence meets the beyond-reasonable-doubt standard, impacting corruption trials involving public servants.