#Sanction Validity

Bombay High Court reaffirms that prosecution under the Prevention of Corruption Act must establish both demand and acceptance of bribes beyond reasonable doubt. The court also ruled that invalid sanction orders render the conviction unsustainable, setting a strict evidentiary standard for anti-corruption cases.

Bombay High Court holds that without corroboration from independent witnesses, demand and acceptance of bribe cannot be proved beyond reasonable doubt under PC Act.

Bombay High Court holds that gesture-based bribe demands without verbal confirmation fail to establish offence under PCA; sanction by incompetent authority invalidates prosecution.

Bombay High Court upholds acquittal in a Prevention of Corruption Act case, emphasizing that demand, acceptance, and valid sanction must be proved with cogent evidence.