Disproportionate Assets Conviction Set Aside for Defective Investigation and Omission of Income: Madras HC

Advertisement P. Suyambu Vs State (Madras High Court) The appeal arose from the judgment of the II Additional District Court for CBI Cases, Madurai, convicting the appellant, a Central Excise Inspector, for offences under Sections 13(2) read with 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Sections 465 and 471 read with Section 465 of the Indian Penal Code. The prosecution alleged that during the check period from April 1987 to December 1988, the appellant possessed assets disproportionate to his known sources of income and had fraudulently opened a fictitious bank account and fo...