Public Servant Convicted for Bribery Cannot Seek Acquittal Merely Because Co-Accused Was Acquitted for Not Proving Conspiracy: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India recently clarified that a public servant who personally demands and accepts a bribe can be convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, even if the charge of criminal conspiracy fails and co-accused are acquitted. The judgment was delivered by a Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kumar and K. Vinod Chandran. This decision arose from a long-pending corruption case dating back to 2010 involving an Income…