The courts should refrain from staying conviction of public servants who have been convicted on charges of corruption, under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, says the Supreme Court (SC) in Raghunath Bansropan Pandey v. State of Gujarat.
In the above order the SC referred to its earlier decisions in KC Sareen v CBI, Chandigarh [(2001) 6 SCC 584] and CBI, New Delhi v MN Sharma [(2008) 8 SCC 549] and noted that the Court had clearly held that courts should refrain from staying convictions of public servants convicted of corruption charges, as they found no reason to take a different view.
References
- Raghunath Bansropan Pandey v. State of Gujarat
- KC Sareen v CBI, Chandigarh [(2001) 6 SCC 584]
- CBI, New Delhi v MN Sharma [(2008) 8 SCC 549]
