JUDGMENT : ekuuh; U;k;kf/kifr ekgs'ojh-&izkFkhZx.k vksj ls izLrqr /kkjk 438 n.M izfØ;k lafgrk ds izkFkZuk i= ij lquk x;kA vuqla/kku vf/kdkjh Jh ftrsUnz flag] lhvkbZ] ,lhch] tkyksj Hkh U;k;ky; esa mifLFkr gSaA 2- ;ksX; vf/koäk izkFkhZx.k dk rdZ jgk fd izkFkhZx.k }kjk fu;ekuqlkj uxjikfydk }kjk dh xbZ uhykeh esa fookfnr IykWV [kjhnk x;k Fkk] ftlds rgr vfxze rkSj ij ,d pkSFkkbZ jkf'k ,oa rRi'pkr~ cdk;k rhu pkSFkkbZ jkf'k tek djokdj l{ke vf/kdkjh ls vko';d vuqefr izkIr dh xbZ FkhA mudk ;g Hkh dFku jgk fd izdj.k esa ek= uxjikfydk ds vf/kdkfj;ksa }kjk jkf'k tek djokus dh izfØ;k dks iwjk djus esa le; yxk] mlds vk/kkj ij izkFkhZx.k] tks fd ln~Hkkfod Øsrk gSa] dks vfHk;qäx.k cuk;k x;k gSA mudk ;g Hkh dFku jgk fd izFken`"V;k lHkh rF;ksa dks ;Fkkor eku Hkh fy;k tkos rks Hkh izkFkhZx.k] tks fd uhykeh esa ln~Hkkfod Øsrk gSa] ds fo:) uxjikfydk ds mÙkjnk;h O;fä;ksa ls "kM;a= dj ykHk izkIr djus dk dksbZ izdj.k ugha curk gSA vr% izkFkhZx.k dks vfxze tekur dk ykHk fn;s tkus dh izkFkZuk dh xbZA 3- ;ksX; yksd vfHk;kstd us vfxze tekur vkosnu dk fojks/k fd;kA ;ksX; yksd vfHk;kstd dk dFku jgk fd izkFkhZx.k us 'krksZa ds vuqlkj uhykeh esa izkIr fd;s x;s IykWV dh jkf'k le; ij tek ugha djokbZ ,oa u gh 'krksZ ds vuqlkj fu/kkZfjr vof/k esa IykWV ij fuekZ.k dk;Z djok;k gS] mlds ckotwn Hkh IykWV dks fHkUu fHkUu Hkkxksa esa mi foHkkftr dj ckaVk x;k gS] mä rF;ksa dh jks'kuh esa uxjikfydk ds vf/k'kklh vf/kdkjh o v/;{k ls feydj vuqfpr ykHk ds vknku iznku ds laO;ogkj ds rgr uxjikfydk dks vkfFkZd uqdlku igqapk;k gSA mudk dFku jgk fd vuqla/kku ls izkFkhZx.k ds fo:) /kkjk 13¼1½¼Mh½ 13¼2½ Hkz"Vkpkj fuokj.k vf/kfu;e] 1988 lifBr /kkjk 120ch Hkkjrh; n.M lafgrk dk vkjksi izekf.kr ik;k x;k gSA vr% vfxze tekur dk izkFkZuk i= [kkfjt fd;k tkosA 4- U;k;ky; esa mifLFkr vuqla/kku vf/kdkjh us izdV fd;k fd izdj.k esa vuqla/kku lEiw.kZ gksus ds i'pkr~ i=koyh esa pkyku gsrq eq[;ky; ls funsZ'k tkjh fd;s tk pqds gSaA 5- leLr rF;ksa ij fopkj fd;k x;kA izdj.k dh rF;kRed fLFkfr ds vuqlkj izkFkhZx.k dks lu~ 1989 esa vke uhykeh esa ,d O;olkf;d Hkw[k.M@IykWV gksVy fuekZ.k gsrq vkoafVr fd;k x;k Fkk ,oa izkFkhZx.k ij ;g vkjksi gS fd muds }kjk Hkw[k.M dks mi&foHkkftr dj vyx vyx O;fä;ksa dks uktk;t :i ls cspku fd;k x;k] bl Øe esa yht MhM ,oa jftLVªh uxjikfydk ls tkjh ugha gqbZ Fkh ,oa vU; vf/kdkjhx.k vf/k'kklh vf/kdkjh ,oa v/;{k uxjikfydk }kjk vukifÙk izek.k i= ¼NOC½ tkjh fd;k x;k ,oa vuqKki= dh 'krksZa dk mYya?ku fd;k x;k ,oa jkT; ljdkj dks vkfFkZd {kfr igqapkbZ xbZA vuqla/kku vf/kdkjh }kjk izLrqr rF;kRed fjiksVZ o i=koyh ds voyksdu ls ;g Hkh izdV gksrk gS fd uhykeh esa vfUre cksyh izkFkhZx.k ds i{k esa 7-5 yk[k :i;s esa NwVh ,oa rRi'pkr~ ,d pkSFkkbZ jkf'k vyx vyx frfFk;ksa esa tek djokbZ xbZ gS] ftlesa 250@& :i;s de tek gq,] mlds ckn rhu pkSFkkbZ jkf'k o cdk;k 250@& :i;s fnukad 26-07-89 ls 13-08-90 ds e/; tek djok;s x;sA 6- izdj.k esa vfHk;kstu i{k ds vkjksiksa dk ewy vk/kkj izkFkhZx.k ds fo:) fuEu izdkj jgk gS % 1- izkFkhZx.k ds i{k esa tkjh ykbZlsal@yht dh 'krksZ dk mYya?ku djus o lacaf/kr vf/k'kklh vf/kdkjh o v/;{k }kjk uhykeh esa izkIr'kqnk IykWV dk 14 VqdM+ksa esa lc fMohtu dj cspku dh vuqefr nh xbZ gS] tks fu;eksa ds fo:) gSA 2- izkFkhZx.k ds }kjk le; ij uhykeh dh ,d pkSFkkbZ ¼1@4½ jkf'k o rRi'pkr~ rhu pkSFkkbZ ¼3@4½ jkf'k ,d lkFk tek ugha dj djok;s tkus o mä jkf'k ij C;kt o 'kkfLr jkf'k dks tek djkus esa pwd dj ykHk izkIr fd;k x;kA 3- izkFkhZx.k ds }kjk fu/kkZfjr vof/k esa fuekZ.k ugha djus ds ckotwn Hkh vukifÙk izek.k i= ¼NOC½ izkIr dj ykHk izkIr fd;k x;kA mijksä vkjksfir fcUnqvksa dks ;fn ;Fkkor~ ekuk tkus ij Hkz"Vkpkj fuokj.k vf/kfu;e] 1988 ds rgr izkjfEHkd tkap izkjEHk djus vFkok izFke lwpuk fjiksVZ ntZ fd;s tkus ds Øe esa lEcfU/kr mÙkjnk;h O;fä o izFke lwpuk fjiksVZ ntZ gksus ds i'pkr~ vuqla/kku vf/kdkjh }kjk bl fu"d"kZ ij igqapuk vko';d gS fd izFken`"V;k miyC/k rF;kRed fLFkfr ds vk/kkj ij izdj.k Hkz"Vkpkj fuokj.k vf/kfu;e] 1988 dh ifjf/k esa gksdj /kkjk 7] 8] 9] 13 o 15 ds vko';d ?kVd ¼ingredients½ fo|eku gSa vFkok ughaA bl Øe esa mä vf/kfu;e dh fuEu /kkjkvksa dk ;gk¡ mYys[k fd;k tkuk lqlaxr gS % 7. Public servant taking gratification other than legal remuneration in respect of an official act- Whoever, being, or expecting to be a public servant, accepts or obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain from any person, for himself or for any other person, any gratification whatever, other than legal remuneration, as a motive or reward for doing or forbearing to do any official act or for showing or forbearing to show, in the exercise of his official functions, favour or disfavour to any person or for rendering or attempting to render any service or disservice to any person, with the Central Government or any State Government or Parliament or the Legislature of any State or with any local authority, corporation or Government company referred to in clause (c) of Section 2, or with any public servant, whether named or otherwise, shall be punishable with imprisonment which shall be not less than six months but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine. Explanations.- (a) "Expecting to be a public servant." If a person not expecting to be in office obtains a gratification by deceiving others into a belief that he is about to be in office, and that he will then serve them, he may be guilty of cheating, but he is not guilty of the offence defined in this section. (b) "Gratification." The word "gratification" is not restricted to pecuniary gratifications or to gratifications estimable in money. (c) "Legal remuneration." The words "legal remuneration" are not restricted to remuneration which a public servant can lawfully demand, but include all remuneration which he is permitted by the Government or the organisation, which he serves, to accept. (d) "A motive or reward for doing." A person who receives a gratification as a motive or reward for doing what he does not intend or is not in a position to do, or has not done, comes within this expression. (e) Where a public servant induces a person erroneously to believe that his influence with the Government has obtained a title for that person and thus induces that person to give the public servant, money or any other gratification as a reward for this service, the public servant has committed an offence under this section. 8. (e) Where a public servant induces a person erroneously to believe that his influence with the Government has obtained a title for that person and thus induces that person to give the public servant, money or any other gratification as a reward for this service, the public servant has committed an offence under this section. 8. Taking gratification, in order, by corrupt or illegal means, to influence public servant- Whoever accepts or obtains, or agrees to accept, or attempts to obtain, from any person, for himself or for any other person, any gratification whatever as a motive or reward for inducing, by corrupt or illegal means, any public servant, whether named or otherwise, to do or to forbear to do any official act, or in the exercise of the official functions of such public servant to show favour or disfavour to any person, or to render or attempt to render any service or disservice to any person with the Central Government or any State Government or Parliament or the Legislature of any State or with any local authority, corporation or Government company referred to in clause (c) of Section 2, or with any public servant, whether named or otherwise, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than six months but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine. 9. 9. Taking gratification, for exercise of personal influence with public servant- Whoever accepts or obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain, from any person, for himself or for any other person, any gratification whatever, as a motive or reward for inducing, by the exercise of personal influence, any public servant whether named or otherwise to do or to forbear to do any official act, or in the exercise of the official functions of such public servant to show favour or disfavour to any person, or to render or attempt to render any service or disservice to any person with the Central Government or any State Government or Parliament or the Legislature of any State or with any local authority, corporation or Government company referred to in clause (c) of Section 2, or with any public servant, whether named or otherwise, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than six months but which may extend, to five years and shall also be liable to fine. 13. 13. Criminal misconduct by a public servant- (1) A public servant is said to commit the offence of criminal misconduct,- (a) if he habitually accepts or obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain from any person for himself or for any other person any gratification other than legal remuneration as a motive or reward such as is mentioned in Section 7; or (b) if he habitually accepts or obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain for himself or for any other person, any valuable thing without consideration or for a consideration which he knows to be inadequate from any person whom he knows to have been, or to be, or to be likely to be concerned in any proceeding or business transacted or about to be transacted by him, or having any connection with the official functions of himself or of any public servant to whom he is subordinate, or from any person whom he knows to be interested in or related to the person so concerned; or (c) if he dishonestly or fraudulently misappropriates or otherwise converts for his own use any property entrusted to him or under his control as a public servant or allows any other person so to do; or (d) if he,- (i) by corrupt or illegal means, obtains for himself or for any other person any valuable thing or pecuniary advantage; or (ii) by abusing his position as a public servant, obtains for himself or for any other person any valuable thing or pecuniary advantage; or (iii) while holding office as a public servant, obtains for any person any valuable thing or pecuniary advantage without any public interest; or (e) if he or any person on his behalf, is in possession or has, at any time during the period of his office, been in possession for which the public servant cannot satisfactorily account, of pecuniary resources or property disproportionate to his known sources of income. 15. Punishment for attempt- Whoever attempts to commit an offence referred to in clause (c) or clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 13 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and with fine. 15. Punishment for attempt- Whoever attempts to commit an offence referred to in clause (c) or clause (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 13 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and with fine. mijksä /kkjkvksa dk voyksdu fd;k tk, rks fuEu izdkj rRo ifjHkk"kk ds vuqlkj izkjfEHkd :i ls vko';d gksuk izdV gksrs gSaA 7- lEcfU/kr O;fä dk yksdlsod gksuk] Lo;a ds fy;s vFkok vU; fdlh O;fä ds fy;s ifjrks"k.k ¼gratification½ izkIr djuk] tks fd fof/k vuqlkj izfrQy@ikfjrksf"kd ¼remuneration½ ds vfrfjä gks] mä —R; fdlh vf/kdkfjd dk;Z dks djus vFkok djus ls jksdus vFkok jksdus ds rF; dks iznf'kZr djus] fdlh dks vuqxzg vFkok v:fp ¼favour or disfavour½ djus rFkk fdlh Hkh lsok dks iznku djus ds Øe esa vFkok mls ugha djus ds Øe esa lEcfU/kr deZpkjh dk mís'; jgk gks vFkok mlds Øe esa fdlh izdkj dk iz;kl fd;k x;k gks rks ml fLFkfr esa ftl O;fä ds }kjk ;g d`R; fd;k x;k gS vFkok ftl O;fä }kjk ykHk izkIr fd;k x;k gS] mlds fo:) Hkh ewy /kjkvksa ds lkFk lkFk "kM+;a= gsrq /kkjk 120ch Hkkjrh; n.M lafgrk esa izdj.k ntZ fd;k tk ldrk gSA 8- lEcfU/kr O;fä tks fd yksdlsod ds in dk;Zjr gS] mldk izR;{k ;k vizR;{k ykHk izkIr djus dk mís';] ml Øe esa ykHk izkfIr o iz;kljr gksus ds Øe esa i;kZIr lk{; izFken`"V;k fof/k esa xzká gksuk vko';d gSaA 9- orZeku izdj.k esa dfFkr Hkwfe ds Øe esa ykbZlsal tkjh gksus ds i'pkr~ iÍk tkjh gksus ds Øe esa ftruk nkf;Ro orZeku izkFkhZx.k dk gS] mruk gh nkf;Ro uxjikfydk ds vf/k'kklh vf/kdkjh dk Hkh gS rFkk ;fn iÍs ls lEcfU/kr fdlh izdkj dh 'krksZa dk mYya?ku gksuk izFke n`"V;k izdV gks rks ml fLFkfr esa lEcfU/kr izkFkfed tkap djus okys vf/kdkjh vFkok vuqla/kku vf/kdkjh dk ;g drZO; gS fd og viuk fu"d"kZ fuEu fcUnqvksa ij vafdr djsA ¼A½ lEcfU/kr Hkwfe ds Øe esa tks Hkh Loh—fr vFkok vuq'kalk;sa nh xbZ gSa] os izFken`"V;k fof/k ds izko/kkuksa ds izfrdwy gSa ;k ughaA ¼B½ ;fn fdlh fu;e] mifu;e dh ikyuk esa pwd ?kfVr gqbZ gS rks mä pwd dks fu;eksa ds rgr lq/kkjk tk ldrk gS ;k ughaA ¼C½ ;fn mä dfFkr pwd gks uxjikfydk@uxjifj"kn ds vf/k'kklh vf/kdkjh o v/;{k rFkk mä vf/kfu;e dh ifjf/k esa vkus okys lEcfU/kr foHkkx ds l{ke vf/kdkjh }kjk lq/kkjk ugha tk ldrk gS rks mPpLrj ds vf/kdkjh dks i=koyh izf"kr dj fu;ekuqlkj pwd lq/kkj dj vuqefr izkIr dh tk ldrh gS ;k ughaA ¼D½ ;fn uxjikfydk@uxjifj"kn ds vf/k'kklh vf/kdkjh o v/;{k ds }kjk rFkk mä vf/kfu;e dh ifjf/k esa vkus okys lEcfU/kr foHkkx ds l{ke vf/kdkjh ;k iÍk/kkjh@ykbZlsalh }kjk fdlh izdkj dh pwd dh xbZ gS rFkk bl Øe esa uxjikfydk@uxjifj"kn vFkok lEcfU/kr foHkkx dks fdlh izdkj dh gkfu gqbZ gS ;k ugha] ;fn gkfu gksuk izdV gks rks mldh olwyh fu;eksa ds rgr vFkok flfoy dk;Zokgh dj dh tk ldrh gS ;k ughaA 10- orZeku izdj.k esa izFke ckj uxjikfydk@uxjifj"kn }kjk ;fn fdlh lEifÙk dks ykbZlsal vFkok yht ij fn;k x;k gS] mldh DLC nj ls de ij lEifÙk dk uhyke vFkok cspku fd;k x;k gS ;k ugha] ;fn Hkfo"; esa lEifÙk dh dher c<+dj Øsrk dks dksbZ ykHk cktkj ewY; ds vuqlkj gksrk gS rks bl lEcU/k esa iwoZ esa dh xbZ uhykeh ds le; uxjikfydk@uxjifj"kn ds vf/k'kklh vf/kdkjh o v/;{k dk vk'k; uxjikfydk@uxjifj"kn dks uqdlku igqapkus dk Fkk ;k ughaA ;fn uxjikfydk@uxjifj"kn dks dksbZ uqdlku igqapk rks og ek= ln~Hkkfod pwd vFkok tkucw>dj dh xbZ pwd dk ifj.kke Fkk ;k ugha] ;fn mä pwd dk ifj.kke Fkk rFkk bl lEcU/k esa fdlh izdkj dk ykHk izkIr djus dk vk'k;@mís'; uxjikfydk@uxjifj"kn ds vf/k'kklh vf/kdkjh o v/;{k dk jgk ;k ugha] bl rF; dks U;k;ky; esa izekf.kr djus ds Øe esa i;kZIr nLrkosth ;k ekSf[kd lk{;] fo'oluh; o xzká lk{; i=koyh ij gS ;k ughaA 11- mijksä fcUnqvksa dks eísutj j[krs gq, izkjfEHkd tkap vf/kdkjh ;fn bl fu"d"kZ ij igqaprk gS fd fdlh Hkh jktdh; dk;Z dks djus ds Øe esa lEcfU/kr vf/kdkjh }kjk fdlh izdkj dk ykHk izkIr djus ds mís'; ls vFkok ykHk izkIr djus dh eU'kk ls tkucw>dj ds fu;eksa dh vogsyuk dh xbZ gS ,oa i;kZIr lk{; gksus dh fLFkfr esa fu;ekuqlkj dk;Zokgh dh tk ldrh gS] ysfdu bl rF; dks Hkh eísutj j[kk tkuk vko';d gS fd jktdh; dk;Z fd;s tkus ds Øe esa dkuwu o fu;eksa dh pwd ds Øe esa lEcfU/kr O;fä ds fo:) tgk¡ foHkkxh; dk;Zokgh fd;s tkus dk vFkok ftl O;fä dks ykHk igqapk gS] mlls jkf'k olwy fd;s tkus dk mipkj miyC/k gS] ogk¡ lEcfU/kr Hkz"Vkpkj fuokj.k vf/kfu;e] 1988 ds rgr izdj.k esa dk;Zokgh fd;k tkuk jkT; ljdkj ds dk;Z ds Øe esa fgrdkjh gksxk ;k ugha rFkk lEcfU/kr foHkkx o mlds vf/kdkjh }kjk vFkok deZpkjh }kjk vius drZO; dks lgh o l{ke :i ls lEikfnr djus ds Øe esa Hkz"Vkpkj fuokj.k vf/kfu;e esa dk;Zokgh ckf/kr u gks o bl rF; dks pkyku dh Loh—fr nsus o vfHk;kstu Loh—fr nsus okys vf/kdkjh dks Hkh vko';d :i ls /;ku esa j[kk tkuk vko';d gSA 12- mijksä rF;kRed fLFkfr ds Øe esa Li"V foHksn dks eísutj j[krs gq, ;fn leLr vkjksiksa dks ;Fkkor~ ekuk tk, rks ml fLFkfr esa orZeku izdj.k esa uxjikfydk ds vf/k'kklh vf/kdkjh o v/;{k dk vuqfpr ykHk izkIr djus dk vk'k; vFkok izkFkhZx.k dks vuqfpr ykHk igqapkus dk vk'k; ds yksi ds Øe esa tks rF;kRed fLFkfr l lk{; rFkk fu"d"kZ gS] mldks /;ku esa j[krs gq, ,oa i=koyh ij miyC/k leLr rF;ksa dks n`f"Vxr j[krs gq, izkFkhZx.k dk vfxze tekur dk ;g izkFkZuk i= Lohdkj fd;s tkus ;ksX; gSA 13- vr% ;g vfxze tekur dk izkFkZuk i= Lohdkj fd;k tkrk gS vkSj vkns'k fn;k tkrk gS fd ;fn izkFkhZx.k eksMkjke] pksikjke ,oa Jherh vksdhnsoh dks iqfyl Fkkuk] Hkz"Vkpkj fujks/kd C;wjks] t;iqj ¼,llh tks/kiqj½ esa ntZ izFke lwpuk fjiksVZ la[;k 293@2001 ds ekeys esa fxjrkj fd;k tkos rks izkFkhZx.k esa ls izR;sd izkFkhZ }kjk fxjrkj djus okys iqfyl vf/kdkjh dh larqf"V vuqlkj ipkl gtkj :i;s dk ca/ki= ,oa iPphl iPphl gtkj :i;s dh nks izfrHkwfr;ka izLrqr djus ij mUgsa tekur ij fjgk dj fn;k tkosaA ca/ki= vkSj izfrHkwfr i= esa fuEu 'krksZa dk lekos'k fd;k tkosxk %& ¼1½ ;g fd izkFkhZ iqfyl }kjk iwNs tkus okys ifjiz'uksa dk mÙkj nsus ds fy;s tSls vkSj tc visf{kr gks] miyC/k gksxkA ¼2½ ;g fd izkFkhZ bl ekeys ds rF;ksa ls voxr fdlh O;fä dks U;k;ky; ;k iqfyl vf/kdkjh ds le{k ,sls rF;ksa dks izdV u djus ds fy;s eukus ds okLrs izR;{kr% ;k vizR;{kr% mls dksbZ mRizsj.kk] /kedh ;k opu ugha nsxkA ¼3½ ;g fd izkFkhZ U;k;ky; dh iwoZ vuqKk ds fcuk Hkkjr ugha NksM+sxkA 14- bl vkns'k dh izfr eq[; lfpo] jktLFkku ljdkj] t;iqj rFkk egkfuns'kd iqfyl] Hkz"Vkpkj fujks/kd C;wjks] t;iqj dks izsf"kr dh tkosaA