Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 · Chapter III: Offences and Penalties
Section 12: Punishment for abetment of offences
Whoever abets any offence punishable under this Act, whether or not that offence is committed in consequence of that abetment, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years, but which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine.]
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 12
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State of Karnataka v. T.N. Sudhakar Reddy
Whether High Court was justified in quashing the FIR registered against the Respondent in the absence of a preliminary enquiry before registration of FIR under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988;…
- Pnc Infratech Limited v. Union of India Through Ministry of Road Transport and Highways & Anr
- Central Bureau of Investigtation v. Mahesh Agarwalla & Anr. & Ors
- Sehegal Hossain v. Directorate of Enforcement & Anr
- Sukanya Mondal v. Directorate of Enforcement
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Manish Sisodia v. Directorate of Enforcement
Appellant was incarcerated for around 17 months, trial yet to commence. Bail denied. Whether the trial court and the High Court correctly considered the observations made by this Court with regard to right to speedy…
- Mohd Enamul Haque Through His Pairokar Abdul Hannan v. Directorate of Enforcement Through Assistant Director
- Shri Pradeep Koneru v. Directorate of Enforcement & Anr
- Vesuvius India Limited v. Steel Authority of India Limited & Anr
- Central Bureau of Investigtation v. R. Vasudevan & Ors
- Central Bureau of Investigation v. R Vasudevan & Ors
- State v. Dr. Vijay Kumar Jha & Anr
- Rajeev Jhawar v. Directorate of Enforcement
- Rajeev Jhawar v. Directorate of Enforcement
- Yogendra Mittal v. Central Bureau of Investigation
- Manish Rawat v. Central Bureau of Investigation
- Dr. Abhay Kumar Srivastava v. Union of India and Anr
- Amit Katyal v. Directorate of Enforcement
- Vikash Kumar v. Union of India & Ors
- Ramachandra Rao Patri v. Central Bureau of Investigation
- Manish Sisodia v. Directorate of Enforcement
- Preeti Chandra v. Directorate of Enforcement
- Dr. Sukhwinder Singh & Anr v. Central Bureau of Investigation
- Shantanu Guha Ray v. Union of India & Anr
- Avinash Jain v. Central Bureau of Investigation
- Neeraj Dutta v. State (Govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi)
- Directorate of Enforcement v. Padmanabhan Kishore
- Guruviah v. The State Represented by the Inspector of Police
- Mrs. Neeraj Dutta v. State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi)
- C.B.I. Bank Securities & Fraud Cell v. Ramesh Gelli & Ors.
- Central Bureau of Investigation, Bank Securities & Fraud Cell v. Ramesh Gelli and Others
- Suresh Kumar Dagla v. Sarwan & Anr.
- Narinder Singh v. State of Himachal Pradesh
- Rajat Prasad v. C.B.I
- State Through CBI New Delhi v. Jitender Kumar Singh
- Anil Kumar & Ors. v. M. K. Aiyappa & Anr.
- State Through Central Bureau of Investigation v. Parmeshwaran Subramani and Anr.
- Jamiruddin Ansari v. Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr.
- Subbusingh v. State by Public Prosecutor
- Om Parkash v. State of Haryana
- State by C.B.I. New Delhi v. R. Suri Babu and Anr.
- P.V. Narasimha Rao Etc. Etc. v. State (Cbl/Spe) Etc. Etc.
- Central Bureau of Investigation v. V.C. Shukla and Ors.