In Brief
The State challenged the High Court's discharge order for Uttamchand Bohra, an accused in a disproportionate assets case involving a public servant. The Court upheld the discharge, holding that mere possession of a property's sale deed and a witness signature by the accused's employee, without evidence of agreement or involvement in the illegal transaction, cannot establish conspiracy or abetment. The Court emphasized that a non-public servant cannot be prosecuted under the Prevention of Corruption Act, and that suspicion—even strong suspicion—is insufficient to frame charges; grave suspicion grounded in material evidence is required. The appeal was dismissed.
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