2001 INSC 0085
                                    SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

                                                  M. Abbas

                                                      Vs.

                                               State of Kerala

                                           Crl.A.No.325 of 1995

                (Dr.A.S.Anand CJI., R.C.Lahoti and Doraiswamy Rajuu Raju JJ.)

                                                 23.01.2001

                                                   ORDER

The Text below is only a summarized version of the order pronounced

Appellant convicted and sentenced to one year simple imprisonment on charges of accepting
bribe. Appeal before High Court dismissed. Court cannot convict an accused only on such
probability or suspicion howsoever strong it may be. Prosecution failed to establish beyond a
reasonable doubt the charge of accepting bribe. Supreme Court set aside conviction of
appellant.

1  SpotLaw