Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 9: Additional Sessions Judge Anticorruption Udhampur Dinesh Gupta has acquitted Sanjay Kumar Gupta, AEE PDD, who was booked for demanding an amount of Rs 20000 as illegal gratification for giving the shutdown of the electricity supply for cutting the trees standing on both the sides of Dhar road.
After hearing both the sides, the Additional Sessions Judge observed, “court is not convinced that the prosecution has been able to remove the element of doubt from its accusations against the accused as well as the charge framed by this court, by such strong evidence as could lead to one and only one hypothesis pointing to the guilt of the accused”.
“The prosecution chain of circumstances is not established by such an evidence as may make it complete and so strong that none of the chains/links is shaken or weakened by any reasonable doubt. So, the accused is acquitted of the charge for the offences under Sections 5(1) (d) read with 5 (2) Prevention of Corruption Act and 4-A J&K PC (Amendment) Act 2014, framed by this court”, the court said.
Accordingly, court dismissed the challan.
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