HC flags lapses in bribery trap cases
PRAYAGRAJ, Dec. 10 -- The Allahabad high court has said that police are handling trap cases, where a public servant is being caught taking a bribe, in casual manner and directed the principal secretary (home), UP, and the state's DGP to look into the matter and issue necessary directions in this regard.
The direction was passed by justice Sameer Jain while allowing a bail application of one Suresh Prakash Gautam against whom an FIR was lodged under the Prevention of Corruption Act in Saharanpur district. The applicant was posted as a labour enforcement officer and to settle the claim of the complainant, he asked for a bribe.
The court said that the applicant was apprehended red handed and around Rs21.50 lakh was recovered from his possession, but it reflected that neither hands of the applicant or complainant were washed at the spot where trap was made nor alleged recovered bribe money was sealed at the spot.htc...
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