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Definition :

Pecuniary advantage, from whatever source are to be interpretend to mean any form of death under this Act, it would dilute all possible benefits conferred on the claimant and would be contrary to the spirit of the law, Helen C. Rebello v. Maharashtra S.R.T.C., (1999) 1 SCC 90.

The words 'pecuniary advantage' are of wide amplitude but even so in the context of s. 5(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, obtaining goods on credit cannot be held to amount to obtaining pecuniary advantage. If there is an agreement between the officer and the trader that the officer is not expected to pay for the goods then there is no doubt that this would amount to obtaining pecuniary advantage, but if there is no such agreement and the officer does not pay it cannot be said that he has obtained any pecuniary advantage, Delhi Administration v. S.N. Khosla, AIR 1971 SC 1480 (1481): (1971) 1 SCC 872: (1971) 3 SCR 315. [P.C. Act, 1947, s. 5(1)(d)]