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Offer to bribery

Offer to bribery, the expression 'offer or bribery' must be given a very wide meaning and not a narrow construction in order to ensure that elections are held in an atmosphere of absolute purity, Ghasiram Majhi v. Omkar Singh, AIR 1968 Ori 99 (103). [Representation of the People Act, 1951, s. 123(1)]...

Bribe

Bribe, a fit to any person in office or holding a position of trust, with the object of inducing him to disregard his official duty or betray his trust for the benefit of the giver. It is a misdemeanour at common law for a public officer, whether judicial or ministerial, to accept a bribe, or for such an officer to conspire with others that he shall receive such a bribe, Rex v. Whitaker, (1914) 3 KB 1283. It has long been settled law that the secret profits of an agent belong to his principal: see De Busche v. Alt, (1878) 8 Ch D 286. The acceptance of a secret commission from the other side to a negotiation justifies the dismissal of the agent receiving it, Boston Deep Sea Fishery v. Ansell, (1888) 39 Ch D 339. The bribery of an agent avoids a contract: see Shipway v. Broadwood, (1899) 1 QB 369, where a veterinary surgeon employed to test horses by the purchaser had passed them after acceptance of a bribe from the seller. In such a case it is an immaterial inquiry to what extent the br...

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