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Subordinate
Nath v. Achal Singh, AIR 1932 All 651: 1932 All LJ 816. Means administratively subordinate, i.e. some other public servant who is his official superior and under whose administrative control he works, State of Uttar Pradesh v. Mata
Voter on election duty
Voter on election duty, means any Presiding Officer, polling officer, any other public servant or any polling agent who is a voter and is, by reason of his being on election duty,
Obtaining or attempting to obtain
by threat or coercion; in each case, he obtains a pecuniary advantage by abusing his position as a public servant. The word 'obtains' is used in ss. 161 and 165 of the Penal Code, Ram Krishan v. State
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Special reason
Special reason, means yet another consequence would be that if any public servant succeeds in protracting the criminal proceedings to the stage of superannuation he can also claim the benefit of
In discharge of his duty
in s. 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, an offence under that section requires that the public servant should misconduct himself in the discharge of his duty, State of Ajmer v. Shivji Lal, AIR 1959 SC
impersonate
assume (another's or a fictitious identity) without authority and with fraudulent intent [ a police officer] [impersonated a public servant by saying he was from the water department] im·per·son·a·tor [-nā-tər] n
Private security
Private security, means security provided by a person, other than a public servant, to protect or guard any person or property or both and includes provision or armoured car service. [Private
Fabricating false evidence
statement may appear in evidence in a judicial proceeding, or in a proceeding taken by law before a public servant as such, or before an arbitrator, and that such circumstance, false entry or false statement, so appearing in
Authority competent to remove
of s. 6(1) is to be construed to mean also an authority without whose order or affirmation the public servant cannot be removed, K. Veeraswami v. Union of India, (1991) 3 SCC 655 (702). [Prevention of Corruption Act,
Known sources of income
known to the prosecution'. So also, the same meaning must be given to the words 'for which the public servant cannot satisfactorily account' occurring in s. 5(1)(e), State of Maharashtra v. Wasudeo Ramchandra Kaidalwar, AIR 1981 SC 1186;
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