'Long Pendency' Amounts To A 'Special Reason' For Imposing Lesser Penalty In Corruption Case Involving Meager Bribe Amount:SC

The Supreme Court reduced punishment imposed on a man who was convicted for receiving a bribe of Rs. 1200 in the year 1985, to 'period already undergone'. Ambi Ram was working as "Kanoongo/Patwari" at Didihat, Uttarakhand. The prosecution case was that he assured one Gopal Singh that he would not arrest him nor would implicate him in one pending criminal case, if he pays him...