LAWS(SC)-2019-3-83

SITA SOREN Vs. UNION OF INDIA

Decided On March 07, 2019
Sita Soren Appellant
V/S
UNION OF INDIA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) The criminal prosecution launched against the appellant is sought to be nullified on a claim of immunity under Art. 194(2) of the Constitution of India.

(3.) The gravamen of the charge against the appellant is that he had accepted a bribe to vote in favour of a particular candidate in the Rajya Sabha election that was held sometime in 2012 in Jharkhand.