Orissa High Court acquits doctor accused of accepting ₹300 bribe in 1998
In the absence of any clinching evidence relating to the demand and acceptance of the bribe by the doctor, no guilt can be fastened upon him in a callous manner, the Court said.
The Orissa High Court last week acquitted a doctor accused of accepting a bribe of ₹300 from a patient in 1998 and convicted in 2007 by the trial court for the same [Pradeepta Kumar Praharaj v State]