{"id":5415,"date":"2026-03-14T13:55:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T13:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawduniya.com\/?p=5415"},"modified":"2026-03-15T07:41:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T07:41:04","slug":"35-%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b2-%e0%a4%aa%e0%a5%81%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b6%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%a4-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%ae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lawduniya.com\/?p=5415","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Upholds Conviction Of Excise Inspector In 35-Year-Old Bribery Case, Reduces Sentence Since Convict Now 75 Yr Old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u0938\u0941\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092e \u0915\u094b\u0930\u094d\u091f \u0928\u0947 <em>Raj Bahadur Singh v. 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