By judgment and order dated 3rd February, 2012, the order passed by the Trial Court acquitting the appellant under the Prevention of Corruption Act, has been reversed and she has been companyvicted and sentenced to undergo six months simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs.5,000/ under Section 7 and to undergo simple imprisonment for one year and a fine of Rs.5,000/ under Section 13 1 d read with Section 13 2 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
It appears that the appellant did number have proper representation when Criminal Appeal No.1200 of 2005 came to be allowed by a learned Single Judge of the Karnataka High Court on 3rd February, 2012.
The judgment and order rendered by the High Court is, therefore, set aside only on this point.Leave granted.
Having numbered that the appellant did number have representation before the High Court under the circumstances which have been explained by the appellant, we accept the explanation.
