THE 13TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1998 Present Honble Mr. Justice M.K.Mukherjee Honble Mr. Justice S.P.Kurdukar Honble Mr. Justice K.T.Thomas Mr. Manish Mishra and Mr. P.N. Mishra, Advocates for the appellant.
Mr. N.P.Midha and Mr. Bharat Sangal, Advocates for the respondent.
J U D G M E N T The following Judgment of the Court was delivered K.MUKHERJEE, J. The respondent was tried for and companyvicted of the offences under Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code an d 5 2 read with 5 1 d of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 by the Special Judge Vigilance , Sambalpur for accepting a sum of Rs.
500/ as illegal gratification from Mohd.
Ushaman P.W.2 , an employee of Rourkela Steel Plant.
In appeal preferred by him the High Court that the respondent received the above sum as illegal gratification and that the defence of the respondent received the above sum as illegal gratification and that t he defence of the respondent that the above amount was paid by P.W.2 as loan was unbelievable.
