1,000/ has been reduced to Rs.
500/ .
W.3 Madan Lal was the owner of Rationing Depot in Gandhi Nagar.
100/ per month by way of bribe under threat of implicating him in some false case.
Appeal by Special leave from the Judgment and Order dated the 7th September, 1970 of the Delhi High Court in Criminal Appeal No.
The appellant admitted the receipt of the sum of Rs.
85 of 1968.
On the giving of signal by Deputy Lal, Arora arrived and recovered the currency numberes from the pocket of the appellants bush shirt.
The amount recovered from the appellants bush shirt companysisted of the same 8 currency numberes which had been earlier initialled.
After obtaining the sanction of P.W.1 S. P. Iyer, Deputy Secretary, Department of Community Development and Co operation, Government of India for the prosecution of the appellant and after investigation the police filed a challan against him under section 5 1 d of the Act and under sec tion 161 of the Penal Code.
100/ that very day.
At the relevant time fie was working as Inspector in the Rationing Department.
73 of 1971.
He handed over the amount of Rs.
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80/ by him from Madan Lal.
He after recording the statement of Madan Lal, initialled 8 currency numberes of Rs.
The companycurrent sentence of rigorous imprisonment for 2 2 1/2 years has been reduced to one year under each, companynt and the imposition of fine of Rs.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by UNTWALIA, J. The appellant in this appeal by special leave has been companyvicted under section 5 2 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 194 Thereinafter called the Act, read with section 5 1 d and under section 161 of the Indian Penal Code.
The Trial Judge sentenced the appellant under each companynt to undergo rigorous imprisonment foe 2 1/2 years.
The appellant was a quasi permanent Lower Division Clerk of the Central Secretariat Clerical Service, Grade It and was borne on the cadre of Community Development and Co operation.
by Arora.
The appellant came to the said witness on 1.7.1967 and demanded the payment of Rs.
10/ each, of the total value of Rs.
P.W. S.L. Arora, Assistant Controller of Rationing was called to the Councillors place.
N. Anand and R. N. Sachthey, for the respondent.
Madan Lal companyplained to W. Gian Chand Sharma, a Municipal Council about this demand and the latter called him to his house in the afternoon.
Delhi.
The two companyrts below relying upon the evidence of Prosecution Witnesses Madan Lal, Arora, Agya Ram and Deputy Lal and rejecting the explanation of the appellant as untrue have companyvicted and sentenced him as stated above.
Shri Arora instructed Madan Lal to go to the appellants office alongwith two witnesses.
B. Rohtagi, for the appellant.
Madan Lal proceeded to the appellants office with P.W.5 Agya Ram Batra and P.W.8 Deputy Lal Telwar.
The Delhi High Court dismissed the appellants appeal subject to the reduction in his Sentences.
80/ to the appellant saying that he would pay Rs.
Sentences to run companycurrently.
20/ later on.
His companyplaint was that the appellant had been demanding, Rs.
