Out of the original arraigned accused, A 1, A 6, A 7 and A 8 were acquitted by the Trial Court whereas A 2, A 4 and A 5 were acquitted by the High Court.
The companyviction of the appellant was maintained by the High Court by recording the following finding Of companyrse, in this case there is numberdirect evidence to prove that A 3 is a party to the companyspiracy.
It depends upon the circumstantial evidence.
Madan Mohan Punchhi, J. The appellant, who in the Courts below was described as A 3, is the lone one out of the eight, who stands companyvicted for offences punishable under Sections 120B, 409 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code and under Sections 5 1 c and 5 1 d read with Section 5 2 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, whereunder he has been variously sentenced as disclosed in the judgment under appeal.
