JUDGMENT

Raju, J.-The appellant in this appeal, who was working as Revenue Record Keeper (Senior Clerk) in the Collectorate at Wardha District, was charged before the Special Judge, Wardha, of the offences punishable under Section 161, IPC, and Section 5(1)(d) read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to-as "The Act"). The case of the prosecution was that the appellant demanded and accepted on 20.8.1986 a sum of Rs. 20/- from one Magorao Tarale (PW-1), as gratification other than legal remuneration for doing an official act of sending the relevant records to the copying for providing copies of maps and Khasra Patrak, applied for by him. The appellant pleaded not guilty and sought for trial.

2. The prosecution examined PWs 1 to 7 and marked several documents in support of the charges. The appellant denied the charges and asserted that she was falsely implicated on the machinations of PW-3, PW-1 and one Jagdish Bokade, Shri Devanand was examined as DW-1. The crux of the prosecution case, leaving aside the unnecessary details is that PW-1 made an application on 13.8.86 for copies of records relating to lands held by his grand father and on th