Judgment

P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, J. :- The appellant who was Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacology ad Therapeutics in the Medical College, Jabalpur, has been convicted by the Special Judge, Jabalpur under Section 5 (1) (d) read with Section 5 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act to one year s rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 1,000/- and is default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three months. He was further convicted of offences under Sections 409 and 420. I.P.C. and was awarded sentences of six months rigorous imprisonment in respect of each of them. All the sentences were directed to run concurrently. An appeal against this conviction and sentence to the High Court of Madhya Pradesh was dismissed. This appeal is by special leave.

2. Shortly stated the case of the prosecution is that the appellant who was employed in the Medical College, Jabalpur, with the permission of the Government of Madhya Pradesh given on December 20, 1962, accepted a grant-in-aid for carrying out a research project entitled "Study of Manganese in Health and Disease by Neutron Activation Analysis". This Research Project was to be carried on in collaboration with the Atomic Energy Com