Judgment

DWIVEDI, J.:- It is an appeal against the judgment of the Delhi High Court affirming the judgment of the Special Judge. By his judgment the Special Judge has convicted the appellant under Section 5 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 161 I.P.C. and sentenced him to 1 1/2 years rigorous imprisonment under each count. The two sentences are to run concurrently.

2. Broad facts of the case are these, The appellant is a police constable. At the relevant time he was working in the Tees Hazari Police Post. Niranjan Lal, complainant, then was working as a stamp vendor in the nearby court-compound. Some complaints were made against him for overcharging his customers on the sale of stamps. These complaints were made in the Tees Hazari Police Post. In that connection the appellant had recorded some evidence. Niranjan Lal complained to Sri Harnaik Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Anticorruption Branch, that the appellant was demanding from him a bribe of Rs. 100/-. Sri Harnaik Singh decided to lay a trap to catch the appellant red-handed. So Anand Behari and Satish Chandra Kwatra were sent for by him to serve as witnesses. They were employed as clerks in the Deput