Judgment

KRISHNA IYER, J. :- This appeal, filed by special leave, may be disposed of by a short judgment because after having heard counsel for the appellant, Shri Dau, at some length, we are satisfied that no serious question of law arises and a re-appreciation of the evidence to do which we were invited is not permissible in the absence of manifest injustice or perverse understanding of the materials on record by the courts below.

2. The accused, an Assistant Sub-Inspector attached to Police Station Raman, is charged with an offence under Section 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. According to the prosecution, one Buta Singh had complained against Hakam Singh and others to the accused on May 24, 1968 since he was then the Station House Officer of P. S. Raman within whose limits the offence is said to have taken place. While the accused recorded the report, he did not arrest the accused although they were available in the village. On the next day, Smt. Dhan Kaur, the mother of Buta Singh, complained to Chand Singh, P. W. 2, the Sarpanch of the village that the police officer was not taking steps to arrest the accused in the case where her son had been attacked. P. W. 2 the