ORDER

Leave granted.

2. The Appellant along with her husband has been convicted Under Section 420 of the Penal Code and both of them are sentenced to imprisonment for two years and a fine of Rs. 2,000/- with the default sentence of 15 days' imprisonment.

3. The special leave petition giving rise to the present appeal was filed both by the present Appellant as Petitioner No. 1 and her husband - Ginder Singh as Petitioner No. 2. The special leave petition at the instance of the husband was dismissed and in case of the Appellant, notice was issued only on the question of sentence. We, accordingly, proceed to consider the appeal to that limited extent.

4. According to the prosecution case Ginder Singh who was a Head Constable in the Punjab Police extracted Rs. 70,000/- from the informant Angrej Singh by making the false promise that he would arrange for a job for him in the Police. The deal was struck at Rs. 1,40.000/-; half of which, i.e., Rs. 70,000/- was to be paid in advance and the balance half, after the employment was made. It is further the prosecution case that on September 22, 2002, the informant paid Rs. 50,000/- to Ginder Singh at his quarter in the presence of his wife. Ginder