ORDER

This appeal is directed against the conviction of the appellant under Sections 7 and 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The appellant was sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of two years for the offence under Section 7 along with a fine of Rs. 3000/- with a default clause and for a period of two and a half years with a fine of Rs. 1000/- with the usual default clause for the offence under Section 13(2) read with 13(1)(d).

2. The case of the prosecution as narrated before the courts below was that P.W 3 Hamid Khan, the complainant who was running a tailoring shop at F-237, New Seemapuri, Delhi applied for a licence in the year 1994 to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi [the M.C.D], Health Department located in Shahdara Zone, Delhi. In April, 1995, he received a letter from M.C.D calling upon him to furnish some documents for running the tailoring shop. After furnishing those documents when no further communication was forthcoming from the M.C.D, he approached the appellant who was an employee in the M.C.D, who was the concerned person dealing with his application.

3. According to P.W 3, when he met the appellant on 5th Ma