JUDGMENT - M.F. SALDANHA, J.:---The appellant assails his conviction under section 5(1)(d) read with section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act as also under section 161 of the Indian Penal Code imposed on him by the learned Special Judge, Pune, in Special Case No. 6 of 1981. The appellant has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months and to pay a fine of Rs. 300/-, in default, to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two months on the first count, and to suffer rigorous imprisonment for six months and to pay a fine of Rs. 200/- in default, to suffer rigorous imprisonment for one month on the second count.

2. It is alleged that the appellant-accused, who was at the relevant time a Sub-Engineer attached to the Maharashtra State Electricity Board and who was incharge of sanctioning load, demanded illegal gratification in the sum of Rs. 50/- from Arvind Narayan Nagavekar for purposes of sanctioning the load in question. It appears that the amount was settled at Rs. 40/- and that on a complaint lodged with the Anti-Corruption Bureau, a trap was laid and that on the morning of 28-10-1980 the complainant with the currency notes on which phenolphthalein powder had b

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