ORAL JUDGMENT :- Heard Shri Mardikar, Advocate for the appellants and Smt. Dangre, Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent State.

2. Criminal Appeal No. 322 of 2002 is filed by the original accused No.1 Bismillakha Salarkha Path an in Special Case No.3 of 1995. Appeal No. 499 of 2002 is filed by original accused No.2 in Special Case No.3 of 1995 - Kisan Nagorao Chipade. These appellants, for the sake of convenience are hereinafter referred to as accused Nos. 1 and 2 respectively and both these appeal convicting both the accused of offences punishable under sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and sentencing the accused to suffer R. I. for one year in respect of the offence punishable under section 13(1)(d) of the Act and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/- in default to suffer R. I. for three months and further sentencing the accused to suffer R. I. for six months and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/-, in default to suffer R. I. for three months under section 7 of the Act and separately sentencing accused No. 2 to suffer R. I. for one year and to pay a fine of Rs. 2,000/- in default to suffer R. I. for nine months in respect of the o

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