1. The appellant, who was, at the material time, working as a Sectional Engineer in the Public Works Department, Indapur, Sub-Division, Pune, was prosecuted on the allegation of having committed offences punishable under section 7 and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The learned Special Judge, Baramati, after holding a trial, found the appellant guilty of the aforesaid offences and sentenced him to suffer Rigorous Imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of Rs.2,000/- on each count, in default to suffer Simple Imprisonment for six months. Being aggrieved by the Judgment of conviction as delivered by the learned Special Judge, Baramati and the sentences imposed by him, the appellant has approached this Court by filing the present Appeal.

2. The prosecution case, as put forth before the trial Court, in brief, may be stated thus:

One Bharat Gulabrao Raje-Bhosale (PW 1), a Government Contractor, was given a contract in respect of the construction of a road. The estimated cost of the work was Rs.24,00,000/-. Raje-Bhosale had paid a security deposit of Rs.48,000/- in the office of the Executive Engineer. Raje-Bhosale commenced the wor