Appellant assailed the judgment of Special Judge and Additional Sessions Judge, Akola in Special Case No. 2 of 1996 by which he is convicted for the offences punishable under Section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months and to pay fine of Rs. 500/- in default to undergo simple imprisonment for one month. By the said judgment, the appellant is also convicted for the offence punishable under Section 13(i)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay fine of Rs. 1,000/- in default to undergo simple imprisonment for three months.

2. The case of the prosecution against the appellant in short is as under.

(i) Complainant Nilkanth Kute purchased one plot jointly with one Shri Chincholkar. He sold the said plot of his share to Sadashiv Nimkande in the year 1993. Nimkande also wanted to sell that plot. Mutation entry was not recorded in the name of Nimkande, therefore, he was insisting the complainant to contact concerned Talathi and get the mutation entry in his name. Complainant along with Nimkande met the appellant/Talathi for 56 time