JUDGMENT :

1. By this appeal, the appellant (accused) has challenged judgment and order of conviction and sentence dated 13.9.2004 passed by learned Judge, Special Court, Wardha (learned Special Judge) in Special Case No.3/1996.

2. By the said impugned judgment and order of conviction and sentence, the accused is convicted for offences punishable under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (the said Act).

For the offence under Section 7 of the said Act, the accused is sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for six months and to pay fine Rs.300/-, in default, to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for two months

For the offence under Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the said Act, he is sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay fine Rs.300/-, in default, to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for two months.

Learned Special Judge directed that all the sentences of the accused shall run concurrently.

3. The prosecution case in a nutshell runs, thus:

The accused, at the material time, was serving as Talathi at Wardha (Maneri). In the month of May 1995, Damodhar Nathuji Dhurve (informant), who is resi