JUDGMENT :

M.S. KARNIK, J.

1. The challenge in this appeal is to the judgment and order passed by the Special Judge, Solapur convicting the appellant (accused No. 1) for the offence punishable under Sections 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (hereafter ‘the PC Act’ for short) and thereby sentenced him to suffer rigorous imprisonment for a period of one and half year and to pay fine of Rs. 1,000/- in default, to suffer further rigorous imprisonment for a period of nine months. The appellant was further convicted for the offence punishable under Section 7 of the PC Act and sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay fine of Rs.500/- in default, to suffer further rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months.

2. The prosecution case in brief is as under:

At the relevant time the appellant-accused No. 1 was working as an Awal Karkun and Executive Magistrate in the Tahsil Office, North Solapur. The accused No. 2 was working as a Writer in the Tahsil Office. One Ramesh Mansawale was related to PW-7 Parshuram Khadgikar was detained in jail on 21.07.1992 in Chapter Case No. 191 of 1992 registered by the accused No. 1 on the