JUDGMENT :

HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK, J.

1. The appellant-State of Gujarat has preferred the present Appeal under Section 378 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 against the judgment and order of acquittal dated 6.10.2006 passed by the learned Presiding Officer, Fast Track Court No. 5, Palanpur in Special Case No. 7 of 2001, whereby the respondent-original accused was acquitted from the charges levelled against him under Sections 7, 12, 13(1)(d) 1, 2, 3 and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

2. The facts in brief giving rise to the filing of present Appeal are as under:

2.1 The complainant Mr. P.B. Pandav, Police Inspector, Palanpur A.C.B. Police Station has received secret information that some Police Officers as well as employees of Border Wings from Nainava Check Post of Dhanera Police Station as well as Khoda Check Post of Tharad Police Station are demanding and receiving illegal gratification from the drivers of the vehicles passing through the said Check Posts under the guise of entry fees. Therefore, on 2.3.2000 they have arranged running trap and during that running trap, the respondent accused has demanded and accepted Rs.10/- from the driver Manglaram Harkanram Bishnoi as ill