JUDGMENT :

1. This appeal has been filed by the appellant – State under Section 378(1)(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 against the judgment and order of acquittal dated 28.07.2009 passed by the learned Special Judge & Additional Sessions Judge, Bhuj in Special (ACB) Case No. 21 of 1994, whereby, the learned trial Court was pleased to give the benefit of doubt and acquit all the respondents from the offences punishable under Sections 7, 13(1) (d) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act (herein after referred to as ‘the Act’). The respondents are hereinafter referred to as ‘the accused’ in the rank and file as they stood in the original case, for the sake of convenience, clarity and brevity.

2. The brief facts that emerge from the record of the case are as under:-

2.1. That the accused No. 1 was a Deputy Manager in the Account Section of District State Supply Corporation, the accused No. 2 was the Mamlatdar of the District Supply Office and the accused No. 3 was the Supervisor of the godown of the District Supply Office and were public servants. That the complainant Sanjaybhai Maheshbhai Vaishnav was working as the godown Manager of the Gujarat State Supply Corpor