B.D. Agarwal, J.

1. The appellant herein was working as Lower Division Assistant in the Office of the District Judge, Kamrup, Guwahati at the relevant time. In the year 2004 few posts of junior Administrative Assistants were notified to be filled up. The written test for the said vacant posts was held in the month of July and the oral interview was held on 11.09.2004. Thereafter the Gauhati High Court Registry came to know that a few candidates were being approached by someone to engage him as a middle man to get the job. Accordingly, an administrative enquiry was held and thereafter a formal FIR was registered; on the basis of a judicial order passed in W.P. (C) 87 of 2005 on 10.1.2005, by the CBI being Case No. RC 2(A)/2005-GWH under Sections 120-B/511 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 7 of the Prevention of Corrupt Act, 1988. After the investigation, charge-sheet under Section 120B, IPC and Sections 7 and 15 of the PC act were filed against the appellant Dhiraj Barman and one Bhusan Kalita on 24.3.2006. The co-accused Bhusan Kalita subsequently became an approver and examined as PW 25. After the trial, the appellant herein has been convicted under Section 120B, IPC and