This is an appeal under section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 read with section 27 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. By this appeal, the appellant Smt. Leena Talukdar has challenged her conviction under section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act in Special Case No. 18/2004 of the Court of learned Special Judge, CBI Guwahati, Assam vide judgment dated 9.11.2006 and thereby sentencing her to suffer R.I. for 6 months and a fine of Rs. 1,000, in default to suffer S.I. for 1 month more.

2. The prosecution story is that one Dudu Baruah a permanent resident of village Balisapara in the district of Jorhat lodged a written complaint with the Superintendent of Police, CBI, ACB at Guwahati on 27.11.2002 informing that Smt. Leena Talukdar who was an employee of NF Railway, Maligaon demanded Rs. 60,000 from him for arranging a job of LDC in the said office for which the informant had submitted his candidature and also appeared in the interview. Allegedly, the said Leena Talukdar demanded Rs. 10,000 being the first installment.

3. Upon receipt of the said complaint, the SP engaged one Bhagwan Das, Inspector of CBI, ACB, Guwahati to verify the genuineness of the complaint

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