Mohanlal vs State - 2022 Supreme(Raj) 420

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2022 Supreme(Raj) 420

PUSHPENDRA SINGH BHATI
Mohanlal – Appellant
Versus
State – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellants : Mr. Zafar Khan
For the Respondents: Mr. Gaurav Singh, P.P.

JUDGMENT :

1. This Criminal Misc. Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been preferred claiming the following reliefs:-

“It is, therefore, most humbly and respectfully prayed that the appeal may kindly be allowed and the impugned judgment and order of sentence dt. 28.11.15 may kindly be quashed and setaside and the accused-appellant may kindly be acquitted from the charges leveled against him.”

2. This Criminal Misc. Petition has been preferred against the judgment, dated 28.11.2015, passed by the learned Special Judge, Sessions Court (Prevention of Corruption Cases), Udaipur in Criminal Regular Case No. 46/2008, whereby the accused appellant Mohanlal was convicted for the offence under Sections 7, 13 (1) (d)/13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and awarded a sentence of 1 year S.I. along with a fine of Rs. 1000/- in default of payment of which he was to further undergo an imprisonment of 1 month S.I.

3. At the outset, this Court takes note of the fact that the appellant, Mohan Lal S/o Shri Narayan Ji Jatiya has expired and the application to take his legal heir on record, namely Smt. Sumitra Bai W/o Mohan Lal, was allowed by this Court, vide order dated 25.08.2020 (in the