JUDGMENT

1. This Criminal Appeal has been preferred by the appellant- State against the judgment impugned, dated 31.10.2018 whereby the learned Sessions Court acquitted the respondent for the charges under Section 7 and 13 (1) (d) read with Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

2. Brief facts of the case as placed before this Court by the learned Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the Appellate- State are that on 06.07.2009, complainant Natwar Singh S/o Raghuveer Singh Panwar submitted a written report before the Addl. A.C.B. Chowki, Bhilwara to the effect that his father owned land in the village, which was situated at Arazi No. 2538 to 2599, but that there was some error/deficiency which required to be corrected. And that, when they sought to rectify the same, the Halka Patwari Shri Rajesh, Patwar Mandal Pashal demanded a bribe of Rs. 10,000/-, which demand the complainant did not wish to satisfy. Following the said report, trap proceedings were arranged and during the course of the same, recovery of the tainted currency was made from the possession of the respondent (Rajesh Kumar), whereupon he was arrested. Subsequently, the respondent was charge-sheeted for