Modi, J.—This is an appeal by the accused Ramprasad who has been convicted of an offence under sec. 161 I P. C. and sentenced to a fine of Rs. 1000/- by the Sessions Judge, Ganganagar.

2. The case for the prosecution is as follows. The accused Ramprasad was a Naib Tehsildar at Lalgarh, District, Ganganagar, and had his headquarters at Ganganagar. The complainant Kapoor Singh applied to purchased some land near his house but, as he put it, he was unable to get it, as he was not willing to bribe this Naib Tehsildar as also his predecessors before whom the matter was pending. The accused went to Lalgarh on 15.12.52, and sent for Kapoor Singh and told him that he should pay a sum of Rs. 200/-and five maunds of wheat to the accused otherwise the land would be put to auction and the complainant may not by able to get it for even a sum of Rs. 1,000/-. Kapoor Singh expressed his inability to pay at that and eventually the deal was settled for Rs. 200/-only, and he offered to give that sum to the accused at Ganganagar on the third day, that is, the 17th December, 1955 The accused left Lalgarh. Kapoor Singh released this story to one Bahadur who was Secretary of the Tehsil Congress Committee,

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