JUDGMENT :

1. This criminal appeal has been filed by the appellant against the judgment dated 16.02.2006 passed by the learned Special Judge, (Anti-Corruption) Jammu whereby the appellant has been convicted for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 420, 468 & 471 RPC read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and has been sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of six months and to pay a fine of Rs. 5,000/- under each of the above four Sections. Period of imprisonment in all the offences has been ordered to run concurrently.

2. The impugned judgment dated 16.02.2006 has been challenged by the appellant on the following grounds:-

That the impugned judgment is against the facts of the case and the accepted principles of law.

That the prosecution had alleged the tampering of the flight coupon (EXPW-JP/l) by way of forgery against the appellant herein in the challan. It was alleged that on 19.11.1997, the appellant was operating the ticket sale counter at Jammu Airport when he committed the said criminal act. In order to prove this allegation, the prosecution had placed on record the log book of the Jammu Airport allegedly containing the duty sc