( 1 ) DEEWAN Chand appellant, a booking clerk at Laksar railway station, Northern Railway, in the year 1964 has been convicted Under Section 5 (2) read with Section 5 (1) (c) of the Prevention of corruption Act, 1947, and sentenced to undergo R. I. for 3 years by an order dated 30-3-1979, passed by Special Judge Anti-Corruption, West U. P. Lucknow.

( 2 ) THE case of the prosecution very briefly stated was: There were three booking clerks at Laksar railway station. They used to work in three shifts or 8 hours each. In case the card-board tickets were not available, the booking clerks could issue paper tickets. There used to be books of blank paper tickets. There are 3 foils of each blank paper ticket. In one book there are 50 sets of blank paper tickets. The books which were issued for the railway stations of the Northern Railway are called local blank paper tickets. The tickets which are issued for railway stations on the Railways other than Northern Railway are called foreign blank paper tickets. During the period 7-7-1964 to 20-10-1964, the appellant is said to have issued 43 blank paper tickets relating to stations of the Northern Railway as well as the stations of