JUDGMENT

V.D. Bhargava, J. - This is an appeal by Ram Chet Shukla, who has been convicted u/s 161, IPC read with Section 3 of the Prevention of Corruption Act of 1947, and sentenced to one year's rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 100/ -, in default to a further rigorous imprisonment for 2 months.

2. The prosecution story in brief is, that one Har Swarup Sharma (P.W.1) was a resident of mohalla Acharyan Chandausi. He had earned a bad reputation and the residents of the town as well as the police suspected his hand in a number of undesirable activities, and he was also called several times by the police for interrogation. Several anonymous and signed letters were also received against this man. According to these letters he was a murderer, a cheat, a thief, a gambler and an organiser of a gang of bad characters. Enquiry was being made about the undesirable activities of Har Swarup Sharma. Mohalla Acharyan where Har Swarup Sharma was residing, was within the Khurja Gate outpost. The accused Ram Chet Shukla was a head constable posted at that outpost and he is alleged to have come to Har Swarup and told him that action was contemplated against him and history sheet was likely to be