JUDGMENT :

1. List has been revised and the case was taken up in the revised call.

2. Heard learned Counsel for the appellant, Shri Shiv. P. Shukla, learned Counsel for C.B.I. and Shri Ashok Kumar Singh, learned A.G.A-I for the State-respondents.

3. The instant Criminal Appeal under Section 9 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act read with Section 374 Cr.P.C. has been filed on behalf of the appellant, namely, Smt. Madhu Tandon against the judgment and order dated 10.02.1998 passed by Special Judge (Anti Corruption), U.P (West) Lucknow, in Case No.1/81 arising out of R.C. No.19/1979, convicting the husband of the appellant under Section 409 I.P.C. and Section 5(2) readwith Section 5(1) (c) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 and sentencing him to undergo two years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs.18,000/- on each count, the sentences of imprisonment directed to run concurrently and in default of payment of fine to undergo further imprisonment of six months.

4. The prosecution case in brief is that P.K. Tandon i.e. accused (now deceased), who was the husband of the appellant, was appointed as a Branch Managar at Koraw Branch Allahabad in the U.C.O Bank formerly known as United Co