2026:CGHC:4149 Digitally Digitally Digitally Digitally Digitally Digitally Digitally Digitally NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR CRA No. 1481 of 2015 Ram Lal Sharma S/o Late Rati Ram Sharma, Aged About 63 Years, Retired Assistant Grade-2, At Present R/o Shyam Nagar Raipur, Distt. Raipur, Permanent Address Village Bhiso, Thana Pamgardha, Distt. Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh ... Appellant versus State of Chhattisgarh Through Anti Corruption Bureau, Raipur, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh., Chhattisgarh --- State/Respondent ___________________________________________________________

For Appellant : Mr. K.P.S. Gandhi, Advocates. For State : Mr. Kishan Lal Sahu, Dy.G.A.

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Hon'ble Smt. Justice Rajani Dubey C A V Judgement

1. This appeal is preferred under Section 374 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 against the judgment dated 17.11.2015 passed by learned Special Judge (Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988) Dhamtari, District- Dhamtari (C.G.) in Special Criminal Case No. 02/2011 whereby the appellant has been convicted for the offence punishable under Sections 7 and 13 (1) (d) read with Section 13(2) of Prevention of C