* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 11.03.2026 Judgment pronounced on:16.03.2026 + CRL.A. 846/2004 MOHD. YAMIN @ YAMEEN KHAN .....Appellant Through: Mr. Yudhishtar Kahol with Mr. Kunal Kahol and Mr. Nikhil Kahol, Advocates.

versus STATE THR. C.B.I .....Respondent Through: Mr. Kamal Kant Goel, SPP with Ms.Jyoti Goel, Advocate.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA

JUDGMENT

CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J.

1. In this appeal filed under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (the Cr.P.C.) the sole accused, in C.C. No. 106/2001 on the file of the Special Judge, Delhi, assails the judgment dated 06.10.2004 and order on sentence dated 12.10.2004 as per which he has been convicted and sentenced for the offences punishable under Section 7 and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (the PC Act).

2. The prosecution case is that the accused, while posted as Assistant Manager (Accounts) at ITDC, Hotel Samrat, New Delhi, on 29.11.1996 demanded illegal gratification of ₹500/- from PW3, whose taxies were attached with the Hotel Samrat on panel basis, for disbursing the payment of taxi bills, which had already b