JUDGMENT

Accused No.1 in C.C.No.2 of 2003, on the file of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Special Judge (Constituted under the Prevention of Corruption Act), Pudukkottai has filed this appeal challenging the conviction and sentence imposed against her by the impugned judgment dated 24.07.2018.

2.The appellant was working as Sub Registrar in Perungallur Sub- Registrar Office, Pudukkottai District. P.W.2 was a promotor of lay out of plots. He promoted a lay out in the name of Nithya kalyani lay out and he sold one plot to P.W.4/Iyyasamy. P.W.5 Thiru.Periyasamy was the document writer. Both approached P.W.5 and prepared the document and presented before the Sub Registrar Office of the appellant on 04.12.2002 after paying Rs.1,320/- as stamp duty and also paying of other required charges. At the time of presentation of the document, the appellant received the document and she and the accused No.2 (deceased accused), namely, the clerk of the said office demanded a sum of Rs. 10,000/- as bribe to register the document and also for fixing the stamp duty as Rs.7.50/- per sq.ft. instead of fixing as Rs.22/- per Sq.Ft., otherwise they will keep the document as pending document. The appe