IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: February 14^th, 2025 Pronounced on: March 11^th, 2025 Neka Singh .....Appellant Versus State of Punjab .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANJARI NEHRU KAUL Argued by: Ms. Rupinder Kaur Thind, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. Shiva Khurmi, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab.

MANJARI NEHRU KAUL, J.

Appellant is impugning the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 01.10.2010 passed by learned Special Judge, Mansa, whereby he has been convicted and sentenced under Section 7 and 13(2) of The Prevention of Corruption Act (hereinafter referred to as ‘the P.C. Act’) as under:

2. The brief facts of the prosecution case may be noted as thus:

(i) The FIR in the present case was registered based on the statement of the complainant, Dhanna Singh, at Police Station Vigilance Bureau, Bhatinda. The complainant alleged that his wife had executed a sale deed in favour of their daughter-in-law. Subsequently, the complainant submitted an application before the Tehsildar for sanctioning the mutation, which was allowed, directing the mutation to be entered. The complainant then handed over the said application to the concern