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CASE NO.:

Appeal (crl.) 8 of 2002

PETITIONER:

DILAWAR BALU KURANE

Vs.

RESPONDENT:

STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/01/2002

BENCH:

Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri & S.N. Phukan

JUDGMENT:

PHUKAN, J.

Leave is granted.

The appellant at the relevant time was a Lecturer in

Y.B. Chavan College, Kolhapur, State of Maharashtra , a

college run by the Municipal Corporation and affiliated to the

Shivaji University, Kolhapur. The appellant received a letter

from the University inviting him to evaluate the papers in

Accountancy (theory) at the B.Com. IInd Year examination,

which was accepted. On 1st May, 1986, one Ashok Salokhe,

who also appeared in the said examination, approached the

appellant and expressed his inability to clear the above paper

which was to be examined by the appellant. According to the

prosecution, the appellant demanded Rs.400/- from him and

on the next day, around 4.30 p.m., the appellant accepted

Rs.400/- from him and thereafter scored out the previous

marks given on the answer script and increased the number to

enable the said student to get through the paper in questio