BALJINDER SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HAVING been convicted for commission of the offence under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (hereinafter called the Act) and thereafter having been sentenced to undergo RI for a period of three years with payment of fine of Rs.3,000/ - for the offence under Section 7 of the Act respectively, in default of payment of fine, the appellant having been ordered to undergo further RI for a period of six months, Baljinder Singh, the then Reader to SDM, Ferozepur, is now in appeal.

(2.) THE prosecution case put in a narrow compass is reproduced as below: -

(3.) TO substantiate the charge against the accused, the prosecution had examined as many as eight witnesses in addition to production of documentary evidence.