ZAHIRUL HASAN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BEING aggrieved by the order of conviction dt. 13.12.1984 passed by the learned Special Judge (Anti Corruption), Udaipur in A.C.D. Case No. 3/1990 convicting the accused under Section 161 I.P.C. and Section 5(1)(D)(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and sentencing him to suffer one year's rigorous imprisonment, the appellant has preferred this appeal on the grounds mentioned in the memo of appeal as also verbally canvassed before me.

(2.) WITH the assistance of the learned Counsel for the appellant and the learned Public Prosecutor for the State. I have scrutinised the record and reappreciated the evidence on record.

(3.) ON reappreciation of the evidence of the trapped witnesses, it is obvious that the accused had demanded and received a sum of Rs. 100/ - as bribe, his hands were tainted with phenolphthalein powder. 1 am in total agreement with the findings recorded by the learned trial Judge in relation to conviction of the accused, I concur with the same. In such circumstances, I do not feel it necessary to give detail reasons for confirming of the findings arrived at by the learned Judge. The order of conviction and sentence is, therefore, liable to be maintained.