VED PRAKASH MAURYA vs STATE OF DELHI

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 03.11.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 10.12.2025 Judgment uploaded on: 12.12.2025 + CRL.A. 45/2010 VED PRAKASH MAURYA .....Appellant Through: Ms. Saahila Lamba and Ms. Nidhi Sharma, Advocates. versus STATE OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manoj Pant, APP for State. Mr. Bheem Singh, SI Pairvee Officer, PS ACB GNCT Delhi. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. The appellant, Ved Prakash Maurya, has preferred the present appeal seeking setting aside of the impugned judgment dated 22.12.2009 and the order on sentence dated 24.12.2009 passed by the learned Special Judge, Delhi [hereafter ‘Trial Court’] Vide the impugned judgment, the appellant was convicted for the offences under Section 7 and Section 13(1)(d), punishable under Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 [hereafter ‘PC Act’], and was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of two CRL.A. 45/2010 Page 1 of 22 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:12.12.2025 15:41:00 years and to pay a fine of ₹5,000/-, and in default of payment of fine, to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of three months – each for the offences under Section 7 and Section 13(2) of the PC Act. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 2. Broadly stated, the case of the prosecution is that the complainant, Vivek Gupta, had submitted a handwritten complaint to the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on 05.04.2006. He alleged that about a month prior thereto, he had visited the office of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) at Sector-5, Rohini, where he submitted two applications – seeking sewer and water connections for Flat No. 118, Pocket B-9, Sector-5, Rohini, belonging to his uncle,