ANANDRAO BAPU PATIL vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

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901. Apeal 1226 of 2002.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1226 OF 2002 Anandrao Bapu Patil Since deceased through his LRs., A. Sindhutai Anandrao Patil Age :- 62 years, Occ. Household, B. Dilip Anandrao Patil Age : 32 years, Occ. Agriculture C. Sandip Anandrao Patil Age 24 years, Occ. Agriculture Nos. A to C R/o at post Aitawade (Kh.) Tal. Walwa, District Sangli. D. Suvarna Pradipkumar Patil Age :- 39 years, Occ. Household R/o. Islampur, Tal. Walwa, District Sangli. E. Sunita Mohanrao Jadhav Age -35 years, Occ.: Househld, R/o. Rahuri, Tal. Rahuti, District Ahmednagar. ...Appellant Vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent ***** Mr. Umesh Mankapure Advocate for the Appellant a/w Ms. Rati S. Sinhasane Digitally signed SEEMA by SEEMA KSHITIJ KSHITIJ YELKAR Date: YELKAR 2025.07.02 10:50:25 +0530 Seema 1/24 901. Apeal 1226 of 2002.doc Mr. B. V. Holambe-Patil APP for the Respondent ***** CORAM : S. M. MODAK, J. DATE : 25th JUNE 2025 ORAL JUDGMENT :- 1. The issue arisen in this appeal is “whether the prosecution evidence is sufficient to prove that the amount of Rs. 500/- paid by the Appellant-accused to the de-facto Complainant was towards illegal gratification or whether it was towards arrears of water charges?”. 2. After evidence, the Court of Special Judge, Sangli, as per judgment dated 23.10.2002, was pleased to convict the Appellant for the offences punishable under Sections 7 and 13 (1)(d) read with Section 13 (1)(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The sentence imposed was rigorous imprisonment for one year and a fine of Rs. 500/-. In case of default in payment of fine, the Appellant was to suffer rigorous imprisonment for six months. This sentence was imposed for each offence. The correctness o