RAM PRASHAD vs STATE OF DELHI

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 20.04.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 24.04.2026 CRL.A. 827/2001 RAM PRASHAD .....Appellant Through: Mr. M.L. Yadav, Mr. Prashant, Mr. Piyush Saini, Mr. Hardeep Godara, Advocates along with appellant in person. Versus STATE OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State with Insp. R.N. Pathak, ACB/GNCTD. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. In this appeal filed under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (the Cr.P.C.) the sole accused, in C.C. No. 154/1991 on the file of the Special Judge, Delhi, assails the judgment dated 30.10.2001 and order on sentence dated 01.11.2001 as per which he has been convicted and sentenced for 2. The prosecution case is that the accused, while working as Constable at Jafarpur Kalan Police Station, Naib-Court in the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate, Room No. 326, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, on 26.07.1991 at 03:00P.M., demanded, accepted and obtained illegal gratification of ₹150/- from PW4 for returning the insurance papers of the scooter bearing registration no. DL-4- 1817 and destroying challan papers from