RAM PRASHAD vs STATE OF DELHI

Judgment text excerpt

* 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 Signature Not Verified CRL.A. 827/2001 Page 1 of 27 Signed By:KOMAL DHAWAN Signing Date:25.04.2026 10:16:46 the offences punishable under Section 7 and Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (the PC Act). 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 the court record belonging to his tutor/teacher (PW10). Accordingly, as per the charge-sheet/final report dated 26.08.1992, the accused was alleged to have committed the offences punishable under Sections 7 and 13 of the PC Act. 3. Sanction for prosecution was accorded by PW3, Additional Commissioner (Crime), Police Head Quarters, New Delhi, vide Ext. PW3/A order, which