RAVINDER KUMAR CHOPRA vs STATE C.B.I.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 22.04.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 28.04.2026 + CRL.A. 359/2002 RAVINDER KUMAR CHOPRA .....Appellant Through: Mr. Siddharth Aggarwal, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Vishwajeet Singh, Ms. Mugdha and Ms. Priti Verma, Advocates. versus STATE C.B.I. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Kamal Kant Goel, SPP with Ms. Jyoti Goel, Advocate. 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 first accused (A1), in C.C. No. 42/1993 on the file of the Special Judge, Delhi, assails the judgment dated 30.03.2002 and order on sentence dated 01.04.2002 as per which A1 and the second accused (A2) have been convicted and sentenced for the offence punishable under Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (the IPC) and further Signature Not Verified CRL.A. 359/2002 Page 1 of 43 Signed By:KOMAL DHAWAN Signing Date:28.04.2026 12:02:58 A1 has been convicted for the offences punishable under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (the PC Act). 2. The prosecution case is that R.K. Chopra (A1) while working as Desk Officer, Udyog Bhawan, Department of Industrial Development, Ministry of Industries, Government of India, Delhi, on 06.06.1989 demanded illegal gratification of ₹50,000/- from PW2, Director, M/s. Aries Granites, Bangalore and through the co-accused, A.S.M. Swami (A2), a retired officer, Ministry of Commerce, New Delhi and obtained ₹10,000/- for getting a licence issued in PW2’s favour for 100% Export Oriented Industries for manufacture of cut and polished granites. Accordingly, as per the charge-sheet/final report dated 29.05.1990, A1 and A2 were a