VED PRAKASH vs STATE

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 07.04.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 16.04.2026 CRL.A. 270/2017 VED PRAKASH .....Appellant Through: Mr. Sanjay Mann with Mr. Shashank Bajpai, Advocates. versus STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State with SI Naresh Kumar, A.C.B. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. This appeal under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (the Cr.P.C.) has been filed by the sole accused in C.C. No. 05/2015 on the file of the Court of the Special Judge-07 (Central), (PC Act Cases of ACB, GNCTD), Delhi challenging the conviction entered and sentence passed against him for the offences punishable under Section 7 and Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption 2. The prosecution case is that on 18.02.2014 at about 02:00 PM, the accused, while working as Assistant Engineer (AE) at GTB Hospital, Shahdara, being a public servant, demanded a bribe of ₹60,000/- from PW3 by threatening to allot the work order 13/2013 to someone else if the amount was not paid, and called him to his office on 20.02.2014 for payment. It is further alleg