VED PRAKASH vs STATE

Judgment text excerpt

* 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 Signature Not Verified CRL.A. 270/2017 Page 1 of 49 Signed By:KOMAL DHAWAN Signing Date:17.04.2026 17:35:21 Act, 1988 (the PC Act). 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 alleged that on 20.02.2014 at about 03:30 PM, the accused accepted ₹50,000/- as illegal gratification from the complainant in his office, thereby abusing his position as a public servant. Accordingly, the accused was chargesheeted for having committed the offences punishable under Section 7 and Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the PC Act. 3. On 20.02.2014, PW3 lodged a complaint, that is, Ext. PW3/A, with the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), CBI, New Delhi, b