GOBIND SWAROOP PARWANI vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 05.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 10.02.2026 CRL.A. 916/2006 & CRL.M.A. 4056/2018 GOBIND SWAROOP PARWANI .....Appellant Through: Ms. Sonia Mathur, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Shailesh N Pathak, Mr. Abhinav Garg, Mr. Manwendra Gautam, Mr. Nikhil Chandra, Mr. Radhey S. Janwa, Ms. Safeena Khan and Mr. Sachin Gajwani, Advocates. Versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State with SI Bheem Singh, P.S. Anti- Corruption Branch, Delhi. 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 first accused (A1) in C.C.No. 38/1999 on the file of the Court of Special Judge, Delhi challenging the conviction entered and sentence passed against him for the offences punishable under Sections 7 and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988(the PC Act). 2. The prosecution case is that on 18.03.1996, A1 while working as Junior Engineer in the Commercial Estate Branch of DDA at Vikas Sadan, in collusion with the second accused, (A2), W/C(R), Mate, DDA, demanded illeg