SURJEET SINGH CHOUDHARY vs STATE

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 27.01.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 02.02.2026 CRL.A. 788/2002 SURJEET SINGH CHOUDHARY .....Appellant Through: Mr. Sarthak Maggon, Advocate alongwith the wife and son of the appellant. versus STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for State. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. In this appeal filed under Section 27 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 (the PC Act) read with Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (the Cr.P.C.), the sole accused in C.C. No. 29/1996 on the file of Special Judge, Delhi, assails the judgment dated 25.09.2002 and order on sentence dated 27.09.2002, as per which he has been convicted and sentenced for the offences punishable under Section 7 and Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the PC Act. 2. The prosecution case is that the accused, while working as Security Officer (Health) in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and being a public servant, demanded illegal gratification of ₹10,000/- from PW2, a retired Security Supervisor (Health), for forwarding his pension file to the Additional Commissioner (Health), a