1. The appeal is filed by the appellant – original accused
under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
against the judgement and order of conviction passed by the
learned Additional Sessions Judge, Second Fast Track
Court, Amreli (hereinafter referred to as “the learned Trial
Court”) in Special Case (ACB) No. 47/1997 on 30.09.2004,
whereby, the learned Trial Court has convicted the
appellant for the offence punishable under Sections 13(1)(d)
read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act,
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R/CR.A/1727/2004 JUDGMENT DATED: 11/02/2026
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1988 (hereinafter referred to as “the PC Act” for short). The
appellant was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for three
years and fine of Rs. 5000/- and in default, rigorous
imprisonment for six months for the offence under Section
13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the PC Act.
1.1 The appellant is hereinafter referred to as “the
accused” as he stood in the original case for the sake of
convenience, clarity and brevity.