1 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR . CRIMINAL APPLN NO.APPA 142 OF 2010. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA VS KESHAORAO MADHAVRAO JIGI ______________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Shri S. S. Doifode, APP for applicant. Coram : A.H. JOSHI, J. Date : 07th JUNE, 2010. 1. The accused was tried for demand and acceptance of amount of Rs.300/- as bribe. The prosecution has relied upon the raid and witnesses. 2. The learned Special Judge order acquittal on the ground that the version of the complainant and the panch witnesses on the place and manner of acceptance of the amount of bribe are divergent. 3. The testimonies of the complainant and the panch witnesses who claimed to be the eye witnesses have difference as to the manner of acceptance of bribe amount. 4. The prosecution has not able to come out of this. 5. The order of acquittal is based on the failure of the prosecution to prove the fact of 2 demand and acceptance of bribe amount. 6. The judgment of acquittal is seen to be well reasoned and does not call for any interference. 7. Appeal has no merit. Appeal is dismissed. Judge |mule|