1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 308 OF 1995 The State of Maharashtra. ... Appellant. Versus Atmaram Daulat Shinde & Anr. .... Respondents. Mr. V. B. Konde-Deshmukh, APP for the Appellant. None present for the Respondents. CORAM : BILAL NAZKI and F. M. REIS, JJ. DATED : 2ND APRIL, 2009. P.C.: This is an appeal filed by the State against acquittal of respondents who were charged for the offences under Section 161 r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 5(i)(d) r/w 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947. 2. Defacto the complainant' s case was that while he went to accused No.1 for getting entries made in the revenue record pertaining to properties of somebody else for whom he was a power of attorney, an amount of Rs.250/- was demanded by accused No.1 for being given to accused No.2. Accused No.2 was the authority who was to effect entry in 2 the revenue record. The trial court found that there was no evidence that even if the accused No.1 had accepted the money, it was for accused No.2. Therefore the trial court acquittal accused No.2 and we do not find this finding to be perverse. 3. With respect of accused No.1, trial court did not believe the evidence and came to the conclusion that as a matter of fact the money was forcibly put in his pant. 4. Both the accused have been acquitted by an order dated 11th January, 1995. 14 years have passed and we do not feel that the view taken by the trial court was not possible in the facts and circumstances of the case. 5. In view of the above, the appeal is dismissed. Sd/- (BILAL NAZKI, J.) Sd/- (F. M. REIS, J.)