1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR. CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.APPA 442 OF 2010. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA VS WAMAN JAGOJI POHINKAR ______________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Shri V. A. Thakre, APP for appellant. CORAM : A.H. JOSHI, J. DATE : 13th AUGUST, 2010. 1. This is an appeal against acquittal. 2. The respondent was charged for accepting bribe amount of Rs.2000/- being illegal gratification in performance of official duty of showing favour to the accused. 3. The story of payment of amount of bribe is by putting it into the dickey of a motor cycle. 4. It has come on record that the dickey of the motor cycle was not locked. The motor cycle was parked in open space. The fact that the amount was found in the dickey was considered by the Trial Court to be inadequate to prove conscious possession of amount of bribe and payment thereof to him. 2 5. In the result, learned Special Judge ordered acquittal. The judgment based on the reasons referred herein before cannot be regarded as erroneous or perverse. 6. Appeal has no merit. 7. Application for leave to appeal and appeal are dismissed. Judge //mule//