1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR Criminal Application No. 150 of 2010 IN Crimnal Appeal No. of 2010 [State of Maharashtra Vs. Ashok T. Gedam] Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Mrs. K. Joshi, APP for appellant. ----- CORAM : A.H. JOSHI, J. DATE : 31st March, 2010. 1. This is an appeal by the State against acquittal. 2. The accused-respondent was tried for offence under Sections 7 and 13 (2) read with Section 13 (1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. 3. Heard. 4. The learned Special Judge came to the conclusion that :- [a] The Panchamas prior to raid were not proved. [b] The complaints were got written down later. 2 [c] This has resulted in creating a grave suspicion about genuineness of entire case of prosecution. 5. The conviction cannot be based on suspicious evidence. 6. In the result, the trial has resulted in acquittal. 7. Perusal of judgment and testing the submissions reveals that no other conclusion than the one arrived at by the learned Special Judge can be drawn. 8. In the circumstances, appeal has no merit, and is rejected. Judge |Hedau|