1 APPLN-70.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE  CRIMINAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.70 OF 2011 The State of Maharashtra .... Applicant Vs. Dilip Sadashiv Pawar .... Respondent Ms S.D. Shinde, APP, for the Applicant- State. S/Shri V.V. Purwant i/b Deepak Shinde for the Respondent. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: AUGUST 23, 2011 P.C: This is an application for leave to file appeal against the acquittal of the respondent ordered by the learned Special Judge, Satara for the offences punishable under Sections 7 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The prosecution case, as unfolded in the evidence tendered, is that the accused demanded a sum of Rs.3,500/- for effecting a mutation entry. The complainant approached the A.C.B. and made a complaint. At the time of the trap the accused is alleged to have told the complainant by gesture to put the amount in the drawer. The amount was recovered 2 APPLN-70.11 from the drawer of table of the accused. The fingers of the accused were not smeared with anthracene powder. Thus, there was no oral demand. There was some alleged gesture and recovery of amount from the drawer of table of the accused. In view of this, it cannot be said that the learned Judge erred in acquitting the accused. Leave refused. Appeal dismissed. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)