( 1 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3192 OF 2009 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 309 OF 2008 Arjun Bhagwan Pawar APPLICANT VERSUS The State of Maharashtra RESPONDENT ..... Mr. V.B. Deshmukh, advocate for the applicant. ..... [CORAM : V.R. KINGAONKAR, J.] [DATE : 5th October, 2009] PER COURT : 1. This is an application seeking stay to the conviction order rendered against the appellant/applicant. 2. The applicant has been convicted for the offences punishable under section 7, 13 (1) (d) read with section 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. 3. Briefly stated, the prosecution case is that the applicant demanded illegal gratification of Rs. ( 2 ) 1000/- to do official work of testing of a meter and installation of new electricity connection at the well situated in the land of one Farad Sultan, who is a Assistant Teacher. The applicant was found while accepting the tainted currency notes during course of a trap which was laid. The defence of the applicant was that the tainted currency notes were thrusted by the complainant and he did not demand or accept the same. 4. The learned advocate for the applicant would submit that the case is falsely prepared by the complainant and others. He would submit that the applicant is likely to suffer financial loss due to such false prosecution. He contended that the impugned judgement is improper and unsustainable. 5. There is no prima facie reason to immediately stamp the impugned judgement as improper in as much as reasons have been ascribed by the learned Special Judge in support of the judgement of conviction. The order of sentence is already suspended. The order of conviction cannot be suspended as a matter of routine course. It requires exemplary reasons to suspend such an order of conviction which is ordinarily rendered after the full- ( 3 ) fledged trial. In case of charge of corruption, the suspension of conviction order is not proper and legal, particularly when it prima facie appears that the order is based on reasons which require due consideration. The application is without foundation and as such, is dismissed. [ V.R. KINGAONKAR ] JUDGE NPJ/criapln3192-09