In Brief
The appellant, a former Kanoongo/Patwari, was convicted of demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 1,200 under the Prevention of Corruption Act and Indian Penal Code. The High Court had reduced his sentence from four years to one year rigorous imprisonment. The Supreme Court partly allowed his appeal, reducing his sentence to the one month and ten days already undergone, citing special reasons: 34 years had elapsed since the 1985 offence, the appellant was now 78 years old with a heart ailment, he had complied with bail conditions, and had suffered immense trauma. The Court enhanced the fine from Rs. 3,000 to Rs. 10,000 to meet the ends of justice."}
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