In Brief
A Municipal Corporation Junior Overseer was convicted of demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 1000/- for processing an RTI application for a certified copy of a sanctioned map. The trial court acquitted him, but the High Court convicted him after appeal. The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's conviction, finding that the accused was caught red-handed with the bribe money, supported by forensic evidence (chemical tests on his hands turning pink) and recovered documents seized from his residence. The Court held that the accused had an official role in processing such applications, rejecting his claim that he was merely a Junior Overseer with no involvement, and found the High Court's judgment based on clinching evidence to be unassailable.",
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