3 It is the case of prosecution that when complainant went to DIC to make inquiries regarding the procedure followed while applying for seed money loan, he came across accused, who said it can be done provided a sum of Rs.5000/- was given to him as bribe. This was in July 1996 and much before the loan application was made. It is prosecution’s case, when complainant met accused around 15-8-1997, accused demanded Rs.2000/as bribe. In the meanwhile, the loan application to DIC was lodged on 9-41997. On 15-8-1997, complainant and many others were to get the Demand Draft of seed money loan and complainant had also received a letter to that effect. But on 15-8-1997, everybody else got the seed money Demand Draft, except complainant. So when complainant approached accused once again on the same date, accused told him that he has not paid the bribe amount, which has by then reduced to Rs.2000/-. Subsequently, accused handed over the seed money cheque to complainant, but when complainant deposited the cheque, Mahad Co-operative Urban Bank did not accept the cheque because the cheque was not accompanied with a sanction / forwarding letter from DIC. So complainant once again met accused and he was told that he was yet to pay the balance amount and the letter would be given only if that amount was paid. This happened for sometime and finally, on or about 18-9-1997, complainant decided to lodge a complaint with ACB, Alibaug, because accused had informed him that on 19-9-1997, accused would go to chicken center at Alibaug, where complainant was
