obtain a legal heirship certificate of his deceased father. On 24.02.2008, he approached the petitioner/accused, who is the Assistant in the Tahsildar Office and sought for issuance of legal heir certificate. For issuing legal heirship certificate, the petitioner demanded a sum of Rs.1,000/- as bribe. Again on 29.02.2008, when the de-facto complainant approached the petitioner for issuance of legal heirship certificate, he insisted for the bribe amount. The defacto complainant not willing to pay the bribe amount, hence lodged a complaint before the Inspector of Police, Vigilance and Anti-corruption, Coimbatore and thereafter pre-trap proceedings were conducted. On 03.03.2008, the de-facto complainant along with the accompanying witness/P.W.2 went to the petitioner's office. The de-facto complainant, who is the decoy witness, paid the amount of Rs.1,000/- to the petitioner/accused. Thereafter, the Trap Laying Officer/P.W.8 on getting pre-arranged signal rushed into the office and caught the petitioner/accused while receiving bribe amount. Phenolphthalein test turned positive confirming that the petitioner had received bribe amount. Thereafter, the accused was arrested and the amount was recovered. Hence, the case has been registered. The trial Court on completion of the trial, convicted the petitioner/accused as above.
