Sanjeev Sharma, a Bailiff in the office of the SDM, Seelampur, was convicted by the Trial Court for demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹100/- from complainant Saleem Khan for facilitating issuance of an OBC Certificate, under Sections 7 and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 read with Section 120B of the IPC. He was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment of one and a half years and two years respectively, to run consecutively, along with fines. The appellant challenged his conviction before the Delhi High Court, raising serious inconsistencies in the prosecution case, including material improvements in the complainant's testimony, doubts about the independence of the panch witness, contradictions regarding the place of the alleged transaction, discrepancies in the recovery of the tainted currency note, and irregularities in the handling and preservation of wash samples. The High Court reserved judgment after hearing both sides, with the appellant's sentence having been suspended pending the appeal.