The Bombay High Court has acquitted a government medical officer in a corruption and bribery case, stating that an amount of Rs 100 was considered “too small” as a bribe in 2007 and even more so now. Justice Jitendra Jain upheld the trial court’s order of acquittal, considering the case to be trivial. The medical officer, Dr Anil Shinde, was accused by LT Pingale in 2007 of demanding Rs 100 to certify his injuries after an alleged assault. The Anti-Corruption Bureau caught Dr Shinde red-handed, resulting in his prosecution under the Prevention of Corruption Act. However, in January 2012, a special court acquitted him of all charges, which was later challenged by the state. The high court found no merit in the state’s appeal, emphasizing that the alleged bribe amount was trivial and therefore refused to presume the accused as corrupt. Consequently, the state government’s appeal was dismissed by the high court.