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The question as to whether the respondent is a public servant or not is no longer res integra. It has been duly considered by the Apex Court as well as by this Court.

In Criminal Revision No.1369 of 2001, decided by this Court on 21.11.2001, titled as Dharam Singh v. State of Haryana, Dharam Singh was General Manager of Sonepat Central Cooperative Bank, Sonepat and was caught red handed while accepting bribe from complainant Bharat Singh. The question arose as to whether the petitioner was a public servant within the meaning of the Act as the Special Judge, Sonepat had framed charges against Dharam Singh under the Act. While dismissing the petition, it was held as under:-

(ix).

According to the learned counsel the petitioner was appointed as a Clerk in the Cooperative Bank, Karnal in 1961, promoted as Junior Accountant in 1971, promoted as Senior Accountant in 1974. In 1983 he was promoted as Assistant Manager by the Haryana State Cooperative Apex Bank Ltd. And thereafter he became an employee of the HARCO Bank which was registered as Society under the Haryana Cooperative Societies Act. In 1996 he was promoted as Manager and posted as General Manager in Sonepat Central Cooperative Bank, Sonepat in June 2000. When the occurrence took place he was working as General Manager. He was performing public duty as a Manager of a Cooperative Bank engaged in banking activities in which the public had an interest.