ORDER

Leave granted.

2. The police sent up for trial Surapaneni Purna Prasad (A-1), D. Subba Rao (A-2) and Chanti Ankala Reddy (A-3) for offences under Section 420, 120B and 477A, I.P.C. It was alleged that A-1 had appeared for III year B.Com Statistics Examination in April 1981 and had failed in that examination, having obtained only 20 marks in the examination. He thereupon applied for revaluation of the marks to the University after following due procedure. A-2 was at the relevant time working as U.D.C. and A-3 as the Selection Superintendent in the Confidential Section of the revaluation branch of the University. A-1 absconded and was later on tried separately. A-2 and A-3 were tried and found guilty by the trial court of offences under Section 477A, 420 and 120B, I.P.C. They were awarded a sentence to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year on each of the counts and also to pay a fine of Rs. 1000/- for the offence under Section 477A.

3. Against their conviction and sentence, A-2 and A-3 preferred Appeals before the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Guntur. The Appeals were dismissed and their conviction and sentence awarded by the trial court were confirmed