JUDGMENT

Santosh Hegde, J.-The appellant herein was charged of offences punishable under sections 7, 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (the Act) and sections 201 and 477-A of the IPC. The Enquiry Commissioner and the Special Judge, Thrissur, found the appellant guilty of offence punishable under section 7 of the Act and sentenced him to undergo RI for 6 months on that count. He also found him guilty under section 13(1)(d) read with section 13(2) and sentenced him to undergo 2 years RI. He also found the appellant guilty under section 201 IPC and sentenced him to undergo 6 months RI, while he found the appellant not guilty of offence punishable under section 477-A IPC and acquitted him of the said charge.

2. In an appeal filed before the High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam, the High Court agreed with the finding of the trial court on all counts and affirmed the judgment of the trial court by dismissing the said appeal. It is against the said judgment of the courts below the appellant has preferred this appeal.

3. The prosecution case briefly stated is that when the appellant was working as a Sales-tax-cum-Agricultural Income Tax Officer in Devikulam Ran