JUDGMENT

S. Ratnavel Pandian, J. – This appeal is directed by the appellant Mr. P. Satyanarayan Murty challenging the correctness of the judgment made in Criminal Appeal No. 1150 of 1987 on the file of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh dismissing the appeal and confirming the conviction of the appellant under Section 5(1)(e) read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) but reducing the sentence of imprisonment from two years to till rising of the court while retaining the fine of Rs. 20,000/- in default to suffer simple imprisonment for six months.

2. The charge against the appellant is that the appellant being a public servant employed as Assistant Agricultural Officer in Agricultural Department during 1966 and June 1977 and thereafter as Regional Transport Officer between 25.6.1977 and 15.9.1983, in the Transport Department acquired assets which were disproportionate to his known sources of income and that he was found in possession of pecuniary resources of property in his name and the names of his father P. Venkata Reddy and his wife Smt. P. Satyavathi Devi of a value of Rs. 5,39,050.64 for which he could not give satisfa