1. The appellant, in this criminal appeal, has been challenging the judgment dated 01.09.2003 in C.C.No.7 of 2000, passed by the Additional Special Judge for SPE & ACB - cum V Additional Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad (hereinafter referred to as 'Special Judge'), whereby and whereunder, he was convicted and sentenced to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay fine of Rs.1,000/- in default to suffer Simple Imprisonment for three months for the offence punishable under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, ('the Act', for brevity) and further sentenced to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/- in default to undergo Simple Imprisonment for three months for the offence punishable under Section 13(1)(d) of the Act. Both the substantive sentences were ordered to run concurrently. The appellant herein will be hereinafter referred to as the accused for the sake of convenience.

2. The facts that are necessary for disposal of the prosecution case, in brief, are as follows:-

The accused was working as Mandal Deputy Surveyor in the office of the Mandal Revenue Officer (hereinafter referr