1. This appeal is filed by the appellant-accused aggrieved by the judgment in C.C.No.11 of 1995 on the file of the Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases, Vijayawada, whereby he was convicted and sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of one year and also to pay fine of Rs.1,000/-, in default, simple imprisonment for three months for the offence under Section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (for short ‘the Act’). He was also convicted and sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of one year and also to pay fine of Rs.1,000/-, in default, simple imprisonment for three months for the offence under Section 13 (i)(d) read with Section 13 (2) of the Act, inter alia, on the ground that the trial court has erred in appreciating the evidence of the witnesses and other material brought on record and came to a wrong conclusion in holding the appellant-accused guilty for the aforesaid offences and thereby erroneously convicted and sentenced as stated herein above.

2. The facts in brief are:

The appellant-accused has worked as Deputy Commercial Tax Officer-II (D.C.T.O.) at Gudivada, Krishna district from 06-04-1994 to 09-02-1995 (retired on 31-05-1995).