JUDGMENT :

This Criminal Appeal, under Section 378(1) and (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, ‘the Cr.P.C’), is filed by the State, being represented by Inspector of Police, Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), Nellore Range, Nellore through the Standing Counsel for ACB and Special Public prosecutor questioning the judgment in Calendar Case No.7 of 2003, dated 26.02.2007, on the file of the Court of Special Judge for SPE and ACB Cases, Nellore (for short, ‘the Special Judge’), where under the learned Special Judge found the Accused Officer (AO) not guilty of the charges under Sections 7 and 13(2) R/w. 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of the Corruption Act, 1988 (for short, ‘the PC Act’) and accordingly acquitted him under Section 248(1) Cr.P.C.

2. The parties to this Criminal Appeal will hereinafter be referred to as described before the trial Court, for the sake of convenience.

3. The case of the prosecution, in brief, in C.C. No.7 of 2003 pertaining to Crime No.12/ACB-NLR/2002 of ACB Nellore Range, Nellore on the file of the Court of Special Judge is as follows:

The Accused Officer, Nimmakayala Vijaya @ Vijaya Kumar, worked as Deputy Surveyor in the Office of Mandal Revenue Of