JUDGMENT :

A.V. RAVINDRA BABU, J.

1. This Criminal Appeal is directed against the judgment of acquittal, dated 16.11.2007, in Calendar Case No. 3 of 2004, on the file of the Court of Special Judge for SPE and ACB Cases, Nellore (for short, ‘the learned Special Judge’).

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 State, represented by Inspector of Police, Anti Corruption Bureau, Kadapa District, Tirupati Range, filed charge sheet in Crime No. 6/RCT-TCD/2003 of ACB, Kadapa District, Tirupati Range alleging the offences under Sections 7 and 13(2) R/w. 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of the Corruption Act, 1988 (for short, ‘the PC Act’).

(i) The case of the prosecution, in brief, according to the charge sheet averments, is as follows: L. Narayana, Accused Officer (AO), worked as Mandal Surveyor in the Office of Mandal Revenue Officer, Kadapa Mandal, Kadapa District and he is a ‘public servant’ within the meaning of Section 2(c) of the PC Act. D. Nagapattabi Reddy – LW.1 is a native of Patha Kadapa Village. D. Jayalakshumma – LW.4 is the mother of LW.1. LW.4 is having Ac.2.72 cents of land in Surve