JUDGMENT

1. This Criminal Appeal has been preferred against the judgment dtd. 4/10/2007 passed in CC No.27 of 2001 by learned Special Judge for ACB Cases-cum-III Additional District and Sessions Judge, Visakhapatnam. In the aforesaid C.C., the appellant/accused officer was tried for the offences punishable under Ss. 7 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (for short 'the Act'). By his judgment, dtd. 4/10/2007, the learned Special Judge found the accused officer guilty of the offences under Ss. 7 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the Act and, accordingly, convicted and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months and to pay fine of Rs.500.00, in default to suffer simple imprisonment for one month, for the offence under Sec. 7 of the Act. The accused officer was further convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay fine of Rs.1, 000.00, in default to suffer simple imprisonment for two months, for the offence under Sec. 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) of the Act. Both the sentences of imprisonment were directed to run concurrently. The tainted amount of Rs.1500.00 was ordered to be forfeited to the State.

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