JUDGMENT

A.V.Ravindra Babu, J. - The judgment, dated 15.03.2007 in C.C.No.15 of 2005, on the file of Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases, Vijayawada, ('Special Judge' for short), is under challenge in this Criminal Appeal filed by the State, represented by the Inspector of Police, Anti-Corruption Bureau ('A.C.B.' in short), Eluru Range, Eluru.

2. The parties to this Criminal Appeal will hereinafter be referred to as described before the learned Special Judge for the sake of convenience.

3. The State, represented by the Inspector of Police, ACB, Eluru Range, Eluru, filed charge sheet pertaining to Crime No.18/ACB-RCT-EWG/03 of ACB, Eluru Range, Eluru, alleging the offences under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 ('P.C. Act' for short) against Accused Officer No.1 ('A.O.1' for short) and the offence under Section 12 of the P.C. Act against Accused No.2 ('A.2' for short).

4. The case of the prosecution, in brief, as set out in the charge sheet as above, is as follows:

(i) The A.O.1-Earlapati Mruthyumjaya Raju, S/o late Gogaiah, worked as Motor Vehicle Inspector, Kovvuru, West Godavari District, from 08.05.2003 to 15.12.2003. He is a public servant within