JUDGMENT :

Rajendra Badamikar, J.

The State through Lokayukta Police, Koppal has preferred this appeal under Section 378(1)(b) r/w section 378(3) of Cr.P.C., challenging the judgment and order of acquittal passed by the learned Sessions Judge and Special Judge, Koppal in Spl.Case(P.C.) No.1/2007 dated 12.08.2011 whereby he has acquitted the accused-respondent herein for the offences punishable under sections 7, 13(1)(d) r/w section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (for short "the Act ").

2. For the sake of convenience, parties herein are referred with the original ranks occupied by them before the Trial Court.

3. The facts leading to the case are that the respondent-accused is the stenographer working in the office of Assistant Commissioner, Koppal. That the complainant-Fakeerappa has lodged complaint with Lokayukta police. He is resident of Talabal village, Yelburga Taluk and he owns land bearing survey No.134/E measuring 4 acres 6 guntas and out of this land, 2 acres 3 guntas was wrongly mutated in the name of Shantavva W/o. Bhimappa Waddar in the year 2002. Hence, it is alleged that after getting knowledge of wrong entry, he approached the Assistant Commissioner, Kopp