1. This appellant stands convicted by the learned Principal Special Judge for CBI Cases in C.C.No.203 of 1997 for offences under Section 7,11 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act,1988, and he is sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of Rs.2000/- in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months for the offence under Section 7 and sentenced to undergo two years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs.5000/-in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year under Section 11 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for two years and to pay a fine of Rs.2000/-in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year for the offence under Section 13 (1)(d) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, and the sentence was ordered to run concurrently. Aggrieved by the said conviction and sentence, the appellant had preferred this appeal.

2. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that at the time of occurrence, the accused was the Inspector of Police, CBI and he was posted at CBI Office at Sasthri Bhavan, Chennai. The CBI registered a case against the officials of Hindust