1. The sole accused in C.C.No.3 of 2004 on the file of the Principal Special Judge for

C.B.I Cases, Chennai, who was prosecuted for offences punishable under Sections 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Section 13(2) r/w. 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, found guilty on both the charges, convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of Rs.1000/-and to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two months in case of default in payment of fine, in respect of each one of the above said offences, has come forward with the present appeal challenging the judgment of the trial Court dated 21.11.2006 in respect of conviction and sentence.

2. The case of the prosecution in brief can be stated thus:-

i) The appellant / accused was working as Upper Division Clerk in the office of the Trade Marks Registry at Rajaji Bhavan, Besant Nagar, Chennai. PW2-Manoj Singh hails from Bharatpur, Rajasthan State. His uncle Kehari Singh was earlier working in the Trade Marks Registry. With the help of Kehari Singh, PW2 got employed as a clerk under M/s.Haroon and Moses, an advocates firm dealing with Trade Mark cases, of which PW7 Mr