All these three appeals arise out of a single Judgment delivered by the Special Judge and I Additional District Judge-cum-Chief Judicial Magistrate, Salem in Special Calender Case No. 152 of 1990 whereby the appellants in all these three appeals were convicted for the offence under Secs.120-B read with 13(2) read with 13(1)(a) and 13(1)(d) and Sec.7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, 13(2) read with 13(1)(a) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year for each offence and to pay a fine of Rs.2,000 each in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two months and A-3 was convicted for the offence under Secs.7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of Rs.2,000 in default to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 2 months and the sentences were ordered to run concurrently. Accused No. 14 was acquitted and the charges against A-12 and A-24 abated.

A-2 to A-11, 13, 15 to 18, 20 to 23 and 28 to 31 have preferred C