1. These Criminal Appeals are filed by the appellants/A1 and A2 in CC.No.44/2001 against the judgement dated 12.04.2006 passed by the learned Special Judge Cum Chief Judicial Magistrate, Erode, convicting and sentencing each of the appellants/A1 and A2 for the offence under Sections 7, 13(2) and 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act to undergo one year Rigorous Imprisonment each and to pay a fine of Rs.1000/- each, in default to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for one month each.

2. The case of the Prosecution is that the Appellant/A1 was working as a Senior Draftsman at Taluk Office, Gopichettipalayam and the Appellant/A2 was working as a Firka Surveyor at Vaniputhur Firka in the year 1999. The complainant S.P.Chennimalai Goundar is an agriculturist, a resident of Kanchanoor Village and a close friend of PW.4 Lawrence. He was looking after the lands of PW.4, which stood in the name of his wife Josephine Anthoniammal. She owned an extent of 76 cents of wet lands, out of which, an extent of 3 cents had been sold to one Elangovan, PW.5 and four others on 22.6.1998 under Ex.P12 registered sale deed. While making sub division and when the lands were measured, A2 said t