1. This Criminal Appeal arises out of the Judgment of conviction and sentence, dated 15.11.2008 made in C.C.No.4 of 2002 on the file of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Namakkal, whereby the appellant/accused was convicted and sentenced to undergo one year rigorous imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/- in default in payment, to undergo three months rigorous imprisonment for the offence under Section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act ; to undergo one year rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs.2,000/- in default in payment, to undergo three months rigorous imprisonment for the offence under Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act and to undergo three months rigorous imprisonment for the offence under Section 201 r/w. 511 IPC. The sentences are ordered to run concurrently.

2. The case of the prosecution is as follows:

(i) P.W.2/Solaimuthu, is a resident of Naraikinaru Village. His father, namely, Subburaya Udayar died on 23.12.1991 and his death was not registered. Thereafter, P.W.2/Solaimuthu and his younger brother shared the property equally which lies in his father's name and P.W.2 also took the share of his brother by paying Rs.