ORDER :

1. This Criminal Appeal has been filed by A1 in Special Case No. 1 of 2003, questioning the conviction and sentence passed by judgment dated 14.06.2011 by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-Special Judge, Tiruvannamalai.

2. The First Information Report in Crime No. 2 of 2001 had been registered by the Inspector of Police, Department of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Vellore District on 06.09.2001, consequent to a complaint given by I. Annamalai that the appellant had demanded bribe amount of Rs. 3,000/- for conducting survey of the lands of the defacto complainant.

3. It is the case of the prosecution that the defacto complainant wanted survey of his lands in S.F. No. 43/3 at Vadavilapakkam village to be done, and in this connection, he had approached the surveyor attached to Polur Taluk office, who directed the defacto complainant to the present appellant, who was working as Village Administrative Officer.

4. It is the further case of the prosecution that the appellant had demanded a bribe amount of Rs. 3,000/- for conducting survey of the lands of the defacto complainant. This demand was allegedly made on 25.08.2001 and again reiterated on 05.09.2001. The defacto compl